The Golden Belt Community Foundation recently completed its second competitive grant cycle of 2013, awarding $19,830 to charitable organizations in Barton, Pawnee, and Stafford counties.Thirty-one applications were received with agencies requesting more than $67,000 in funding. Programs or projects must demonstrate need and show how the program will benefit the communities of the Golden Belt area. Projects establishing new or fostering existing collaborations are favored.Since 2002, more than $1.7 million has been reinvested into charitable projects and agencies of the Golden Belt.