The Marion County Community Foundation has announced the receipts of their 2023 grant cycle. The non-profit organization donated 36 grants worth more than $130,000 to various projects across the county, with the largest gifts including $15,000 to Stepping Stones in Knoxville for a heat pump replacement, $10,000 to the Friends of the Pella Community Center for renovations toward the heritage gym, just over $8,000 to the Bussey Little League rec center repurposing project, and $7,500 to the Pleasantville Sports Association for a practice and hitting facility.
 

Bussey Community Library – media center – $1,000

Bussey Little League – Bussey Rec. Center repurposing project – $8,025

Crossroads of Pella – hosting kid-friendly service projects – $1,400

Freedom for Youth Ministries – panic bar installation – $250

Friends of the Melcher-Dallas Public Library – purchase of books – $500

Friends of the Pella Community Center – heritage gym – $10,000

Friends of Webb Shadle Public Library – programs & books – $4,000

Hamilton – picnic tables & trash bins for shelter house – $1,725

Hamilton – playground – $6,000

Helping Hands – sewer line repair project – $5,000

Knoxville Community Chorus – new music & folders – $1,900

Knoxville Elementary TAG – elementary TAG project coding/robotics kits – $3,000

Knoxville Food Youth Initiative – feeding families through pantry – $5,000

Knoxville Public Library – promoting literacy, purchasing books – $3,000

Knoxville Rotary Club – purchase & display Iowa flags along Hwy. 14 – $3,000

Knoxville Senior Center Meals of Wheels – disposable food trays – $3,000

Lions Club Charity of Melcher-Dallas –  front doors – $5,000

Marion County Genealogical Society – digitization of Knoxville Journal 2008-2017 – $2,700

Marion County Historical Society – improvements to Machine Shed – $2,500

Marion County Humane Society – commercial washing machine – $4,000

Marysville – concrete slab for basketball – $3,000

Melcher-Dallas Food Pantry – holiday food, school supplies – $2,000

Melcher-Dallas Little League Rookies – field renovation – $7,000

Melcher-Dallas Music Boosters – risers – $3,000

Melcher-Dallas Public Library – classes – $600

Melcher-Dallas Senior Citizens – promoting the Melcher-Dallas Senior Center – $2,500

Pella Community Art Center – Eulenspiegel Residency & Workshop – $3,000

Pella TV Documentary – The historical documentary “Pella” – $3,000

Pella Opera House – Fun with Physics program – $2,750

Pleasantville – seating/dugout upgrade – $3,000

Pleasantville Senior Center – storage shed – $2,700

Pleasantville Sports Association – practice/hitting facility –  $7,500

Riverside Community Church – Ark Room/Blessing Boxes – $2,500

Stepping Stones Early Learning Center – heat pump replacement – $15,000

Thrive Knoxville – planning & designing Beautification Project – $3,000

Thrive Knoxville – upgrade electrical for Merry-N Country Christmas –  $3,000