Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Approves Over $4 Million in Grants
The Board of Directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation recently approved $4.04 million in grants to 268 nonprofit organizations. The awards include competitive grants from the Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community, as well as distributions from donor-advised, designated, agency and scholarship funds.
The Community Foundation brings together private philanthropy with impactful nonprofits to support a healthy and vibrant Linn County.
The Community Foundation’s Funds for the Community include gifts from donors who have entrusted the Community Foundation to make grants that address the ever-changing community needs and opportunities. The funds support efforts related to innovation, maintaining success and building capacity through a competitive grantmaking process.
During this grant cycle, the Community Foundation received $971,000 in requests for competitive grants from the Funds for the Community. The Community Foundation, coupled with co-funding from a donor, funded $465,000 (or 48%) of the requests.
A complete list of the nonprofit organizations who received competitive grant awards from the Funds for the Community and the Competitive Donor-Advised Funds are included below. More information about these awards, including the project, purpose and amount of funding, can be found at https://www.gcrcf.org/grants/recent-grant-awards/2015-grant-awards/.
The Funds for the Community grant recipients include:
Program Fund
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Municipal Band
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Diversity Focus
Collaboration of Diversity Focus, City of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood, City of Iowa City, Iowa City Area Development Group
First Lutheran Church
The Ceramics Center
Iowa JAG Inc.
Iowa Startup Accelerator
Marion Cares, Inc.
Collaboration of NewBo City Market, Main Street and Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center
Systems Unlimited
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association
Organizational Development Fund:
Abbe, Inc.
Area Substance Abuse Council
Gems of Hope
His Hands Free Medical Clinic
IWLC – Iowa Women Lead Change
Young Parents Network
President’s Fund:
Carl & Mary Koehler History Center
Safe Place Foundation
Senior Guardian Project
The Competitive Donor-Advised Funds grant recipients include:
Gazette Foundation Donor-Advised Fund:
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family
Community Health Free Clinic
Iowa College Foundation
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
LBA Foundation
Matthew 25
GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund:
Alzheimer’s Association – East Central Iowa Chapter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa, Inc.
Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity
Community Health Free Clinic
Foundation 2 Inc.
Four Oaks Family & Children’s Services
Horizons – A Family Service Alliance
Indian Creek Nature Center
Iowa College Foundation
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
Kirkwood Community College Foundation
The next grant deadline at the Community Foundation is on Friday, June 12, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. For more details about funding opportunities, visit www.gcrcf.org.