Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $5.2 Million in Grants
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $5.2 million in grants to 215 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive grants from the Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community; the new Creating Safe, Equitable and Thriving Communities Fund; 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 2018, the Community Foundation distributed over $11.8 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 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 $750,000 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community. The Community Foundation funded $363,465 (or 47%) of the requested amount.
A complete list of the nonprofit organizations who received competitive grant awards from the Funds for the Community, the Creating Safe, Equitable and Thriving Communities Fund, and Competitive Donor-Advised Funds is 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
6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Community School District
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Deaf Iowans Against Abuse
Iowa JAG
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
Marion Chamber Foundation
Matthew 25
NewBo City Market
Olivet Neighborhood Mission
SPT Theatre Company
YPN
Organizational Development Fund:
AbbeHealth
Aging Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Feed Iowa First
Foundation 2
Kids First Law Center
The Arc of East Central Iowa
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter
The Creating Safe, Equitable and Thriving Communities Fund grant recipients include:
African American Museum of Iowa
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa African Diaspora
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Jane Boyd Community House
Kids First Law Center
LBA Foundation
Tanager Place
The GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Competitive Donor-Advised Fund grant recipients include:
African American Museum of Iowa
Alzheimer’s Association – Iowa Chapter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Catherine McAuley Center
Cedar Rapids Community School Foundation
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Community Health Free Clinic
Deafinitely Dogs
Eastern Iowa Chapter JDRF
Foundation 2
His Hands Free Clinic
Indian Creek Nature Center
International Academy for Russian Music, Arts & Culture
Iowa College Foundation
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kirkwood Community College Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa
March of Dimes Foundation
Mercy Medical Center
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Nature Conservancy
Old Creamery Theatre Company
Orchestra Iowa
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Revival Theatre Company
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Zach Johnson Foundation
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Friday, June 14, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. CST. For more details about funding opportunities, click here.