Category: Press Release
Coralville, IA — The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) is excited to announce the appointment of Claudia Schabel as the organization’s President & CEO, effective April 1, 2026. Schabel joined IWF in June 2025. In …
Coralville, IA — The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) has officially opened the application process for its 2026 Grants. Grant recipients receive up to $50,000 for programs focusing specifically on addressing one of the six …
Coralville, IA — The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) hosted its Annual Luncheon last week, at which it announced $400,000 in grant funding awarded to 13 organizations across the state. Grantmaking, one of IWF’s five …
Coralville, Iowa — The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) is excited to announce Anne Nizzi Clark as its keynote speaker for the 2025 Annual Luncheon on November 5, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. …
Coralville, IA — The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) has officially opened the application process for its 2025 Core Grants. Grant recipients receive up to $50,000 for programs focusing specifically on addressing one of the …
Conducted in partnership with Common Sense Institue FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 19, 2024 Report shows 275 new childcare slots created in 7 communities participating in state pilot program DES MOINES — A state pilot program …
IWF’s Employer Engagement Director, Sheri Penney, was a panelist at the first National Childcare Innovation Summit in Washington D.C. on June 27. Penney spoke about Iowa’s success using public/private partnerships to expand childcare – …
Pictured left to right: Lt. Governor Adam Gregg, IWF Board Chair Anne Rierson, Ellen Heywood, Judy Leavitt, Monique DiCarlo, Phyllis Chang, Jean Jew, Governor Kim Reynolds. ANKENY, IOWA – Several IWF founders received a …
As Iowa legislation considers the latest childcare-related bill (HF 2056), IWF President & CEO Deann Cook was invited to sit down with WHO-13 Des Moines’ Jannay Towne to share more about the childcare crisis …