Grants & Funding Opportunities in Appanoose County. Click the “+” to learn more about each opportunity.
This grant is limited to non-profit organizations located/operating within Appanoose County, Iowa. Please download and complete the following form, attach the required documents, and deliver eight (8) copies of the completed application and all attachments to (stapled only) to the PACT office.
Funding priorities are:
- Community improvement
- Public service benefits
- People impacted
- Permanency of project
- Projects that have matching dollars
Main Street Centerville offers annual grants for both signage (up to $1,000) & facades ($3,000) in the downtown district (the Centerville Square and one block off in any direction).
2025 Main Street Centerville Signage Grant Application
2025 Main Street Centerville Facade Grant Application
Both applications are due back to the PACT office no later than 4:30pm on February 28, 2025.
Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants are available for brick-and-mortar building projects that contribute to the development of designated Main Street Iowa districts. Up to $100,000 in funding with a dollar to dollar match is available each year through this contest.
For the 2024 grant cycle, local contest applications are due July 8th. Selected applicant will be assisted by our Main Street Committees to present a competitive application to the state level by September 6th. To learn more about it, visit our Challenge Grant page .
Congratulations to Cheryl & Zach Finch, recipients of the 2023 Main Street Iowa Grant!
For additional information about eligible projects and grant criteria contact Delaney at tourism@pactiowa.org
Congratulations to Alison Fraser and Sabrina Martin at The Majestic Theater, winners of the local contest for this year’s Open 4 Business grant! They will be moving on to the next phase of the contest for a chance to win $20,000!
Thank you to our sponsors: Community 1st Credit Union, Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, US Bank, & Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri.
The purpose of the Appanoose County Tourism Grant is to encourage development & expansion of destinations & events that bring visitors into Appanoose County. For the purposes of this application, tourism is defined as an event, activity or piece of marketing collateral designed to draw visitors into Appanoose County from outside the county. Funding for the grants comes from a portion of lodging tax funds collected in the City of Centerville and in the unincorporated areas of Appanoose County. In 2025, we will be offering two applications for this grant, one geared towards marketing initiatives & one for events/attractions.
2025 Appanoose County Tourism Grant – Marketing Materials & Initiatives
2025 Appanoose County Tourism Grant – Events/Attractions
Both applications are due back to the PACT office by 4:30pm on February 28th, 2025.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Appanoose County Tourism Grant Recipients:
Appanoose County Conservation Board
• Appanoose County Fair Association
• Appanoose County Historical Society
• Centerville Concert Association
• Centerville Rotary
• Darbyville Acres
• Historic Preservation Corporation
• Material Girls Quilt Guild
• Moravia Area Historical Society
• Papo’s Pumpkin Patch
• The Continental Hotel
• Veterans at Rathbun Lake
• VFW Post 526
Appanoose County Tourism is offering a signage & facade grant opportunity to businesses outside of the Main Street Centerville district in 2025. Up to $3,000 in funding available per facade project & up to $1,000 per signage project. This is open to anyone in Appanoose County, but outside of the Main Street Centerville district to apply for.
Appanoose County Tourism Grant – Signage Improvements
Appanoose County Tourism Grant – Facade Improvements
Applications for this grant are due back at the PACT office by 4:30pm on February 28, 2025.
The purpose of the Meet in Appanoose Grant is to encourage businesses & organizations to host group meetings, conferences, trade shows or exhibitions in Appanoose County. This grant is designed to introduce and incentive groups to discover everything Appanoose County has to offer by offering funding to offset eligible event costs. This is a competitve application and not all projects will be funded. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis beginning January 1, 2025 and once all funds are awarded, applications will no longer be accepted.
Meet in Appanoose Grant Application
You can read more about the eligible projects, costs and more here.