The 2022 Community Grants Program awarded $330,192.96 to 54 organizations. This funding came from the CFJC and 21 funding partners. The grants listed below are divided into Program and Operational Support, then listed in alphabetical order within the 6 interest areas we fund: Arts, Culture, & Humanities, Education, Environment & Animals, Health, Human Services, and Public & Societal Benefit. Program Support Grants funded a specific program or project at the organization. Operational Support Grants fund general operations and capacity building/sustainability of the organization. Partner funders are listed beside each grant they contributed to. Thanks to all who came alongside us in our grantmaking this year!
2022 Community Grants Listing
Operational Support Grants
Arts, Culture, & Humanities
Johnson County Historical Society – Raymond & Janet Bywater Family Fund
The Englert Theatre – Paula O. and Lowell Brandt Fund
The Iowa Children’s Museum – Angerer Family Fund, Gfeller-Cook Fund, Skaugstad Family Fund, Westemeyer Family Fund
Education
4 C’s Community Coordinated Child Care – 5224GOOD, Angerer Family Fund, Atkinson Family Fund
Friendship Community Project
The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association Vocational Training Council – Atkinson Family Fund, Terry and Susan Brennan Family Fund
Health
Healthy Kids School-Based Health Clinics – George & Betty Winokur Fund
Iowa City Free Mental Health Clinic – Davidson Family Fund
Team Breast Friends – Skaugstad Family Fund
Human Services
American Cancer Society – Skaugstad Family Fund
Domestic Violence Intervention Program – Davidson Family Fund, Gfeller-Cook Fund
Dream City
Houses into Homes
Inside Out Re-Entry Community – Catalano Fund, Project H.O.P.E., Skaugstad Family Fund
Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County – Schwab-Burford Fund
North Liberty Community Pantry
The Arc of Southeast Iowa – Schwab-Burford Fund
The Bird House – Hospice Home of Johnson County – Angerer Family Fund, Nowak Family Fund
Public & Societal Benefit
Field to Family – Katherine Grimes and Jeffrey Currie Fund, M&B Seberger Fund
Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition
Open Heartland – 5224GOOD, Gfeller-Cook Fund, Schwab-Burford Family Fund, Wallace Family Fund
Program Support Grants
Arts, Culture, & Humanities
Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature
North Liberty Library
Public Space One
Riverside Theatre – Angerer Family Fund, Savin and Potter Fund
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art – Savin and Potter Fund
Education
HAVlife Johnson County – Skaugstad Family Fund
Iowa City Community School District Foundation – Angerer Family Fund
Iowa City Poetry
Kirkwood Community College Foundation – Bergus Family Fund
The Johnson County Community Writing Center
The Lena Project
The University of Iowa Baker Teacher Leader Center – Atkinson Family Fund
Environment & Animals
Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development
Health
ChildServe
CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank – 5224GOOD, Angerer Family Fund, George & Betty Winokur Fund
I’m Glad You Stayed Project – 5224GOOD
Iowa City Free Medical Clinic – Angerer Family Fund, Davidson Family Fund
North Liberty Community Betterment
United Action for Youth – 5224GOOD, Boyd McGurk Fund
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics/Acute Care Surgery
Human Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County – 5224GOOD
Coralville Community Food Pantry
Fight With Flash Foundation – Skaugstad Family Fund
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, Inc. – Hills Bank and Trust Company Fund
Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa
Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity – Davidson Family Fund, Karen Terra Fund
Miracles in Motion Therapeutic Equestrian Center – Westemeyer Family Fund
Safe Families for Children Alliance – 5224GOOD
Shelter House, Inc.
Successful Living – Angerer Family Fund, Watts Family Fund
TRAIL of Johnson County – Coldren Fund for the Elderly
Public & Societal Benefit
City of Hills – Coldren Fund for the Elderly
Iowa City Public Library – Growing Better Together Fund