Iowa West Foundation awards $3.5 million in funding to benefit southwest Iowans
July 28, 2022
2022
Economic Development
City of Griswold
Main Street revitalization
$40,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development
Kitchen Council
$100,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program – Neola
$100,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program – Carson
$24,000
Education
Council Bluffs Community School District
BLink Phase IX
$100,000
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
STARS Scholarships
$275,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Expanding Early Head Start
$300,000
Iowa Western Community College
Pottawattamie Promise
$542,443
Omaha Conservatory of Music
Council Bluffs String Sprouts
$25,000
Southwest Iowa Leadership Academy
Summer Leadership Academy
$6,250
Thriving Families Alliance
Coordinated intake
$85,000
Healthy Families
Angels Among Us
Assistance for Iowa families of children with cancer
$10,000
Bridges Out of Poverty
Southwest Iowa Poverty Alleviation Initiative
$100,000
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$10,000
Children’s Square U.S.A.
Trauma Informed Care expansion initiative
$50,000
Food Bank of Iowa
Feeding Adams, Audubon, Carroll, and Taylor Counties
$27,576
Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless
Pottawattamie County housing problem solving
$75,000
Nebraska Diaper Bank
Pottawattamie County distribution
$8,000
Treynor Volunteer Fire Department
Gear replacement
$10,000
Underwood Fire and Rescue
Gear & radio replacement
$10,000
United Way of the Midlands
Community Care Fund
$255,500
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment & gear
$9,720
Woodbine Fire & Rescue
Extrication Gear for EMS
$1,638
Multi-year Funding
American Midwest Ballet
Multi-year funding
$125,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands
Multi-Year funding
$85,000
Durham Museum
Multi-year funding
$25,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Multi-year funding
$120,000
Green Hills AEA
Preschool
$1,100,000
Heartland Family Service
Multi-year funding
$330,000
Immigrant Legal Services
Multi-year funding
$65,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Multi-year funding – Arts Center
$30,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Lauritzen Gardens
Multi-year funding
$12,500
Lutheran Family Services
Multi-year funding
$50,000
MICAH House
Multi-year funding
$90,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Multi-year funding
$45,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Opera Omaha
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment (PACE)
Multi-year funding
$200,000
Rose Theater
Multi-year funding
$25,000
Other
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Capacity-building
$100,000
Placemaking
Anawim Housing
Supportive housing gap
$360,000
Audubon Recreation Foundation
Recreation center expansion
$75,000
City of Carter Lake
Mabrey Park enhancements
$45,000
Four County Fair Association
Parking lot improvements
$20,000
Historic General Dodge House
2022-2025 Operations
$38,500
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Little Sioux Scout Ranch addition to Loess Hills State Forest
$500,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Support to leverage state and federal infrastructure funding
$1,600,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Evolve Joslyn capital campaign
$500,000
Lauritzen Gardens
Play and Grow
$500,000
Merrymakers Association
Music, Memories and Joy to southwest Iowa senior citizens
$4,488
Shelby County Fair Corporation
Fairground Improvements
$25,000
Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund
Housing Repair
$100,000
Treynor State Bank Community Foundation
The T – recreation center
$50,000
Union Pacific Museum Association
Railroad Days at Mile Zero
$18,662
2021
Economic Development
Advance Southwest Iowa
Entrepreneurial development for Southwest Iowa
$100,000
City of Council Bluffs
River’s Edge parking garage
$775,369
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce
Workforce development program
$130,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
Kitchen Council
$75,000
Nebraska Enterprise Fund
Expanding western Iowa fund for entrepreneurs
$525,000
SHIFT ATL
Downtown building rehabilitation in Atlantic
$35,000
Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact
Riverfront Revitalization
$2,425,710
The 712 Initiative
530 W. Broadway
$340,000
Education
Career Edvantage
Scholarships
$45,000
Career EdVantage
Scholarships
$40,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
BLink
$100,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
Council Bluffs Schools Early Learning Center
$1,044,059
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
STARS Program 2021
$286,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Raise Me to Read
$99,520
Heartland Family Service
Lewis Central Children's Mental Health
$80,565
Iowa Western Community College
Pottawattamie Promise
$939,894
Lil Wildcat Education Center, Inc.
Quality Childcare
$50,000
Omaha Conservatory of Music
String Sprouts
$27,000
Promise Partners
Early Childhood Iowa
$100,000
Healthy Families
Anawim Housing
Supportive Housing Plan
$20,000
Angels Among Us
Assistance for Iowa families battling childhood cancer
$14,400
Avoca Fire Department
Extrication tools
$10,000
Boys Town Iowa
In-home family service
$31,500
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
PPE and rescue equipment
$10,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Des Moines
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program
$53,332
Centro Latino of Iowa
General Operating Support
$75,000
Children’s Square
Children's emergency shelter
$150,000
Completely Kids
Domestic violence shelter
$9,000
Crescent Volunteer Fire Department
PPE acquisition
$9,604
Hancock Volunteer Fire Department
Gear replacement
$10,000
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2022
$115,000
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2021
$170,000
ISU Extension and Outreach – West Pottawattamie
Speak Up Be Safe Pottawattamie County
$10,000
New Visions Homeless Services
Operating support 2022
$115,000
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty, Inc.
