FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/28/2025

MRHD 2025 Target Grant

SIOUX CITY – Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. (MRHD) will accept applications for its annual Target Grant program throughout the month of March. In total, $500,000 will be available for the 2025 grant cycle. Grant recipients will be announced during an Awards Ceremony on May 22nd.

The MRHD Target Grant is a competitive grant opportunity that provides applicants up to $25,000 for one year to support a variety of local organizations and is designed to address short-term projects or capacity building items.

Projects must align with at least one of MRHD’s grant focus areas as categorized below:

  1. Economic Development, Community Improvement and Tourism

  2. Human Services and Health Services

  3. Civic, Public, Patriotic, Charitable & Religious

  4. Leisure, Cultural and Historical

  5. Education

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

MRHD is the non-profit Qualified Sponsoring Organization 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.

Since 1989, MRHD has invested more than $58 Million into Woodbury County and the Siouxland community through grants funded by casino gaming revenue.

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

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