Southwest Iowa Emergency Relief Fund Grant

The Southwest Iowa Emergency Relief Fund, initiated by the Community Foundation for Western Iowa, aims to provide vital support to communities affected by the devastating tornadoes and floods beginning on April 26, 2024. With a generous matching commitment of up to $50,000 from the Iowa West Foundation, this fund will assist local nonprofits and organizations in delivering essential services and rebuilding efforts in Pottawattamie County. Donations are crucial to helping those in need during this ongoing crisis.

Our southwest Iowa communities, as well as our neighbors in eastern Nebraska, are coping with heartbreaking loss and destruction caused by tornadoes, storms and flooding, which started on April 26, 2024, and continue to wreak havoc in our region.
The Community Foundation for Western Iowa is here to support our southwest Iowa communities in gathering donations through the Southwest Iowa Emergency Relief Fund. Donations to the fund will support Iowa nonprofit partners, communities, disaster relief organizations, and public health organizations who are on the front line of disaster relief efforts.
Iowa West Foundation to Match Donations up to $50,000
The Community Foundation for Western Iowa is pleased to announce that the Iowa West Foundation has generously committed a 1-to-1 match of $50,000 for donations made to the Southwest Iowa Emergency Relief Fund. The fund at the Community Foundation for Western Iowa is a philanthropic response to the increasing needs throughout Pottawattamie County due to the catastrophic tornadoes that tore through the region on April 26. Iowa West matching funds will provide relief to individuals impacted in Pottawattamie County.

Eligibility

The Southwest Iowa Emergency Relief Fund will provide funding to organizations and services primarily in Pottawattamie County that are filling basic human needs, rebuilding communities, and providing direct support to individuals and families.Nonprofit organizations, city and county governmental organizations, and church groups that are on the frontline of relief efforts and working with the communities affected are encouraged to APPLY HERE.