Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $2.5 Million in Grants
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $2,682,670 in grants to 184 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive grants from the Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community; distributions from donor-advised, designated, scholarship and agency funds; as well as community projects such as the Greene Square Revival Project, Cedar Rapids City Hall Mural project and the Cedar Lake project.
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 over $700,000 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community. The Community Foundation funded $410,000 (or 58%) 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
Community Health Free Clinic
Deaf Iowans Against Abuse Inc.
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Friends of the Hiawatha Public Library
Girls on the Run of Johnson County Iowa
Jane Boyd Community House
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
Mercy Medical Center Foundation
Power of Women and Children
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Safe Place Foundation
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc.
Organizational Development Fund:
Access 2 Independence of the Eastern Iowa Corridor, Inc.
African American Museum of Iowa
Coggon Area Betterment Association
Friends of Cedar Lake Inc.
Indian Creek Nature Center
IWLC – Iowa Women Lead Change
New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative Inc dba NewBoCo
The Arc of East Central Iowa
Endowment Challenge Fund:
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc.
President’s Fund:
Metro High School
The Competitive Donor-Advised Funds grant recipients include:
Altorfer, Inc. Donor-Advised Fund:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Community Health Free Clinic
Deafinitely Dogs Inc.
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Kids First Law Center
Linn Area Education Associations Community Foundation dba The Teacher Store
Mercy Medical Center Foundation
Nature Conservancy
Orchestra Iowa
Riders Club of America
Tanager Place
YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area
Bloomhall Family Donor-Advised Fund:
American Cancer Society – Cedar Rapids
American Diabetes Association Inc.-Iowa
Area Substance Abuse Council
Catherine McAuley Center Inc.
Chelsey’s Dream Foundation
Community Health Free Clinic
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Iowa Veterans Welcome Center aka Freedom Foundation
Linn Area Education Associations Community Foundation dba The Teacher Store
Linn County Conservation Board
Orchestra Iowa
Diamond V Donor-Advised Fund:
African American Museum of Iowa
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 Community School District
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association dba Orchestra Iowa
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Community Health Free Clinic
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Gems of Hope
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc.
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
Heights Center Inc.
Henry Davison Youth Center Inc.
Hiawatha Public Library
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Indian Creek Nature Center
Iowa College Foundation
Iowa School for the Deaf Foundation
Iowa Veterans Welcome Center aka Freedom Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
Kids First Law Center
LBA Foundation
Linn Area Education Associations Community Foundation dba The Teacher Store
Matthew 25
Mercy Medical Center Foundation
Monarch Research Project
National Council on Youth Leadership
Nature Conservancy
Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation
Olivet Neighborhood Mission
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Riders Club of America
Salvation Army of Cedar Rapids
Tanager Place
The Arc of East Central Iowa
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Trees Forever
Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc.
YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area
Young Parents Network
Gazette Foundation Donor-Advised Fund:
Tanager Place
Lil’ Drug Store Products Donor-Advised Fund:
Alzheimer’s Association – East Central Iowa Chapter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Cedar Rapids Community School District
Community Health Free Clinic
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Henry Davison Youth Center Inc.
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
Kids First Law Center
Mercy Medical Center
St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation
Theatre Cedar Rapids
World Class Industries Donor-Advised Fund:
Catherine McAuley Center Inc.
Community Health Free Clinic
Friends of the Hiawatha Public Library
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Kids First Law Center
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater Des Moines
The Arc of East Central Iowa
Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Friday, October 14, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. For more details about funding opportunities, click here.