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| Chris Theisen with Theisen’s Home Farm Auto presents a check for $100,000 to Michelle Beisker, Senior Vice President of Development for the Disaster Recovery Fund to assist with recovery efforts. |
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| Philanthropy’s Role in Disaster Response
Shortly after the August 10 derecho, the Disaster Recovery Fund was established. Since then, donors and businesses from all 50 states have contributed over $1 million to the fund for our community’s most pressing needs.
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Grantmaking Adjustments Support Nonprofits
The COVID-19 Disaster Response Fund was established to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on our community, and the Disaster Recovery Fund has aided response to the derecho. Other adjustments to the Community Foundation’s grantmaking have help nonprofits to respond to new economic challenges.
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Partnerships and Collaborations
Support Community Recovery
Disaster response and recovery requires organizations and people to work together. With two concurrent disasters, our collaborations and partnerships are now more important than ever. The Community Foundation works with nonprofits, local funders, businesses, government agencies, and national philanthropic organizations to ensure our response is effective and efficient.
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Grant Awarded to Community Foundation from Anonymous Donor to Expand SET Effortse
The Community Foundation was recently awarded a $465,000 grant to support the work of the Creating Safe, Equitable and Thriving Communities (SET) Fund. The grant, awarded through a competitive process by an anonymous funder, will increase the funding pool available to nonprofit organizations for SET programs, and will aid in the implementation of Group Violence Intervention (GVI), an evidence-based approach developed by the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC).
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Matching Gifts to Classrooms
Through DonorsChoose
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation is once again partnering with DonorsChoose to match donations to classroom projects of teachers in Linn County public schools. The match began on August 3, 2020. So far, it has supported nearly 50 projects, reaching 4,000 local students.
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