Wildlife and conservation efforts were important to Jocelyn Gilchrist and her family, and today are just as important to the foundation she created. In 2021, the Gilchrist Foundation gave awards to many new organizations, including a handful that support wildlife habitats and the humane treatment of animals.
Read MoreThe Gilchrist Foundation supports the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-2022 season by sponsoring the Gilchrist Pop Series. In 2021, the series included the popular holiday tradition Christmas with the Symphony, held on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, and more exciting live events are coming this year yet. Upcoming shows include Don Felder and the SCSO, Immersive Vivaldi, The Music of ABBA featuring Rajaton and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert.
Read MoreThe Gilchrist Foundation made a huge impact on area nonprofit organizations in 2021. The Foundation awarded more than $1.7 million in grants, about $500,000 more than in 2020, to nonprofit organizations in and around Siouxland with ties to the arts and public broadcasting, wildlife and conservation and disaster relief. The selected nonprofits were invited to submit applications for the Foundation’s endowment, capital campaign and project grants during the annual grant cycle of April to mid-July. The Foundation also awarded multiple micro grants, which give of a maximum of $5,000, throughout the year.
Read MoreSiouxland Freedom Park in South Sioux City is closer to finishing its new interpretive center thanks to some generous donors and a challenge grant by the Gilchrist Foundation. This fall, the organization held its first Freedom Ball to raise funds for the project. More than $240,000 was raised, including a $50,000 challenge match grant by the Gilchrist Foundation, to help create and construct the exhibits that will be placed in the new Brigadier General Bud and Doris Day Interpretive Center, scheduled to open in Fall 2022.
Read MoreIn 2021, the Gilchrist Foundation awarded more than $1.7 million in grants to Siouxland nonprofit organizations whose interests align with the Foundation’s – the arts and public broadcasting, wildlife and conservation and disaster relief. Nonprofit organizations were invited to submit applications for the Foundation’s endowment and capital campaign grants and project grants during the annual grant cycle of April to mid-July. The foundation also awards micro grants of a maximum of $5,000 throughout the year.
Read MoreWest 7th Street between Hamilton Boulevard and Wesley Parkway looks quite a bit different today than it did just a handful of years ago. The vital and historic Sioux City street has changed a lot over the last several years. Millions of dollars have been invested on West 7th, including a complete street reconstruction and the façade improvement program, which includes art projects supported in part by the Gilchrist Foundation. In 2020, the Foundation awarded $30,000 to the Siouxland Chamber Foundation for art projects, like painted murals, along the street.
Read MoreThe 2021 ArtSplash festival will be held downtown at the Sioux City Art Center Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-5. Entertainment, like live music and a film festival, and events will be held in and around the Art Center, including the Gilchrist Learning Center. Several local artists will have booths at the event. The in-person event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but looks to return even stronger this year.
Read MoreThe Gilchrist Foundation supports the Sioux City Railroad Museum’s latest projects, including Storytime Saturdays and an archeological dig. In 2020, the museum was awarded a project grant for $52,078 from the Foundation to fund its Roundhouse Story Initiative: Art in the Railyard. The Siouxland Historical Railroad Association received grants from the Gilchrist Foundation to study archeological artifacts from the camps and create online educational resources and documentary films about the project.
Read MoreSioux City’s Saturday in the Park is a beloved outdoor festival that has been rocking the area since 1991. The free music festival is back, thanks to its loyal sponsors like the Gilchrist Foundation.
Read MoreThose seeking a place for prayer and reflection have found it at Trinity Heights under the shadow of some of its most famous sculptures.
Read MoreAdvocates have been working to preserve our country’s natural wilderness since the 1900s. Locally, part of that tremendous task falls on the shoulders of the Woodbury County Conservation Board.
Read MoreIn 2020, we lost out on attending ceremonies, family reunions, dances and enjoying live music because large gatherings were not permitted. One group turned lemons into lemonade by not only streaming live music for homebound audiences but giving them a rare behind-the-scenes look at the artists themselves.
Read MoreIn response to the decline in Iowa’s native landscape, conservation and wildlife management practices for the state were first developed in the 1930s. Supporting the conservation of what’s left of our state’s wildlife and natural resources has been part of the Gilchrist Foundation’s mission since the beginning.
Read MoreEach year, the Gilchrist Foundation awards more than a million dollars in grants to deserving nonprofit organizations whose missions align with ours, such as wildlife and conservation, the arts and public broadcasting, and disaster relief.
Read More2020 started off just like nearly every other year, then three months later the world was upended by the Coronavirus pandemic. While this disaster certainly affected how the Gilchrist Foundation doled out funding, it didn’t negate the existing needs of Siouxland communities.
Read MoreCommunity disasters tend to hit the Siouxland region every year. The Gilchrist Foundation has pledged to support recovery efforts, by giving over $100,000 to the Siouxland Recovery Fund.
Read MoreIn 2018, the Gilchrist Foundation awarded Camp High Hopes with a $20,000 grant to fund its Sensory Garden and outdoor classroom project. In September 2020, the organization officially cut the ribbon to the new garden.
Read MoreOn August 10, 2020, destructive straight-line winds blew across central Iowa. The derecho destroyed thousands of structures and left thousands without power. Recognizing the impact this crisis would have, the Gilchrist Foundation stepped up to help.
Read MoreThis year the Gilchrist Foundation awarded nearly $1.3 million in grants to Siouxland nonprofits with ties to the arts and public broadcasting, wildlife and conservation and disaster relief.
Read MoreChildren in Ponca, Nebraska are once again able to enjoy their favorite outdoor park.
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