2018 Community
Grants recipients
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.
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