Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $5 Million in Grants
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $5,099,730 in grants to 368 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. In 2016, the Community Foundation distributed over $10 million in grants.
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 $944,000 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community. The Community Foundation funded $361,780 (or 38%) 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
African American Museum of Iowa
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Catherine McAuley Center Inc.
First Lutheran Church
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
Iowa Legal Aid
Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development
LBA Foundation
Linn County Public Health Department
NewBoCo
Northwest Neighbors Neighborhood Association
Young Parents Network
Zach Johnson Foundation
Organizational Development Fund:
Area Substance Abuse Council
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation
Legion Arts Inc.
Tanager Place
President’s Fund:
5 Seasons Development
American National Red Cross – Serving Greater Iowa
Community Hands dba Intercultural Center of Iowa
Harmony School of Music, Inc.
National Resilience Institute
The Competitive Donor-Advised Funds grant recipients include:
CRST International Donor-Advised Fund:
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Community Health Free Clinic
Cornell College
Indian Creek Nature Center
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Mercy Medical Center
Metro United Way (Louisville, KY)
Mount Mercy University
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Northern Sky Theater Inc.
Orchestra Iowa
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Trees Forever for Eye 380
Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa
United Way of East Central Iowa
United Way of Birmingham, AL
United Way of Allen County (Fort Wayne, IN)
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
United Way of the Quad Cities
GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund:
African American Museum of Iowa
Alzheimer’s Association – East Central Iowa Chapter
American Heart Association
Area Substance Abuse Council
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Coe College
Cornell College
Gems of Hope
Henry Davison Youth Center Inc.
Indian Creek Nature Center
International Academy for Russian Music, Arts & Culture
Iowa College Foundation
Jane Boyd Community House
JDRF International dba Eastern Iowa Chapter JDRF
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Mercy Medical Center Foundation
Monarch Research Project
Mount Mercy University
The Arc of East Central Iowa
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Lil’ Drug Store Products Donor-Advised Fund:
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Kirkwood Community College Foundation
Mercy Medical Center
National Council on Youth Leadership
NewBo City Market
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc.
United Way of East Central Iowa
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. CST. For more details about funding opportunities, click here.