Parsons Area Community Foundation
1998 Grants
St. Patrick’s School$20,000
Carnegie Art Center$20,000
Habitat for Humanity$ 3,500
Total for 1998$43,500
1999 Grants
Red Cross$15,000
Girl Scout Little House$ 3,000
City/Park Equipment$30,000
City/Flag Lights$ 500
LCC$ 9,500
Arboretum Foundation$ 5,000
St. Patrick’s School$17,000
Public Library$ 5,000
Housing (during year)$36,000
Total 1999 $121,000
2000 Grants
Babe Ruth/Maintenance Equipment.$ 2,000
Neosho Fire Dept./Equipment$ 2,000
Girls’ Softball Field Sign$ 1,760
Youth Friends$ 1,000
Parsons Fire Dept/Boat Motor$ 500
Zasu Pitts Film Festival$ 1,000
Buck Clayton Festival$ 2,000
Katy Days$ 2,000
KKOW/Christmas/PSH&TC$ 200
St. Patrick’s School/Electrical$10,600
LCC$10,000
USD #503$13,000
GED Program$ 1,000
Habitat for Humanity$ 1,500
Housing (during year)$78,500
DARE Program$ 3,000*
USD#503/shop equipment$ 7,425*
Work Experience/Minority$ 768*
Mennonite Housing/5 Houses$25,000
Total 2000 $127,060
*Part of housing grant
2001 Grants
USD#503$ 2,500
Main Street Parsons$ 2,500
Playground Equipment$61,400
Labette County Emergency Assistance Council$10,000
Hands on Parsons$ 1,500
St. Patrick’s School$ 2,500
Church Women United$ 1,500
Manufactured Housing/3 (pass through)$36,000
Total 2001 $142,900
2002 Grants
Housing (during year)(pass through)$72,000
Downtown Parsons Inc.$ 7,500
The Rock$ 5,000
Youth Crisis Shelter$ 5,000
Labette County Emergency Assistance Council$10,000
Katy Days Festival$ 3,000
LCC$10,750
USD #503$10,000
St. Patrick’s School$14,550
VFW Flag Fund$ 1,000
Arboretum Foundation$ 5,000
Total 2002 $143,800
2003 Grants
Key Club (Hearing)$ 1,000
Katy Days Festival$ 3,000
St. Patrick’s School$ 6,000
Babe Ruth Baseball$ 2,000
USD #503$ 4,000
Arboretum Foundation$ 3,000
The Rock$ 2,000
LCEAC$ 7,000
Downtown Parsons Inc.$ 250
Community Concerts$ 250
Water Tower Flag Project$ 500
Big Brothers/Big Sisters$ 500
Total 2003 $29,500
2004 Grants
Parsons Fire Dept$ 500
LCEAC$8,000
Babe Ruth Baseball$2,000
Girl Scouts$3,500
USD #503$5,000
Youth Crisis (alarm system)$3,500
Labette County Red Cross$1,000
The Rock $2,000
Downtown Parsons$3,000
Parsons Dolphins Swim Team$ 500
St. Patrick’s School$6,000
Parsons Area Girls Softball$ 500
Senior Citizens Center$6,500
Taran Sack Fund $1,000
Scholarship for Emily Dringenberg
Taran Sack Fund$ 413
Disposable cameras for Seniors
Community Concerts *$ 200
Parsons Public Library * $ 100
Total 2004 $43,713
2005 Grants
Youth Crisis Shelter$6,000
Parsons Dolphins Swim Team$500
Parsons Historical Museum$20,000
Parsons Community Band$2,000
Girls Softball$400
Big Brothers/Big Sisters$850
Katy Days Festival$3,000
The Rock$7,040
Labette Community College$10,050
Parsons Middle School *$1,500
USD 503 Bond Issue$1,000
LCEAC *$8,000
St. Patricks Catholic School$13,500
Taran Sack Fund $1,000 scholarship, Logan Sack
Community Concerts$200
Downtown Parsons$200
Total 2005 $71,296.85
2006 Grants
Parsons Babe Ruth Association $2500.
Labette Community College9800.
Labette Assistance Center5000.
Labette Co. High School Science equipment1439.
Audubon Society 500.
St. Patrick’s Catholic School9500.
Katy Days Festival3000.
Youth Crisis Shelter 10,000.
Project Before 930.
VOCAL Booster Club2000.
The Rock Youth Center5000.
Dolphins Swim Team 500.
Parsons High School Robotics Team 2100.
Labette County Fair Board 10,000.
Community Concerts 200.
Total for 2006 $62,469
2007 Grants
Labette County USD #506 $1500.
USD #503 School Health1000.
Labette Community College9800.
Katy Days4200.
Parsons Community Band and Orchestra2000.
Parsons Fire Department 525.
Oswego Parks and Community Foundation2600.
Labette Assistance Center8000.
Parsons Area Girls Softball Association4500.
Labette County Fair Board 10,000.
Parsons Community Development Corporation4500.
Parsons High School FIRST Robotics3700.
Youth Crisis Shelter 10,000.
Parsons Babe Ruth Baseball 500.
Parsons Dolphins Swim Team 500.
Community Concerts 200.
Taran Sack Fund Scholarship 1000. (Beth Dringenberg)
The Rock 10,000
St. Patrick’s School 13,045
Total for 2007 $87,570
2008 Grants
Oswego Parks and Community Foundation $5200.
Labette County American Red Cross5000.
Labette County Fair 10000.
Katy Days5700.
Parsons Fire Dept. 600.
St. Patrick Catholic School 30000.
PHS Robotics Team3700.
Parsons Paint Project 20084000.
Labette County Health3000.
Labette Community College 10493.
USD 503 Science materials for PMS5680.
Big Brothers Big Sisters8056.
Ronald McDonald House Charities4835.
Labette County Public Safety Kids Camp2000.
Labette County Emergency Assistance Center 22000.
Leadership Parsons for The Rock5000.
LCC Latzer Art Scholarship to Becky Pool 250.
Total for 2008 $125,514
2009 Grants
Labette County Fair Board $10,000
St. Patrick’s Catholic School 22,150
Big Brothers Big Sisters 1,134
Labette Assistance Center 10,000
Parsons High School Robotics Team 1448 5,700
Ronald McDonald House of Charities 5,000
Labette Community College 500
USD 504,Reading books, Neosho Heights 2,600
PHS Humvee Project 5,945
Parsons Fire Department 600
City of Parsons, Katy Days Festival 6,950
Oswego Historical Society, Log cabin roof and deck 3,000
The Rock Youth Center 5,000
City of Parsons, Farm Heritage Celebration 2,500
USD 503, PHS Career Day 2,000
LCC/Parsons Community Band 2,000
St. Patrick’s Catholic School, Math materials 441
Labette Community College, Capital Campaign 25,000
Labette Health Foundation, Capital Campaign 10,000
Labette Health Foundation, Healing Garden paver 500
Parsons Area Concerts 200
Parsons Community Clinic 2,500
LCC Hazel Wall Scholarship 650
LCC Latzer Art Scholarship 250
Parsons Senior Center 300
IRS for Parsons Babe Ruth 501c3 application 750
Total for 2009 $125,420