Over $4.4 Million in Grants Awarded
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved over $4.46 million in grants to 339 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive Organization Support Grants, Program Support Grants, Linn County Grants, and Endowment Challenge Grants from the grant cycle in the fall of 2023; as well as distributions from donor-advised, designated, scholarship and nonprofit funds.
The Community Foundation brings together private philanthropy with impactful nonprofits to support a healthy and vibrant Linn County. In 2023, the Community Foundation distributed over $10.9 million in grants.
The Community Foundation’scompetitive 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 $1.6 million in requests for competitive grants and was able to fund $1,123,415 (or 68% 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.
Endowment Challenge Grants
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Indian Creek Nature Center
Orchestra Iowa
Linn County Grants
Alburnett Community School District
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Center Point-Urbana Community School District Foundation
City of Central City
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Friends of the Lisbon Public Library
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Iowa College Access Network
Iowa Legal Aid
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kids First Law Center
Linn County Trails Association
Mount Vernon Community School District Foundation
NewBo City Market
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Southeast Linn Community Center Corporation
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Organization Support Grants
Advocates for Social Justice
African American Museum of Iowa
Area Substance Abuse Council
Brucemore Inc.
Catherine McAuley Center
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Discovery Living
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Feed Iowa First
Iowa Legal Aid
Kids First Law Center
NewBo City Market
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Southeast Linn Community Center Corporation
Tanager
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
Wheelchair Ramp Accessibility Program Coalition
Willis Dady Homeless Services
YPN
Program Support Grants
African American Museum of Iowa
American Youth Soccer Organization
Area Substance Abuse Council
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Central Furniture Rescue
CR Independent Film Festival
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Feed Iowa First
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc.
Harmony School of Music
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
Heritage Area Agency on Aging
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Iowa College Access Network
Iowa JAG Inc.
Lavender Legal Center
Our Future Iowa
Fresh Start Ministries
Matthew 25
Riverview Center Inc.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
SPT Theatre Company
NewBoCo
Rapid Response Grants
Friends of the Family
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Other grant recipients include:
Girls with Goals Fund
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
NewBoCo
North Iowa Area Community College Foundation
Lil’ Drug Store Products
Catherine McAuley Center
Cedar Rapids Community School District Foundation
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Central Furniture Rescue
Children’s Cancer Connection
Community Health Free Clinic
Deafinitely Dogs Inc.
Feed Iowa First
Foundation 2 Crisis Services
Friends of the Family
His Hands Free Clinic
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kids First Law Center
Linn County Trails Association
Matthew 25
Mercy Medical Center
National Council on Youth Leadership
Orchestra Iowa
The Freedom Foundation
Willis Dady Homeless Services
YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metro Area
McGrath Automotive Group Donor-Advised Fund
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Catherine McAuley Center
Community Health Free Clinic
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Feed Iowa First
Foundation 2 Crisis Services
Eastern Iowa Chapter JDRF
Kids First Law Center
Matthew 25
Miracles in Motion Therapeutic Equestrian Center
Patrons of the Performing Arts at Washington High School
The Freedom Foundation
NewBoCo
Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families
The first grant deadline at the Community Foundation in 2024 is on Friday, March 1 at 4:30 p.m. CST. For more details about funding opportunities, click here.