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• Grantmaking in Action Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Voting Rights

  “Hard Won, Not Done” may be a phrase you hear in 2020 as this year marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the 19th amendment which prohibits citizens being denied the right to vote...

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Iota Chapter Learning Shelves

  The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa's Women for Good educates, engages, and inspires giving to improve the lives of women and girls in Black Hawk County. As part of its 2019 grant process, Women for...

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• Donor Stories A Lifetime of Love for Family and Community

  A blind date. That's all it took to start a lifetime of love for family and community for Bob and Betty McCoy. Bob, a WWII veteran and Waterloo native, met Betty in her hometown of...

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Emmet County Emergency Preparedness

  It is important to plan in order to be prepared in times of crisis and Emmet County Emergency Management applied and received a $4,000 grant in 2019 from the Emmet County Community Foundation to do just that....

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Historic Preservation in Howard County

  In 2019, Howard County received a grant from the Howard County Community Foundation for a historic preservation project on a refurbished pioneer Baptist church built in the 1850s that now serves as the Wapsi-Great Western...

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Museum on Main Street

  The Grundy County Community Foundation awarded Conrad Chamber-Main Street a grant to participate in a traveling Smithsonian exhibit named "Hometown Teams." Conrad, Iowa was chosen as one of only six sites to host the exhibit,...

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Christmas House

  The Parkersburg Chamber of Commerce now has a temporary residence available for Santa when he is visiting from the North Pole thanks to a 2018 grant from the Butler County Community Foundation. The house is located...

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• Grantmaking in Action Grantmaking Snapshot: Coats for Kids Program

  Upper Des Moines Opportunity,  Inc. Emmet County Coats for Kids Program, helps low-income families at or below 200% poverty level by providing weather appropriate coats for children to keep them safe in harsh Iowa winters....

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• Grantmaking in Action St. Timothy Lutheran Church Takes on Community’s Child Care Crisis

  St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Hudson has been serving its community by offering ecumenical preschool services for 25 years. With numbers on the decline, the congregation reached out to the community for answers and overwhelmingly,...

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