Past Grants

Recipients of 2023 grants:

Sandstone Heights: $2,500 for EZ Way Sit to Stand
USD #444—Windom Elementary School: $3,779 for two outdoor adjustable basketball goals
Little River Fire Department: $2,905.36 for replacing two outdated air bottles for their self-contained breathing apparatus
Little River Library: $1,000 for new books
Little River Development Group: $4,200 for shade structure at Splashpad
Little River Development Group: $1,875 matching funds for mural
City of Little River/Little River Area Chamber of Commerce/USD #444/USD #444 Recreation Commission: $2,775 for directional signage
Windom Elementary School—PAWS: $1,000 for carnival donation
City of Little River: $10,000 for sidewalks

Recipients of 2022 grants:

Union Township: $3,750 for grave restoration work
Young Historical Library: $975 for microfilm of historical documents
City of Little River: $2,275 for sidewalks

Recipients of 2021 grants:

City of Little River: $5,000 for sidewalks
Little River Senior Center: $3,417.75 for five taller handicapped-accessible toilets and one sink
Little River Learning Center: $4,323.50 for new carpet
City of Little River Young Historical Library: $4,000 for a microfilm scanner
Little River Police Department: $1,245 for a defibrillator for the city police vehicle
Little River Fire Department: $8,054 for a heated pressure washer
Little River Community Library: $1,000 for books for all ages
First United Methodist Church: $2,500 for youth pizza parties
Little River Community VBS: $700 for Bible School
Little River Development Group: $220,639 for spec. home at Clutter Hill

Recipients of 2020 grants:

Little River Development Group: $2,500 for basketball goals
Sandstone Heights: $7,237 for dining room chairs
Sandstone Heights: $2,809.81 for new tables
Sandstone Heights: $5,710.61 for new chairs
City of Little River: $800 for solar charger
City of Little River: $5,000 for the sidewalk replacement fund
First United Methodist Church: $2,500 for youth pizza parties
First United Methodist Church: $500 for Vacation Bible School
Little River Learning Center: $1,000 for new tablets
Little River Fire Department: $4,910 for electric garage openers
Little River Library: $1,000 for new books

Recipients of 2019 grants:

USD #444: $250 for stop bleed kits
Little River Library: $1,000 for new books
Little River Fire Department: $5,000 for electric garage doors
City of Little River: $2,000 for new cameras
City of Little River: $5,000 for the sidewalk replacement fund
City of Little River: $6,700 for new sound system
First United Methodist Church: $1,250 for youth pizza parties
Little River Senior Center: $10,300 for electrical upgrades

Recipients of 2018 grants:

Little River Development Group: $10,000 for playground equipment
Little River Fire Department: $15,000 for a new fire truck
Windom Elementary School: $5,000 for outdoor classroom
City of Little River: $4,000 for tennis court resurfacing
City of Little River: $2,000 for sidewalk replacement fund
LRJSHS Music Department: $1,000 for new chorus uniforms
United Methodist Church: $1,000 for youth pizza parties
Little River Library: $1,000 for new books
Young Historical Library: $650 for computer purchase
Little River Community VBS: $500 for Vacation Bible School

Recipients of 2017 grants:

Congregational Church: $500 for Vacation Bible School
City of Little River: $7,500 for sidewalk replacement
Little River Senior Center: $4,500 for a new door and stove
Little River Library: $1,000 for new books
Union Township: $7,500 for maintenance on Bean Cemetery
Little River Methodist Church: $3,000 for pizza parties for high school kids
Windom Elementary School: $2,500 for playground equipment
Little River High School: $2,000 for the FFA program
Little River High School: $5,000 for weight room equipment
Little River Daycare: $2,000 for new child care equipment
Sandstone Heights: $7,000 for new patient beds
The American Legion: $15,525 for a new heating and cooling system for their building

Recipients of 2016 grants:

New Business: Grants awarded for the 2016 year were:
Little River Chamber of Commerce: $500 for their Fall Festival Celebration
City of Little River/Little River Development Group: $200,714 to go towards purchasing the building that houses the Garden of Eden and upgrading refrigeration system
United Methodist Church: $3,000 for pizza parties
Windom Elementary School: $2,500 for a field trip with members from the senior center to the theatre in Wichita
Little River Library: $1,000 for new books
Little River Development Group: $45,000 for a splash pad in the park
City of Little River: $5,000 for potential sidewalk improvements
USD 444: $2,500 to the Youth Entrepreneurship program

Recipients of 2015 grants:

First United Methodist Church
Little River Booster Club
Little River Chamber of Commerce
Little River Community Library
Sandstone Heights
USD #444
And many High School Scholarships

Recipients of 2014 grants:

Little River Senior Center
First United Methodist Church
USD #444
Little River Community Library
USD #444 Recreation Commission