Organizations, programs, and projects Iowa West Foundation has funded over the past 10 years
Historic Widener Building revitalization
$175,000
Operating support
$225,000
ASPIRE
$25,000
Council Bluffs, IA
Operating funding
$125,000
Supporting housing
$360,000
Rural Pottawattamie County expansion
$215,000
ASPIRE
$215,000
Operating funding
$95,000
Southwest Iowa Poverty Alleviation Initiative
$100,000
Revitalizing Dreamland Theatre façade
$40,000
Hope Squad Mental Health program
$15,000
Flooring replacement in shelter bedrooms
$8,750
Operating funding
$75,000
Community Center
$125,000
Carroll, IA
Historic Band Shell in Graham Park
$7,500
Multimodal Bridge Study
$275,000
Council Bluffs, IA
FIRST AVE mural program
$77,500
Activation and Ambassador of First Ave
$281,800
Washington Park All-Inclusive Playground
$55,000
Hiley Park All-Inclusive Playground
$40,000
Glenwood, IA
Welcome sign
$15,000
Tree removal
$15,000
Sourcing wells
$400,000
Infrastructure
$125,000
Wastewater upgrade
$250,000
ASPIRE
$325,000
Attracting sporting events in 2025
$49,999
Mobile food pantries
$5,000
Merrymakers performances at senior living facilities in southwest Iowa
$5,000
Services and financial education for low-income residents
$50,000
24/7 Iowa Victim Service Call Center in IWF funding area
$8,500
Support for school-based pantries, weekend backpack programs, and mobile pantries
$30,000
Omaha, NE
Support for mobile pantries
$30,000
Preschool in Pottawattamie County
$1,350,000
Homeownership and Home Repair Program
$300,000
Gear/Equipment
$10,000
Operating funding
$330,000
Council Bluffs, IA
Capital funding for the therapeutic education center in Council Bluffs
$365,000
Omaha, NE
Legal services in SWI
$85,000
Southwest Iowa Technical Career Hub Career Success Coach
$50,000
Legal services for people facing eviction
$75,000
ASPIRE
$69,500
Council Bluffs, IA
Support for the IWCC Arts Center’s 2024-2025 Season
$34,000
Omaha, NE
Luminator internship program & STEM enrichment in SWI
$50,000
Spanish language business and financial literacy classes
$30,000
Summer Day Camp for southwest Iowa students
$25,000
ASPIRE
$100,000
Operating funding in Council Bluffs
$45,000
Fire safety equipment
$7,730
Heart & Soul Community Coordinator
$10,000
Coordinated hand-off pilot project
$44,000
Omaha, NE
Risk mitigation for property owners who rent to tenants at risk of being unhoused
$30,000
Council Bluffs, IA
Shelter and support services
$80,000
Council Bluffs, IA
Peer-led mental health support, outreach, and services
$35,000
Omaha, NE
Protect and provide public access to 472 acres of Loess Hills prairie habitat near Council Bluffs
$500,000
Omaha, NE
Diapers for children in need in Pottawattamie County
$10,000
Services for southwest Iowa residents
$25,000
Hillside Estates Townhomes Phase II
$259,650
Open Omaha
$5,000
Field trips and outreach for southwest Iowa students
$35,000
School-based enrichment for 1,500 southwest Iowa students
$25,000
Omaha, NE
Music education programs in SWI
$21,000
Omaha, NE
Iowa Community Engagement
$15,000
Building Operations
$200,000
Training for southwest Iowa community and school-based mental health
$30,000
Omaha, NE
Healthy relationships workshops in Council Bluffs schools
$10,000
ASPIRE
$25,000
Silver City, IA
Cardiac Monitor Defibrillator
$4,000
Atlantic, IA
Housing repair
$125,000
4-day leadership camp for 100 Pottawattamie County students
$7,500
Rapp Park Connector Trail in Page County - Wabash
$150,000
Renovation/Addition to Wabash Trace Maintenance Building
$25,000
ASPIRE
$350,000
Council Bluffs, IA
Operating funding
$125,000
Omaha, NE
Field trips for 17 SWI schools, in-school programs at two Council Bluffs schools
$15,477
Omaha, NE
WhatMakesUs campaign
$5,000
Council Bluffs, IA
Council Bluffs Pantry operating expenses
$200,000
ASPIRE
$25,000
ASPIRE
$25,000
Council Bluffs, IA
Railroad Days 2024
$23,000
Community Care Fund
$250,000
Omaha, NE
Field trips for Council Bluffs students
$15,470
Council Bluffs, IA
Iowa West Foundation initiative
$50,000
The grants on the map indicate those awarded in the current calendar year.
Housing for all, education with purpose, and recreation for wellbeing emerged as priority areas following community listening sessions. Check out the Community Progress Report to find out how we’re collaborating to make a difference.
