River Bluff Community Foundation Grant
Funding Amount
US $500 - US $5,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofit organizations that provide services within Clinton and Camanche.
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
- Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, public institutions, and/or organizations without nonprofit status partnering with a fiscal sponsor organization.
Other requirements
- Who is Eligible.
- Organizations must operate in a manner that no applicable antid-iscrimination laws are violated.
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: The Foundation excludes funding for individuals, endowment funds, and deficit financing, encouraging impactful community initiatives.
- Not eligible: Individuals
- Not eligible: Annual fundraising.
- Not eligible: Organizational endowment funds.
- Not eligible: Deficit financing.
- Not eligible: Building fundsMulti-year pledges
Overview
The River Bluff Community Foundation Grant supports nonprofits enhancing the quality of life in Clinton and Camanche. With awards ranging from $500 to $5,000, the Foundation is eager to fund innovative ideas or existing programs in health, education, community development, and the arts. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) organizations and partners with fiscal sponsors. The Foundation excludes funding for individuals, endowment funds, and deficit financing, encouraging impactful community initiatives.
Nonprofits working hard to enhance and improve quality of life in Clinton and Camanche are invited to apply for grants from the River Bluff Community Foundation. The Community Foundation offers grants as a way of building strong nonprofits to support strong communities. Awards range from $500 to $5,000.
The Foundation is especially interested in seeding new ideas or growing existing programs that will benefit residents of Clinton and Camanche in the areas of health and human services, education, community and neighborhood development, the environment, children, youth and families, and arts and culture.
Eligibility
Who is EligibleNonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, public institutions, and/or organizations without nonprofit status partnering with a fiscal sponsor organization.Nonprofit organizations that provide services within Clinton and Camanche.Organizations must operate in a manner that no applicable antid-iscrimination laws are violated.Ineligibility
What we do not fund:IndividualsAnnual fundraisingOrganizational endowment fundsDeficit financingBuilding fundsMulti-year pledgesWhat Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 211
- Total given
- $8M
- Median grant
- $14K
- Range
- $5,020–$1.29M
- By dollars: Iowa 96%, Illinois 1%, Minnesota <1%. Top recipient cities: Dubuque, IA; Guttenberg, IA; Maquoketa, IA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 29% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Crescent Community Health Center · Dubuque, IA
Health
$1.29M
City of Cascade · Cascade, IA
Community support
$975K
Dubuque Community School District · Dubuque, IA
Education
$209K
Holy Family Catholic Schools · Dubuque, IA
Education
$202K
St Mark Youth Enrichment · Dubuque, IA
Community support
$176K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Education
- Community development
- Arts
- Health disparities
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