Competitive Fund
Through the Competitive Fund, the WCRF Board of Directors will distribute 75% of the annual donations it receives from the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort in the form of grants. Awards will be made based on an application and subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.
All applicants should be aware that their applications, and any supporting materials, become public documents after submission. All applicants are advised that they will be required to submit several items of supporting material with their application including but not limited to
GuideStar Profile confirming your tax exempt status.
Current Certificate of Existence from the Iowa Secretary of State stating that the applicant is an active Iowa non-profit
Permission by resolution, should the project take place on public/governement owned land
Letters of Confirmed matching funds on the letterhead of the funding source.
Please see full Application Guidelines for more details.
Grants Awarded by Washington County Riverboat Foundation
The WCRF currently has two grant programs through which it makes grants from the donations it receives from the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort.
Organizations interested in applying for grants directly from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation will be through the Competitive Fund. Application materials for the Competitive Fund are found under the "Grant Applications" section of this web site.
The WCRF currently has two grant programs, the Competitive Fund (75%) and the Municipal Fund (25%).
Municipal Fund
WCRF awards 25% of its receipts from Riverside Casino and Golf Resort to eight municipal cities in Washington County. These funds are distributed based on their percentage of the population of cities in Washington County from the most recent US decennial census.
Funds awarded in the WCRF Municipal Fund will be programmed by the City Council of each respective city.
These funding percentages are as follows:
2020 Pop. % of Pop.
Ainsworth 511 3 %
Brighton 600 3.3 %
Crawfordsville 277 2 %
Kalona 2,630 18.75 %
Riverside 1060 7.3%
Washington 7,352 53.75 %
Wellman 1,524 11 %
West Chester 144 0.9 %
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14,098 100%