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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.
First Step Toward Self-Sufficiency
Opening Doors
Opening Doors serves women and children who are experiencing homelessness.
Harvesting Our Potential: Growing Skills, Confidence and Sustainability with Women Farmers
Women Food & Agriculture Network
The project will offer continued mentorship support, a flagship part of this program, for aspiring, beginning and seasoned women farmers.
Hawkeye Child Care Director Credential – CCSF Grant
Hawkeye Community College
Completing credentialed training through Hawkeye Community College’s Online Child Care Director Training has the potential to significantly increase the lifetime earnings of child care workers in Black Hawk County.
Hawkeye Childcare Disparity Scholarships
Hawkeye Community College Foundation
Hawkeye serves many students who face greater than normal obstacles in pursuing and achieving their educational goals.
Increasing Access to Educational Child Care at KidsPoint – CCSF Grant
Waypoint, Cedar Rapids
KidsPoint is a leading provider of early education.
Iowa Women in Trades: Apprenticeship Opportunity Network
State University of Iowa Labor Center
The Iowa Women in Trades Network (IWIT) links unemployed or underemployed Iowa women with opportunities to prepare for and enroll in registered apprentice programs in construction trades.
Iowa Women in Trades: Apprenticeship Opportunity Network
State University of Iowa Labor Center
The Iowa Women in Trades Network (IWIT) links unemployed or underemployed Iowa women with opportunities to prepare for and enroll in registered apprentice programs in construction trades. The ultimate goal of this project is to build a pipeline to high-quality construction jobs for Iowa women.
MPCC After-School Program and MPCC Scholarship Program – CCSF Grant
Mount Pleasant Child Care Center
Of primary concern for families in Henry County are the hours of availability for child care.
Prepared to Care (P2C)
Homes of Oakridge Human Services
Prepared To Care (P2C) was developed to support in-home based child care businesses being operated out of Oakridge owned apartment units.
Re-Design: Programming, Building, and Outdoor Play – CCSF Grant
Ringgold County Child Care Center
Over the past 24 years, an estimated 1,700 children have walked through the doors at the Ringgold Community Child Care Center (RCCCC)—the only daycare in Mount Ayr serving all families who apply.