Southwest Iowa Poverty Alleviation Initiative
$100,000
Omaha Conservatory of Music
String Sprouts
$27,000
Senior Futures, Inc.
Chore services
$6,304
SHARE Omaha
Targeted SHARE app for Southwest Iowa donors
$30,000
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
Child and Family Center in Clarinda
$50,000
The Set Me Free Project
Expansion initiative
$10,000
Treynor Volunteer Fire Department
Gear replacement
$10,000
Trivium Life Services
Ending service gap years
$21,370
United Way of the Midlands
Community Care Fund 2021
$255,500
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department
Wild Land Fire Gear & Structure Fire Gear
$10,000
Multi-year Funding
Ballet Nebraska
General Operating Support
$125,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
General Operating Support
$85,000
Durham Museum
General Operating Support
$25,000
FAMILY, Inc.
General Operating Support
$120,000
Green Hills AEA
General Operating Support
$1,100,000
Heartland Family Services
General Operating Support
$330,000
Immigrant Legal Center
General Operating Support
$65,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation – Performing Arts Center
General Operating Support
$30,000
Joslyn Art Museum
General Operating Support
$25,000
Lauritzen Gardens
General Operating Support
$12,500
Lauritzen Gardens – Railroad Days
General Operating Support
$25,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc.
General Operating Support
$50,000
MICAH House
General Operating Support
$90,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
General Operating Support
$45,000
Omaha Symphony Association
General Operating Support
$25,000
Omaha Theater Company – Rose Theater
General Operating Support
$25,000
Opera Omaha
General Operating Support
$25,000
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment
General Operating Support
$200,000
COVID-19
Food Bank for the Heartland
Parents summer feeding program
$40,000
Food Bank of Iowa
Food distribution, rural counties
$17,681
Golden Hills RC&D
COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts for SWI Art Tour
$9,840
Pottawattamie County
Vaccination clinics - food and drink
$26,550
Together, Inc.
Operating funding for food pantry
$165,000
Placemaking
Audubon County Conservation Board
Playground equipment at Littlefield Recreation Area
$30,000
Cass County Fair Association
Replacement of stalls
$2,000
City of Council Bluffs
FIRST AVE
$1,000,000
City of Council Bluffs
West Broadway Phase V
$1,500,000
City of Griswold
Park revitalization
$5,000
City of Sidney
Gazebo on the square
$43,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development
Operating support 2022
$90,000
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
Owner occupied repair program
$40,000
Harrison County
Willow Lake Nature Center
$200,000
Heartland Bike Share
Connecting Council Bluffs through Heartland BCycle
$25,996
Historic General Dodge House
Preservation, Porches & Paint
$30,000
Historic General Dodge House
2021 Critical Repairs
$21,405
Iowa Environmental Council
Missouri River Flooding Protection
$7,000
Iowa West Foundation initiative
Capacity building fund
$60,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Looking Up Art
$1,400,000
Museum of Danish America
Historic preservation oat Bedstemor's House
$35,316
National Arbor Day Foundation
Emerald ash borer community tree recovery
$75,000
Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc.
Baldwin Wildlife Center & Hubbard Family Wildlife Hospital
$25,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program- Neola
$50,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program- Oakland
$54,328
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program- Underwood
$84,275
Pottawattamie County Housing Trust Fund Inc.
Affordable housing
$17,300
Stanton Community Foundation
Stanton downtown revitalization
$40,000
The 712 Initiative
Operating support 2022
$375,000
The 712 Initiative
Operating Support
$375,000
Vision Treynor Group
Treynor Family Recreation Complex "The T"
$175,000
Woodbine Community Foundation
Woodbine Regional Wellness Center
$250,000
2020
Economic Development
City of Council Bluffs
F.I.R.S.T. A.V.E.
$900,000
City of Council Bluffs
River's Edge Parking Garage Initiative
$475,369
Golden Hills RC&D
Planning for Rural Leadership Program
$30,000
Great Omaha Chamber Foundation
Council Bluffs workforce ecosystem
$150,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
Connect Go- Council Bluffs
$85,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
Kitchen Council - IWF Food Entrepreneurship Initiative
$75,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Riverfront Revitalization
$1,274,289
Nebraska Enterprise Fund
Creating Western Iowa Fund for Entrepreneurs
$268,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Pottawattamie Gives! incentives for new donors
$23,000
Omaha Development Foundation
Advance Southwest Iowa - Entrepreneurial Development for Southwest Iowa
$100,000
Education
Council Bluffs Community School District
Summer School 2020-2021
$531,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
BLink (Carter Lake)
$100,000
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
STARS Scholarship Program Initiative
$113,977
FAMILY, Inc.
