Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $5.3 Million in Grants
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $5.3 million in grants to 198 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive Organizational Support Grants and Program Support Grants; grants from the Disaster Recovery Fund and the COVID-19 Disaster Response Fund; 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 2020, the Community Foundation distributed over $13.9 million in grants.
The Community Foundation’s competitive grant programs are supported by gifts from donors who have entrusted the Community Foundation to make grants that address 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 $1.2 million in requests for competitive grants and was able to fund $683,339 (or 46% of the requested amount).
A complete list of the nonprofit organizations who received grant awards is included below. More information about these awards, including the project, purpose and amount of funding, can be found here.
Program Support Grants
African American Museum of Iowa
Area Substance Abuse Council
Catherine McAuley Center Inc.
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Feed Iowa First
His Hands Free Clinic
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Jane Boyd Community House
Linn-Mar School Foundation
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center
YPN
Organizational Support Grants
Academy for Scholastic & Personal Success
Affordable Housing Network, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Catherine McAuley Center
Central Furniture Rescue
Clothe-A-Child Inc.
Feed Iowa First
Harmony School of Music
Indian Creek Nature Center
Tanager Place
The History Center
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Disaster Recovery Fund
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
The Freedom Foundation
Olivet Neighborhood Mission
Housing Fund for Linn County
Matthew 25
COVID-19 Disaster Response Fund
Olivet Neighborhood Mission
Fresh Start Ministries
Friends of Iowa Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Iowa Citizen Foster Care Review Boards (ICFCRB)
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Thursday, July 1, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. CST. For more details about funding opportunities, visit www.gcrcf.org.