Local not-for-profit organizations have until 4 p.m. Feb. 29 to apply for 2012 grants from the Kenosha Community Foundation.

The area’s community foundation will make grants from five of the funds it manages:  unrestricted funds, the OMC Legacy Fund, the LaFave Family Fund, the Women’s Fund, and the Arts Fund. In previous years, the Foundation awarded grants between $500 and $18,000 to area not-for-profit organizations. In 2011, 24 grants, totaling $73,000, from these five funds were awarded.

Applications must be received by the Foundation no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29. Grant criteria and grant application forms are available on the Foundation’s website. 

For additional questions, contact [email protected], or call 654-2412. The Kenosha Community Foundation, organized in 1926 as a tax-exempt public charity, actively manages permanent endowments established by individuals, families, and business organizations. The Foundation manages over $5 million in endowment funds and each year awards around $200,000 in grants and scholarships to Kenosha area non-profit organizations and students.