The Community Foundation of Johnson County made 62 grants totaling $365,217 to 61 nonprofit organizations during the 2023 Community Grant Cycle. Grants were awarded for both program and operating support in six interest areas: Arts, Culture, & Humanities; Education; Environment & Animals; Health; Human Services; and Public & Societal Benefit. The grants were funded by the Community Foundation as well as 27 partner funders. The 27 partner funders are listed below with the grant awards they supported. Please find below a listing of all grant awards in order of operating or program support, then categorized by the interest area, then listed alphabetically by organization.
2023 Community Grants Listing
2023 Community Grants Listing
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
Arts, Culture, & Humanities
Willow Creek Theatre Company
Education
4Cs Community Coordinated Child Care – Atkinson Family Fund and the Loretta Angerer Family Fund
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
Know More – Project HOPE Fund
The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association Vocational Training Council
Environment & Animals
Backyard Abundance
Health
American Cancer Society – Skaugstad Family Fund
Iowa City Community School District Healthy Kids School-Based Clinics
Iowa City Free Lunch Program – 5224GOOD
Women’s Health Project Inc. dba Emma Goldman Clinic – Davidson Family Endowment Fund
Human Services
Agape Café – Albers Family Fund
Domestic Violence Intervention Program – Davidson Family Fund and the Skaugstad Family Fund
Families Helping Families of Iowa – Albers Family Fund
Houses into Homes – Wallace Family Fund
I’m Glad You Stayed Project – Westemeyer Family Fund
Inside Out Reentry Community – Project HOPE Fund
Iowa Legal Aid – Loretta Angerer Family Fund
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Johnson County – Albers Family Fund
North Liberty Community Pantry – 5224GOOD
Public & Societal Benefit
Cakes From the Heart Iowa – 5224GOOD
Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa
Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition – Loretta Angerer Family Fund
Prairielands Freedom Fund
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
Arts, Culture, & Humanities
Family Folk Machine – Paula O and Lowell Brandt Fund
FilmScene – Loretta Angerer Family Fund
Public Space One
The Englert Civic Theatre – Catalano Family Fund
Education
Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District – Nowak Family Fund and the Raymond and Janet Bywater Family Fund
Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa – Westemeyer Family Fund
I Can Read Inc. – Schwab-Burford Family Fund
Iowa College Access Network – Schwab-Burford Family Fund
Iowa LEAP (Iowa Leadership, Education, Advocacy Project)
Kirkwood Community College Foundation
Kirkwood Community College Johnson County Service Area – Schwab-Burford Family Fund
The Iowa Children’s Museum – Loretta Angerer Family Fund, the Skaugstad Family Fund and the Helen and Philip Oldis Fund
The Village Community
Environment & Animals
Bur Oak Land Trust – Atkinson Family Fund and the Savin and Potter Fund
Miracles in Motion Therapeutic Equestrian Center – Westemeyer Family Fund
Health
ChildServe Foundation, Inc.
Iowa City Free Medical Clinic – Davidson Family Fund, the United Iowa Financial Community Fund, and the George and Betty Winokur Fund
Iowa City Hospice – Visiting Nurse Association of Johnson County – Coldren Fund for the Elderly
Iowa City Sober Living – Skaugstad Family Fund
No Foot Too Small – Watts Family Fund
Team Breast Friends – Skaugstad Family Fund and the Albers Family Fund
Human Services
Christian Culture Community – ICCompassion – 5224GOOD and the George and Betty Winokur Fund
CommUnity Crisis Services & Food Bank – Loretta Angerer Family Fund
Coralville Community Food Pantry – 5224GOOD
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois – Hills Bank and Trust Fund
Heritage Area Agency on Aging – Coldren Fund for the Elderly
Horizons, A Family Service Alliance – 5224GOOD
Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity – Karen Terra Fund
Johnson County Extension d/b/a Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County
Kids First Law Center – Martin Family Foundation Fund
Lavender Legal Center
Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County
Open Heartland – 5224GOOD, the Atkinson Family Fund, the Casey Cook and Kate Gfeller Fund, the Skaugstad Family Fund, and the Westemeyer Family Fund
Refugee and Immigrant Association
Table to Table Food Distribution Network – 5224GOOD, the Terry and Susan Brennan Fund, and the Boyd-McGurk Family Fund
TRAIL of Johnson County – Coldren Fund for the Elderly
Public & Societal Benefit
Iowa City Public Library – Loretta Angerer Family Fund
Solon Community School District
Swisher Farmer’s Market