2018 Community
Grants recipients

Community Impact Grants are available to organizations whose innovative and
meaningful work align with the Community Foundation's mission to improve the lives
of all POTTAWATTAMIE county residents. 

All Care Health Center - Diagnostic Equipment   $1,000

All Care Health Center - Diagnostic Equipment   $1,000

City of Avoca - Holidays on Main $1,000

City of Avoca - Main Street Farmer's Market & Longest Table  $500

Bellows Community Alliance - Moonlight Movies     $500

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands - STEM Academy   $500

Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa - Pottawattamie County Trainings    $500

Carson Business Club - Carson Christmas Celebration  $500

Carson Community Rodeo - Rodeo Hospitality Structure   $2,500

Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus - Back to School Extravaganza    $500

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs - Stop the Bleed   $800

Children's Square U.S.A. - Preschool Materials   $1,000

City of Minden - Downtown Event Sign   $2,500

Community Education Foundation - Dream Playground Re-Imagined Project   $1,500

Community Education Foundation - Summer Read and Feed Program    $750

Completely KIDS - Afterschool Program at the Phoenix House      $500

Crossroads of Western Iowa - Furniture for Program Clients     $800

East Pottawattamie Soil & Water Conservation District - Conservation Superhero Afterschool Club    $1,200

FAMILY, Inc. - Raise Me to Read    $1,500

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa - Community Water Station   $1,500

Golden Hills RC&D - West Nishnabotna Water Programs   $750

Golden Hills RC&D - STEM and STEAM Summer Camps   $1,000

Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs - Building Homes, Building Lives   $1,000

Heartland Family Service - InSHAPE Program   $1,000

Historical Society of Pottawattamie County - Beautification of the Squirrel Cage Jail   Grounds    $500

Iowa Legal Aid - Waiting Room Improvements   $1,100

Jennie Edmundson Hospital Foundation - Caring for Our Communities Program   $1,100

Lutheran Family Services - Pottawattamie County Center for Healthy Families   $500

MICAH House - BUDDY Program   $1,500

New Horizon Presbyterian Church - Fall Festival and Truck or Treat   $500

North Broadway Neighborhood Association - Gerald C. Dixon Memorial at Kimball Park   $1,000

Oakland Historical Society - History and Me Series at Nishna Heritage Museum   $500

Omaha Symphony - Mission Imagination at Iowa Western   $1,000

Open Door Mission - Council Bluffs Center and Manna Pantry   $1,000

Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment - Music & Movies in the Park   $1,000

Pottawattamie County WIC - Nursing Mother's Room   $1,250

Promise Partners - Pottawattamie Youth Council  $500

Rotary Foundation of Council Bluffs - 2019 Rotary 5th Grade Career Fair   $500

 Southwest Iowa Mediation Center - Children in the Middle Educational Classes   $800

Teammates of Council Bluffs - "We R the Future" Event   $500

The Center - Osteo Exercise   $720.01

The Salvation Army - Food Pantry   $500

Underwood Optimist Club - Stop the Bleed  $800

Vocational Development Center - Automated External Defibrillator (AED)   $1,916

West Pottawattamie County Master Gardeners - Mick Ryan Memorial Garden   $1,100

Westfair - Westfair Highway Sign    $1,000

Wings of Hope Cancer Support Center - HOPE Program   $1,000