2019 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. 

American Midwest Ballet, $1,000 for education and outreach programs

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands, $500 for Smart Girls program

Carson Business Club, $1,000 for block party celebration

Carson Community Rodeo, $2,500 for Carson Rodeo VIP booths

Carson Fire and Rescue, $1,500 for emergency pager notification upgrades

Chanticleer Inc. $1,000 for G2K Once Upon a Mattress

Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus, $500 for back to school extravaganza

Children’s Square U.S.A. $5,000 to support automobile purchase

City of Avoca, $1,000 for 2019 Holidays on Main

City of Avoca, $1,000 for entertainment and customer engagement on Avoca Main Street

Completely KIDS, $1,000 for Phoenix House Family Services

Council Bluffs Schools Foundation, $1,000 for summer Read & Feed program

Crescent Food Pantry, $500 for food supplies

East and West Pottawattamie Soil and Water Conservation Districts, $1,000 for Pottawattamie County Rural Ramble

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, $1,000 for for mechanical engineering badges and GoldieBlox

Golden Hills RC&D, $900 for Lewis and Clark Elementary School garden project

Golden Hills RC&D, $1,000 for Southwest Iowa Art Tour 2019

Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs, $1,500 for home ownership

Impact Hill, $1,000 for Impact Hill Summer Camps 2019

Inter-Faith Response, $1,000 for the emergency assistance fund

Iowa Legal Aid, $1,050 for technology for disaster relief outreach

Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Foundation, $1,000 Caring for Our Communities in Southwest Iowa

Joslyn Art Museum, $1,000 for Art for All — access to the museum for Pottawattamie County Schools

League of Human Dignity, $1,500 for equipment loan and rental program

Micah House Corp,, $1,500 for Building Up Dreams Developing Youngsters (Buddy) program

New Horizon Presbyterian Church, $700 for community-wide fall celebration and Trunk or Treat

Oakland Historical Society, $700 for History & Me workshop

Oakland Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept., $1,500 for helmet replacement project

Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty, $1,000 for southwest Iowa poverty alleviation initiative

Omaha Children’s Museum, $1,500 for partner school and welcome fund program

Omaha Conservatory of Music, $1,500 for String Sprouts in Pottawattamie County

Omaha Performing Arts, $1,000 for Musical Explorers program for Grades K-2 for Council Bluffs Public Schools

Omaha Symphony, $1,000 for 2019-20 Mission Imagination at Iowa Western

Open Door Mission, $1,000 for Council Bluffs Outreach/Donation Center; Homeless prevention

Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment, $1,500 for Music and Movies in the Park

Share My Smile, $1,000 for Care for You Action

Southwest Iowa Mediation Center, $1,000 for Children in the Middle program

The Salvation Army-Council Bluffs Corps Community Center, $500 for food pantry for low-income residents of Pottawattamie County

Underwood Optimist Club, $1,700 for Stop the Bleed, final phase

Union Pacific Museum Association, $1,000 for Railroad Days community celebration

Vision Treynor Group, $500 for irrigation system for Treynor family recreation complex

Walnut Community Center Foundation, $2,500 for Wellness Center.