Funds

Funding Types

Helping With Short-Term Projects & Fiscal Sponsorships

Capital campaigns and program sponsorship funds are typically established by community groups planning a specific short-term project that is clearly charitable in nature. Program services include the provision of nonprofit status to the project (thus making contributions tax-deductible), acknowledgement and management of contributions, and disbursement of grants and expenses from the fund.

Grinnell Veterans Memorial Commission Building Campaign
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Meeting Ever-Changing Community Needs

Unrestricted funds address a broad range of local needs, including future needs that often cannot be anticipated. They enable the Community Foundation’s board of directors to assess community needs and respond to the community’s most pressing needs, today and tomorrow.

Brooklyn Community Foundation Endowment Fund*
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Carl and Joann Orr Endowment Fund*
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Community Fund for Poweshiek County Endowment*
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Montezuma Community Fund Endowment*
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Creating Positive Change in Poweshiek County

An action undertaken by a community in Poweshiek County to resolve issues and identify resources available to create positive change.

Ahrens Park Capital Improvement Fund
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Grinnell Education Partnership Fund
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Nonprofit Emergency Relief Fund*
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Poweshiek County Alliance Endowment* 
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Helping Sustain & Grow Local organizations

Designated funds provide a wonderful way to give back to one or more specific organizations that have touched your life. Your gift provides more than just funding—your favorite organization will benefit from the Community Foundation’s investment stewardship and ability to manage endowment funds.

Ahrens Park Senior Walkers
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Brooklyn Community Foundation Endowment Fund*
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Brooklyn Historical Society Endowment Fund*
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Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department Endowment Fund*
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Central Iowa Christian School Designated Fund
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East Poweshiek County Ambulance Endowment Fund*
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Grinnell Area Arts Council Endowment Fund*
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Grinnell Area Mental Health Consortium-JPK Endowment Fund*
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Grinnell Early Learning Center Endowment*
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Grinnell Historical Museum Endowment Fund*
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Grinnell Lions Club Fund
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Grinnell Mutual Care and Share Fund
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Grinnell Regional Medical Center Endowment Fund*
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Grinnell Regional Mental Health Endowment Fund*
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Grinnell United Methodist Church Endowment Fund*
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Imagine Grinnell Endowment Fund*
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JMP Early Childhood Iowa Area
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LINK Fund
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Lutheran Services in Iowa, Inc. Endowment Fund*
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Mayflower Human Needs Endowment Fund*
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Michael J. Manatt Community Center Endowment Fund*
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Montezuma Freedom Rock Endowment Fund*
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PALS Fund
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Poweshiek County Conservation Endowment*
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School Building Campaign
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Station Clubhouse Fund
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S.H.E. COUNTS Endowment*
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Tiger Packs Endowment
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Tom & Connie Marshall Administrative Endowment*
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A Personal Approach to Giving

Donor-advised funds are convenient, flexible tools for individuals, families, businesses, or groups that want to be personally involved in suggesting grant awards made possible by their gifts. If you have a range of community interests, you may find that a donor-advised fund is an ideal vehicle for fulfilling your charitable wishes.

Baumann Family Donor Advised Endowment Fund*
Glenn & Ginger Sterk Family Donor Advised Fund*

Connecting Personal Values to High-Impact Opportunities

Field of interest funds allow you to target your gift to address needs in a specific area—arts, health, education, aging, at-risk youth, etc. Our board awards grants to community organizations and programs that are making a difference in the area you select. Your gift stays flexible enough to meet community needs in your interest area— even as needs change over time.

Anna Marie Emry Endowment Fund*
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Chris’ Heart Fund
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Chuck & Kate DeLong Memorial Fund
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Community Education Council (CEC) Fund
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Doupnik/Hawkins Family Music Endowment Fund*
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Dr. Kevin W. Sterk Elementary Student Needs Endowment Fund*
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Drake Community Library Endowment Fund*
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Grinnell-Newburg Dollars for Scholars Endowment Fund*
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James A. Shaeffer Award for Excellence in Theatre Arts Endowment Fund*
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Lydia Reida Science Endowment Fund*
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Poweshiek County Conservation Endowment*
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Racial Equity Fund
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Investing in Deserving Students

Scholarship funds allow you to invest in your community’s future and show students you care. You can create a scholarship as a memorial to someone special, selecting eligibility criteria that exemplify that person’s goals and values. Or, you may use it to express your own educational values—or those of your family or business.

$ 49er’s E.A. Kurth Science Award Scholarship
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$ Adelberg Family Scholarship Endowment*
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$ Angie Larson Memorial Scholarship
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Audrey Pederson Memorial Scholarship
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Audrey Rivers Griffith Educational Scholarship
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Bear Creek Whitetails Unlimited Scholarship
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Citizen Scholarship Foundation of BGM – A Chapter of DFS Endowment Fund*
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Clifford and Marilyn Strovers Scholarship
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Dennis Conway Memorial Scholarship Fund
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$ Dollars for Scholars General Scholarship
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Donald and Carol D. Kaisand Scholarship*
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$ Doug Shutts Memorial Scholarship
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Dr. Jeff Knobloch Memorial Scholarship
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EPC Scholarship Endowment*
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Fitzgerald Family Scholarship
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Green Futures Scholarship Endowment*
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$ Grinnell Girls Camp Association Scholarship
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$ Hilke Family Scholarship
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$ Iowa Transportation Museum Endowed Scholarship*
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$ Jewel & John Kintzinger Scholarship Endowment*
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Jodie Gallagher Teachers Scholarship*
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Kalleen Buchmeier Memorial Scholarship*
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Kevin J. Lang PhD. Memorial Scholarship*
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Lance Reimers Memorial Scholarship Endowment*
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$ Lincoln Savings Bank Endowment Scholarship*
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Lois Ogan & Mary Ellen Binegar Scholarship
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$ Lucille M. and Kenneth J. Benda Scholarship
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$ Lydia Reida Scholarship Endowment*
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Marvin D. Bahr & Rosada E. Bahr Scholarship Endowment*
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$ McCormick Scholarship Endowment*
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Nathan Figland Memorial Wrestling Scholarship Endowment*
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Neil Lewis Memorial Scholarship*
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Newburg Alumni Scholarship
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Praestantia Scholarship Endowment*
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Rachel & Richard Sanders Scholarship Endowment*
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$ Renaud Scholarship Endowment*
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$ Ron Nebergall & Nancy Nebergall Bosma Scholarship Endowment*
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Ronald Graham Memorial Scholarship*
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$ Scandrett Family Scholarship Endowment*
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S.H.E. COUNTS First Generation Scholarship
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$ Sid Potts Scholarship Endowment*
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Victor T. Wilson M.D., Warren H. Bower M.D. and Surgical Associates Memorial Scholarship*
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UnityPoint GRMC Auxiliary Scholarship*
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$ Vivian G. Craig Music Scholarship Endowment*
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Gerald F. Williams and June I. Williams Scholarship*
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$ Denotes Dollars For Scholars Funds | *Denotes an endowed fund or scholarship

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