MASON CITY – The Bertha Stebens Foundation, a Mason City-based charitable foundation, has announced 40 grants awarded for 2024. The recipient organizations and the distribution amounts are:
Habitat for Humanity $3,500
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum $3,500 (for Puppet shows)
Meals on Wheels of $4,000 Mason City
Girl Scouts of $5,000 Greater Iowa
Mason City Foundation $2,000 (for Music Man Square)
Childrens’ Cancer Connection $3,000
North IA Vocational Center $5,000
Francis Lauer Youth Center $3,000
Mason City Public Library $4,000
Molly’s Mission $2,000
Clear Lake Arts Council $2,000
Mason City Community Theater $4,000
North Iowa Fair Association $2,500 Events Center Landscaping
Community Kitchen of $6,000 North Iowa
Friends of Iowa CASA $3,000 (Volunteer training)
River City Society for Historic Preservation $2,000
Lutheran Services in $1,000 North Iowa, Inc.
Mercy Medical Center Foundation $5,000 of North Iowa
Young Mens’ Christian Association $10,000
YMCA & Rehabilitation Center $2,500
Clear Lake High School $3,000 (for CLHS Choir robes)
Best Buddies $4,000
NIAD Center for Human Development $3,000
Community Health Center of Fort Dodge $2,500
Swaledale Fire Department $3,000
Humane Society of North Iowa $5,000
Mason City Senior Citizens Activity Center $2,000
Caring Pregnancy Center $4,500
The Salvation Army $2,500
Central Springs Community School District $2,500
Clear Lake Classical incorporated $6,500
North Iowa Community Action Organization $6,000
North Central Iowa AG in the Classroom $3,000
United to Serve with Passion and Purpose $2,500
United Way of North Central Iowa $3,000 (Dolly Parton Imagination Library)
North Iowa Band Festival Foundation $5,000
North Iowa Area Community College Foundation $5,000
ElderBridge Agency on Aging $4,000
Mason City Public Library $4,000
Central Gardens of North Iowa $3,000
Senior Citizens Center $2,000
Bertha Stebens Childrens’ Theater $5,000
$160,000 TOTAL for 2024
The Bertha Stebens Foundation is a tax-exempt charitable foundation, created under the Will of Bertha Stebens. Its purpose is to benefit and improve the lives of residents of Mason City and Cerro Gordo county. It issues grants to organizations to which contributions qualify as tax-deductible under federal income, estate and gift tax laws.
The foundation’s trustees are Scott D. Brown (President); Greg C. Nicholas (Treasurer) and Todd A. Blodgett (Secretary).