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’s competitive 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
Organizational 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/.
