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The North Dakota Community Foundation (NDCF) has awarded $255,223 in grants from its Statewide Greatest Needs Fund to 54 organizations working to improve the quality of life for North Dakota residents.
Grants were awarded to the following area organizations:
- Mountrail County Health Foundation in Stanley, $5,000 for blanket and fluid warming supplies.
- The James Memorial Art Center in Williston, $5,000 for sewer service line replacement.
- Mercer & McLean Counties Commission on Aging in Hazen, $5,000 for walk-in freezer,
- Bowbells Park District, $5,000 for playground equipment, structure and swings.
- Bottineau Ambulance Service District, $5,000 for Cardiac Ready Community.
- Maddock Memorial Home, $5,000 for independent living apartments roof and garage roofing project.
- The Benedictine Living Community in Garrison, $5,000 for Comfort & Care bathing project.
- City of Maxbass, $5,000 for Maxbass Community Park.
- Comet Kids Childcare in Underwood, $5,000 to expand rural childcare capacity.
- Sheridan Memorial Home, Inc. in McClusky, $5,000 for cold water supply line replacement.
- Bottineau County Emergency Management, $5,000 for Bottineau County Mobile Command Unit.
- Minot Fire Department, $4,984 for new boots.
- De Sour Valley Economic Development Corp. in Burlington, $5,000 for community pickleball court.
- St. Ann’s Indian Mission in Belcourt, $3,100 for summer camp housing renovations.
The Statewide Greatest Needs Fund is an unrestricted endowment established to address changing charitable and community needs across North Dakota. The NDCF Board of Directors reviewed 130 grant applications during its September meeting to determine this year's awards.