Your Partner for Good
We trust in the power of partnerships to create transformative impact and are honored to fund high-impact organizations across our region. We strive to be a trust-based funder as we invest in organizations working with communities to create a more vibrant place for all people to thrive.
Grant Opportunities
Find and apply for grant opportunities across our 20-county region that can help you build capacity to carry out your mission. If you are already familiar with our grant opportunities and know what you are looking for, click here to login to our grants portal.
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We focus on six core grantmaking areas to guide grant decisions. This framework allows us to make impacts that meet the unique needs across our region.
See our grantmaking impactNonprofit FAQs
We want all nonprofits to feel confident in their ability to seek funding through CFNEIA and our local community foundations. These FAQs provide information to help you better apply for grants.
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Establishing a nonprofit fund ensures your organization will be here to serve your community for years to come. When you start a fund with CFNEIA, we manage the administrative work to help you focus on your mission.
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The Ike Leighty Family Community Room was created to provide a gathering space, free of charge, for strategic planning, staff enrichment, board and committee involvement, and other important gatherings specifically for nonprofit organizations.
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Stories of Impact
2024 Grantmaking Impacts To Date
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 part of the Foundation’s work. So far in 2024, thirteen local community foundations in our region awarded a total of […]
Stories of Impact
Waterloo Nonprofit Uses Basics to Empower Youth
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 of at-risk behavior, with the goal of steering them toward positive life choices. “Our foundation is youth empowerment,” says Mike […]
Stories of Impact
Empowering the Latino Community
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 center to advocate for, educate, and empower Latinas and Latinos. "PaTi's Libelulas is just a place to gather, connect, and […]
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Our Community Impact Team is here to help you succeed. Reach out to us to see how we can work together to strengthen your mission and impact people and places.
