From 1999 to present, the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine has granted over $3 million and counting to local non-profit organizations in Muscatine County through our competitive grant cycles.
Below are past recipients.
2021 Impact Grants:
- Alexander G. Clark Foundation – Raise Alexander G. Clark House National Register to National Significance
- Aligned Impact Muscatine County – Muscatine County Courses to College (Joe W. and Betty L. Rauch Memorial Endowment and West Liberty Community Fund)
- American Red Cross – Service to the Armed Forces
- CHADD of Iowa, Muscatine Site – Children’s Scholarships and Parent Trainings (Ray Hockersmith Memorial Fund)
- Child Abuse Council: Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center – MVCPC Garage Renovation Project
- Crossroads, Inc – Senior Resources Choir Program
- Crossroads, Inc – Senior Resources Community Outreach Program
- Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Co. – Remember Buxton Through Puppets (West Liberty Community Fund)
- Iowa Jobs for Americas Graduates (iJAG) Inc – iJAG: Creating Inclusive Career Pathways for Underserved Youth
- Iowa Legal Aid – Muscatine County Housing Stabilization Project
- Junior Achievement of the Heartland – Economic Literacy Programs for K-12 (West Liberty Community Fund)
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Homeless Prevention Support Program (Hilda E. Collitz for the Homeless Fund)
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Food Pantry Support
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Domestic Violence Shelter Program Support
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – On-Site Shelter Program Support
- Muscatine Independent Film Festival – Muscapalooza Music Festival
- MWA III – Ceiling Lift Replacement for Harmony Place (George Millett Memorial Fund)
- Riding for Success – Equipment and Tack Upgrades (Ray Hockersmith Memorial Fund)
- River Bend Foodbank – Mobile Food Pantry Programs
- Pearl City Outreach – Youth and Families Food Program (KNG Gives Fund)
- The Diversity Service Center of Iowa – Educational Outreach Programs
- Trinity Muscatine Public Health – Mental Health Connections (Pat and Jim Powers Endowment)
- United Way of Muscatine County – CACFP (KNG Gives Fund)
- West Liberty Area Arts Council – Plein Air Event (West Liberty Community Fund)
2021 Racial Justice Grants:
- Child Abuse Counsil: Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center – Spanish Document Translation Project
- Iowa Legal Aid – Muscatine County Expungement and Employment Barriers Clinic
- Iowa State University Muscatine County Extension and Outreach – Cultural Liberty/Drumming
- LULAC Council 371 – Fiesta de Frida
- Multicultural Development Center of Iowa – STEM Diversity, Muscatine and Louisa County
- Muscatine County YMCA – JEDI Focused Programming
- The Diversity Service Center of Iowa – Minority Senior Citizens Program
- West Liberty High School Band – Los Cometas Mariachi
- West Liberty Youth Dream Catchers – Summer Learning Trips
2021 Mary Jo and Richard H. Stanley Human Conditions Support Grants:
- Aligned Impact Muscatine County – Aligned Impact Muscatine County
- Crossroads, Inc – Supported Employment Work Autonomy Tools and Equipment
- Iowa Legal Aid – Legal Services to Stabilize Low-Income Families in Muscatine County
- Muscatine Art Center – Multicultural Performing Arts Series
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Domestic Violence Shelter Program Support
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Shelter Program Support
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Homeless Prevention Program Support
2020 Muscatine Health Support Fund Grants:
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Mental Health & Tele-Health Clinic
- The Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health – Counseling Psychologist Placement Program
- Lutheran Services in Iowa – Mental Health in Muscatine County
- Child Abuse Council: Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center – Renovation Project
- Crossroads, Inc – Community Integrated Employment Program
- Senior Resources – Adult Day Center
After 33 years and $5 million in grants, the Muscatine Health Support Foundation dissolved and transitioned to the Community Foundation in December 2017. In total over the years, over $6 million has now been granted.
2020 Muscatine Charities Fund Grants:
- Aligned Impact Muscatine – Preschool transportation scholarships
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Domestic Violence Shelter
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Adult Vision Center
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Housing Stability Navigators
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Sheltering programs
- Lutheran Services – Health Families America Program
- Lutheran Services – Parents as teachers program
- Riding for Success – PPE
- Muscatine Community School District – Parents as teachers group
- Muscatine Community YMCA – Scholarships for Kids Club
- Muscatine Community YMCA – Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Muscatine Community YMCA – Special Olympics
- Muscatine Community YMCA – Scholarships for YMCA membership
- Muscatine Diaper Bank – Community Diaper Bank
- Flickinger Learning Center – Diversity and Inclusion Project
- Flickinger Learning Center – Technology Project
- Friends of the Muscatine Art Center – Education / Programming for the LEGO exhibition
- Muscatine Center for Social Action – Program Support
- Muscatine Community YMCA – Annual campaign
- Pearl City Outreach – Program support
- Rebuilding Together Muscatine County – Safe at Home
- Senior Resources – Meals on Wheels
- Special Olympics – Program support
- Trinity Muscatine Public Health – Dental Services
- United Way of Muscatine – Imagination Library
- United Way of Muscatine – Significant Souls
- Youth Sports Foundation – Youth Sports Scholarships
In 2019, Muscatine Charities transitioned to the Community Foundation. They were established in 1999 and have raised and distributed over $4 million in total directly to local charitable endeavors since founding.