Annual Reports

2024

2023

2022

A 2024 grant from Strasburg Area Community Foundation helped pay for a new furnace for the Strasburg Nursing Home.

Grants Awarded in 2025

• Emmons County Ministerial Association - $500 for Funding the food pantry
• City of Strasburg - $500 for Welk Pool
• Strasburg Fire & Rescue - $700 for Strasburg Fire Department Building Addition
• Strasburg Nursing Home - $400 for Strasburg Nursing Home New Building Project
• Strasburg Park Board - $200 for Light Repair
• Strasburg Public School - $400 for CloseUp 2026
• Strasburg Public School - $150 for SPS Lunch Program

Grants Awarded in 2024

• Emmons County Ministerial Association - $700 for Filling the Food Pantry
• Linton Country Club Inc. - $800 for Currently constructing a new maintenance building.
• Strasburg Nursing Home - $1,000 for new furnace
• Strasburg Park Board - $300 for Sports Complex Improvements

Grants Awarded in 2023

• Emmons County Ministerial Association - $400 for Emmons County Food Pantry
• Missouri Slope Areawide United Way - $100 for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
• Romanus F Wagner Post No 6264 Veterans of Foreign Wars - $500 for Upgrade the local VFW Memorial Park. Upgrade the Wall of Honor Wall. Also trim park trees.
• Strasburg Fire & Rescue - $900 for LED Emergency Vehicle Lighting Upgrades
• Strasburg Public School - $400 for CloseUp Trip
• Strasburg Nursing Home - $500 for Tools

Emmons County BIO Girls Celebrated its 5th season in 2022 thanks to a grant from the Strasburg Area Community Foundation.

Grants Awarded in 2022

• Emmons County Ministerial Association - $500 Food Pantry
• BIO Girls - $300 for the 2022 BIO Girls program in Emmons County
• Romanus F Wagner Post 6264 VFW - $1,000 for landscaping of VFW Park in Strasburg
• Strasburg Nursing Home - $900 for an Environmental Services Department Update

Grants Awarded in 2021

• Emmons County Ministerial Association - $500 Food Pantry
• Emmons County Museum - $500 Records Department
• Missouri Slope Areawide United Way - $100 Dolly Parton Imagination Library
• Romanus F Wagner Post 6264 VFW - $500 Accent Lighting on Tank in Memorial Park
• Strasburg Nursing Home - $500 Outdoor Visitation Seating
• Strasburg Park District - $500 Welk Park Playground Equipment

Grants Awarded in 2020

• Emmons County Ministerial Association - $1,000 for the Emmons County Food Pantry            
• Strasburg Fire/Rescue Dept. - $1,500 for Jaws Of Life Rescue Equipment

Grants Awarded in 2019

• Romanus F Wagner Post #6264 VFW - $500 Park Lighting
• Strasburg Nursing Home - $500 Emergency Generator
• Strasburg Park Expansion - $500 Rebuild Crows Nest
• Strasburg Public School - $500 Graphing Calculators

Strasburg Nursing Home is the recipient of several grants from the Strasburg Area Community Foundation over the years.

Grant Guidelines

To ensure that grants make the greatest impact in the Strasburg area, the Advisory Committee follows these general guidelines.

Eligibility
Organizations must be recognized as tax-exempt under IRS code 501(c)(3). Governmental entities such as schools, park districts, or city departments also qualify. If you’re unsure of your organization’s status, you can look it up using:
• Candid (formerly Guidestar)
• IRS Tax Exempt Search

Service Area
Grants are awarded to projects and programs that benefit the Strasburg area, as determined by the local Advisory Committee.

Funding Priorities

• Requests for ongoing, day-to-day operating expenses receive low priority.
• The fund does not make multi-year commitments, but organizations may reapply each year if all prior grant reporting has been completed.

Religious Organizations
Grants to religious organizations are limited to non-denominational activities that serve the entire community.

Individuals
The foundation does not make grants to individuals.

Grant Cycle
Grants are awarded annually at the discretion of the Advisory Committee.

Deadline: September 1

Click on Apply to log in or register for our Grants Portal. You will need your organization's EIN. 

Plan Your Legacy

Making a lasting difference in our community or for future generations may be easier than you realize.  With very simple language in your will or trust, you can help the Strasburg Area Community Foundation (SACF) continue to support important projects and programs in our area forever.

Gifts to the SACF are carefully invested by our partner foundation - the North Dakota Community Foundation - to generate a  permanent source of charitable income.

If you have children or other relatives, you can leave a portion of your estate to them and a percentage to the SACF. Doing so provides for your heirs while honoring your charitable values.

Brothers Russell and Dale Brown left gifts to the communities of Lisbon and Milnor, ND, in their estate plans.

Getting Started

1.  Download our free Estate Planning Guide - it contains helpful information and things to consider as you develop your own unique plan.

2.  Reach out to a Strasburg Area Community Foundation committee member to learn more about the charities and needs in our area.

3.  Consider discussing (confidentially) your vision with our NDCF gift planner Kara Geiger.  She has many years of experience helping donors create their charitable vision and better prepare for their discussions with financial planners. You can reach Kara at 701-222-8349 or you can email her at Kara@NDCF.net.

4.  Contact your professional advisors (financial planner, attorney and/or accountant) and ask for help in establishing a charitable gift to our foundation.

5.  Make sure your will or living trust is up-to-date and reflects your charitable goals.

6.  Consider notifying the charitable organizations about the gift you plan to leave them.  They will appreciate your generosity and will want to know what you’d like them to do with your eventual gift if it isn't clear.

Language for Your Will or Living Trust

Susanne Mattheis wished to support several different charitable organizations in Bismarck after she passed. NDCF helped her craft a plan that accomplished her charitable goals and provided long-term support to the Public Library, Symphony Orchestra, and five other local entities.

If you would like to include the Strasburg Area Community Foundation in your will, here is some sample language to consider:

“I give and bequeath to the North Dakota Community Foundation (Tax ID Number 45-0336015), a qualified charitable organization under IRS 501(c)(3), located in Bismarck, North Dakota, ___________ (a percentage of the estate, specific dollar amount, or remainder of estate) for the Strasburg Area Community Foundation, a permanent component of the North Dakota Community Foundation.”

*  Be sure to contact your legal advisor.

There are many other ways to make a deferred gift to your community, including

• Making NDCF (and your specific community fund) the beneficiary of your life insurance policy, IRA, 401K, or commercial annuity
• Establishing a Charitable Gift Annuity with NDCF
• Other more sophisticated tools, depending on your unique situation

To investigate options and learn more about how other North Dakotans have given back, visit our planned giving website at www.NDCF.net/Plan.