Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves $3 Million in Grants

Published: September 4, 2018 | By: Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation | Category:

The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $3 million in grants to 195 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 2017, the Community Foundation distributed over $9 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 $811,834 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community. The Community Foundation funded $480,764 (or 59%) of the requested amount.

A complete list of the nonprofit organizations who received competitive grant awards from the Funds for the Community and Competitive Donor-Advised Funds are included below.  More information about these awards, including the project, purpose and amount of funding, click here.

The Funds for the Community grant recipients include:

Program Fund

Academy for Scholastic & Personal Success

Area Substance Abuse Council

Coe College

Community Health Free Clinic

Eastern Iowa Arts Academy

Eastern Iowa Health Center

Indian Creek Nature Center

Nature Conservancy

Olivet Neighborhood Mission

Red Cedar Chamber Music

The Arc of East Central Iowa

 

Organizational Development Fund:

Abbe Center for Community Mental Health

Alburnett Community Historical Society

ConnectCR

Discovery Living Inc.

Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa

HACAP

Horizons – A Family Service Alliance

Matthew 25

Tanager Place

 

Endowment Challenge Fund:

Clothe-A-Child Inc.

 

President’s Fund:

GSI Works + Train your Rain! Social Enterprise

Intercultural Center of Iowa

United Way of East Central Iowa for LAP-AID

 

The Competitive Donor-Advised Fund grant recipients include:

Altorfer, Inc. Donor-Advised Fund:

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

Eastern Iowa Health Center

Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity

Hawkeye Area Community Action Program

Indian Creek Nature Center

Iowa College Foundation

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa

Kids First Law Center

Nature Conservancy

Orchestra Iowa

Tanager Place

YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area

 

Bloomhall Family Donor-Advised Fund:

Area Substance Abuse Council

Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids

Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center

Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity

Chelsey’s Dream Foundation

Eastern Iowa Arts Academy

Eastern Iowa Health Center

Gems of Hope

Hawkeye Area Community Action Program

Orchestra Iowa

Riverview Center Inc.

Safe Place Foundation

Tanager Place

The Freedom Foundation

Theatre Cedar Rapids

YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area

 

Diamond V Donor-Advised Fund:

African American Museum of Iowa

Area Substance Abuse Council

Best Buddies International Inc. – Best Buddies Iowa

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

Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids

Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center

Brucemore Inc.

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity

Chelsey’s Dream Foundation

Community Health Free Clinic

Eastern Iowa Arts Academy

Eastern Iowa Health Center

Friends of Czech Village Corp

Gems of Hope

Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc.

Goodwill Industries of the Heartland–Iowa City

Harmony Hawks Chorus

Hawkeye Area Community Action Program

Indian Creek Nature Center

Iowa Ceramics Center

Iowa College Foundation

Iowa JAG Inc.

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa

Kids First Law Center

Linn County Trails Association

Matthew 25

National Council on Youth Leadership

Old Creamery Theatre Company

Olivet Neighborhood Mission

Orchestra Iowa

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.

Riders Club of America

Riverview Center Inc.

Safe Place Foundation

The Arc of East Central Iowa

Theatre Cedar Rapids

Trees Forever

YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area

Zach Johnson Foundation

 

McGrath Automotive Group Donor-Advised Fund:

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library

 

World Class Industries Donor-Advised Fund:

Best Buddies International Inc. – Best Buddies Iowa

Catherine McAuley Center Inc.

Community Health Free Clinic

Hawkeye Area Community Action Program

Iowa JAG Inc.

ISU Extension & Outreach – Linn County

Kids First Law Center

Safe Place Foundation

The Arc of East Central Iowa

The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Friday, October 12, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. CST.  For more details about funding opportunities, click here.

 

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