Fund For Siouxland Grant

The Fund For Siouxland Grant, managed by the Siouxland Community Foundation, supports charitable initiatives in the Siouxland area. With a focus on arts, civic affairs, education, health, and human services, the fund aims to enhance community quality of life. Grants typically do not exceed $5,000, prioritizing projects that demonstrate collaboration, innovation, and broad community impact. The foundation is committed to serving diverse populations and addressing emerging needs without duplicating existing services.

The Fund For Siouxland, an unrestricted endowment fund, provides the Community Foundation with the greatest flexibility to respond to the ever-changing needs in Siouxland communities. Contributors (individuals, families, corporations and other foundations) have made an investment in the future of Siouxland by helping to build our community’s charitable endowment. The fund is invested in accordance with the Community Foundation’s investment policy. Only the income that is generated is used to make the grants year after year.
Focus Areas
Donors to this fund, from all walks of life, recognize its importance and impact on the quality of life in Siouxland by allowing the Community Foundation to address a variety of needs in the following five focus areas:

• Arts & Culture: Provide or increase access to cultural and educational resources for theatre, music, arts, dance, museums.

Civic Affairs: Community betterment, citizen participation, parks & recreation.
Education: Early childhood development and parental involvement, improve educational outcomes especially for those at risk, promote higher educational opportunities.
Health: Assist communities in the promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health.
Human Services: Address and serve the needs of the elderly, youth, families, handicapped, economically disadvantaged, minorities or other special groups.
The Siouxland Community Foundation does not duplicate United Way funding. However, program additions or expansions will be considered.
Funding
Foundation grants generally do not exceed $5,000.
Each year the Foundation receives many more requests than it can support, compelling the Board to make funding decisions based on the number of proposals received, worthiness of the project, relative need, and potential impact – resulting in the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

Eligibility

Grants are made for charitable purposes to nonprofit organizations and qualified units of government that:
Serve the greater Siouxland tri-state area (approximate 50-mile radius of Sioux City, Iowa). Proposals are considered on the basis of whether they help the Foundation fulfill its mission of enhancing the quality of life in Siouxland.
Are recognized as tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Adhere to the principle that no discrimination will be practiced as to race, religion, sex or national origin.

Ineligibility

Generally, the Siouxland Community Foundation will not consider grants for the following: Religious purposes Annual fund drives