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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, over $2 million has been awarded to nearly 400 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.
Transitional Housing Program
Catherine McAuley Center, Cedar Rapids
The Catherine McAuley Center (CMC) Transitional Housing Program will provide individualized programming and support services for at least 35 homeless and near-homeless women in order to help them successfully transition into safe, stable housing, achieve and maintain financial security, and build healthy social connections.
Changing Views on Daughters of Burma
EMBARC
The Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center is a human services organization led by Burmese refugees. EMBARC’s mothers learn about Western parenting norms and are trained to teach others in peer-based learning circles.
Friendship Sewing Cooperative
Nisaa African Family Services
The Friendship Sewing Cooprative (FSC) offers a means of gaining economic self-sufficiency, supportive social networks, and self-confidence for African refugee women.
Girl Scouts Outreach Initiative
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, Bettendorf
Girls in grades K-8 will be able to participate in the Girl Scout Outreach Initiative, a developmental program that teaches leadership and life skills and stresses positive values among at-risk girls through various workshops, hands-on projects, and educational sessions.
Harvesting Our Potential: Training Women Farmers
Women, Food and Agriculture Network
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.
Heart & Sole
Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa
Girls on the Run uses running and other physical activities as a platform for teaching life skills and promoting holistic health outcomes for girls in grades 3-8. Heart & Sole (H&S) is a new program meant to meet the unique needs of middle/junior high school girls.
House of Hope Case Management
Christian Community Development
The House of Hope is a two-year transitional house for homeless mothers and their children.
Job Retention Support and Networking for Low-Resource 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
Latina Leadership Initiative of Greater Des Moines
The Latina Leadership Initiative of Greater Des Moines (LLI) is a one-year intensive leadership development and mentorship program that builds a pipeline of socially conscious Iowa Latina leaders who create change through service on boards and commissions, public office, and within the private, nonprofit, and educational sectors.
PINQ Project
Tanager Place
The PINQ project is a mentoring program designed for at-risk girls to grow together as successful African American women.
