Wilma Meyer Trust
Application Overview
Contact Details
Tam Elerding | Program Director
Phone: 641-373-1379
email: endowhardinco@gmail.com
PO Box 473
Iowa Falls, IA 50126
Important Dates
Application Deadline: February 14th, 2025
Grants Approved: March 18, 2025
Grants Awards Night: (Must be present to recieve/award check) TBA
Eligibility to Apply for Funding:
- Qualified Organizations must be located in Hardin County .
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations.
- 170(c)(1) component units of government organizations (Fire Dept., Ambulance, Libraries, Parks, etc.)
- If you are not a 501(c)(3) or a 170(c)(1), you must align yourself with a fiscal sponsor.
The Fund Will Not Fund
- Existing debt
- Operating expenses, salaries or labor
Grant Details
From Wilma Marie Meyer Trust:
A bequest in a portion of the Trust Estate to Hardin County Community Endowment Foundation as an
endowed gift, the income from which shall be used to support community improvement projects in the
community of Iowa Falls, Iowa. In the event the Hardin County Community Endowment Foundation
board of directors does not approve applications to use all the funds for the stated purpose in Iowa Falls in
any year, the Foundation board may use such funds to support community improvement projects in the
communities of Alden or Ackley, Iowa for such year.
Wilma Meyer, 95, of Iowa Falls, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at Ashbrook Assisted
Living. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Saturday, February 18, 2023 at the St. John’s United
Church of Christ in Ackley. She will be laid to rest at the Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30
AM until service time on Saturday, February 18 at the church. Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of
Iowa Falls is caring for Wilma and her family.
Wilma Marie Meyer was born on September 11, 1927 the daughter of Richard and Emma (Raisch)
Meyer. She graduated from Hampton High School class of 1944.
Wilma worked along-side her brother on their dairy farm and raised chickens. She and her sister
grew large vegetable and flower gardens. Together with her family they were very community
oriented philanthropists, donating to several projects including the Meyer Municipal Aquatic Center in
Iowa Falls, Iowa. She was a member of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Ackley, Iowa and
attended Willing Workers.
Wilma loved doing crafts as well as sewing and crocheting. She enjoyed making quilts for the Red
Cross, Iowa Falls Schools and Greenbelt Home Care for Christmas. Wilma kept busy with all the
activities at Ashbrook Assisted Living in Iowa Falls and made many friends while living there.
Wilma Meyer is survived by two nephews, Dale (Sandy) Ites of Marshalltown, Iowa, Jerry (Janet)
Ites of St. Charles, Missouri; two nieces, Janet (Larry) Zoske of Eldora, Iowa and Joyce (Earl) Smith
of Ankeny, Iowa, along with many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her
parents, Richard and Emma Meyer; brother, Elmer Meyer; sisters, Ruth (Frank) Ites and Esther
Meyer and nephew, Russell Ites.
2025 Wilma Meyer Trust Recipients
From Wilma Marie Meyer Trust 2022: A bequest in a portion of the Trust Estate to Hardin County Community Endowment Foundation as an endowed gift, the income from which shall be used to support community improvement projects in the community of Iowa Falls, Iowa. In the...
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