Articles Tagged: Nonprofits

Seventeen area nonprofits have been selected to receive a combined $100,000 in funding for community and economic development projects across Linn County.

Willis Dady, a nonprofit based in Cedar Rapids, was one of 100 grant recipients from the Lowe’s Hometowns project, which is dedicated to improving communities through revitalized public and private property. The funds will be used to make ADA renovations to a house that provides a home for veterans.

What are grocery stores doing to divert food from landfills? And what happens to the food that doesn’t get sold?

The Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, an Iowa City-based nonprofit, has announced it is permanently closing its doors after it was unable to resolve conflicts with its union staff members.

Nearly 50 people are set to be laid off from CommUnity Crisis Services in Iowa City later this month after federal funding was canceled for the LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline, part of the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline.

When it was time for 7-year-old Mason Sieck to start hospice care, there weren’t many options for him in Iowa. Now, four years after his death, his family is working to build the state’s first pediatric palliative care center.

Co-founder Courtney Ball will assume the role of Matthew 25 executive director while the search begins for the organization’s next leader.

Longtime Matthew 25 leader Clint Twedt-Ball will step down July 15.

A Cedar Rapids man is honoring his mother, a court clerk who died last year, by establishing a nonprofit to create a children’s library in the Linn County Courthouse. His mom noticed many parents have to take their children with them to the courthouse when handling legal matters, and providing books could help distract them.

Also in the Capitol Notebook, Iowa nonprofits have sent a letter to Sens. Ernst and Grassley warning of harmful provisions in Trump’s tax bill

Iowa City will nearly double the amount of money it provides to area nonprofits after the city council voted Tuesday to increase funding in the city’s Aid to Agencies fund by $350,000, to nearly $1.1 million.

Get to Know Gives Back talks to Joe Lock from Eastern Iowa Health Center about the services they provide and what you can do to support their mission.

Get to Know Gives Back talks to Kara Grafft from Foundation 2 Crisis Services about the services they provide and how to get involved.

The Cedar Rapids Downtown Rotary Club hosted the fourth annual Grand Impact event where three local non-profits competed for funding. The winner was Willis Dady Homeless Services, which will use its $100,000 prize to expand a recycling program.

Get to Know Gives Back talks to Tonya Hotchkin from Tanager about the services they provide and how to get involved.