Pella Rolscreen Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Pella Rolscreen Foundation supports education and community betterment in Iowa and other places where the Pella company does business.
IP TAKE: Although this corporate funder has multiple geographic interests, Iowa is a huge center of grantmaking for Pella each year.
PROFILE: Established in 1952, the Pella Rolscreen Foundation is a corporate foundation based in Pella, Iowa. This is the philanthropic arm of the Pella Corporation and the creation of founders Pete and Lucille Kuyper. The foundation aims to "contribute to the civic, cultural, educational, social and physical environment in which Pella Corporation team members reside through gifts to active, nonprofit, charitable organizations whose purpose coincides with this goal.” It funds local efforts for education and community betterment.
Grants for College Readiness, Higher Education, and Community Development
The Pella Rolscreen Foundation awards direct grants and also has a matching gift program and a volunteer recognition program. Education grants focus on helping students obtain a college education. Meanwhile, community betterment grants go towards broad efforts to improve the local quality of life. Grantseekers should request amounts that do not exceed 25 percent of the total project cost.
Past local grantees include Home Base Iowa, New World Symphony America’s Orchestral Academy and M.A.Y. Mentoring.
Important Grant Details
Grants range between about $10,000 and $50,000. Grantmaking focuses on communities where the corporation operates, including the Iowa towns of Pella, Carol, Shenandoah and Sioux Center. Other Pella communities are in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas and Oregon.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. It provides its grant application form on its website. Pella reviews grants twice per year following proposal due dates of May 1 and November 1. Direct general questions to the staff at 641-621-6968 or via online form.
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