Funds

Funds within The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation that made grants, distributions, and scholarships as of January 15, 2008.


Unrestricted Funds


Field of Interest Funds

Corporate Donor-Advised Funds

Donor-Advised Funds

Designated Funds


Agency Endowments


Scholarship Funds

Special Funds

Administrative Funds

Affiliate Funds


Unrestricted Funds

The Community Fund, made up of named component funds:
Justin & Mildred Albright
Edward J. & Betty Altorfer
Edward J. Altorfer Estate
Robert C. Armstrong Estate
The Aschoff Family
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Barlow
Dr. Richard G. Bausch Estate
Dr. Richard Bausch Memorial Fund
Dean & Gale Beer
Ruth L. Hastings Brown
Julie Boudreaux Memorial
Mary Bingham Daehler
Clarice Dummermuth
Harold F. Ewoldt Memorial
Carleen and Eugene Grandon
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hastie
Joan and Ed Hemphill
Edna A. Herbst
Russell & Ruth Hess
Russell & Ruth Hess Estates
Jeanne Lorraine Howell
T.M. & Dorothy Ingersoll
Caroline E. Janowsky Estate
Sam & Joanne Johnson
Carl & Mary Koehler
John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna Karasz (In honor of Ann Lipsky)
George F. Martinek Memorial Trust
Margaret E. McKnight (In memory of Hope S. Shultz & Margaret E. McKnight)
Dr. J. Stuart McQuiston
Meffert Family Fund
William G. & Amelia A. Meffert
Nina E. Merveaux
David & Mary C. Neuhaus
Irene H. Perrine
William B. Quarton
Curtis and Sigrid Reynolds
Daniel, Lenore & Minnie Rubek Memorial
Anita Starman Estate
Mr. & Mrs. Robert South
Mr. & Mrs. Forest Stewart (in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Arch Stewart)
Lewis W. & Harriett Van Nostrand
Ruth Hilda Walterick Estate
Ted & Maxine Welch
Mabel Wetzler
William P. Whipple




Field of Interest Funds

Homer E. and Irma B. Busby Fund for Human Services
Circle of Rubies (formerly the Altrusa Club) Endowed Literacy Club Fund
Peggy Fashimpaur Fund for Arts Education
Fund for Educational Excellence in the Public Schools of Linn County
Fund for Management Resourcing
G.P. Fund for the Environment
Claire and Vernon Hudek Fund for Homeless and Hungry
Ralph E. and Barbara J. Hughes Fund for Church Related Human Service Activities
Marshall Journalism Incentive Fund
Nina E. and Victor D. Merveaux Fund for Historic Preservation
Nina E. and Victor D. Merveaux Fund to Benefit Children of Low Income Families
Nina E. and Victor D. Merveaux Fund for Health-Related Programs
Red Ribbon Fund for the Fight Against AIDS
Vern W. Reeder Memorial Fund for the Homeless
Tokheim Family Fund for the Homeless and Hungry of Cedar Rapids - Linn County
Harriett and Lewis W. Van Nostrand Fund for Health Related Organizations and Activities
White Cross Society of Cedar Rapids Fund




Corporate Donor-Advised Funds

Altorfer, Inc. Fund
Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Donor-Advised Fund
CRST International, Inc. Fund
Diamond V Mills Fund
The Gazette Foundation
G.E. Special Projects Fund
GreatAmerica Leasing Corporation Fund
Hall & Hall Engineers, Inc. Fund
IGD (formerly Iowa Glass Depot) Fund
Lil Drug Store Products, Inc. Fund
McGrath Automotive Group Funds
Merit Construction Company Fund
Midamar Corporation Fund
Moyer & Bergman Fund
New Frontier Foundation Fund
Paulson Electric/PEC Communications Funds
Rinderknecht Associates Fund
Shuttleworth and Ingersoll Fund
Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood Fund
True Identity Design Fund
Van Meter Industrial Fund




