The Bremer County Community Foundation provides grants to improve life throughout Bremer County, Iowa.
Donor Name: Bremer County Community Foundation
State: Iowa
County: Bremer County (IA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Bremer County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, was created by and for the people of Bremer County. The Community Foundation’s main goals are to support Bremer County and to attract additional funds to assist donors in creating lasting legacies through a variety of giving options within Bremer County.
They want to help develop all the communities into places where people want to live, as well as to benefit rural areas of the county. Areas of Foundation giving are:
- Arts & Culture
- Community Betterment
- Education & Youth Development
- Environment & Animal Welfare
- Health
- Human Service.
Funding Priorities
Highest priority for funding is given to requests that:
- Address a community need, demonstrate broad-based community support, and provide benefits that are community/county wide.
- Show a high level of support or leveraged (match) funding from other sources.
- Maximize community resources through cooperation and collaboration with other organizations in the community and work to eliminate redundant services, programs, or requests.
- Show long-term sustainability of the request without annual grant support from the BCCF.
Funding Information
The grant request minimum for Bremer County Community Foundation is $2,000; the maximum request for the Bremer County Community Foundation is $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must provide benefits to the people of Bremer County and must meet the following criteria in order to apply for a grant:
- 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 the request is deemed charitable.
- Current with all state and federal reporting requirements, such as filing of 990 forms.
- No past due grant reports for previous Bremer County Community Foundation grants.
- Requests that include or require participation in inherently religious activities such as religious worship, instruction, or proselytization or activities that promote specific religious doctrine are not eligible.
- Groups, projects, or initiatives that do not meet the above eligibility requirements may submit a request through a fiscal sponsor. Fiscal sponsors must be classified as a 501(c)(3) or a government entity. The Foundation prefers that the fiscal sponsor’s mission closely align with the sponsored project. Fiscal Sponsors will be legally and financially responsible for any grant funds that are awarded.
For more information, visit CFNEIA.
