Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $2.6 Million in Grants

Published: September 14, 2015 | By: Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation | Category:

The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $2.6 million in grants to 107 nonprofit organizations.  The awards include competitive grants from the Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community, as well as distributions from donor-advised, designated, and agency funds.

The Community Foundation brings together private philanthropy with impactful nonprofits to support a healthy and vibrant Linn County.

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 $701,000 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community.  The Community Foundation, coupled with co-funding from a donor, funded $453,700 (or 65%) of the requested amount.

A complete list of the nonprofit organizations who received competitive grant awards from the Funds for the Community and the 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/2015-grant-awards/.

 

The Funds for the Community grant recipients include:

Program Fund

African American Museum of Iowa

Area Substance Abuse Council

Artisan’s Sanctuary

Cedar Rapids Community School District

Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation

Cedar Valley Friends of the Family

Community Health Free Clinic

Diversity Focus

Eastern Iowa Arts Academy

Eastern Iowa Honor Flight

First United Methodist Church, Marion

Four Oaks Family & Children’s Services

Girls on the Run of Johnson County Iowa

Legion Arts Inc.

Nature Conservancy

Power of Women and Children

Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families

 

Organizational Development Fund:

Academy for Scholastic & Personal Success

Children’s Theatre of Cedar Rapids dba Playtime Poppy Children’s Theatre

Iowa Legal Aid

Safe Place Foundation

Tanager Place

 

President’s Fund:

Playtime Poppy Children’s Theatre

 

Endowment Challenge Fund:

Indian Creek Nature Center

 

The Competitive Donor-Advised Funds grant recipients include:

Altorfer Inc. Donor-Advised Fund:

Friends of Cedar Lake Inc.

Friends of Ushers Ferry

Indian Creek Nature Center

Kids First Law Center

Orchestra Iowa

Salvation Army of Cedar Rapids

Tanager Place

Theatre Cedar Rapids

 

Bloomhall Family Donor-Advised Fund:

Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids

Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center

Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation

Community Health Free Clinic

Hawkeye Area Community Action Program

Iowa Veterans Welcome Center

Junior League of Cedar Rapids

Theatre Cedar Rapids

Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa

Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families

 

Diamond V Donor-Advised Fund:

African American Museum of Iowa

American National Red Cross – Grant Wood Area Chapter

Area Substance Abuse Council

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.

Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids

Catherine McAuley Center Inc.

Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation

Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity

City of Cedar Rapids

Community Health Free Clinic

Drake University

Foundation 2 Inc.

Friends of Cedar Lake Inc.

Heights Center Inc.

Iowa College Foundation

Iowa Veterans Welcome Center

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa

Junior League of Cedar Rapids

Kids First Law Center

Matthew 25

Meth-Wick Community

National Council on Youth Leadership

Nature Conservancy

Olivet Neighborhood Mission

Orchestra Iowa

Riders Club of America

Tanager Place

Theatre Cedar Rapids

Trees Forever

Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa

Willis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc.

 

Gazette Foundation Donor-Advised Fund:

African American Museum of Iowa

Area Substance Abuse Council

Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation

Cornell College

Nature Conservancy

 

McGrath Automotive Group Donor-Advised Fund:

Friends of Cedar Lake Inc.

Kids First Law Center

 

World Class Industries Donor-Advised Fund:

Area Substance Abuse Council

Catherine McAuley Center Inc.

Community Health Free Clinic

Friends of the Hiawatha Public Library

Junior League of Cedar Rapids

Kids First Law Center

National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater Des Moines

The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 4:30 p.m.  For more details about funding opportunities, visit www.gcrcf.org.

Visit the Nonprofit Giving Center and the Nonprofit Calendar to search for a nonprofit fund, organization, cause, or event to support.
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