Raise Me to Read - IWF Early Literacy Initiative
$51,930
Heartland Family Service
Children’s Mental Health Program
$30,000
Iowa West Community College Foundation
Pottawattamie Promise 2020-2021
$1,222,953
Midlands Latino Community Development Corporation
Business Development Program for Latinos in Council Bluffs
$50,000
Mills County Public Health
Mills County Parents as Teachers
$22,000
Red Oak School District
Security System for Childcare Facility
$14,511
Healthy Families
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Extraction tools
$10,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Des Moines
Domestic violence and sexual assault prevention program
$13,332
Centro Latino
Operating funding
$100,000
Children’s Square
Capacity Building
$25,000
Completely Kids
Phoenix House Family Services
$9,500
Heartland Family Service
Children’s Mental Health Program
$30,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Southwest Iowa COVID-19 Response Fund
$1,500,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
LUCAS Devices for Rural Fire Departments
$120,000
Lewis Township Fire and Rescue
Personal Protective Equipment
$10,000
Minden Volunteer Fire Department
Safety Gear and Equipment
$4,505
New Visions Homeless Services
Homeless Services
$115,000
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty
Southwest Iowa poverty alleviation initiative
$100,000
Omaha Women’s Fund
Access Granted Pilot in Pottawattamie County
$100,000
Pottawattamie County Community Foundation
Women’s Fund of Southwest Iowa & Matching Funds
$85,633
SHARE Omaha
Programmatic funding for Year 2
$50,000
Treynor Volunteer Fire Department
New Turnout Gear
$10,000
Underwood Fire Department
Turnout gear
$10,000
United Way of the Midlands
Community Care Fund
$255,500
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department
Turnout gear
$9,992
Multi-year Funding
American Midwest Ballet
Operating funding
$125,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands
Operating funding
$85,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Operating funding
$120,000
Green Hills AEA – Preschool
Operating funding
$1,100,000
Heartland Family Service
Operating funding
$330,000
Immigrant Legal Center
Operating funding
$65,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation – Performing Arts Center
Operating funding
$30,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Operating funding
$25,000
Lauritzen Gardens
Operating funding
$12,500
Lutheran Family Services
Operating funding
$50,000
MICAH House
Operating funding
$90,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Operating funding
$45,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Operating funding
$25,000
Opera Omaha
Operating funding
$25,000
Railroad Days
Operating funding
$25,000
Rose Theater
Operating funding
$25,000
The Durham Museum
Operating funding
$25,000
COVID-19
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands
Food distribution/Operations/Activity Packets/Cleaning
$25,743
Cass County Health Department
Food distribution, rural
$8,000
Centro Latino
Emergency relief
$30,000
Charles E Lakin Human Services Campus Foundation
Back-to-School support
$4,000
CHI Health System
COVID-19 Treatment Space
$74,500
CHI Health System
COVID-19 Testing Expansion
$25,000
Children’s Square
Operations
$28,401
City Light Church
Food distribution, urban
$12,000
City of Council Bluffs
PPE for Businesses Reopening
$10,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
Mask Awareness Campaign
$12,800
Council Bluffs Community School District
Summer School
$50,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
BLink Phase VI
$200,000
Council Bluffs Pantry Association
Pantry services, urban
$21,000
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
Childcare for Essential Front Line Workers
$27,000
Crawford County Hunger Fighters
Pantry services/Food distribution, rural
$3,400
FAMILY Inc.
Mobile Wellness Unit
$20,000
Food Bank of Iowa
Food Distribution, rural urban
$16,710
Food Bank of the Heartland
Food distribution, rural
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
Operating funding
$20,000
Heartland Child Development
Childcare Operations
$7,000
Heartland Child Development Center
Operations
$8,103
Heartland Family Service
Emergency Relief/ PPE/Cleaning
$34,000
Heartland Family Service
HEAT Program (Housing Emergency Assistance)
$75,833
Historic General Dodge House
Operating funding
$6,000
Historic General Dodge House
Operating funding
$3,115
Hope Net Ministries
Operating funding
$6,244
Iowa Legal Aid
Legal Services/Housing, Healthcare, Safety, Employment
$30,000
Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Foundation
COVID-19 Treatment Space
$75,380
Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Foundation
COVID-19 Testing Equipment
$25,000
Lutheran Family Services
Mental/Behavioral Health Services
$25,000
Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless
Emergency relief, homelessness, prevention
$20,000
MICAH House
Equipment to adapt operations to COVID-19 environment
$8,468
Mills County Health Department
Emergency relief, Food distribution, rural
$10,000
Mills County Health Department
Emergency relief, Food distribution, rural
$10,000
New Visions Homeless Services
Pantry/Holiday Meals
$25,000
New Visions Homeless Services
Emergency Shelter
$105,000
Page County Public Health/Iowa School for the Deaf
PPE
$1,400
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Operations
$25,613
Pottawattamie County
Emergency Management Operations Center
$9,901
Pottawattamie County
Health Department, Chamber Mask Campaign
$10,000
Pottawattamie County
Health Department, Test Iowa Site
$11,359
The Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa
Operations
$5,430
Thriving Titans
Food distribution, urban
$6,912
Vocational Development Center, Inc.
