The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved over $3.31 million in grants to more than 130 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive Organization Support Grants, Program Support Grants, Linn County Grants, and grants from the Creating Safe, Equitable and Thriving Communities (SET) Fund; as well as distributions from signature, 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 2022, the Community Foundation distributed over $17.1 million in grants.
The Community Foundation’s competitive grant programs are supported by the Greater Good Fund. Donors who make gifts to the Greater Good Fund have entrusted the Community Foundation to make grants that address ever-changing community needs and opportunities. These grant programs support efforts related to innovation, maintaining success, and building capacity through a competitive grantmaking process. During this grant cycle, the Community Foundation received over $1.2 million in requests for competitive grants and was able to fund $667,990 (or 53% of the requested amount).
A complete list of the nonprofit organizations who received grant awards is included below. More information about these awards, including the project, purpose and amount of funding, can be found here.
Program Support Grants
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Feed Iowa First
Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services
Kids First Law Center
Matthew 25
NewBo City Market
Orchestra Iowa
The Friends of the Marion Public Library
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Willis Dady Homeless Services
YPN
Organization Support Grants
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Discovery Living Inc.
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Heritage Area Agency on Aging
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Indian Creek Nature Center
NewBo City Market
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Willis Dady Homeless Services
Linn County Grants
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Friends of the Family
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Iowa College Access Network
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kids First Law Center
Linn County Trails Association
NewBo City Market
Old Opera House Community Arts Council
Riverview Center Inc.
Tanager
The History Center
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Willis Dady Homeless Services
YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metro Area
Creating Safe, Equitable and Thriving Communities Fund
Catherine McAuley Center Inc.
Foundation 2
Kids First Law Center
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Other grant recipients include:
Cedar Grove Signature Fund
African American Museum of Iowa
Brucemore Inc.
Feed Iowa First
Indian Creek Nature Center
NewBo City Market
NewBoCo
Tanager
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Willis Dady Homeless Services
CRST International Donor-Advised Fund
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc.
His Hands Free Clinic
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Matthew 25
Northwest Neighbors Neighborhood Association
Orchestra Iowa
Refugee and Immigrant Association
Tanager Place
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Girls with Goals Fund
CAN PLAY
YMCA of Greater Des Moines
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Cedar Valley
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley
Marion Independent School Foundation & Alumni Association
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa
McGrath Automotive Group Donor-Advised Fund
American Cancer Society – Cedar Rapids
Catherine McAuley Center Inc.
Children’s Cancer Connection
Community Health Free Clinic
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Feed Iowa First
Foundation 2
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Iowa JAG Inc.
Kids First Law Center
Lavender Legal Center
Linn County Trails Association
Matthew 25
Refugee and Immigrant Association
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metro Area
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. CST. For more details about funding opportunities, click here.
