(Council Bluffs) The Iowa West Foundation Board of Directors recently approved $5.1 million in grants and initiatives to nearly 30 nonprofits in the region. Approximately $2.4 million went to nonprofits with missions centered on healthy families, education, and arts enrichment for youth in southwest Iowa, in the form of multi-year funding for operating costs.
2022 Cycle 1 Grants and Initiatives
Audubon Recreation Foundation
Recreation center expansion
$75,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands
Multi-Year funding
$85,000
Bridges Out of Poverty
Southwest Iowa Poverty Alleviation Initiative
$100,000
City of Griswold
Main Street revitalization
$40,000
Durham Museum
Multi-year funding
$25,000
FAMILY Inc.
Multi-year funding
$120,000
Green Hills AEA
Multi-year funding – preschool
$1,100,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development
Kitchen Council
$100,000
Heartland Family Service
Multi-year funding
$330,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Multi-year funding – Arts Center
$30,000
Iowa Western Community College
Pottawattamie Promise
$542,443
Immigrant Legal Services
Multi-year funding
$65,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Evolve Joslyn capital campaign
$500,000
Lauritzen Gardens
Play and Grow
$500,000
Lauritzen Garden
Multi-year funding
$12,500
Lutheran Family Services
Multi-year funding
$50,000
Merrymakers Association
Music, Memories and Joy to southwest Iowa senior citizens
$4,488
MICAH House
Multi-year funding
$90,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Multi-year funding
$45,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Opera Omaha
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Rose Theater
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment (PACE)
Multi-year funding
$200,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program – Carson
$24,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program – Neola
$100,000
Shelby County Fair Corporation
Fairground Improvements
$25,000
Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund
Housing repair
$100,000
Southwest Iowa Leadership Academy
Summer Leadership Academy
$6,250
Treynor State Bank Community Foundation
The T – recreation center
$50,000
United Way of the Midlands
Community Care Fund
$255,500
Woodbine Fire & Rescue
Extrication Gear for EMS
$1,638
