The Iowa West Foundation seeks to foster belonging, financial stability, and opportunity by supporting housing for all, education with purpose, and recreation for wellbeing in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, and the southwest Iowa region.
Donor Name: Iowa West Foundation
State: Iowa
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Types of Grants
- Program Grants
- Program Grants are a form of restricted support. They help a grantee implement a defined project or activity and are tied to specific, project-based outcomes.
- Operating Grants
- Operating Grants are a form of unrestricted support. They fund a grantee’s overall activities, including administrative functions.
- Capital Grants
- Capital Grants are restricted grants that support the infrastructure needs of an organization. Typically, this is through the acquisition, construction, or installation of facilities or equipment.
- Launch Grants
- Launch Grants are a type of grant that responds to a frequently heard need from the partner organizations. They are designed to support the creation of needed programs or organizations that are not provided by the existing system.
Geographic Focus
As a place-based foundation, they are organized to serve the interests of residents of southwest Iowa. They do so by providing grant funding to a limited geographic area.
- Iowa funding: The Iowa footprint includes 14 counties. The primary funding area is in Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County. They also serve communities located in Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Shelby, and Taylor counties.
- Omaha metro funding: They also fund organizations in the Omaha metropolitan area that benefit Iowa residents. This can be through the provision of direct services into Iowa or through the operation of regional amenities. They define regional amenities as facilities that can demonstrate an audience that includes Iowa residents, and which do not have equivalents in the Iowa giving area.
Eligibility Criteria
Iowa West Foundation funds two types of organizations:
- 501(c)(3) Public Charities
- Government entities.
For more information, visit Iowa West Foundation.
