"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.
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.
Whyld Girls
Children and Family Urban Movement
The Whyld Girls is a gender specific, out of school program for 5th-12th grade girls who live within the 50314 zip code.
Workforce Managers
Heartland Family Service
Overcoming addiction is just the beginning for Iowa Family Works (IAFW) women at a residential substance abuse treatment center for women and their children in Council Bluffs.