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30
Jul

GPCF Accepting Nominations for Annual Spirit of Giving Award

The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) is now accepting nominations for its annual Connie Marshall Spirit of Giving Award. Nominations are due by August 31, and the winner will be announced at a reception at the Foundation Offices on October 13. The Spirit of Giving Award honors an individual or couple who has selflessly given back to their community. The

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2
May

GPCF Annual Report Highlights 2013 Milestones

Today the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) releases its 2013 Annual Report: Celebrate Community, which showcases the organization’s commitment to and impact upon the communities it serves. GPCF serves as a catalyst and leader for innovative solutions to our community’s most challenging problems and helps donors respond to causes that matter to them. To read the report in full, please click

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1
May

Third Annual Spring Charity Fundraiser

The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) will host its third annual spring charity fundraiser on May 10th, 2014 at the Quad Dining Hall on the Grinnell College campus. The event, “Celebrating 25 Years of Growing and Giving,” will celebrate spring, community, and GPCF’s silver anniversary. Guests will enjoy beverages, hors d’oeuvres and live music.  There will be both live and

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7
Apr

GPCF Announces Board Bank Opportunity

The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation is creating a Poweshiek County Nonprofit Board Bank. This resource will catalogue individuals who may be interested in serving as Board members of local nonprofits. As board positions become available, organizations may use the Board Bank to find suitable applicants. The Bank is intended to increase the leadership diversity of local nonprofits and connect community

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12
Dec

GPCF Announces 2013 Community Fund Grant Recipients

The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) has awarded its first annual Community Fund for Poweshiek County grants to five projects in the county. The inaugural grants were awarded to: City of Grinnell Parks and Recreation Department to install pet/human drinking fountains in four pulic parks in Grinnell. Poweshiek County Development to redesign the current Pow I-80 website to provide web

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15
Nov

Big GIVE Week 2013

The numbers are in, and it’s official: the Big GIVE Week was a great success! We’d like to give a huge thank you to everyone who contributed; together donors raised almost $127,000 for 29 different funds! This year, Brownells, Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, and Grinnell State Bank teamed up to offer a dollar-for-dollar match on all gifts to the GPCF

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25
Oct

Spirit of Giving

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our fourth annual Spirit of Giving Dinner on October 10! Over 175 guests gathered to honor Tom Marshall, celebrate philanthropy in Poweshiek County, and kick off our Together For TOMorrow Campaign. The generousity of donors is one of the many things that makes Poweshiek County a great place to live!

12
Jun

Endow Iowa Tax Credits will Increase

The Iowa Legislature passed a bill on May 22, 2013 that will increase the amount of Endow Iowa Tax Credits from $4.5 million to $6 million. There is also a retroactivity piece of the bill that addresses donors who did not receive the credit in 2012. Please contact the Foundation Offices at 236-5518 if you have any questions.

15
Mar

2012 Annual Report Now Online

Read GPCF’s 2012 Annual Report to the Community here.

25
Feb

Jo Wells Wins Celebrate Community Prize

Thanks to everyone who made Celebrate Community a great success! Congratulations to Jo Wells who won the grand prize