Community Foundation Approves Over $3 Million in Grants
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently awarded $3 million in grants to 301 nonprofit organizations through September 30, 2024. The awards include summer Competitive Donor-Advised Fund grants, as well as distributions from donor-advised, designated, scholarship, and nonprofit funds.
The Community Foundation works with donors and provides grants and support to nonprofits in pursuit of a vibrant and inclusive Linn County. In 2023, the Community Foundation distributed over $11 million in grants.
A complete list of the nonprofit organizations that received grant awards from summer competitive donor-advised funds is included below. More information about these awards, including the project, purpose and amount of funding, can be found here.
Altorfer, Inc.
- Brucemore
- Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation
- Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
- Central City PTO
- Central Furniture Rescue
- Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
- Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Indian Creek Nature Center
- Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
- Kids First Law Center
- Linn County Trails Association
- Miracles in Motion Therapeutic Equestrian Center
- The Freedom Foundation
Diamond V
- African American Museum of Iowa
- ChildServe Foundation Inc.
- Deafinitely Dogs
- Feed Iowa First
- Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Horizons, A Family Service Alliance
- Indian Creek Nature Center
- Iowa Children’s Museum
- Junior League of Cedar Rapids
- Linn Area Mountain Bike Association aka LAMBA
- Linn County Trails Association
- Matthew 25
- The Freedom Foundation
- Together We Achieve
- Trees Forever
- YPN
World Class Industries
- Catherine McAuley Center
- Community Health Free Clinic
- Iowa College Foundation
- Kids First Law Center
- Matthew 25
- Mount Mercy University
- NewBoCo
- Waypoint Services
- Willis Dady Emergency Shelter
- YPN