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Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

The GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (the community foundation) partners with donors, funders, and other community collaborators to achieve high-impact philanthropy, supports nonprofit organizations that address our community's needs and opportunities, and convenes people to learn, share ideas, and develop solutions for the…

$10M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
209
Itemized grants FY2024
190
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$9.4M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$17,656
Largest grant, FY2024
$371,323
Organizations funded a year
168 to 190
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$229M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $587k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving204$9.4M18%
FY2023190$8.7M19%
FY2022175$8.9M14%
FY2021170$11M15%
FY2020170$9.3M19%
FY2019178$7.6M24%
FY2018168$7.2M23%
FY2017178$7.4Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$13MArts & Culture$13MHuman Services$8.7MHealth$8.6MFood & Nutrition$4.0MHousing & Shelter$3.5MEnvironment$3.0MYouth Development$2.9MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mercy Hospitalcedar Rapidsia Endowment Foundation Inc$3,115,02384%
Coe College$2,400,69980%
United Way of East Central Iowa$2,245,84385%
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art$1,997,834830%
Cornell College$1,692,26480%
Indian Creek Nature Center$1,466,530821%
Matthew 25$1,438,750819%
Orchestra Iowa Inc$1,434,79388%
Community Health Free Clinic$1,419,275812%
State University of Iowa Foundation$1,398,02380%
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All grantees of Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mercy Hospitalcedar Rapidsia Endowment Foundation Inc$3,115,02384%
Coe College$2,400,69980%
United Way of East Central Iowa$2,245,84385%
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art$1,997,834830%
Cornell College$1,692,26480%
Indian Creek Nature Center$1,466,530821%
Matthew 25$1,438,750819%
Orchestra Iowa Inc$1,434,79388%
Community Health Free Clinic$1,419,275812%
State University of Iowa Foundation$1,398,02380%
Foundation 2 Inc$1,384,33984%
The Community Theatre of Cedar Rapids Inc$1,332,214814%
Tanager Place$1,318,15482%
Connectcr Inc$1,247,115725%
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Inc$1,195,86587%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa$1,095,399825%
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc$1,082,990812%
Catherine McAuley Center Inc$1,081,351813%
Kirkwood Community College Foundation$1,076,06183%
City of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library$1,040,7848n/a
Iowa Broadcasters Association Foundation$1,005,798899%
Housing Fund for Linn County$896,000239%
Mound Farm Holdings Inc$709,50680%
Feed Iowa First$694,361850%
Four Oaks Family and Children's Services$694,00880%
Waypoint Services$682,55782%
Linn County Historical Society$679,330835%
Brucemore Inc$673,68889%
Camp Courageous of Iowa$660,95082%
Horizons a Family Service Alliance$659,50383%
Kids First Law Center$640,025814%
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc$617,01087%
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre$593,650834%
University of Northern Iowa Foundation$591,58860%
Mount Vernon Community School District Foundation$589,363739%
Zach Johnson Foundation$558,68088%
Young Parents Network$541,246810%
University of Chicago$538,36180%
Hoover Presidential Foundation$518,25887%
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc$517,66980%
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy$510,034860%
Trees Forever Inc$509,32485%
Monarch Research Project$501,306615%
Rodale Institute$486,09042%
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation$482,494813%
The Arc of East Central Iowa$469,46083%
African-American Heritage Foundation Inc$446,225818%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor$431,76387%
State University of Iowa$425,4948n/a
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area$415,20181%
Cedar Valley Humane Society$408,031810%
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity$386,29884%
Whole Foods Market Foundation$385,00061%
Hlv Community School$359,2948n/a
Newbo City Market$350,476810%
The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative Inc$348,58383%
East Central Iowa Council of Governments$320,9684n/a
Jane Boyd Community House$318,78777%
Area Substance Abuse Council Inc$293,65481%
Red Cedar Chamber Music$274,825827%
Iowa State University$274,6518n/a
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc$267,29370%
The Meth-Wick Community Inc$250,38180%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$245,00060%
Iowa College Foundation$244,00082%
Northwest Neighbors Neighborhood Association$243,6003n/a
Cedar Rapids Comm School District$240,7895n/a
St Jude Church$238,8906n/a
Olivet Presbyterian Church$237,5868n/a
