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…Women’s foundations work … to help 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, $1.68 million has been awarded to 307 programs, benefitting thousands of women and girls in all 99 Iowa counties. Download our Grants at a Glance to see the projects we supported throughout the state of Iowa.
Learn more about the projects we have funded for over 25 years. You can search by year, barrier, or keyword below.
Heart of Iowa Childcare Services Expansion
Area Substance Abuse Council (ASAC)
The Heart of Iowa (HOI) program is designed for women with substance use disorder who maintain custody of their children while receiving residential treatment services.
Offering Hope and Opportunity through Transitional Housing
Catherine McAuley Center (CMC)
The Catherine McAuley Center’s Transitional Housing Program is unique in the Linn County community as the only transitional housing program for women.
Professional Women’s Group
Dress for Success Quad Citites
PWG was created to promote employment retention and career advancement by providing valuable skill building information and support from other employed women.
Ready, Set, GROW child care center expansion to Methodist Manor Retirement Community
Ready, Set, GROW
Ready, Set, GROW (RSG) is partnering with Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake, Iowa to open a child care center in a community without a center for child care. Anticipated opening is Spring of 2019.
Refugee Child Care Business Development Program
Lutheran Services in Iowa
LSI helps refugee women to increase their families’ financial stability by becoming registered in-home child care providers through the Iowa DHS.
Safety and Housing Stability
Friends of the Family
Friends of the Family offers two essential programs in 14 counties across Northeast Iowa. These programs are The Safe Shelter & Rapid Rehousing Service program & The Human Trafficking Comprehensive Services program.
SMART Girls Program for Carter Lake and Council Bluffs Clubs
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands
The SMART Girls program gives girls the space, support and tools to navigate adolescence and to emerge as strong, healthy, young adults.
Social Emotional Learning: Breaking Down Barriers to Success
St. Mark Youth Enrichment
St. Mark Youth Enrichment offers programs before/after school and in the summer for at-risk students pre-K through 5th grade.
Survivors’ Economic Self Sufficiency Project
Crisis Intervention Services
Crisis Intervention Services (CIS) serves 12 rural counties in South Central Iowa which are extremely rural and encompass some of the poorest counties in Iowa.
The Community Producers Program: Economic Development for Refugee Agriculturalists
University of Northern Iowa Foundation
The Community Producers Program (CPP) is an initiative of the University of Northern Iowa to provide economic empowerment opportunities for refugee women in Waterloo to become economically self-sufficient, agricultural entrepreneurs.