Donor-Advised Funds

Anonymous Funds
Anderson Family Charitable Fund
Gary L. and Alice Anderson Endowed Fund
Daniel R. Baldwin Fund
F. William Beckwith Endowed Fund
John and Mary Ellen Bickel Family Fund
John C. and Cynthia A. Bloomhall Fund
Bloomhall Family Fund
Gilda and Barry Boyer Fund
Stephen and Sara Brandenburg Fund
David H. and Rose Marie Burke Fund
Carol and James Burns Donor-Advised Fund
Steven and Joanne Carfrae Fund
Cedar Rapids Boxing Club, Inc.
Clancey Family Fund
Matthew Craig Fund
Dandekar Fund
James and Rosemary Earl Family Fund
Rich and Donna Flynn Fund
Florence and Melvin Galbraith Fund
Garner Family Fund
Dean and Laura Gesme Family Fund
Gray Family Fund
Robert A. Handler M.D. Ecology Education Fund
Sally and Allan Harms Donor-Advised Fund
Jason and Susan Hellickson Fund
Katherine K. Hladky Fund
Hoffman Family Fund
G. Richard and Jacqueline R. Johnson Fund
Mary and David Junge Fund
David and Sherri Justice Fund
Bert and Suzanne Katz Donor-Advised Fund
KIDNEEDS for MPGN II Research Fund
Gerald T. Knox Fund I
Gerald T. Knox Fund II
Kolln Family Endowed Donor-Advised Fund
Robert and Caroline Kucharski Fund
Michael A. Kudej Memorial Fund
Robert J. and Sue B. Latham Fund
Lewis Bottoms Heritage Fund
Linn County Bar Association Fund
George and Janelle McClain Family Fund
Jo and Larry McGrath Endowed Funds
Nancy G. McHugh Fund
Meffert Family Fund
Dick and Mary Meisterling Fund
Milagros Research Fund
Frank and Cheryle Mitvalsky Fund
Mike and Ann Mohnsen Family Fund
Paul and Jennifer Morf Fund
Duane and Kay Nesetril Fund I
Duane and Kay Nesetril Fund II
Greg and Debora Neumeyer Fund
John and Christine North Endowed Donor-Advised Fund
Jay and Bonnie Petersen Fund
William B. Quarton Fund
William B. Quarton Endowed Fund
William H. and Janis L. Quinby Fund
Wendy Rivinius-Portz Memorial Fund
RJHS Society Fund
Jack and Jacqueline Roland Fund
Gary Rozek Endowed Fund
Louis J. and Elmer M. Rosenbaum Memorial Fund
Bob Rush and Judieth Whetstine Endowed Donor-Advised Fund
John M. and Wilma Ann Wallin Sagers Fund
Duffy and Belva Schamberger Donor-Advised Fund
Doug and Pat Sedlacek Funds
Larry D. and Claire J. Sharp Endowed Donor-Advised Fund
Silber Family Endowed Fund
Drew and Jo Ann Skogman Endowed Donor-Advised Fund
Leroy and LaJuana Skogman Fund
John and Dyan Smith Fund
Toborg and Halupnik Family Fund
James M. and Susan K. Turner Fund
James M. and Susan K. Turner Fund II
Michael and Marla Valliere Fund
Wellso Family Fund
Myron F. and Esther S. Wilson Fund
Myron and Esther Wilson Fund II
Larry and Joni Witzel Family Endowed Fund
Frank P. and Marie M. Woods Family Fund
Brian J. Worley Fund for the Performing Arts
The Young Genius Fund of Henry Russell Bruce, Inc.
Zylstra and Earl Family Fund




