Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation announces summer 2025 grant cycle

Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation's office at 324 Third St. SE in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation has announced its summer grant cycle for 2025 for local charitable nonprofits.

Grant applications will be accepted through Friday, June 27 at 4:30 p.m.

According to a release, the Community Foundation accepts applications from nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status, governmental organizations, and non-501(c)(3) organizations that have completed arrangements to obtain a fiscal sponsor.

Grant application information is available at www.gcrcf.org, and applications can be submitted online starting Monday, June 2.

For this Community Foundation grant cycle, applications will be accepted for the following Competitive Donor-Advised Funds:

  • Altorfer, Inc.
  • Bloomhall Family
  • Diamond V
  • Lil’ Drug Store Products
  • World Class Industries

The Community Foundation accepts grant applications for a number of local corporations and family funds. Funding priorities are determined by each donor-advisor and may include programmatic or operating support, capital campaigns, and event sponsorships.

The last grant application deadline for 2025 is Friday, September 12.

For more information on funding opportunities and deadlines, visit gcrcf.org/grants.

For more information on the Competitive Donor-Advised Funds, please contact Rochelle Naylor at 319-774-2373 or [email protected].

Through professional philanthropic services, strategic investments, and community leadership, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation connects donors who care with causes that matter. The Community Foundation is a public, nonprofit organization with assets totaling more than $229 million and over 1,000 different charitable funds, large and small, established by individuals, families, nonprofit organizations and businesses to benefit Linn County.