Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves $3 Million in Grants
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.