Eastern Iowa Health Center$237,57780%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$235,37080%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$234,07080%
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc$226,691855%
Salvation Army National Corp$222,6378n/a
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc$214,00081%
His Hands Ministries$208,77684%
Iowa Legal Aid$208,12370%
Donorschooseorg$205,00080%
Discovery Living Inc$204,01980%
Project Worthmore$200,00051%
The Freedom Foundation$196,214715%
Cedar Rapids Community School District Foundation$185,15086%
Lba Foundation$168,7917n/a
Families Helping Families$167,752723%
St Luke's Health Care Foundation$167,32081%
Heritage Area Agency on Aging$164,81851%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque$159,76461%
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance Foundation$158,000257%
Linn County Auditor$151,6837n/a
First Lutheran Church$147,8908n/a
Breakthrough T1d$137,87580%
Calvary Women's Services Inc$137,50051%
First Presbyterian Church of Cedar Rapids$136,4838n/a
The Sundari Foundation Inc$135,00031%
Iowa College Access Network$134,42062%
Old Creamery Theatre Company Inc$131,78039%
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc$130,00061%
Linn-Mar School Foundation$129,94776%
Resonance Center for Women Inc$127,25043%
Junior League of Cedar Rapids Inc$123,227635%
University of Northern Iowa$120,8008n/a
Central Furniture Rescue$118,98759%
Mercy Medical Center$118,93080%
Wellington Heights Community Church Inc$115,6004n/a
Prospect Meadows Inc$115,46042%
The Safe Place Foundation$113,000524%
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services Inc$110,00022%
Table to Table Food Distribution Network$109,63531%
Deafinitely Dogs$108,800617%
Iowa Art Works Inc$108,492526%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$107,85680%
Marion Independent School Foundation and Alumni Association$105,94687%
Aging Services Inc$104,44981%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$103,97780%
Luther College$102,29180%
Southeast Iowa Sports Commission$100,00013%
Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology and Concentration$100,00038%
Friends of the Earth$100,00030%
Iowa State Fair Foundation$100,00012%
Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development$99,500415%
Hillcrest Family Services Inc$98,89550%
Harmony School of Music Incorporated$98,874442%
St Wenceslaus Church Cedar Rapids Ia$95,2066n/a
St Paul's United Methodist Church of Cedar Rapids Foundation$95,16985%
Affordable Housing Network Inc$95,00050%
Prairie School Foundation$91,73885%
Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center$87,59474%
Chelsey's Dream Foundation$87,500421%
Xavier Foundation$85,8807n/a
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc$84,25070%
Spt Theatre Company$81,825619%
Central City Development Corporation$81,505279%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa$81,38751%
Wheelchair Ramp Accessibility Program$80,335325%
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp$80,00031%
Downtown Women's Center$80,00020%
Linn County Correctional Chaplaincy Ministry$79,875519%
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success$79,619421%
Csps Hall Inc$78,60656%
Archdiocese of Dubuque$77,1505n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$75,0001n/a
Iowa Humane Alliance$68,65432%
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc$67,61970%
United We March Forward$66,614339%
Lavender Legal Center$65,835321%
Essential Instruction Inc$65,500716%
American Cancer Society Inc$65,48530%
Inland Empire United Way$65,40752%
Linn County Trails Association$65,399513%
Hawkeye Downs Inc$65,00043%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$64,05930%
Miracles in Motion Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$62,32129%
City of Hiawatha$62,1432n/a
United Way of Allen County Inc$61,53780%
Ecumenical Community Center Foundation$61,474613%
Indian Hills Community College$60,0003n/a
N Street Village Inc$60,00011%
All Saints Church Cedar Rapids Iowa$57,0707n/a
Family Promise of Linn County$55,764320%
Friends of the Marion Public Library$55,310529%
Hawkeye Area Council Boy Scouts of America$53,18461%
American Heart Association Inc$52,87250%
The Districtczech Village & New Bohemia$52,000415%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois$51,63541%
Central City Iowa$51,5005n/a
Goodwill Industries of the Heartland$50,50010%
Central College$50,13960%
Community School of Naples Inc$50,00010%
Florence Township$50,0001n/a
City of Marion Fire Departmen$50,0002n/a
Shambhala International$50,0001n/a
Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc$50,00011%
The Salvation Army$49,6444n/a
Mid Prairie Community School District Foundation$49,40963%
Women's Empowerment$47,75014%
Amer Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology$46,53418%
Northwestern University$45,48780%
St Pius the X Church Cedar Rapids Ia$45,3004n/a
Bur Oak Land Trust$45,12433%
Thistle Farms Inc$45,00021%