Operating funding
$5,000
Waubonsie Mental Health Center
Personal Protective Equipment
$2,000
West Central Community Action
Pantry services, rural
$24,000
Wings of Hope
General Operating Funding
$5,000
Woodbine Community Pantry and Outreach Center
Pantry services, rural
$5,000
YMCA of Greater Omaha
Operations
$35,158
YMCA of Greater Omaha
Enhanced services for seniors at YMCA Healthy Living Center in Council Bluffs
$60,000
Placemaking
City of Council Bluffs
West Broadway Reconstruction, Phase IV Initiative
$2,030,876
City of Glenwood
Vine Street Pickleball courts
$40,000
Council Bluffs Area Pickleball Club
Start Up Grant
$5,000
Golden Hills RC&D
Planning for Rural Leadership Program
$30,000
Impact Hill
Operating funding
$74,000
Iowa West Foundation initiative
Looking Up
$100,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Iowa West Sports Plex
$961,328
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
West End Housing
$500,000
National Arbor Day Foundation
Emerald Ash Borer community tree recovery
$75,000
Pottawattamie Conservation Foundation
Hitchcock Nature Center infrastructure improvements project
$325,000
Pottawattamie County
Arrowhead Campground bridge
$44,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Regional Housing Study
$35,000
Pottawattamie County
Conservation initiative
$750,000
Pottawattamie County Housing Trust Fund
Affordable Housing 2021
$13,375
The 712 Initiative
General Operating Support
$250,000
Woodbine Community Foundation
Woodbine Regional Wellness Center
$250,000
2019
Economic Development
City of Council Bluffs
Loessfest 2019; River’s Edge activation
$250,000
City of Council Bluffs
River’s Edge Parking Garage
$300,000
City of Council Bluffs
Furthering Interconnections, Revitalization, Streetscapes, Transportation, and Aesthetics for a Vibrant Economy
$500,000
Council Bluffs Soccer Club
Iowa West Sports Plex
$768,810
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Riverfront Revitalization
$500,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Council Bluffs Riverfront Revitalization
$405,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Pottawattamie Gives! Incentives
$29,000
Omaha Development Foundation
Entrepreneurial Development for southwest Iowa
$100,000
Education
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
STARS, an IWF initiative for low-income adult parents in pursuit of college degrees, licenses or certificates
$345,000
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
Trade Works Academy
$200,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Raise Me to Read
$170,400
Green Hills AEA
Preschool funding
$1,100,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Pottawattamie Promise
$700,000
Manning Betterment Foundation
Playground Safe Surfacing Update
$3,000
Healthy Families
American Red Cross – Central Iowa Chapter
Fremont County
$15,000
American Red Cross – Nebraska/Southwest Iowa Chapter
Harrison and Pottawattamie Counties
$5,000
Angels Among Us
Financial aid for families of children with cancer in Pottawattamie County
$18,900
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Personal Protective Equipment
$10,000
Centro Latino
Operating funding
$75,000
Completely Kids
Phoenix House family services
$7,000
Food Bank for the Heartland
Fremont, Harrison, Mills and Pottawattamie Counties
$50,000
Hancock Volunteer Fire Department
Gear and Equipment
$10,000
Iowa Legal Aid
Community Stabilization Project
$15,000
Iowa Legal Aid
Southwest Iowa services
$25,000
Mills County Public Health
Shelters in Mills County
$15,000
Minden Volunteer Fire Department
Personal Protective Equipment
$9,700
New Visions Homeless Services
General Operating Funding
$100,000
Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty
Council Bluffs Poverty Alleviation Initiative
$100,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Fremont County Community Foundation
$25,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Harrison County Community Foundation
$25,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Mills County Community Foundation
$25,000
ONE Iowa
Needs assessment of LGBTQIA community in Western Iowa
$16,000
Pottawattamie County Community Foundation
Women’s Fund of southwest Iowa, and matching funds
$291,667
Salvation Army
Flood Relief in southwest Iowa
$15,000
SHARE Omaha
General Operating Funding for Pottawattamie County launch
$50,000
Treynor Volunteer Fire Department
Ambulance Cot
$10,000
Underwood Volunteer Fire Department
Thermal Imaging Camera
$8,650
United Way of the Midlands
Community Care Fund
$255,500
Multi-year Funding
*Iowa Western Community College Foundation
General Operating Funding for the Performing Arts Center
$30,000
American Midwest Ballet
General Operating Funding
$125,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands
General Operating Funding for Council Bluffs Club
$85,000
Durham Museum
General Operating Funding
$25,000
FAMILY Inc.
