GRANT APPLICATION
Only applications that benefit seniors of Central Iowa will be considered with priority given to non-profit organizations. Applications due by June 1st for full consideration. (Please submit application to Senior Variety Show P.O. Box 223, Ames, IA 50010)
2025 Grant Recipients
SVS board members Kitty Fisher, Beth McPhail, and Pat Meek congratulate the local senior programs and projects that were chosen to receive net proceeds generated from this year's show. The representatives of these select organizations are: Jan Schmidt (American Legion's Wreaths Across America); Greg Daley (Ames Ecumenical Housing, Inc.); Cassie Vance (Ames History Museum); Jim Kilmer (Heart of Iowa Band); and Tiffany Tope (Seniors in Story). Thank you all for enriching the lives of seniors in many ways.
SVS averages donations of over $10,000 each year to benefit our local senior population. Over the years that has amounted to nearly a quarter of a million dollars. Thank you---sponsors, SVS volunteers, performers, and community supporters for enabling this financial encouragement to continue.
Previous Grant Recipients
2013 - Freedom Flight
2014 - Freedom Flight and RSVP Transportation
2015 - Freedom Flight and Vietnam Veterans
2016 - Ballard Community of Performing Arts, Story County Conservations OWLS, Story County Animal Shelter, and Food at First
2017 - Story County Vietnam Veterans and Heartland Senior Services
2018 - Ames Historical Society, Ballard Community of Performing Arts, Heartland Senior Services, Home Deliver Meals, and Ames Sun Smart
2019 - Good Neighbors, Ames Choral Society, and RSVP Transportation
2020 - Story County Freedom Flight
2021 - Covid, No Show
2022 - Ballard Community of Performing Arts, Ames Ecumenical Housing, Inc, and The Bridge Home
2023 - Ames Ecumenical Housing, Inc., Heart of Iowa Band, Heartland of Story County, and Regency Retirement Residence (Nevada).
2024 - Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance, Heart of Iowa Band, Heartland of Story County, The Bridge Home, Wreaths of America
2025 - American Legion's Wreaths Across America, Ames Ecumenical Housing, Inc., Ames History Museum, Heart of Iowa Band, and
Seniors in Story