Over $4.6 Million in Grants Approved by Community Foundation Board
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $4.6 million in grants to 308 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive grants from the Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community; as well as distributions from donor-advised, designated, scholarship and agency funds.
The Community Foundation brings together private philanthropy with impactful nonprofits to support a healthy and vibrant Linn County. In 2017, the Community Foundation distributed over $9 million in grants.
The Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community include gifts from donors who have entrusted the Community Foundation to make grants that address the ever-changing community needs and opportunities. The funds support efforts related to innovation, maintaining success and building capacity through a competitive grantmaking process.
During this grant cycle, the Community Foundation received over $500,000 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community. The Community Foundation funded $290,268 (or 58%) of the requested amount.
A complete list of the nonprofit organizations who received competitive grant awards from the Funds for the Community and Competitive Donor-Advised Funds are included below. More information about these awards, including the project, purpose and amount of funding, can be found at: https://www.gcrcf.org/grants/recent-grant-awards/2018-grant-awards/.
The Funds for the Community grant recipients include:
Program Fund
Ballet Quad Cities
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Dubuque – Cedar Rapids office
First Lutheran Church
GLRC of Cedar Rapids dba Cedar Rapids Pride
GO Cedar Rapids
Linn County Conservation Board
Marion Chamber Foundation
Mission of Hope
Orchestra Iowa
YPN
Organizational Development Fund:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Deaf Iowans Against Abuse Inc.
Gems of Hope
The History Center
President’s Fund:
The Wellness Center
The Competitive Donor-Advised Fund grant recipients include:
CRST International:
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Community Health Free Clinic
Cornell College
East Central Iowa Council of Governments
Indian Creek Nature Center
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Metro United Way, Inc.
Mt. Mercy University
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
New Bo Co
Orchestra Iowa
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Theatre Cedar Rapids
United Way of Central Alabama
United Way of East Central Iowa
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
United Way of Quad Cities
GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation:
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
African American Museum of Iowa
Alzheimer’s Association – East Central Iowa Chapter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Clothe-A-Child Inc.
Czech Village/New Bohemia Urban Main Street District
Deafinitely Dogs Inc.
East Central Iowa Council of Governments
Eastern Iowa Chapter JDRF
Henry Davison Youth Center Inc.
Indian Creek Nature Center
International Academy for Russian Music, Arts & Culture
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kids First Law Center
Kirkwood Community College Foundation
March of Dimes Foundation
Mercy Medical Center
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Old Creamery Theatre Company
Orchestra Iowa
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Tanager Place
Theatre Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Center for Advancement
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Zach Johnson Foundation
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Friday, June 15, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. CST. For more details about funding opportunities, visit www.gcrcf.org.