Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa’s Black Hawk County Grants one-time grants awarded to organizations and projects that benefit residents of Black Hawk County, Iowa.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
State: Iowa
County: Black Hawk County (IA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 to $50,000
Details:
The CFNEIA distribution committee awards grants to create impact that addresses community and county needs.
Areas
Arts and Culture
- Access: Programs that offer new and expanded access to arts and cultural opportunities.
- Infrastructure: Programs and projects that protect history and make long-lasting impacts in the community.
- Talent Development: Programs that help grow the visual and performing creative class in their community
Community Betterment
- Economic Development: Programs that create or expand businesses, create new jobs opportunities, and leverage outside financial support.
- Civic Engagement: Programs that support civic action, service learning, and cross-cultural understanding.
- Shared Amenities: Through the creation or expansion of public amenities like parks and trails, libraries, farmers’ markets, etc.
Education and Youth Development
- Child Care: Programs that address the academic, health, and social/emotional needs of children pre-kindergarten.
- Mentorship: Through K-12 programs that provide guided and continuous mentoring, coaching, and teaching during or outside regular school hours that improve academic performance.
- Career Readiness: Through 9-12 programs that support postsecondary attainment and workforce readiness.
Environment and Animal Welfare
- Conservation: Through projects that protect ecosystems and minimize their use of natural resources.
- Restoration: Through projects that work to re-establish the healthy functions of ecosystems.
- Education: Programs that foster a stronger awareness and understanding of environmental and sustainability issues.
Health
- Case Management: Programs that provide guided and continuous behavioral healthcare and wellness services.
- Prevention: Programs that focus on education, physical health screening, and suicide prevention.
- Access: Programs that expand access to high-quality physical and mental healthcare
- Case Management: Through programs that help people overcome barriers to self-sufficiency.
- Prevention: Programs that focus on prevention of child abuse, violence, and substance abuse.
- Basic Needs: Programs that meet basic human needs of food, shelter, housing, transportation, and emergency assistance.
Grant Amounts
While grants can range from $5,000 to $50,000 or more depending on the amount of funds available, the majority of their competitive grants range from $7,000 to $25,000 (minimum request is $5,000).
What they Fund
The Community Foundation prioritizes requests that align with their community initiatives and program areas and embraces organizations that work to address two or more of these.
The Community Foundation has identified community initiatives to provide focus on what we fund and how they spend the time in community initiatives and leadership. Those include:
- Advancing Racial Equity – They are committed to supporting organizations and initiatives that are BIPOC-led and/or support BIPOC populations.
- Expanding Child Care – They strive to increase equitable, accessible, and sustainable child care opportunities.
- Enhancing the Arts – They work to enrich and enhance an inclusive arts community that amplifies diverse voices and viewpoints.
- Strengthening Workforce Readiness – They support the community-wide need to create a more qualified, prepared workforce for the future.
- Building Nonprofit Capacity – They want to build the capacity of their nonprofit partners so their work is strengthened to serve their community well.
Criteria
Organizations must provide benefits to the people of Black Hawk County and must meet the following criteria in order to apply for a grant:
- Be classified as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be a government entity. Tax-exempt organizations classified as other than 501(c)(3) are also eligible if and only if the project is deemed charitable.
- For groups, projects, or initiatives that do not meet the above eligibility requirements, they will consider projects submitted through a fiscal sponsor. Fiscal sponsors must be classified as a 501(c)(3) or a government entity. CFNEIA prefers the fiscal sponsor’s mission closely align with the sponsored project.
For more information, visit Black Hawk County Grants.
