Iowa West Foundation
Recent News About Iowa West Foundation
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IOWA WEST FOUNDATION: Leadership Notes: 60 Day Check-In with CEO Brenda Mainwaring
On November 8, I celebrated 60 days on the job as President and CEO of the Iowa West Foundation.
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IOWA WEST FOUNDATION: Thousands of students and residents access the Internet for free daily; more expansion coming soon
In October of 2015, the City of Council Bluffs and Council Bluffs Schools, with support from key partners such as Iowa West Foundation and Google, launched Phase 1 of a free public Wi-Fi initiative at the Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus.
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IOWA WEST FOUNDATION: Grant for Masks Clears Up Communication Challenges
Brandy Powers with Page County Public Health models a prototype of a clear mask she helped develop and distribute thanks to an Iowa West Foundation grant.
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IOWA WEST FOUNDATION: Iowa West Foundation Awards More Than $6 Million in Grants & Initiatives
The Iowa West Foundation Board of Directors recently approved $6.2 million in grants and initiatives that will make transformational impacts in southwest Iowa.
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IOWA WEST FOUNDATION: How Iowa West is Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis
It’s been one month since the COVID-19 crisis began.
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IOWA WEST FOUNDATION: Southwest Iowa COVID-19 Response Fund Tops $300,000 in Grants Awarded
Front line organizations focused on getting food into the hands the most vulnerable were the recipients of the latest round of grant funding from the Southwest Iowa Covid-19 Response fund
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Iowa West Foundation gives $225,000 grant to United Way of the Midlands
As the coronavirus continues to impact Iowa, United Way of the Midlands received a $225,500 grant from the Iowa West Foundation to be put toward the Community Care Fund.
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Southwest Iowa COVID-19 Response Fund names first grant recipients
The Southwest Iowa COVID-19 Response Fund dispersed money to its first set of recipients: organizations devoted to helping the less fortunate.
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IOWA WEST FOUNDATION: First Grants Deployed Through Southwest Iowa COVID-19 Response Fund
The first recipients of the Southwest Iowa COVID-19 Response Fund will utilize the grant funding to alleviate emergency needs in the local community.
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Three Iowa organizations join to create COVID-19 fund
Three southwest organizations in Iowa are joining to create a fund to help combat COVID-19 in the area.
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Iowa West Foundation awards $500,000 in emergency funding in COVID-19 fight
The Iowa West Foundation announced March 19 that its board of directors has approved $500,000 in emergency funding to nonprofit and public health organizations who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 epidemic in southwest Iowa.