Coastal Roots Farm$45,00022%
Mvl Community Charitable Development Group Inc$43,912511%
Camp Bear Creek$43,46981%
Friends of Cedar Lake Inc$42,7053n/a
Southeast Linn Community Center Corp$42,608211%
Friends of Czech Village Corp$42,5002n/a
Linn Community Food Bank Inc$41,46764%
March of Dimes Inc$41,38040%
Growing Opportunities for Work$41,236221%
Mirrorbox Theatre$40,2002n/a
Green Square Meals Inc$40,200315%
Defy Ventures Inc$40,00011%
Faithlife Lutheran Church$38,8967n/a
American Botanical Council$37,50041%
Achieveability$37,5001n/a
Marion Public Library Foundation$37,50026%
The Ceres Community Project$37,50031%
Riverview Center Inc$37,25021%
Thrive Together Today Inc$36,50034%
Cedar Rapids Hockey Association$35,00028%
Abbehealth Inc$35,000215%
Women's Bean Project$35,00012%
Good Friday Prayer Breakfast$34,7523n/a
Critter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids Inc$33,17833%
St Pauls United Methodist Church$32,6334n/a
Gems of Hope Inc$32,500213%
Youthport$32,00018%
United States Catholic Conference$31,9675n/a
Soldiers for the Truth Foundation$31,6672n/a
Meals From the Heartland Inc$31,25021%
Fellowship Club$30,500213%
Together We Achieve$30,100114%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associationiowa Chapter$30,00031%
Northern Sky Theater Inc$30,00011%
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival$30,00025%
Sharing Excess$30,00010%
Climb Dba Climb Wyoming$30,00011%
Proyecto Pastoral$30,00010%
St Ambrose University$29,50040%
Williamson County Crisis Center$27,50011%
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection$27,0003n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa Inc$26,50021%
Westminster Presbyterian Church$26,4981n/a
Hope Community Development Assoc$26,00021%
Eastern Iowa Honor Flight$25,71442%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$25,50020%
The American India Foundation$25,00010%
The Living Room Center$25,00012%
The Refugee Collective$25,00012%
Mission St Louis$25,00010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$25,00010%
North Liberty Community Pantry$25,00012%
Agape Child Development Center$25,00011%
Venuworks$25,0001n/a
Holy Family Catholic Schools$25,0001n/a
Jefferson County Kids Inc$25,00012%
Benton County Conservation Foundation$25,0001n/a
Rush to Crush Cancer$25,00013%
University of Pittsburgh$25,00010%
Volunteer Iowa$25,0001n/a
Ladies Empowerment and Action Program Inc$25,00012%
Anna Marie's Alliance$25,00011%
Naples Zoo Inc$25,00010%
Marion Cares Inc$24,750311%
Linn County Community Action Fund$24,300125%
Grace Episcopal Church$23,9504n/a
Hawkeye Community College$23,8003n/a
Abbe Center for Community Mental Health$23,70610%
Immaculate Conception Church Cedar Rapids Ia$23,3412n/a
Bridge Under the Bridges$23,0902n/a
Garland County Library$22,9484n/a
Iowa Giving Crew$22,452211%
Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa$22,30027%
Linn Area Education Associations Community Foundation Inc$22,216321%
Acacia Fraternity Foundation Inc$21,10021%
Neighborhood House$20,80020%
Systems Unlimited Inc$20,49210%
Patrons of the Performing Arts at Washington High$20,35626%
Denver High School$20,2283n/a
New Friends New Life$20,00011%
Coralville Community Food Pantry$20,0001n/a
North Liberty Community Pantry$20,0001n/a
City of Walker$20,0002n/a
Neighborhood Meal and Enrichment Program an Iowa Non-Profit Corp$20,0002n/a
Sierra Harvest$20,00021%
Advocates for Social Justice Inc$20,000256%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$20,00010%
Young Women's Resource Center$20,00012%
Found in Translation Inc$20,00011%
Cooperative Development Foundation$20,00021%
Kitchen Garden Project Inc Garden-Raised Bounty$20,00021%
Organic Growers School Inc$20,00023%
American Youth Soccer Organization$20,00010%
Good360$20,00020%
Big Bang Foundation$19,9202n/a
Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist$18,2542n/a
Holy Family Parish$18,0003n/a
Childserve Foundation Inc$18,00010%
Coggon Area Betterment Association$18,0002n/a
Intercultural Center of Iowa$17,5001n/a
Clothe-A-Child Inc$17,3752n/a
Farmshare Austin$17,25023%
Loras College$17,18120%
Salute to the Fallen$17,180210%
Gcw Mutal AIDS Society Inc$17,0002n/a
St Matthews Church Cedar Rapids Ia$17,0002n/a
Aiming for a Cure Foundation$16,50023%
No Foot Too Small$16,25011%
Mission of Hope$16,20022%
Society of the Divine Word$16,0002n/a
Metro Catholic Outreach$15,97114%
Iowa Credit Union Foundation$15,70011%
Isu Extension & Outreach - Linn County$15,5002n/a
Feeding America$15,38510%
Camp Fire Heart of Iowa$15,30030%
6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services$15,0001n/a
Henry Davison Scholarship Program Inc$15,000210%
Frienship Force of Cedar Rapids Iowa City Inc$15,0001n/a
Means Database Inc$15,00014%
The Garden Club of Charleston Inc$15,000168%
Samaritan's Purse$15,00010%
Valley Verde$15,00015%
St Marys Roman Catholic Church$15,0001n/a
Working Theory Farm$15,00017%
Xavier Catholic Schools Cedar Rapids Iowa$14,8362n/a
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association$14,25021%
