News Release: HCCF RECOGNIZES 34TH ROUND OF GRANT AWARDS

The Harper County Community Foundation would like to officially recognize the recently awarded grant recipients for the October 2025 round. For this grant round, 42 grant applications were submitted to HCCF with a total of $290,750.41 requested. The Harper County Community Foundation awarded $150,908.00 to 40 organizations and projects that benefit Harper County.

These monies from the Waste Connection Landfill Revenues and the Harper County Board of Commissioners represent the 34th round of grants awarded since the inception of the granting program in May of 2009. The Foundation also awarded monies from their discretionary funds. A total of $3,976,592.00 has been awarded since the inception of this granting process to fund well over 900 projects in Harper County.

HCCF’s 2025 Year End Recap includes the following:

  • $3,976,592.00 has been awarded since May 2009.
  • $3M BASE Grant finalized. Building A Stronger Economy.
  • Prepare To Launch Program. $921,191.78 as of 9/30/2025.
  • Foundant Technologies Software Implementation complete.
  • Patterson Family Foundation Match Day Results. $252,000.00.
  • Patterson Family Foundation Capacity Grant allowed for year two of Jessica Graves as Vice President of Operations.

Recipients of the October 2025 grant monies include The Arts Center, Inc. for Live Speed Painting ($1,500) and Tuck-pointing and Repointing ($4,000); Attica Public Schools Game Day Kernels ($500), Referee Education/RefReps ($1,000), Science Department Classroom Updates ($1,000), Elementary Educational Field Trips ($1,600), School Library Furniture ($2,000), StuCo Healthy Habits ($1,700), and K-12 Art Department Ceramic/Pottery Equipment ($2,000); City of Attica for Pool Assessment & Safety Improvement Project ($3,200) and Attica Land Bank ($3,000); Attica City Library for Improvements ($1,000); Attica Rec Commission for Cement Slab in Batting Cage ($5,000); Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church for Feeding the Youth of Harper County ($2,000); Harper Recreation Commission for Field 2 Screening ($5,000); Horizons Mental Health for Therapeutic Supplies ($2,000); Anthony Land Bank ($3,000); Attica Long Term Care for Help Us Be Santa’s Elves ($1,000) and Cabinets for Care ($5,000); Harper Elementary for Physical Education Equipment ($700); and Field Trips ($6,008); Chaparral High School for Future Ready Roadrunners – Elevating CTE at CHS ($1,350), Athletic Department/Activity Department – Inside Concession Stand ($2,000), and Privacy Vinyl Window Coverings on the Exterior Windows of CHS ($5,250); USD 361 ELL Program for Learning Environment Enhancement ($1,000); Anthony Recreation for Winter Sports ($3,600); Harper County Fair Board for Fair Barn Event Space Tables and Chairs ($8,000); Heritage Estates’ Sunroom ($8,300); City of Bluff City for Water System Improvements – Chlorination Equipment & Meter Lid Replacements ($3,500); Anthony Gun Club’s Shells Purchase for Trapshooting Team ($5,000); FOCUS at Anthony Elementary for Educational Field Trips ($3,000); Anthony Elementary for Engagement & Reading Supports ($200) and Child Protection Unit Supplemental Curriculum for Elementary Social Work ($3,000); Harper County Mission Mart ($5,000); Anthony Police Department for Single Cage Prisoner Transport ($1,000); Anthony Christian Church for Our Community Youth Group Project ($5,000); HPCO HEART, Inc. for 250th Celebrate America Extravaganza in the HEARTland ($7,500); Anthony Lake Advisory Board for the Shower House and Restroom Project ($10,000); Big Blue Backers for Chaparral Stadium Concession Stand Improvement Project ($20,000); and Harper County Community HOPE ($6,000).

A complete listing of all past grant recipients can be found on HCCF’s website – harpercofoundation.org – by going to the Non-Profits menu option and then pulling down to the Past Grant Recipients page.

HCCF’s Mission is focused on education, human needs, health care, community improvement or rural development projects that will enrich the communities of Harper County through support and resources. The deadline for the next grant round will be May 1, 2026.

More information about HCCF may be found on their website-www.harpercofoundation.org. In addition, any questions may be directed to Michelle Fahring, Assistant to the Foundation, by calling 620-840-1153 (cell phone), or by sending an e-mail to michelle@harpercofoundation.org.

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