General Operating Funding
$120,000
Heartland Family Service
General Operating Funding supporting Iowa Family Works, substance abuse services, and homeless services
$330,000
Immigrant Legal Center
General Operating Funding supporting immigration legal services in southwest Iowa
$65,000
Joslyn Art Museum
General Operating Funding supporting Joslyn’s Kent Bellows Mentoring Program
$25,000
Lauritzen Gardens
General Operating Funding
$12,500
Lauritzen Gardens
Railroad Days
$25,000
Lutheran Family Services
General Operating Funding to support child abuse prevention and sexual abuse treatment in Council Bluffs
$50,000
Micah House
General Operating Funding supporting homeless families
$90,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
General Operating Funding supporting field trips, outreach visits and low-cost memberships for families in southwest Iowa
$45,000
Omaha Symphony Association
General Operating Funding supporting Adventures in Music for southwest Iowa students
$25,000
Opera Omaha
General Operating Funding
$25,000
The Rose Theater
General Operating Funding for School Field Trip Program for southwest Iowa students
$25,000
Placemaking
City of Carter Lake
Rental Inspection Program
$14,500
City of Council Bluffs
West Broadway – Phase III
$1,769,124
City of Tabor
Tabor Public Library
$50,000
Durham Museum
Exterior Restoration Initiative
$50,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Loess Hills Missouri River Region Cabin Initiative
$350,000
Impact Hill
Operating funding for recreational, educational, social, cultural advancement at the historic Riverside HS building
$15,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Downtown Cultural Trail
$50,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Iowa West Sports Plex
$2,000,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Pickleball Courts at the Iowa West Field House
$600,000
Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
Heartland 2050 Close the Gap 2019
$27,500
Neola Betterment Corporation
Senior Housing
$200,000
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
Strengthening Quality of Life and Rural Economies through Growing Outdoor Recreation Opportunities
$44,760
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment (PACE)
Harvester II Arts & Culture District
$2,000,000
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
2019 CITIES Program
$93,765
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
Art on the Frontier Trails (ArtFITS)
$20,000
The 712 Initiative
General Operating Funding/Placemaking Consortium
$500,000
The 712 Initiative
The Good Neighbor program, formerly Neighborhood Network
$25,000
YMCA of Greater Omaha
Capital funding for Charles E. Lakin YMCA in Council Bluffs
$200,000
2018
Economic Development
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
Prosper Omaha 2.0
$500,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Riverfront Revitalization
$595,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Pottawattamie Gives! Incentives
$20,000
Omaha Sports Commission
2020 Olympic Swim Trials
$50,000
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
County Economic Development
$250,000
Education
City of Atlantic
Library renovation
$30,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
BLink Phase V
$100,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
International Baccalaureate - Year 3 Implementation
$365,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Raise Me to Read
$100,000
Fontanelle Forest
Environmental education programming for Iowa
$4,521
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc.
Scholarships and activities for Pottawattamie County Girl Scouts
$1,212
Inclusive Communities
Youth programming support
$8,000
Iowa Western Community College
Pottawattamie Promise
$483,928
Iowa Western Community College
Foundation Pottawattamie Promise
$595,000
Omaha Conservatory of Music
String Sprouts in Council Bluffs Schools
$22,500
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
MOEC Mathematics at the High School Cohort
$50,000
Healthy Families
Avoca Volunteer Fire Department
EMS Equipment
$10,000
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
EMS equipment
$10,000
Centro Latino of Iowa
General operating funding
$75,000
Centro Latino of Iowa
Executive Director search
$15,000
Children’s Square U.S.A.
Fund development
$25,000
Community of Christ Caring Ministries
Beautification project
$39,299
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Matching funds for emergency aid and grocery vouchers for holiday meals for needy families
$35,000
Credit Advisors Foundation
Outreach to southwest Iowa nonprofits
$5,910
Crescent Volunteer Fire Department
Bunker gear
$10,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Raise Me to Read
$35,000
Food Bank for the Heartland
School-based mobile pantries
$18,600
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
Council Bluffs Chamber – workforce development initiative
$75,000
Greater Omaha YMCA
Charles E. Lakin YMCA/The Center merger
$100,000
Heartland Family Service
Lewis Central Children’s Mental Health Program
$160,000
Heartland Family Service
Housing and Emergency Assistance Task Force (HEAT)
$170,000
Intercultural Senior Center
Outreach to Council Bluffs residents
$21,000
New Visions Homeless Services
General Operating Funding supporting services for the homeless
$100,000
Radio Talking Book Service
Outreach in Pottawattamie County
$3,200
Treynor Volunteer Fire Department
EMS equipment
$10,000
United Way of the Midlands
Annual Campaign and the regional food insecurity project
$275,000
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department
EMS equipment
$9,986
Multi-year Funding
Ballet Nebraska
General Operating Funding
$125,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands
General Operating Funding for Council Bluffs Club
$85,000
Durham Museum
General Operating Funding
$25,000
FAMILY, Inc.
General Operating Funding supporting early childhood education and literacy
$120,000
Green Hills AEA
General Operating Funding for preschool
$1,100,000
Heartland Family Service
General Operating Funding supporting Iowa Family Works, substance abuse services, and homeless services
$330,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
General Operating Funding for the Performing Arts Center
$30,000
Joslyn Art Museum
General Operating Funding supporting Joslyn’s Kent Bellows Mentoring Program
$25,000
Justice For Our Neighbors
General Operating Funding supporting immigration legal services in southwest Iowa
$65,000
Lutheran Family Services
General Operating Funding supporting child abuse prevention and sexual abuse treatment programming in Council Bluffs
$50,000
MICAH House
General Operating Funding supporting homeless families
$70,000
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc. Lauritzen Gardens
General Operating Funding
$12,500
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc. Lauritzen Gardens
Railroad Days
$25,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
General Operating Funding supporting field trips, outreach visits and low-cost memberships for families in southwest Iowa
$45,000
Omaha Symphony Association
General Operating Funding supporting Adventures in Music for southwest Iowa students
$25,000
Omaha Theater Company – Rose Theater
General Operating Funding for School Field Trip Program for southwest Iowa students
$25,000
Opera Omaha
General Operating Funding
$25,000
The 712 Initiative
General Operating Funding
$500,000
Placemaking
Chanticleer, Inc.
