The Dennis and Holly Kruger Family Fund, a donor advised fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, continues to impact Grundy and Butler Counties, recommending $36,350 in grants to 32 different charitable projects and programs in 2016. Since 2007, the family has awarded $275,429 in grants through their fund at the Community Foundation.

2016 grant recipients and their projects include:

AGWSR School District: Character Retreats

Alzheimer’s Association, East Central Iowa Chapter: Alzheimer’s Education in Butler County

Area Education Agency 267: Community Employment Training Series: Successful Job Development and Job Coaching – Butler County

Area Education Agency 267: Community Employment Training Series: Successful Job Development and Job Coaching – Grundy County

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Iowa, Inc: One-to-One Mentoring – Butler County

Cedar Valley Friends of the Family: Violence Prevention Education – Butler County

City of Allison: Library Disklavier Piano

City of Aplington: A Walk in the Park

City of Aplington: Aplington Fire Department Personal Protection Equipment

City of Aplington: Library, Creative and Imaginative Play

City of Aredale: Replace SBA Complete Units and Install Security Cameras

City of Conrad: Grundy County Freedom Rock

City of Dumont: Update Fire Alarm at Library

City of Grundy Center: Community Center, Table Project

City of Reinbeck: Downtown Light Pole Banners

City of Reinbeck: Movies and More

City of Wellsburg: Wellsburg Swimming Pool Equipment

Diamonds and Fields: Parkersburg youth Sports Complex and Miracle Filed

Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District: Book Purchases

Grundy Center Community Schools: Book Purchases

Iowa College Access Network- East Central Iowa Student Success: Future Ready Iowa, Butler County

Iowa College Access Network- East Central Iowa Student Success: Future Ready Iowa, Grundy County

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Inc: It All Adds Up: Financial Literacy Education Through JA Economics for Success, Butler County

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Inc: It All Adds Up: Financial Literacy Education Through JA Economics for Success, Grundy County

Lutheran Services in Iowa, Inc: Families Together II in Butler County

Northeast Iowa Food Bank: Elderly Nutrition Program

Parkersburg Firefighters Association: Protective Helmet Replacement

Presbyterian Village-Grand JiVante: In-Patient and Out-Patient Therapy

Timothy Christian School: Technology Equipment Purchase

Trinity Reformed Church: Allison Little Lambs Summer Daycare Program

Unity Point at Home: Grundy County Child Passenger Safety Program

YMCA of Grundy County: General Charitable Support

The Kruger family also established the Phil Kruger Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of their son, Phil. Since its establishment in 2007, this fund has provided 21 scholarships totaling $60,000 to graduates of Dike-New Hartford Schools.