Designated Funds

Robert W. and Elizabeth M. Allsop Endowed Fund
Anonymous Fund
Anonymous Fund for Library Acquisitions for Mount Mercy College
Artists in Schools Fund
Ruth Opal Beatty Fund for Music Education of Shellsburg Youth
F. William Beckwith Endowed Fund
Blahnik/Garden Club Speakership Fund for Indian Creek Nature Center
Gladys Bock Children's Fund for Indian Creek Nature Center
Cedar Rapids/Marion League of Women Voters Endowment Fund for Education
Cedar Rapids Symphony Center Endowed Fund
Cedar Rapids Symphony Endowed Trumpet Chair Fund
Paul Christiansen Memorial Fund
Larry H. Christy Endowment Fund
Sutherland C. and Frances M. Dows Fund (in memory of Peter A. Dows)
Herbert L. and Dorothy E. Ellingson Fund
Viola N. Elsenbast Fund
Floy and Norman Erickson Fund
Friends of HACAP Inn-Circle FundFriends of Iowa Medical Aid Fund
Friends of Oak Hill Cemetery Fund
Dorothea E. Garberson Wildflower Project
Clifford A. Hendricks Endowed Fund
Carl and Jill Henrici Fund for the Cedar Rapids Symphony
Edna A. Herbst Fund
Claire and Vernon Hudek Fund for the Cedar Rapids Symphony
Inter-Religious Council Fund
Jefferson High School Performing Arts Fund
Dave and Chris Kubicek Fund
Russell W. and Ruth E. Landis Fund for St. Paul's Methodist Church
Roger and Thea Leslie Funds
Lynch/Schulz Environmental Education Fund for Indian Creek Nature Center
Virginia J. Lyon Memorial Fund for the Mount Vernon Community Preschool
Carl and Doris McClain Ecological Restoration Fund for Indian Creek Nature Center
Nina E. Merveaux Fund
Mid-America Housing Partnership Development Fund
Elaine Mykelby Young Artist Fund
F. Forbes and Ann Olberg Fund
Bonnie Rae Picard Memorial Fund
David and Ann Pickford Fund
Project Victoria Fund
Helen Troxel/Ella Johnson Miller Memorial Internship Fund for Indian Creek Nature Center
Bernice Pratt Circle of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons Fund
Quarton-McElroy Iowa Broadcasters Association Foundation Fund
Maurice G. & Leona Rapoport Fund for Hadassah Hospital
Maurice G. & Leona Rapoport Fund for The Jewish Welfare Fund of Cedar Rapids
Maurice G. & Leona Rapoport Fund for the Witwer Senior Center
John M. and Wilma Ann Wallin Sagers Endowed Designated Fund
Doug and Pat Sedlacek Donor-Advised Funds
Larry D. and Claire J. Sharp Endowed Designated Fund
Paul R. and Rebecca F. Shawver Endowed Designated Fund
Lynne Stimple Memorial Trail Fund for Indian Creek Nature Center
Tokheim Family Fund for Inn-Circle
Tokheim Family Fund for the Linn Community Food Bank
Tokheim Family Fund for Lutheran Church Initiatives for the Homeless
Theodore and Elizabeth Trefny Fund for the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Terry and Pamela Trimpe Fund
Benjamin Christopher Tvedt Fund
William P. and Gayle S. Whipple Funds




Agency Endowments

African American Heritage Foundation Agency Endowment
Alzheimer's Association, East Central Iowa Quasi-Endowed Fund
Amana Arts Guild Fund
Amana Heritage Society Fund
Arc of East Central Iowa
Bena Homestead Endowment
Camp Courageous Endowment
Cedar Rapids Choral Association Funds
Cedar Rapids Community School District Foundation
Cedar Rapids/Marion League of Women Voters Endowment
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Funds
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation Fund
Cedar Rapids Symphony Endowment Funds
Cedar Rapids Symphony School Endowment Fund
Community Foundation of Great River Bend Agency Endowment 
Community Health Free Clinic Funds
Henry Davison Youth Center Agency Endowment
Discovery Living, Inc. Funds
Four Oaks Endowment Fund
Gems of Hope, Inc.
Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America Endowment Fund
Horizons: A Family Service Alliance Fund
Indian Creek Nature Centure Charitable Trust Endowment Fund
Indian Creek Nature Center Founders Fund
Isaac Newton Christiam Academy Agency Endowment
Jane Boyd Community House Agency Endowment
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Inc.
Legion Arts (at CSPS) Agency Endowment Fund
Linn County Historical Society Funds
Linn-Mar School Foundation
Lisbon Community School District Foundation Fund
Lutheran Services in Iowa
Mercy Medical Center Foundation Endowment Fund
Metro Youth Football Association Scholarship Fund
Miracles in Motion Funds
Mount Mercy College Endowment Fund
Mount Vernon School District Foundation Fund
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Fund
Oak Hill Cemetery Quasi-Endowed Fund
Old Creamery Theatre Agency Endowment
Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa Funds
Peggy Boyle Whitworth Endowed Fund for Brucemore
Red Cedar Chamber Music Agency Endowment
St. George Orthodox Church Funds
St. Luke's Healthcare Foundation Fund
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Endowment Fund
Science Station Fund
Southeast Linn Community Center Fund
Systems, Unlimited Inc. Agency Endowment
Henry & Bertha Tiemeyer Scholarship Fund for the Cedar Rapids Symphony School
Trees Forever Funds
United Nations Association, Linn County Chapter
United Way of East Central Iowa Fund
Waypoint Endowment Fund
Westminster Presbyterian Church Funds
Witwer Center, Inc. Agency Endowment
Xavier Foundation Endowment Fund
Young Parents Network




