We are pleased to announce awards totaling $150,000 to Cycle 31 Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund (BICEF) grant recipients. Since the first grant cycle in 2011, the Bright Ideas Community
Taren Ferguson, Center Director at the Ottumwa Job Corps Center, joined the Legacy Foundation Board of Directors in 2021. She stepped into the leadership role after seeing what the Foundation
Long before the pandemic, the Food Bank of Iowa (FBOI) has been at the forefront of helping reduce food insecurity in Iowa. The Ottumwa Distribution Center is the hub for
Like many organizations that provide face-to-face services worldwide, American Home Finding Association (AHFA) has faced many challenges throughout the pandemic. School closures left their AHFA Child Care Center employees unemployed
Greater Ottumwa Park is situated on over 300 acres in the center of our community, significant parts of which remain underutilized. Couple that underutilization with the park’s aging facilities, and
The Covid-19 Pandemic has created unprecedented challenges across the world. In Wapello County, our local nonprofit organizations have had to work through increased cost of service delivery, increased demand in
The City of Ottumwa and the Ottumwa Legacy Foundation received the Daniel A. Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan at the American Planning Association Iowa Chapter Conference on October 13-15, 2021. Each
When Tania’s oldest daughter was diagnosed with Autism, she began a lifelong journey with Occupational Therapy. Reed credits much of her daughter’s successes to the Occupation Therapists she worked with,
Nearly every local non-profit responded to our 2021 Grantee Survey with the same message; “We’re struggling.” Staffing challenges, changes in demand for services, costs of alternative service delivery and lost
Originally from Spain, Himar Hernández came to Ottumwa as an exchange student at the age of 15. Now a proud Ottumwan, Himar is the Assistant Director for Community and Economic
