Community Producers Program – UNI, EMBARC & AmeriCorps Vista
The Community Producers Program (CPP) provides economic empowerment opportunities for refugee women in Waterloo. CPP has given many people from around the globe the opportunity to connect with other community members and share their agricultural skills for the first time since resettling to the US. CPP workshops remove barriers and foster the development of skills
IWF Announces 2019 Grantee Partners
The Iowa Women’s Foundation has announced its Grantee Partners for 2019. Due to the commitment of our supporters we are able to award $90,000 in grants to these programs that provide the tools for women and girls to be economically self-sufficient. Congratulations to each of these grantees. Amani Community Services: Fast Track to Success for
How Affordable Child Care has Impacted My Life
How has affordable access to childcare impacted my life? The easy answer is that childcare allows me to go to work and to contribute to society in a way that is meaningful to me. The more complicated answer is that access to childcare gives me the freedom to be exactly who I am, without guilt.
Café 361
Previous Next Café 361 is a church-sponsored organization in Cedar Rapids that teaches life and leadership skills, and teamwork to young women in a safe and structured environment. Middle and high school girls gather once a month to prepare, cook, and serve varied community meals. Each season, the girls and the leadership team brainstorm
About the St. Mark Youth Enrichment Center
St. Mark Youth Enrichment is a non-profit organization that offers quality, out of school learning programs before/after school and in the summer serving 550 at-risk students, grades K-5, both in Dubuque and Western Dubuque communities. Like many communities in Iowa, Dubuque has a critical need for childcare options. St. Mark addresses this need with affordable,
Women’s Equality Day – Catherine McAuley Center’s Traditional Housing Program
Each August, residents of the Catherine McAuley Center’s Transitional Housing Program, have welcomed the community to the Center’s lawn for a celebration of Women’s Equality Day, the anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in August of 1920. But at the Catherine McAuley Center, Women’s Equality Day isn’t only a time to celebrate the
Linking Families & Communities Uses IWF Grant to Expand
A special thank you to Linking Families & Communities—the very first recipient of our Child Care Solutions Fund grant—for writing this Grant Partner blog. To learn more about this organization and how they are helping women and families in north central Iowa, visit https://www.linking-families.com/. Linking Families and Communities In order for children to grow up to
Meet the 2018 IWF Grant Partners
The Iowa Women’s Foundation was pleased to see so many of our supporters at our Annual Awards Luncheon. Because of your commitment and devotion to bettering the lives of Iowa’s women and girls, together, we are able to award $100,000 in grants to 13 Grant Partners for the 2018 year. These 13 organizations are doing
Our Favorite Time of Year – Check Presentations!
Last October at the Iowa Women’s Foundation Annual Luncheon, we revealed exciting news: 2017 would be the biggest year for grant making in our organization’s 22-year history! At our annual Check Presentation Ceremony on January 11, we were proud to give more than $108,000 in grants to 18 Iowa nonprofits and organizations who share our
Women’s Foundations Committed over $29 Million in 2016
Partners of Prosperity Together, a collective effort of U.S. women’s foundations, including the Iowa Women’s Foundation, committed $29,170,427 in 2016 to help women in their communities acquire living-wage jobs, educational training and support, and affordable, high-quality childcare. One year ago, Prosperity Together announced a $100 million commitment to women’s economic security over the course of
