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A special thank you to Linking Families & Communities—the very first recipient of our Child Care Solutions Fund grant—for writing this Grant Partner blog. To learn more about this organization and how they are helping women and families in north ce… Read more »

A special thank you to 2018 IWF Grant Partner, Dress for Success Quad Cities for writing this guest blog. To learn more about the organization, make a donation, or volunteer, visit https://quadcities.dressforsuccess.org/. Empowering Women to Take the N… Read more »

  On June 20, 2018, women’s foundations across the country issued a joint statement regarding the treatment of immigrant and refugee families at the border:   Women’s Foundations across the U.S. condemn the Trump administration’s “zero tolera… Read more »

The Iowa Women’s Foundation has established the Child Care Solutions Fund to enhance its  investments in organizations and institutions that are focused on those strategies that will increase women’s economic security by decreasing the workforce gap th… Read more »

A special thank you to IWF Grant Partner, Grin & Grow, for writing this guest blog. To learn more about this fantastic resource for Iowa parents, please visit them at http://grinandgrowchildcare.org/home/.    Quality Care Since 1943   Gri… Read more »

As Iowa’s foundation dedicated to helping women overcome barriers to success, we are excited to announce the keynote speaker for our Annual Awards Luncheon: Danielle Kurtzleben. Ms. Kurtzleben is a political reporter for National Public Radio and a reg… Read more »

Dorothy’s House – 2018 IWF Grant Partner   It’s easy to think of human trafficking as something that happens to people you’ve never met in places you’ve never heard of. But according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, in 2017 alone, there… Read more »

What’s Holding Women Back? On the state-wide SHE MATTERS tour in 2016, the Iowa Women’s Foundation held focus groups to better understand the barriers keeping women from achieving economic self-sufficiency. Of the 18 communities we visited, 9 self-iden… Read more »

Thank you to Victoria Hunger and Allison Portz for sharing their experiences with us, and a special thank you to Women in Business for their continued support for and collaboration with IWF. Learn more about this organization and how they are helping y… Read more »

A special thank you to Melanie Shellenberger , Safe at Home Program Administrator for the Office of Iowa Secretary of State, for writing this blog for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.    Safe at Home   Survivors of assault and abuse often live… Read more »