Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $3 Million in Grants
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved over $3 million in grants to 269 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 2024; 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 2024, the Community Foundation distributed over $12 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 $2 million in requests for competitive grants and was able to fund $1,009,427 (or 48% 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
NewBoCo
Linn County Grants
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Central Furniture Rescue
Families Helping Families of Iowa
Friends of the Lisbon Public Library
Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Iowa Legal Aid
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kids First Law Center
Lavender Legal Center
Linn County Fair Association
Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance Service
Marion Public Library Foundation
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre
NewBo City Market
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Southeast Linn Community Center Corporation
The History Center
Organization Support Grants
African American Museum of Iowa
Catherine McAuley Center
Feed Iowa First
Fellowship Club Cedar Rapids
Foundation 2 Crisis Services
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Indian Creek Nature Center
Kids First Law Center
Linn County Trails Association
Miracles in Motion Therapeutic Equestrian Center
NewBo City Market
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Safe Place Foundation
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Together We Achieve
Wheelchair Ramp Accessibility Program Coalition
Willis Dady Homeless Services
Program Support Grants
African American Museum of Iowa
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Dubuque – Cedar Rapids office
Central Furniture Rescue
College Community School District
Community Health Free Clinic
Discovery Living
Feed Iowa First
Foundation 2 Crisis Services
Fuerzas Culturales Ballet Folklorico de Cedar Rapids
Growing Real Opportunities for Work at Kazimour Farm & Orchard
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
Heritage Area Agency on Aging
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Indian Creek Nature Center
Kids First Law Center
Lavender Legal Center
NewBo City Market
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Rapid Response Grants
African American Museum of Iowa
Ecumenical Community Center Foundation
Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio
Playtime Poppy Children’s Theatre
Other grant recipients include:
Girls with Goals Fund
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa
CAN PLAY
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
NewBoCo
Lil’ Drug Store Products Competitive Donor-Advised Fund
ChildServe Foundation Inc.
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Feed Iowa First
Friends of the Family
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Matthew 25
Mercy Medical Center
Paradox Transitional Home
The Arc of East Central Iowa
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter
YPN
The first grant deadline at the Community Foundation in 2025 is on Friday, March 7 at 4:30 p.m. CST. For more details about 2025 funding opportunities, click here.