Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $5 Million in Grants
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $5.2 million in grants to 208 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive grants from the Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community, 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.
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 nearly $8.5 million in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community. The Community Foundation, coupled with co-funding from donors, funded $4.3 million (or 51%) 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 here.
The Funds for the Community grant recipients include:
Program Fund
Academy for Scholastic & Personal Success
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Cedar Rapids Community School District
Cedar Valley Humane Society
Cornell College
Discovery Living
First Lutheran Church
Heart Connection aka Children’s Cancer Connection
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Iowa Startup Accelerator
Jane Boyd Community House
The Hook
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Wheelchair Ramp Accessibility Program Coalition
Young Parents Network
Organizational Development Fund:
Area Substance Abuse Council
Catherine McAuley Center
Kids First Law Center
Orchestra Iowa
Systems Unlimited
The Arc of East Central Iowa
President’s Fund:
Youthport
The Competitive Donor-Advised Funds grant recipients include:
Gazette Foundation Donor-Advised Fund:
University of Iowa Foundation
GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund:
Alzheimer’s Association – East Central Iowa Chapter
Area Substance Abuse Council
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Community School District
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Hiawatha Public Library
International Academy for Russian Music, Arts & Culture
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kirkwood Community College Foundation
Mercy Medical Center
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 4:30 p.m.