2020 Core Grantees Announced
The Iowa Women’s Foundation has announced the Core Grantees for 2020. $100,000 has been awarded to eleven organizations across Iowa to shatter the barriers women and girls face to economic self-sufficiency: Employment, Child Care, Housing, Education/Training, Transportation and Mentoring. Recipients are: House of Hope, Domestic Violence Intervention Program, Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa, […]
IWF Joins Other Women’s Foundations to Support Female Elected Officials
IWF has joined women’s foundations and funds from around the country by adding our name to the collective statement in support of female elected officials who have recently faced public vitriol. You can read the full statement below:
IWF Announces Annual Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Dr. Angela Sadler Williamson
The Iowa Women’s Foundation is pleased to announce that Angela Sadler Williamson, Ph.D, is the keynote speaker for the Annual Luncheon. The luncheon will take place on Thursday, October 3, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Coralville Marriott and Convention Center. Angela Sadler Williamson, Ph.D., is an award-winning independent filmmaker, speaker, and […]
IWF Announces 2019 Grantee Partners
The Iowa Women’s Foundation has announced its Grantee Partners for 2019. Due to the commitment of our supporters we are able to award $90,000 in grants to these programs that provide the tools for women and girls to be economically self-sufficient. Congratulations to each of these grantees. Amani Community Services: Fast Track to Success for […]
Linking Families & Communities Uses IWF Grant to Expand
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 central Iowa, visit https://www.linking-families.com/. Linking Families and Communities In order for children to grow up to […]
Meet the 2018 IWF Grant Partners
The Iowa Women’s Foundation was pleased to see so many of our supporters at our Annual Awards Luncheon. Because of your commitment and devotion to bettering the lives of Iowa’s women and girls, together, we are able to award $100,000 in grants to 13 Grant Partners for the 2018 year. These 13 organizations are doing […]
Women’s Foundations Committed over $29 Million in 2016
Partners of Prosperity Together, a collective effort of U.S. women’s foundations, including the Iowa Women’s Foundation, committed $29,170,427 in 2016 to help women in their communities acquire living-wage jobs, educational training and support, and affordable, high-quality childcare. One year ago, Prosperity Together announced a $100 million commitment to women’s economic security over the course of […]
A Message from the Iowa Women’s Foundation
Dear Friends, To quote our friend from the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, Lee Roper-Batker, “This has been a brutal election, one that has divided us. Neighbors with good hearts and commitment to a prosperous Iowa—and nation—supported both Trump and Clinton in nearly equal numbers. The challenge now is to harness that goodwill to create a […]
Cokie Roberts named as keynote speaker at IWF’s 20th Annual Luncheon
IWF is delighted to announce Cokie Roberts as this year’s keynote speaker for our Annual Awards Luncheon: Date: Monday, September 19, 2016 Time: 11:30 – 1:00 Location: Coralville Marriott Hotel and Convention Center Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and NPR. From 1996-2002 she and Sam Donaldson co-anchored the weekly ABC interview program “This […]
NYC pledges $20 million to support women and girls
The New York Women’s Foundation, one of the founding partners of Prosperity Together, recently announced a significant funding commitment to support women and girls in New York City. Ana Oliviera, President and CEO of the New York Women’s Foundation, announced, “The New York City Council will invest $10 million in the Young Women’s Initiative and that philanthropic […]
