The board of directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) have approved more than $3 million in grants to 269 nonprofit organizations.
According to a news release, 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.
GCRCF‘s competitive grant programs are supported by the Greater Good Fund and support efforts related to innovation, maintaining success, and building capacity through a competitive grantmaking process. During this grant cycle, GCRCF received over $2 million in requests for competitive grants and was able to fund $1,009,427 – 48% of the requested amount.
Nonprofit organizations who received grant awards:
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
