Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $3.7 Million in Grants

The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $3.79 million in grants to 239 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive Organizational Support Grants and Program Support Grants, as well as distributions from donor-advised, designated, scholarship and agency funds.

The Community Foundation works with donors and provides grants and support to nonprofits in pursuit of a vibrant and inclusive Linn County. In 2022, the Community Foundation distributed $17.4 million in grants.

The Community Foundation’scompetitive grant programs are supported by gifts from donors who 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 $781,568 in requests for competitive grants and was able to fund $486,668 (or about 62% 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

• Affordable Housing Network Inc.
• Brucemore
• Catherine McAuley Center
• Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
• City of Central City
• Community Health Free Clinic
• Discovery Living
• His Hands Free Clinic
• Iowa Legal Aid
• Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
• Junior League of Cedar Rapids
• Olivet Neighborhood Mission
• Southeast Linn Community Center Corporation
• Tanager

Organization Support Grants

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
• Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
• Fellowship Club Cedar Rapids
• Freedom Stitchers of IA
• Harmony School of Music
• Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio
• LBA Foundation
• National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
• N-Compass Inc
• Orchestra Iowa
• The Arc of East Central Iowa
• The Freedom Foundation

Other grant recipients include:

GreatAmerica Financial Services Donor-Advised Fund

• African American Museum of Iowa
• Alzheimer’s Association – Iowa Chapter
• American Cancer Society – Cedar Rapids
• American Heart Association
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
• Boys and Girls Club of the Corridor
• Brucemore
• Catherine McAuley Center
• Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
• Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
• Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
• Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
• Coe College
• Cornell College
• Deafinitely Dogs
• Foundation 2 Crisis Services
• Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services
• Friends of Noelridge Park Greenhouse & Botanical Center Inc
• Harmony School of Music
• His Hands Free Clinic
• Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
• Indian Creek Nature Center
• International Academy for Russian Music, Arts & Culture
• Iowa College Foundation
• Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
• Kids First Law Center
• Kirkwood Community College Foundation
• Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance Service
• Matthew 25
• Mercy Medical Center
• Mount Mercy University
• National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
• Olivet Neighborhood Mission
• Orchestra Iowa
• Red Cedar Chamber Music
• Refugee and Immigrant Association
• The District: Czech Village & New Bohemia
• Theatre Cedar Rapids
• Willis Dady Homeless Services

The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Friday, June 30, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. CST.  For more details about funding opportunities, visit gcrcf.org/grants/.