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