CFNEIA's mission is to inspire people and connect resources to enrich our communities across our 20-county region. Supporting our nonprofit partners and their work in the communities they serve through impactful grantmaking drives a large...

With harvest season now complete, the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa (CFNEIA) wants farmers to know about and to consider the opportunity to benefit their local community through a gift of grain. Donating a gift...

Giving stock is an important strategy for any private business owner to explore. Not only can these gifts help implement a business succession plan that calls for transferring the business to the next generation if...

Attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors certainly are not strangers to tough questions. Indeed, the mix of money, family, and mortality is a potent combination that almost always creates an emotional planning environment, whether the matter...

Back 2 Basics is a Waterloo-based nonprofit making significant strides in youth empowerment through its multifaceted approach to prevention and intervention. Designed for students aged 9 to 13, the program targets those showing early signs...

Embracing Latino culture, from the organization’s name to how it provides services, is significant to PaTi’s Libelulas, a Latina-led Waterloo nonprofit. Executive Director Claudia Rivera understands the struggles immigrant families experience and opened the cultural...

Nick and Lea Andersen started kindergarten together in Goldfield, Iowa, and after over 60 years of marriage, they are still going strong. “I think forever is a good thing,” said Nick about their lifelong love....

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa truly values its relationship with professional advisors across its region. When working with advisors who partner with CFNEIA, generous clients can be sure their planning includes a combination of...

*This article includes external informational links and is provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended as legal, accounting, or financial planning advice.With so many of your charitably inclined clients holding large sums of...