Council on Foundations Inc$14,15010%
Hollys Heart$14,10026%
Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha Inc$14,00020%
Revival Theatre Company$13,80025%
Cedar Rapids Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Educational Trust$13,12311%
National Council on Youth Leadership Inc$13,0002n/a
The Iowa Children's Museum$12,10320%
New Covenant Bible Church$11,9581n/a
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$11,64120%
City of Center Point$11,5001n/a
Saving Animals in Need Today$11,2222n/a
Culture Incorporated$11,0001n/a
Basic Needs Inc of South Washington County$11,00012%
Marion Chamber Foundation$11,000118%
Prairie Du Chien High School$10,6971n/a
Sustainable Food Laboratory Inc$10,57310%
Cedar Rapids Thursday Noon Lions Charities Inc$10,3001n/a
Amani Community Service$10,26313%
Lasalle Catholic$10,1561n/a
First Presbyterian Church Near Ely Iowa$10,0001n/a
Warrior Rising$10,00010%
Minnesota Food Association$10,0001n/a
Cedar Amateur Astronomers Inc$10,0001n/a
Marbleseed Inc$10,00011%
Go Cedar Rapids$10,00011%
Nhda Foundation$10,000115%
The Land Connection Foundation Inc$10,00013%
New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc$10,00011%
King of Kings Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Vision Atlantic Inc$10,00010%
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation$10,00010%
First United Methodist Church$10,0001n/a
Mount Pleasant Community Childcare$10,00011%
Denver Inner City Parish Inc$10,00010%
Holistic Manangement International$10,00011%
Joey's Foundation Inc$10,00016%
The Catholic Foundation for the Archdiocese of Dubuque$10,00010%
Georgia Organics Inc$10,00011%
I Belong Here Inc$10,0001n/a
Elgin Historical Society$10,00018%
Refugee and Immigrant Association$10,0001n/a
Shine Together Inc$10,00011%
Community Partners$10,00010%
Multinational Exchange For Sustainable A MESA andor MESA Inc$10,00013%
Neighborhood Finance Corporation$10,00010%
One City United$10,0001n/a
Walker Little League Association$10,0001n/a
Rural Advancement Foundation Internation$10,00010%
Middle East Children's Alliance$10,00010%
Power of Women and Children$10,0001n/a
Blackhawk Area Special Education District 865$10,0001n/a
The Marion Parks & Recreation$10,00015%
Ccof Foundation$10,00011%
Green Plate Special$10,00012%
Associated Solo Artists Inc$9,5451n/a
Center for Active Seniors Inc$9,30010%
Ideas for US Inc$9,00013%
Scholarship America Inc$9,0001n/a
Fur Fun Rescue$8,80013%
National Wildlife Federation$8,64510%
Children's Miracle Network$8,60010%
Iowa Pbs Foundation$8,21910%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$8,14510%
The Swarm Collective Inc$8,00010%
Dream Factory Inc$8,0001n/a
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre$7,6861n/a
Eastern Iowa Nfl Flag League$7,5001n/a
Iowa Women's Foundation$7,50011%
Empowering Parents Kansas City$7,50012%
Gleaning Network of Texas$7,5001n/a
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$7,5001n/a
St Francis of Assisi Parish$7,5001n/a
United Way of Central Iowa$7,50010%
Best Buddies International Inc$7,45010%
Central City PTO$7,4001n/a
Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance Service$7,04112%
Fuerzas Culturales Ballet Folklorico de Cedar Rapids Inc$7,0001n/a
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans$7,00010%
Northeast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter Inc$7,00011%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$6,85510%
St John of the Catholic Worker Community of Cedar Rapids Iowa Inc$6,63813%
Solon Firefighters Benevolent$6,50013%
Eastern Iowa African Diaspora$6,5001n/a
Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities Nfp$6,25011%
Heartland Heroes of Iowa$6,0001n/a
Drake University$6,00010%
Geneva Campus Ministry at the University of Iowa$6,00013%
N-Compass Inc$6,00013%
Friends From Iowa Foundation Inc$6,00019%
NAMI Linn County$5,9001n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$5,85910%
Robins Firefighters Associations$5,7761n/a
The Opera House Community Arts Council Inc$5,6401n/a
Cedar Rapids Jaycee Charities Inc$5,613167%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc$5,55010%
Ticked Off Lyme Foundation Inc$5,500119%
Hastings Family Service$5,50010%
Look Pray Send US$5,401188%
Refugee & Immigrant Voices in Action$5,25010%
Hooah Inc$5,20012%
Iowa Healthiest State Initiative$5,10011%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$5,10010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,10010%
Friends in Need Food Shelf$5,10010%
