First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that 45 area organizations were the recipients of $149,950 in donations in December 2022 & January 2023.

Recipients include the following: Project Flo Association $2,000; Charles City Community Schools $1,000; Immaculate Conception School $2,000; Floyd County Historical Society $2,000; National 19th Amendment Society $5,000; Friends of Winnebago County Conservation Foundation, Inc. $5,000; YSS Francis Lauer $4,000; Mason City Fire Department $5,500; St. Ansgar Historic School Project (South Square) $1,000; Greater Iowa Youth For Christ $10,000; IOOF Home and Community Therapy Center $1,000; Grace Church $1,000; North Iowa Christian School $10,000; Northern Lights Alliance for the Homeless Shelter $15,000; Community Kitchen of North Iowa $5,000; Meals on Wheels of Mason City, Inc. $4,000; Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services $2,000; Cedar Summerstock Theater $1,000; Food Bank of Iowa $4,000; Iowa Specialty Hospitals and Clinics – Belmond $10,000; Iowa Legal Aid $5,000; City of Stacyville: Splash Pad Project $3,000; Stebens Children’s Theatre $2,500; Mason City Senior Activity Center $1,000; Kanabec County Operation Community Connect $5,000; Mora Public Schools $5,000; Kanabec County Community Health $5,000; Family Pathways $7,500; Ogilvie Public Schools $7,500.

First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. was organized to distribute funds to charitable, religious, educational and health care institutions in North Iowa and Minnesota. Application deadlines are June 1 and November 15 of each year. Since 1995, over $9 million has been donated to our North Iowa and Minnesota communities. Organizations wishing to apply for funding should visit the First Citizens Bank website at www.myfcb.bank and click on “Charitable Foundation” at the bottom of the page for the official application form and criteria or CLICK HERE!