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PFI's Beginning Farmer Business Workshop

Free workshop in Swisher to help beginning farmers with business planning

Practical Farmers of Iowa is inviting beginning farmers to a free Beginning Farmer Business Workshop on Monday, Aug. 10, at Cedar Ridge Distillery, 1441 Marak Road in Swisher. The one-day event is designed to help attendees build the business skills…

Iowa Donor Network manager earns national recognition for emerging leaders in donation field

A North Liberty-based organ procurement organization’s manager of hospital and partner relations has been named…

Madeline Knoff, Iowa Donor Network

African American Museum of Iowa to host Juneteenth festival Saturday

The African American Museum of Iowa (AAMI) will host its annual Juneteenth Festival Saturday, June…

The African American Museum of Iowa will host its annual Juneteenth Festival Saturday, June 20, from noon to 6 p.m. at its recently renovated building at 55 12th Ave. SE in Cedar Rapids.

Iowa City Downtown District seeks director for new Arts Alliance

The Iowa City Downtown District has launched a search for a director of the Iowa…

FilmScene in the Park Iowa City

Keep Iowa Beautiful launches refreshed brand identity

Keep Iowa Beautiful has unveiled a refreshed brand identity aimed at better unifying the statewide…

Keep Iowa Beautiful logo

Wings2Water awards $30,000 in water quality grants for 2026

Wings2Water, an environmental nonprofit focused on water quality improvement and education, has named seven organizations…

Iowa Project AWARE River Cleanup

Neighborhood Centers launches youth entrepreneurship program this summer in Iowa City

Neighborhood Centers is launching a new Youth Entrepreneurship Program this summer for young people ages…

Neighborhood Centers

Holmes Murphy awards $140,000-plus in grants to 21 nonprofits, including Cedar Rapids’ Retrieving Freedom

Holmes Murphy, a Waukee-based insurance brokerage, has announced more than $140,000 in philanthropic grants to…

Holmes Murphy logo

African American Museum of Iowa names Anne Harris Carter as new executive director

The African American Museum of Iowa, in Cedar Rapids, has selected Anne Harris Carter as…

Anne Harris Carter

Tech for Good transforms used electronics into nonprofit funding

SmartphonesPLUS, in partnership with An Enduring Legacy, has announced the launch of Tech for Good,…

Cell phone, recycle, tech for good

Winter named president of UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation

Melissa Winter will become the next president of UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Health Care…

Melissa Winter

Nonprofits sound the alarm: Funding cuts meet record demand

Nearly all — 94% — of the hundreds of young people who participated in Big…

Joe Heitz

Shelly Maharry: Building a legacy in Johnson County

Shelly Maharry didn’t set out to lead one of Johnson County’s most impactful philanthropic organizations.…

Shelly Maharry

Five Corridor organizations receive Langhorne Leadership Development Grants

Five Johnson County organizations have been selected to receive the inaugural Dr. John E. Langhorne…

Grant recipients pictured at the Community Foundation of Johnson County.

Anne Dugger: Finding her calling

Anne Dugger describes her younger self as “a shiftless human being.” She left Coe College…

Anne Dugger

Iowa Women’s Foundation names Claudia Schabel as new president and CEO

The Iowa Women’s Foundation has appointed Claudia Schabel as its new president and CEO, the…

claudia schabel IWF, Iowa Women's Foundation