2018-2019 Operating funds
$35,000
City of Council Bluffs
Planning and construction of a trail along the First Avenue corridor in Council Bluffs
$200,000
City of Council Bluffs
Loessfest 2018: River's Edge Park events
$250,000
City of Council Bluffs
All-America City signs
$25,000
City of Council Bluffs
Bayliss Park holiday lighting Phase II
$25,000
City of Council Bluffs
Signage at the Mid-America Center
$500,000
City of Council Bluffs
West Broadway Reconstruction Phase II
$2,000,000
City of Logan
Basketball and tennis court rehab in the city park. “Kellen’s Kourts”
$20,000
Council Bluffs
Housing Trust Fund Funds for affordable housing in Council Bluffs
$35,000
Four County Fair Association
Expo Building Renovations
$20,000
Friends of Lake Manawa
Dream Playground Re-Imagined
$160,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development
Loess Hills Missouri River Region Parks to People Coordination
$24,000
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
Neighborhood Network
$160,000
Heartland Bike Share
Electric bikes for Council Bluffs
$10,000
Metro Area Planning Agency (MAPA)
Heartland 2050 for Council Bluffs
$14,625
Neighborworks Home Solutions
Construction Trades Partnership to build one single-family home in conjunction with Iowa Western Community College’s Home Building Program
$62,500
Neighborworks Home Solutions
Funding for a targeted, multi-phase, mixed-income revitalization of the Walnut Grove development area
$200,000
Omaha Zoological Society
Carousel Plaza
$50,000
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Arts and Culture District
$1,400,000
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
CITIES: City of Carson to complete its façade improvement plan; City of Hancock to improve its municipal wastewater system
$474,125
The 712 Initiative
Downtown Re-Vitalization Fund
$1,000,000
2017
Economic Development
City of Council Bluffs
River's Edge parking garage
$2,000,000
Downtown Riverfront
Trust Iowa/Nebraska Riverfront Study
$250,000
Education
AHSTW Community Schools
Career & Technical Education Equipment
$85,492
Council Bluffs Community Education Foundation
Classroom grants for teachers 2017-2018
$15,000
Council Bluffs Community Education Foundation
STARS Scholarship program for adults
$426,775
Council Bluffs Community School District
Middle Years International Baccalaureate Program, Year 2
$404,000
I-JAG
Dropout prevention program in Council Bluffs schools
$20,000
Inclusive Communities
Youth Programming support in Council Bluffs
$8,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Kent Bellows Mentoring Program
$20,500
Omaha Children’s Museum
Outreach, field trip programs and subsidized memberships for Pottawattamie County families
$45,000
Omaha Conservatory of Music
Violin Sprouts of Council Bluffs
$35,500
Omaha Symphony
Adventures in Music
$25,000
Omaha Theater Company
Rose Theater Field Trips for CBCSD First Graders
$7,113
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Building healthy relationships through theatre in Council Bluffs
$9,150
Tri-Center Community School District
Preschool/Before & After School Programming
$50,000
Healthy Families
Angels Among Us, Inc.
Family assistance program - Pottawattamie County
$21,600
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands
Multi-Year Funding General Operating Support for Council Bluffs club
$85,000
Centro Latino of Iowa
Operational Support 2017-18
$75,000
City of Crescent
Bunker gear
$10,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Multi-Year Funding General Operating Support/Birth-Three Parent Education Programming in Pottawattamie County
$120,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Capacity Building/Executive Director Search
$16,000
Green Hills AEA
Multi-Year Funding Pottawattamie County Preschool
$1,100,000
Heartland Family Service
Multi-Year Funding -Iowa Family Works -Homeless LINK -Substance Abuse Prevention
$330,000
Heartland Family Service
Housing and Emergency Task Force (HEAT)
$170,000
Iowa Legal Aid
Community stabilization project
$40,809
Justice For Our Neighbors
Multi-Year Funding for Legal Assistance for low-income immigrants in southwest Iowa
$65,000
Lutheran Family Services
Multi-Year Funding -Pottawattamie County Center for Healthy Families -RSafe Program
$50,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa
Wish Granting/Adopt-a-Wish
$20,000
MICAH House
Multi-Year Funding for Homeless Services for Families/General Operating Support
$70,000
MICAH House
Shelter Reimagined campaign
$425,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Nonprofit Capacity Building Program
$20,000
Radio Talking Book Service
Radio Talking Book Network
$3,500
United Way of the Midlands
Annual Campaign and Convening Efforts in Food Security
$275,000
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department
Compressed air foam system, pagers, parkas and blowers
$7,567
Placemaking
Ballet Nebraska
Season 8: Momentum, The Nutcracker, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
$125,000
Blue Barn Theater
2017-2018 programming
$5,000
Chanticleer, Inc.
