Grants available for Lawton area nonprofits

  • Lawton Food Bank executive director Jeri Mosiman, pictured at the organization’s Food Resource Center, said the Lawton Community Foundation’s grant programs help increase their well-stretched funds each year, and ultimately keep more families fed in southwest Oklahoma.
    Lawton Food Bank executive director Jeri Mosiman, pictured at the organization’s Food Resource Center, said the Lawton Community Foundation’s grant programs help increase their well-stretched funds each year, and ultimately keep more families fed in southwest Oklahoma.

    LAWTON - Nonprofits from Lawton and the surrounding area are invited to apply for Lawton Community Foundation grants.

    The foundation will award grants to charitable organizations serving southwest Oklahoma through two programs. The application deadline is July 1, 2019.

    Nonprofit organizations, as well as state and local government entities, are eligible to apply for Community Grants of up to $5,000 for projects designed to improve the quality of life and provide opportunities for a broad range of Lawton area citizens.

    Last year, the Lawton Community Foundation awarded Community Grants to 10 organizations for a total of $44,325.

    Charitable organizations with endowment funds at the Law-ton Community Foundation, or those interested in establishing an endowment fund, are eligible to apply for Matching Grants up to $5,000. Eligible organizations must provide programs primarily benefiting southwest Oklahoma and are required to raise $5,000 to receive a matching grant of $2,500-$5,000. In 2018, the Lawton Community Foundation announced matching grants for 16 endowments, which have until June 30, 2019 to complete their match.

    “Our community is ever-growing and evolving, and our local nonprofits are an essential part of this growth,” said David Towe, president of the Lawton Community Foundation Board of Trustees. “The grant programs at the Lawton Community Foundation provide us the opportunity to support and enrich our community through programs offered by area nonprofits.”

    Visit www.lawtoncf.org for more information, including grant guidelines for both programs. Interested organizations can gain access to applications by emailing a brief explanation