Coralville, IA — The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) hosted its Annual Luncheon last week, at which it announced $400,000 in grant funding awarded to 13 organizations across the state.
Grantmaking, one of IWF’s five pillars of sustainable change, serves the Foundation’s longstanding mission to improve the lives of Iowa women and girls by funding programs currently working to relieve evidence-based barriers to economic self-sufficiency. The other four pillars—research, education, advocacy, and collaboration—help address the most prevalent systemic issues.
2025 Grant Recipients:
- Anchored Hope – Ames
- Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque – Dubuque
- Dress for Success Des Moines – Urbandale
- Dubuque Area Labor-Management Council – Dubuque
- Family Resources – Davenport
- House of Hope – Waterloo
- Johnson County Affordable Housing – Iowa City
- Lead(h)er – Davenport
- Moravia Community School District – Moravia
- Native American Child Care Center – Sioux City
- Sanborn Daycare Association – Sanborn
- Try Pie Bakery – Waterloo
- Vince Jetter Community Center – Clinton
“Every single day, these organizations are hands-on, showing up and supporting Iowa’s women and girls,” said President/CEO Deann Cook. “Their work is vital, and grantmaking allows them to cover more ground and address immediate barriers. At the same time, we work at the systemic level to reduce these barriers in the first place.”
To date, the Iowa Women’s Foundation has awarded $2.3 million to 249 organizations across the state serving Iowa’s women and girls.
In addition to the grants, attendees heard from keynote speaker Anne Nizzi Clark, director of the Caitlin Clark Foundation.
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About the Iowa Women’s Foundation: The Iowa Women’s Foundation is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization committed to improving the lives of Iowa’s women and girls through a diversified mix of funding and action: research, grant-making, advocacy, education, and collaboration. To achieve its goals and make the most significant impact, IWF brings together and invests in organizations across Iowa that make women and girls more successful. IWF is the only statewide organization working to enhance and improve women’s economic self-sufficiency. Learn more at www.iawf.org.