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Tech for Good transforms used electronics into nonprofit funding

SmartphonesPLUS, in partnership with An Enduring Legacy, has announced the launch of Tech for Good, an initiative designed to transform used electronics into funding for nonprofit organizations. The program launches this month with Breakthrough T1D as its first featured nonprofit…

Indigenous-led nonprofit seeks to create ‘resilience and innovation hub’ in Iowa City

An Indigenous-led nonprofit organization focused on environmental and social justice issues, as well as the…

A rendering of nonprofit Great Plains Action Society's urban Indigenous-led resilience and innovation hub, which is flanked to the east and west by Gilbert Court and Maiden Lane and to the south by East Benton Street in Iowa City. The proposed project spans approximately one acre.

NewBo City Market named finalist for Levitt Foundation grant

NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids is among 100 finalists nationwide competing for a $120,000…

NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids is among 100 finalists nationwide competing for a $120,000 grant from the Levitt Foundation to support its free outdoor concert series.

Iowa City Bike Library kicks off $1M campaign

The Iowa City Bike Library officially launched its $1 million Bikes Create Community campaign Thursday…

Iowa City Bike Library staff, volunteers, board members and participants cut the ribbon on the new youth hub at the organization's Bikes Create Community campaign Sept. 4.

GALLERY: Dream City celebrates grand opening of renovated facility

One year ago, Dream City broke ground on an expansion and renovation project, envisioning a…

Dream City organizers celebrated the facility's renovation and expansion with a ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.

Brucemore to mark 100 years of Grant Wood Sleeping Porch

Historic Cedar Rapids landmark Brucemore will celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of its most…

Grant Wood's decorative mural gracing Brucemore's sleeping porch is one of the few surviving examples of his interior design work, the nonprofit says.

ICAAR completes successful school supply drive

The Iowa City Area Association of REALTORS has wrapped up its summer school supplies drive,…

ICAAR’s Community Outreach members pose with donated school supplies in August 2025. From left: Megan Flewellyn, ICAAR CEO; Kayla Fisher, Jessica Campbell, Sarah Miller and Tracey Molina

Iowa City nonprofit cinema FilmScene announces purchase of Ped Mall building

FilmScene has partnered with Resilient Sustainable Future for Iowa City (RSFIC) to purchase the historic…

Interior of FilmScene on the Ped Mall, 118 E. College St. in Iowa City.

South of 6 unveils partnership program to support community-led events

The South of 6 Iowa City Business District has launched the So.6 Event Partnership Program,…

DJ Tone Da Boss of T1 Entertainment takes the stage during the July 12 Unity Exchange on Keokuk Street in the So. of 6 Iowa City Business District.

Community Foundation to match gifts for Linn County public classroom projects

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation announced it is once more partnering with DonorsChoose to…

Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

Feed Iowa First launches Global Graze event to support emerging farmers

Feed Iowa First has announced the launch of Global Graze: Raising Funds for Local Farming,…

Global Graze

IC Repair tackles sustainability, consumer empowerment

Four times a year, IC Repair volunteers gather in Iowa City to fix a wide…

IC Repair volunteer Chris Anderson sharpens a knife for an attendee April 4.

Northwestern Mutual Eastern Iowa to hold fifth annual Impact Day

Northwestern Mutual Eastern Iowa will host its fifth annual Impact Day on July 11, continuing…

Northwestern Mutual Impact Day

DVIP & RVAP Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis Services to build transitional housing for survivors

Domestic Violence Intervention Program & Rape Victim Advocacy Program (Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis…

DVIP & RVAP logo

United Way releases community roadmap to tackle regional needs

United Way of Johnson & Washington Counties has released the results of a year-long Community…

Matthew 25 founder Clint Twedt-Ball to step down after 19 years of leadership

After nearly two decades at the helm of Cedar Rapids nonprofit Matthew 25, Executive Director…

Clint Twedt-Ball Matthew 25