FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/20/25

MRHD to Announce the Recipients of its 2025 Impact Match Grant

$1.25 Million will be Awarded

SIOUX CITY – Missouri River Historical Development (MRHD) will announce the recipients of their 2025 Impact Match Grant during an Awards Ceremony in Encore Hall at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Sioux City on Thursday, October 23rd, at 10 AM. In total, $1.25 million will be awarded to nine local organizations. This event is open to the public and media.

MRHD’s Impact Match Grant is an annual competitive grant opportunity that provides qualified applicants with awards from $25,000 up to $250,000 for one year to support larger-scale proposals that create significant impact in addressing needs of the community and the organization’s work. It requires a 25% match and MRHD reimburses the grant award after the project has been completed.

Grants are awarded in 5 categories:

1. Economic Development, Community Improvement and Tourism,

2. Human Services and Health Services,

3. Civic, Public, Patriotic, Charitable & Religious,

4. Leisure, Cultural and Historical, and

5. Education.

Only tax-exempt organizations, local governments, and educational institutions located in the counties of Woodbury, Cherokee, Crawford, Ida, Monona, and Plymouth in Iowa, Union County in South Dakota, and Dakota County in Nebraska, may apply.

MRHD is the non-profit Qualified Sponsoring Organization (QSO) that holds the license for casino gaming in Woodbury County and receives funding from an agreement with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Sioux City. Under Iowa law, a percentage of the casino’s gaming revenues is allocated to MRHD for community development.

MRHD has invested more than $36 million into Woodbury County and the Siouxland Community since its partnership with the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Sioux City was formed in 2014, and the organization has invested more than $58 million since its grant programs started in 1994.

For more information about MRHD, or the 2025 Impact Match Grant awards ceremony, contact MRHD Executive Director, David Gleiser at: (712) 899-6631, or execdir@mrhdiowa.org.

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