"Women’s foundations work … helps guarantee that (women and girls) can achieve economic (and social) balance."
— Stephanie Clohesy, Founder & Donor
The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) is proud to partner with over 100 state-based organizations. Since 1994, over $2 million has been awarded to more than 350 programs, benefitting thousands of women and girls in all 99 Iowa counties.
To learn more about the projects we have funded for over 25 years, you can search below or download our Grants at a Glance.
Iowa Women in Trades: Apprenticeship Opportunity Network
State University of Iowa Labor Center
The Iowa Women in Trades Network (IWIT) links unemployed or underemployed Iowa women with opportunities to prepare for and enroll in registered apprentice programs in construction trades. The ultimate goal of this project is to build a pipeline to high-quality construction jobs for Iowa women.
SMART Girls Program
Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands
The SMART Girls program provides the space, support and tools needed to navigate adolescence and grow into self-sufficient women.
Smart Girls – Core Grant
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa
The SMART Girls program provides the space, support and tools needed to navigate adolescence and grow into self-sufficient women.
Social Emotional Learning: Expanding Model for Greater Impact – CORE Grant
St. Mark Youth Enrichment
St. Mark’s is expanding its social emotional learning model to have direct programming for girls throughout the entire year, family engagement and education efforts targeted for single mothers to gain skills to foster healthy parenting practices at home, and adding training and consulting for other organizations in effective implementation of social emotional strategies.
DVIP Prevention Education Program – Core Grant
Domestic Violence Intervention Program
DVIP has a longstanding history of serving women facing trauma-based, domestic violence crises in southeast Iowa.
Iowa Women in Trades Apprenticeship Opportunity Network – Core Grant
University of Iowa Labor Center
The University of Iowa Labor Center will set up a pre-apprentice program and a network to improve access to registered apprenticeships and ensure completion rates and job placement for women in the construction trades.
Opportunity Dubuque – BCCCSF Grant
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Opportunity Dubuque builds career pathways for students to enter the workforce and continue their education and training, while filling employers’ demand for talent.
Pregnancy Prevention Education – Core Grant
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Planned Parenthood will provide 1,600 comprehensive sexuality education programs to youth in middle schools and high schools in Iowa.
She Rises
YWCA Clinton
She Rises is a new suite of programs that aim at tackling barriers to success that at-risk women and young girls face in their community.
Social Emotional Learning: Breaking Down Barriers to Success – Core Grant
St. Mark’s Youth Enrichment
St. Mark's Youth Enrichment before- and after-school programs not only address affordable access to care beyond school hours but effectively improve students’ reading, STEM, and social emotional skills.
