Larchwood, Iowa — Twenty-six area nonprofit projects received “mini-grants” from the Lyon County Riverboat Foundation this week — and all but one of the projects received $2000 grants.
Nearly $52,000 was given out in the fourth annual “mini-grant” ceremony at the Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort near Larchwood.
The Lyon County Riverboat Foundation is the nonprofit license-holder for the Grand Falls Casino Resort, and a percentage of the facility’s gambling take is given back to the community through the foundation. The foundation distributes about two million dollars annually through three different grant programs — a competitive grant award program held in the fall of each year, the annual “mini-grant” program, and a non-competitive program that gives money to government subdivisions.
Half of the money that the foundation receives from the casino goes into the competitive grant process, and the other half is distributed quarterly to Lyon County towns, cities, public schools, and the County of Lyon.
| Organization | Project | Grant |
| City of Doon | Handicap Parking | $2000 |
| Crooks (SD) Area Working Together | Football Scoreboard | $2000 |
| First Circuit (SD) Court-Appointed Special Advocates | Office Equipment | $2000 |
| Little Rock Town and Country | Park Updating | $2000 |
| City of Rock Rapids | Fire Equipment | $2000 |
| City of Larchwood | Defibrillator | $2000 |
| Rock Rapids Area Development Foundation | Marketing Signs | $2000 |
| Project Morningstar – Worthington residential recovery facility | Residential Recovery | $2000 |
| Rock County (MN) Historical Society | Design Panels | $2000 |
| Midwest Honor Flight | Mission 3 | $2000 |
| Granite Threshermen’s Association | Train Depot Restoration | $2000 |
| St Mary’s Catholic Church of Larchwood | Carpet | $2000 |
| City of Ellsworth | Picnic Tables | $2000 |
| City of George | Freedom Rock Concrete | $2000 |
| Project Food Forest – Luverne (MN) | Public Food forest | $2000 |
| Little Rock Library | Media Update | $2000 |
| Lifescape(SD)- helps children and adults with disabilities | Updates For Hospital | $2000 |
| Garretson SD Blue Dragons (affiliated with school) | Batting Cage | $2000 |
| City of Rushmore | Playground Equipment | $2000 |
| All In The Family Learning (Larchwood daycare) | Safety Improvement | $2000 |
| Sibley Public Library | Ipads | $1937 |
| Hope Haven | Bathroom Remodel | $2000 |
| Lester Visioning INC. | Signs | $2000 |
| Rock Rapids Municipal Housing | Carpet Instalation | $2000 |
| Center for Financial Education | Lyon County Marketing | $2000 |
| Larchwood Community Group | Farmer’s Market | $2000 |
| TOTAL | $51937 |
