The Women’s Fund supports organizations and programs addressing issues that lead to long-term change for Black Hawk County women and girls.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
State: Iowa
County: Black Hawk County (IA)
Type of Grant: Endowment | Grant
Deadline: 07/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Women’s Fund is a permanent endowment fund established within the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa in 1999. Women’s Fund grants are used to support organizations and programs benefiting women and girls in Black Hawk County. The members of Women for Good, a leadership initiative of the Community Foundation promoting the intellectual and economic growth of women, advise the grants from the Women’s Fund each year.
Focus Areas
This grant opportunity provides funding in the following focus areas:
- Education and Literacy: Organizations and programs providing education and literacy to all ages that enhance the leadership, cognitive, and/or knowledge skills of women and girls. Educational opportunities for girls and women to learn and experience things that will expand skills leading to long-term economic, personal, and career development
- Health and Healthcare: Organizations and programs that concentrate on identifying and addressing healthcare issues specific to women and girls. Organizations that offer specialized programs addressing the mental, emotional, and/or physical health for women and girls
- Poverty and Homelessness: Organizations and programs that address the unique challenges for women and girls dealing with poverty and homelessness. Programming that provides concrete assistance in obtaining housing, moving out of poverty, and creating long-term solutions to these issues
- Violence and Safety: Organizations and programs that focus on the safety of women and girls within their community, homes, and schools. Violence prevention efforts include educating on the individual, institutional, and societal level through specific programming and advocacy strategies.
Funding Priorities
The Women’s Fund Committee prioritizes grant requests according to the following criteria:
- Requests that address barriers to racial equity and/or work to reverse the systems of racism for women and girls in Black Hawk County
- Requests that address a critical and urgent need by fostering a solution-based approach
- Requests for effective programming focused on creating significant and direct impact to women and girls in Black Hawk County
- Requests that show innovative approaches to advancing women’s and girls’ growth and success
- Requests that show other funding and/or community support or that will use this grant to leverage additional funding support.
Funding Information
Request minimum is $5,000 and maximum is $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must provide benefits to women and girls of Black Hawk County and must meet the following criteria 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 request is deemed charitable; Organizations with fiscal sponsors are eligible
- Be current with all state and federal reporting requirements, such as filing of 990 forms
- Must not have any past due grant reports for previous Women’s Fund grants.
For more information, visit CFNEIA.
