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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.
Prevention Education in Scott County
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and its subsidiary organizations provide, promote, and protect reproductive and sexual health through high-quality care, education and advocacy.
ReEngage Dubuque: Life Skills Seminar
Foundation for Dubuque Schools
ReEngage Dubuque works with students who have dropped out of high school and “re-engages” them to get their diplomas through alternate means.
Refugee Child Care Training 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.
Rural IMPACT
Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc.
Integration Models for Parents and Children to Thrive (IMPACT) is a cross-agency effort to combat poverty and improve upward mobility in rural and tribal places.
Safe Shelter & Housing Stability
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family (CVFF)
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family provides emergency safe shelter, rapid rehousing, and homeless prevention services to victims of domestic and sexual violence in 14 counties of Northeast Iowa.
SMART Girls
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Cedar Valley
The SMART Girls program gives girls the space, support and tools to navigate adolescence and to emerge as strong, healthy, young adults.
Step Up for Success
Florence Crittenton Home of Sioux City
Step Up for Success will assist teen parents by providing needed supportive services, assistance in paying for one to two months of childcare until their state application is approved, and gas vouchers in times of need.
Survivor’s 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.
Working to Institutionalize Sex Education (WISE)
EyesOpenIowa
Through WISE, Eyes Open Iowa will assist 35 school districts to comply with state law requiring public schools to provide age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development in grades 1-12.
After the Crisis: A Healing Retreat for Victims and Their Children
Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP)
IWF funding to the Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) will provide a healing retreat for victims of domestic violence and their children.
