The Fort Scott Area Community Foundation’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Foundation has awarded 26 competitive grants totaling $42,117 for its 2023 grant cycle. Yesterday, we presented checks to our grant recipients at a Chamber Coffee at Landmark National Bank.
Congratulations to our 2023 grant recipients, and thank you to all the donors whose gifts over the years have made these grants possible!
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2023 FSACF Grant Recipients
This year’s competitive grants were awarded to the following organizations and projects:
- Advance Bourbon County Foundation: Blue Collar Career Fair
- Boy Scouts of America Ozark Trails Council: Cub Scout Fall 2023 Recruiting Events
- Care to Share Cancer Support Group: Daily Needs Project
- Catholic Charities Inc.: Youth Homeless Diversion Project
- City of Fort Scott:
- Farmers Market Pavilion
- Fire Prevention
- Fort Scott Kiwanis Tree Project
- Core Community Bourbon County: Laptops for Leaders
- DBLO Association: Better Sleep for Fort Scott Area Youth
- First United Methodist Church Fort Scott: Feeding Families in His Name
- Fort Scott Area Chamber Foundation:
- Christmas on the Bricks
- Welcome to Fort Scott Sign
- Fort Scott Community College:
- First-Generation College Celebration Events
- FSCC Public Safety Project
- Fostering Connections: Foster Parents Retreat Events
- Friends of Mapleton Association: Emergency Preparedness Final Phase
- Gordon Parks Museum Foundation: Gordon Parks and Fort Scott Billboard Attraction and AME Church Commemorative Project
- Southwind Extension Education Foundation: Youth Babysitting Clinic and Food Preservation Workshop in Bourbon County
- SparkWheel: Wrap-Around Supports for Fort Scott Middle and High Schools
- The Beacon Inc.: New Freezer
- Uniontown USD 235: New AEDs for USD 235
- USD 234 Fort Scott:
- Walking Tour of Historic Fort Scott
- First-Grade Community Experiences – STEM Bins
- Community-Based Interactive Instructions: Healthy Snacks
- Sunshine Cart
Watch the 2023 FSACF Grant Celebration
You can watch a recorded livestream of yesterday’s event on the Chamber’s Facebook page or below: