A good place to start for first-time applicants. This detailed guide provides background on each available grant fund, application deadline, number of application copies required, areas of grant making interest and average award amount.

Updated yearly, the 2010 Grant Guidelines packet provides organizations and grant writers with a complete overview of grant programs, funding priorities, the application process, timeline and deadlines.

Read the application process overview carefully to make sure your grant application meets various requirements and to learn more about the grant making process.

Read the application process overview carefully to make sure your proposed project fits for each fund to which you intend to submit an application.

The GCRCF board and staff recruit community members to create diverse and inclusive grant and scholarship review committees, and staff ensures that grant making programs and priorities reflect a range of community needs.

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation realizes that it is unable to meet all the philanthropic needs of Linn County. Not all submitted proposals, even if they meet program guidelines, are guaranteed funding.