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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.
Harvesting our Potential: Training Women Farmers
Women, Food, and Agriculture (WFAN)
Through Harvesting Our Potential: Training Women Farmers, this program connects women who aspire to farm with a successful woman farmer as a mentor for critical on-farm experience, networking events, and business training, so they will be successful farmers.
Housing Stability and Financial Empowerment
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family (CVFF)
The mission of Cedar Valley Friends of the Family is to provide immediate safety and long-term stability for women and children affected by domestic violence in 14 northeast Iowa counties.
Improving Self-Sufficiency for Disadvantaged Local Women
Dress for Success Quad Cities
The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life
Latina Leadership Initiative of Greater Des Moines
Latina Leadership Initiative (LLI) of Greater Des Moines
LLI is a one-year intensive leadership training and mentorship program that builds the pipeline of socially conscious Iowa Latina leaders who will create change through service on boards and commissions, in public office, and in private, non-profit, and educational sectors.
LOVE Girls Magazine Recognition and Internship Program
LOVE Girls Magazine
The dynamic Love Girls Magazine recruits local middle and high school students in Scott County into their journalism writing and photography internship program.
Refugee Child Care Training and Parent Education Program
Lutheran Services in Iowa
LSI’s Child Care Provider Business Development program assists refugee women in increasing their financial stability by becoming registered in-home child care providers and expanding the number of safe and culturally appropriate places to provide child care for working parents.
Survivors’ Economic Self-Sufficiency
Crisis Intervention Services
The Survivors’ Economic Self-Sufficiency Project will assist survivors of trauma with the skills and resources necessary to regain economic self-sufficiency.
Wheels for Work
Fort Dodge Community Foundation and United Way
Wheels for Work provides donated vehicles to single mothers with children to use for transportation to work.
Women Empowering Women
YWCA of Black Hawk County
Women Empowering Women will pair professional women with women preparing to rejoin the community following involvement in local or state correctional systems.
Writing for Change
Iowa Youth Writing Project
In fall 2014, the Iowa Youth Writing Project successfully launched Writing for Change, a literacy project to mentor and empower at-risk girls now in the John McDonald Residential Treatment Center in Monticello.
