Jan 08 2010
Community Foundation awards $109,263 in community grants
Forty seven area nonprofit organizations received grant awards totaling $109,263 from the Community Foundation of Johnson County (CFJC). The grant awards and nonprofit organizations were announced at the organization’s annual luncheon meeting held today at the Iowa City Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center. The meeting was sponsored by RSM McGladery’s.
Grant Committee chair Kristin Summerwill said the Foundation received 92 applications requesting more than $740,000 in grant aid.
2009 Grant Recipients
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County
Community Corrections
Dick Parrott Free Dental Clinic
Elder Services Inc
Elder Services, Inc
Equestrian Center
FasTrac
Healthy Kids Clinic
Heartland
Improvement Association
Iowa City Community Theatre
Iowa City Free Medical Cline and
Iowa Women’s Foundation
Johnson County Crisis Center
Johnson County Heritage Trust
Miracles in Motion Therapeutic
Network
North Liberty Community Library
Planned Parenthood of the
Preucil School of Music
Public Space One
Riverside Theatre
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services
Summer of the Arts, Inc.
Systems Unlimited, Inc.
Table to Table Food Distribution
The Englert Civic Theatre
The Housing Fellowship
The University of Iowa Foundation, on behalf of UI Arts Share
The University of Iowa Mobile Clinic
Transitions Services Center of ICCSD
University of Iowa, Oakdale Prison
Visiting Nurse Association
Women’s Health Project, Inc.
Young Footliters
Community Affiliate Funds
Coralville Community Fund
Lone Tree Community Fund
North Liberty Community Fund
Swisher Community Fund
Tiffin Community Fund
Coralville Community Fund
Coralville Central Elementary School
Coralville Ecumenical Food Pantry
Coralville Public Library
Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Kirkwood Family Resource Center
The Iowa Children’s Museum
Village Project of Coralville
Additionally in the 2009 calendar year, the Community Foundation granted $633,050 to meet local needs, and continued to build the Foundation’s $5.7 million endowment. And, hundreds of Community Foundation contributors engaged to help 132 not-for-profit organizations accomplish their goals.
Founded in 2000, the Community Foundation of Johnson County is a permanent community endowment built with gifts from local individuals, families, businesses and organizations committed to a strong future for Johnson County. To date, CFJC has raised $5.7 million in assets, and distributed more than $2.54 million to charitable projects throughout Johnson County. For Good . . . For Ever.
