Women's Fund of Southwest Iowa
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Southwest Iowa (9-county service area: Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby)
Purpose: The Women's Fund of Southwest Iowa is the catalyst for lasting, positive change relative to the challenges facing the women of southwest Iowa. Through purposeful planning, strategic insight, and collaborative needs-assessment, this endowed fund supports programming designed to improve the quality of life and well-being of women and their families.
Focus Areas: Programs and projects that address:
- Women's self-sufficiency
- Women's safety, health, and support
- Women's engagement as strong, productive community members
Eligibility: Organizations working on projects/programs that demonstrate impact in the focus areas above.
Grantee Expectations: Grantees must demonstrate how their project/program will achieve the fund's impact goals.
What Community Foundation for Western Iowa actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 39
- Total given
- $3.55M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $5,103–$1M
- By dollars: Iowa 67%, Nebraska 33%, Michigan <1%. Top recipient cities: Council Bluffs, IA; Omaha, NE; Minden, IA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 62% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact · Omaha, NE
Community betterment
$1M
Charles E Lakin Human Services Campus · Council Bluffs, IA
Human services
$600K
Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA
Youth support grants
$360K
Council Bluffs School District · Council Bluffs, IA
Youth grants
$315K
Minden Community Club · Minden, IA
Disaster relief
$231K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Women
- Nonprofits
- Quality of life
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