Idaho Community Foundation grant cycles now open

The Idaho Community Foundation has two grant cycles open for several North Idaho counties, and the deadline for both is Jan. 15.

The grants are for Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone counties.

The Idaho Future Fund grant cycle is beginning its second year and will provide $100,000 in North Idaho grants in 2016, three times as much as in 2015.

Idaho Future Fund grants are in these categories: Preschool scholarships, charter schools, public schools and public school libraries.

Earlier this year, the Idaho Future Fund provided almost $13,000 to the North Idaho STEM Charter Academy in Rathdrum to create a biology and genetics lab, and nearly $20,000 to Orofino Joint School District No. 171 to buy computers for the library for junior and senior high school students.

For more information about the Idaho Future Fund eligibility and application, go to ICF’s homepage www.idcomfdn.org under deadlines, or contact ICF Donor Services Director Elly Davis at edavis@idcomfdn.org or (208) 342-3535.

The second ICF grant cycle is the Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle, which provides grants as large as $5,000 to nonprofits in the areas of arts and culture, education, emergency services, libraries, conservation/environment, health, recreation, social services and public projects.

Earlier this year, ICF awarded more than $173,000 to 78 organizations in North Idaho through the Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle.

For more information or to apply, go to ICF’s homepage www.idcomfdn.org under Deadlines.