The Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine

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Past Grantees

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.

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