Scholarship Funds

All McKinley Alumni Scholarship
Bob V. Bengston Scholarship
Stephen Bonfig Memorial Scholarship Fund
Suki Cell Scholarship
College Club of Cedar Rapids Scholarship
Joe Corbin Memorial Scholarships I and II
Daybreak Rotary/Polk Elementary Scholarship
Delaware County Fish and Game Scholarship
GE Special Projects Fund
Robert K. Dennis Scholarship
O.J. and Viola N. Elsenbast Fund for Scholarships for Graettinger Community High School - Graduates
Charles and Edith Glidden Scholarship
High School/High Tech Scholarship
Iowa Physician Assistant Society Scholarship
Carole Jamieson Spirit Scholarship
Joslin Scholarship
Kleiman Family Scholarship Funds
Komensky Society Scholarship
Lavenz Memorial InCourage Scholarship
Nina E. and Victor D. Merveaux Scholarship
Bonnie Reames-Grant Memorial Scholarship
Vern W. Reeder Memorial Scholarship
Dave Shay-KGAN-TV Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
Henry and Bertha Tiemeyer Scholarship
Glenn and Mary Wendler Scholarship
Zeta Phi Eta Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Performing and Communicative Arts




Special Funds

15 in 5 River Timeline Project Fund
Cedar Rapids Healthcare Alliance
Abbie Downing Educational Fund
Iowa Community AIDS Partnership Fund
Learning Alliance Conference Fund
Library Funding Information Center Fund
Outstanding Student Fund
President’s Fund
Riverside Skate Park Capital Campaign Fund
Rotary Centennial Project Fund
Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids Metro High School Fund
Save the Art Fund
Tree of Five Seasons Capital Campaign Fund
Washington High School 50th Anniversary Fund
Youth POWER Endowment Fund


Administrative Funds
Administrative Fund
Jeanne Lorraine Howell Fund
Iowa Community AIDS Partnership Operating Fund
Nina E. Merveaux Fund
Operating Fund
REACT/K-12 Fund


Affiliate Funds

Anamosa Community Fund
Greater Delaware County Community Foundation Affiliate Fund
Hiawatha Community Fund
Jones County Endowment Fund
Keokuk Community Fund 
     Michael and Kathy Klauser Endowed Donor-Advised Fund  
     Judith and David Morgan Donor-Advised Fund       
     J. M. Morgan Endowed Donor-Advised Fund     
     Kenneth Sibbing Endowment Fund
     Keokuk Community School Foundation Fund
     Keokuk Public Library Foundation Fund
     Keokuk Area Hospital Foundation Fund
     Keokuk YMCA Fund 
     Grand Theatre Corporate Foundation Fund
Linn County Endowment Fund
Mt. Pleasant Community Funds
Wapello County Community Foundation Fund



The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
200 First Street S.W. • Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Phone: (319) 366-2862 • FAX: (319) 366-2912