Fund Anniversaries in 2019
The Community Foundation is home to nearly one thousand charitable funds established by individuals and organizations. These funds ensure the longevity of our community and illustrate the commitment of those who believe in the power of charitable giving. In 2019, we will celebrate the following funds as they reach milestone anniversaries of their creation.
30 YEARS
Brian J. Worley Fund for the Performing Arts
25 YEARS
Community Endowment Fund
Nina and Victor Merveaux Designated Fund
Gregory Plotz Charitable Remainder Trust Fund
Bob V. Bengtson Good Citizenship Award & Scholarship Fund for Students of Truman Elementary
Fund for Management Resourcing
Peggy Fashimpaur Kahr Fund for Arts Education
McGrath Automotive Group Corporate Donor-Advised Fund
Van Nostrand Fund for Health Related Activities
Viola N. Elsenbast Fund
Maurice G. and Leona Rapoport Designated Endowed Fund for the Jewish Welfare Fund of Cedar Rapids
Maurice G. and Leona Rapoport Designated Endowed Fund for Hadassah Hospital
Maurice G. and Leona Rapoport Designated Endowed Fund for the Witwer Senior Center of Cedar Rapids
Zeta Phi Eta Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Performing and Communicative Arts
United Way of East Central Iowa Designated Agency Endowment Fund
Russell W. and Ruth E. Landis Designated Endowment Fund for St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Friends of Inn-Circle Designated Agency Fund
Altorfer Inc. Non-Endowed Donor-Advised Fund
Dave Shay-KGAN-TV Broadcast Journalism Scholarship Fund for Students Pursuing Careers in Broadcast Journalism
20 YEARS
Inter-Religious Council Designated Fund
Jay and Bonnie Petersen Donor-Advised Fund
John M. and Wilma Ann Wallin Sagers Fund
Stephen and Sara Brandenburg Charitable Fund
Indian Creek Nature Center Education Fund
15 YEARS
William B. Quarton Endowed Fund
Frank and Cheryle Mitvalsky Fund
Myron and Esther Wilson Endowment Fund II
David and Ann Pickford Endowment Fund
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Endowment Fund
Trees Forever Agency Endowment Fund
Miracles in Motion Quasi-Endowed Fund
Miracles in Motion Agency Endowment Fund
Rick and Donna Flynn Fund
Dandekar Fund
James W. and Susan K. Turner Endowed Fund II
Linn County Historical Society Agency Endowment Fund II
Linn County Historical Society Collections Fund
Discovery Living Inc. Endowment Fund II
Discovery Living Inc. Quasi-Endowed Fund
Milagros Research Fund
Suki Cell Scholarship Fund
Horizons: A Family Service Alliance Endowment Fund
Friends of the Iowa Abortion Access Fund
Larry H. Christy Endowment Fund
Delaware County Fish & Game Protective Association Scholarship Fund
Trees Forever Quasi-Endowed Fund
Indian Creek Nature Center Land & Facilities Fund
Jay G. Sigmund Fund
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Quasi-Endowed Fund
Vern W. Reeder Memorial Fund
Vern W. Reeder Memorial Scholarship Fund
Michael A. Kudej Memorial Fund
Robert A. Handler M.D. Ecology Education Fund, an Endowed Advised Fund
Arc of East Central Iowa Foundation Quasi-Endowed Fund
Young Parents Network Agency Endowment Fund
10 YEARS
Neighborhood Transportation Service Endowment Fund
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation Endowment Fund
Ruth L. Hastings Brown Fund
Theatre Cedar Rapids Trustees Agency Endowment Fund
Roger and Thea Leslie Endowed Fund IV
William Beckwith Endowed Fund II
Cedar Rapids Rough Riders Hockey Charitable Fund
Michele Boyer Endowed Fund
Marion Churches Senior Living Community Foundation Endowment Fund
Martha L. Parsons Endowed Fund
Dick Damrow Educational Fund
Busse Family Endowed Fund
Kylie Hall Designated Endowment Fund
John and Dyan Smith Endowed Fund for Cornell College
Haas Family Designated Fund
Buresh Family Endowed Fund
Christopher J. and Jane A. Lindell Family Fund
Jean Brenneman Family Fund
David Mahlke Endowed Donor- Advised Fund
Tree of Five Seasons and Plaza Maintenance Endowment Fund
Orville and Loanna Bloethe Endowed Fund for the H-L-V School District
Gordon and Jann Baustian Designated Fund
Wiesenfeld Family Fund
Chris and Suzy DeWolf Family Endowed Fund
Joseph M. Kacena Endowed Fund
Kevin Eck and Sashi Solomon Family Fund
Gehring Family Fund for Coe College