2016-2017 season programming
$22,000
Chanticleer, Inc.
Programming support for 2017-2018 season
$32,000
City of Carroll
Kellan's Kingdom: Carroll's first all-inclusive playground
$10,000
City of Council Bluffs
Loessfest 2017
$175,000
City of Council Bluffs
Sternhill Park – Art in the Park
$54,500
City of Council Bluffs
West Broadway Reconstruction Project - Phase 1
$1,700,000
City of Council Bluffs
Bayliss Park holiday lights
$24,370
City of Denison
Audio-Visual equipment
$4,000
City of Shelby
Dewer System Improvement
$150,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
BLink Wifi - Phase Four
$100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
Neighborhood Network
$70,000
Iowa Western Community College
Fitness & Wellness Center
$500,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Access to performing arts programs
$30,000
Metro Area Planning Agency (MAPA)
Heartland 2050 Implementation/Close the Gap
$65,000
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
Railroad Days 2017
$25,000
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
The Recycled Art of Sayaka Ganz, Kim Merz and Aurora Robson
$12,500
Omaha Community Foundation
Pottawattamie Gives! Incentives
$21,500
Omaha Creative Institute
Professional Development Series
$3,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society
Orpheum Theater’s 90th Anniversary Capital Improvements
$100,000
Omaha Zoological Society
Asian Highlands
$250,000
Opera Omaha
"Falstaff," "Medea," and "Proving Up" productions
$25,000
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
Precision Agriculture Technology Integration
$73,671
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Arts & Culture Center
$1,266,436
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Hoff Family Arts and Culture Center
$600,000
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment (PACE)
Arts and Culture Center
$408,195
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
CITIES Program
$921,525
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
Rural Recycling Center
$222,500
Red Oak Grant Theater, Inc.
Phase II - Theater Addition
$90,000
Shelby County Historical Society
Military Exhibit Hall
$8,250
The 712 Initiative
General Operating Support
$500,000
The Durham Museum
Top Secret: License to Spy Exhibition
$25,000
The Nature Conservancy
Acquisition of 506-acre Loess Hills Natural Area near Council Bluffs
$400,000
2016
Economic Development
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
*The Kitchen Council - a food incubator entrepreneurship program
$100,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
FieldhouseUSA at the Mid-America Center
$3,500,000
Education
African Culture Connection
After School and Summer Camp Program
$19,000
City of Council Bluffs
Public Library - Council Bluffs newspaper archive (1857-2002)
$120,000
Council Bluffs Community Education Foundation
Classroom Grants 2016-2017
$15,000
Council Bluffs Community Education Foundation
Capacity Building
$10,000
Council Bluffs Community Education Foundation
STARS program
$342,614
Council Bluffs Community School District
International Baccalaureate Program for Kirn and Wilson Middle Schools
$186,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
Summer School for 2017 and 2018
$1,278,900
Family Inc.
Raise Me to Read
$35,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Birth-Three Parent Education Programming in Pottawattamie County
$120,000
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc.
Girl Scout STEM program
$3,000
Green Hills AEA
Pottawattamie County Preschool
$1,100,000
Iowa JAG, Inc.
Middle/High School Dropout Prevention Program
$35,000
Iowa Newspaper Foundation
Southwest Iowa Newspapers in Education Program
$18,500
Iowa Public Broadcast Network Foundation
Repainting & Lighting replacement for KHIN tower in Red Oak
$53,330
Joslyn Art Museum
Kent Bellows Mentoring Program for southwest Iowa Students
$16,700
KANEKO
Creative Catalyst – After school arts program in Council Bluffs
$2,362
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Inc.
Impact Iowa – support for Prelude Strings and Honors Orchestra for CBCSD
$28,927
Omaha Children’s Museum
Omaha Children's Museum Partner School Program
$40,000
Omaha Symphony Association
2015/2016 Adventures in Music Program for southwest Iowa
$15,000
Omaha Symphony Association
2016-2017 Adventures in Music – southwest Iowa
$26,000
Omaha Theater Company
School Field Trips for Council Bluffs First-Graders
$7,113
Omaha Zoological Society
Education and Exploration Center
$500,000
Omaha’s Children’s Museum
Field Trips and Memberships for Pottawattamie County Students and Families
$40,000
Promise Partners
Youth Philanthropy, Grantmaking & Community Networking
$20,000
University of Iowa
Iowa Literacy Center
$50,000
Healthy Families
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands
General Operation Funding for Council Bluffs Club
$85,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Des Moines
Phoenix House Remodel
$60,000
Connections Area Agency on Aging
“Meals on Wheels”
$70,000
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Goodfellows 2016
$35,000
Heartland Family Service
Iowa Family Works
$155,000
Heartland Family Service
Homeless LINK
$100,000
Heartland Family Service
Substance Abuse Prevention
$75,000
Heartland Family Service
Housing and Emergency Assistance Task Force (HEAT)
$170,000
Iowa Legal Aid
Youth Link Project
$28,791
Justice For Our Neighbors
Legal Assistance for low-income Immigrants in southwest Iowa
$65,000
Lutheran Family Services
Pottawattamie County Center for Healthy Families
$35,000
Lutheran Family Services
RSafe Program
$15,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc.