City of Prairie Du Chien$2,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 23 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMercy Hospitalcedar Rapidsia Endowment Foundation Inc: $3,115,023 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetCoe College: $2,400,699 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of East Central Iowa: $2,245,843 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetCedar Rapids Museum of Art: $1,997,834 over 8y, 30% of budgetCornell College: $1,692,264 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetIndian Creek Nature Center: $1,466,530 over 8y, 21% of budgetMatthew 25: $1,438,750 over 8y, 19% of budgetOrchestra Iowa Inc: $1,434,793 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetCommunity Health Free Clinic: $1,419,275 over 8y, 12% of budgetState University of Iowa Foundation: $1,398,023 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation 2 Inc: $1,384,339 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetThe Community Theatre of Cedar Rapids Inc: $1,332,214 over 8y, 14% of budgetTanager Place: $1,318,154 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetConnectcr Inc: $1,247,115 over 7y, 25% of budgetNational Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Inc: $1,195,865 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa: $1,095,399 over 8y, 25% of budgetWillis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc: $1,082,990 over 8y, 12% of budgetCatherine McAuley Center Inc: $1,081,351 over 8y, 13% of budgetKirkwood Community College Foundation: $1,076,061 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetIowa Broadcasters Association Foundation: $1,005,798 over 8y, 99% of budgetHousing Fund for Linn County: $896,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetMound Farm Holdings Inc: $709,506 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFeed Iowa First: $694,361 over 8y, 50% of budgetFour Oaks Family and Children's Services: $694,008 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWaypoint Services: $682,557 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetLinn County Historical Society: $679,330 over 8y, 35% of budgetBrucemore Inc: $673,688 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetCamp Courageous of Iowa: $660,950 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetHorizons a Family Service Alliance: $659,503 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetKids First Law Center: $640,025 over 8y, 14% of budgetJunior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc: $617,010 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetCedar Rapids Opera Theatre: $593,650 over 8y, 34% of budgetUniversity of Northern Iowa Foundation: $591,588 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMount Vernon Community School District Foundation: $589,363 over 7y, 39% of budgetZach Johnson Foundation: $558,680 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetYoung Parents Network: $541,246 over 8y, 10% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $538,361 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHoover Presidential Foundation: $518,258 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetHawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc: $517,669 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetEastern Iowa Arts Academy: $510,034 over 8y, 60% of budgetTrees Forever Inc: $509,324 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetMonarch Research Project: $501,306 over 6y, 15% of budgetRodale Institute: $486,090 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCedar Rapids Public Library Foundation: $482,494 over 8y, 13% of budgetThe Arc of East Central Iowa: $469,460 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetAfrican-American Heritage Foundation Inc: $446,225 over 8y, 18% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor: $431,763 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area: $415,201 over 8y, 1.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI125.9× affinity119 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · United Way of East Central Iowa · GreenState Credit Union · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd · United Fire Group Foundation · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · The Accel Foundation · Community Foundation of Johnson County · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · The McIntyre Foundation · Mercy Medical Center

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

How much does Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation give?
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation reported 209 itemized grants totaling $9,438,781, out of $10,222,829 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 168 and 190 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Arts & Culture (19%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mercy Hospitalcedar Rapidsia Endowment Foundation Inc ($3.1M), Coe College ($2.4M), United Way of East Central Iowa ($2.2M).
Does Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, United Way of East Central Iowa, GreenState Credit Union.
Where is Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation based?
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation is based in IA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 414 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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