RSafe program
$15,000
MICAH House
General Operation Funding
$70,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Summer Camp 2016
$5,000
New Visions Christian Worship Center
Capacity building
$69,000
Pottawattamie County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Network
General Operating Support
$15,000
Santa Monica, Inc.
Treatment/Halfway House for Iowa Women
$24,000
Special Olympics
Southwest Iowa area events
$1,200
United Way of the Midlands
Programs in Pottawattamie County
$300,000
Youth Emergency Services
Street Outreach Services in Council Bluffs
$25,000
Placemaking
Audubon Community Cinema
The Rose Movie Theater Renovation
$6,000
Ballet Nebraska
Season Seven: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker & Momentum 7
$100,000
Centro Latino
General Operating Support
$75,000
City of Avoca
Police Department - 2016 communications equipment
$2,500
City of Avoca
Public Library - Main entry renovation for ADA compliance
$4,950
City of Council Bluffs
Loessfest 2016
$175,000
City of Council Bluffs
River's Edge Park Phase II - Landing Park
$1,515,000
City of Council Bluffs
CBFD Bell Tower Project
$85,000
City of Council Bluffs
UN image campaign
$100,000
City of Tabor
Main Street Lights and Brick Paving Improvements
$10,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
BLink Wi-Fi Phase III
$150,000
Friends of the Union Pacific Museum
“Working on the Railroad” Exhibit
$100,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development
Southwest Iowa Rural Art and Culture Development
$32,500
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
Neighborhood Network, Year 3
$106,920
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Community Development Consortium
$500,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
2016-2017 season programming
$30,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Interpretive technology for the reinstallations of permanent European galleries
$20,000
Metro Area Planning Agency (MAPA)
Heartland 2050 Implementation
$65,000
Mimran Event Management, Inc.
USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships
$20,000
Nishna Valley Family YMCA
Wellness equipment
$32,500
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
Railroad Days 2016
$25,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Pottawattamie Gives! Challenge Funds
$21,500
Omaha Community Foundation
The Landscape Project
$18,000
Omaha Development Foundation
Missouri River Commons
$35,000
Opera Omaha
Productions: “La boheme,” Cosi fan tutte” and “Flight”
$30,000
Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Arts and Culture District
$2,325,369
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
CITIES program
$836,850
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
100 Block Redevelopment Project
$1,000,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Placemaking Consortium
$2,000,000
The Blue Barn Theatre
2016-2017 season programming
$10,000
2015
Economic Development
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
FieldhouseUSA at the Mid-America Center
$2,000,000
Education
Audubon County Early Childhood Organization (IA)
Programmatic support for the Children's Nest Daycare Center
$40,000
Community Education Foundation
STARS Scholarship Program
$369,526
Council Bluffs Community School District
Support for the Pottawattamie Promise program delivery
$398,372
Eckels Memorial Library
2015 collection development in library located in Oakland (IA)
$2,000
FAMILY, Inc.
General Operating Support
$146,500
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, Inc.
Programmatic support for an online volunteer and parent engagement system
$7,500
Green Hills AEA
Support for preschool program in Pottawattamie County school districts
$1,100,000
Hearts and Hugs Day Care, Inc.
(Corning) Facility renovation
$10,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
Raise Me to Read
$225,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Pottawattamie Promise
$2
Joslyn Art Museum
Support for the Kent Bellows Mentoring Program for students in Council Bluffs
$15,600
Omaha Conservatory of Music
2015-2016 Omaha Conservatory of Music's Sprouts Program at participating CBCSD schools
$30,000
Omaha Theater Company
Rose Theater Field Trips for Council Bluffs students
$9,452
Riverside Community School District
Support for Pottawattamie Promise program delivery
$76,344
The Durham Museum
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition project
$20,000
West Pottawattamie County Agricultural Extension District
Support for the West Pottawattamie County 4-H youth programming administration
$57,700
Healthy Families
Angels Among Us, Inc.
Financial Aid for Families of Children with Cancer
$20,000
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Program to assist Pottawattamie County families in need during the holiday season
$45,000
Fourth Judicial District
Department of Correctional Service - drug court
$113,000
Heartland Family Service
Lewis Central Children's Mental Health Program
$300,000
Heartland Family Service
Housing Emergency Assistance Task Force
$170,000
Heartland Family Service
Iowa Family Works
$77,500
Heartland Family Service
Substance Abuse Services
$37,500
Heartland Family Service
Support to Families Displaced due to Rental Inspection Program
$30,000
HELP Adult Services
Purchase of new delivery vehicle
$5,000
Iowa Dental Foundation
Mission of Mercy dental project to be held in Council Bluffs
$25,000
Justice For Our Neighbors
Legal assistance for low-income immigrants in southwest Iowa
$32,500
Merrymakers Association
Southwest Iowa senior music project
$4,000
MICAH House Corporation
General Operating Funds
$35,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Prevention education in Pottawattamie County on Sexually Transmitted Infections and teen pregnancy
$39,500
Vocational Development Center
Residential Home Renovation
$25,000
Placemaking
Audubon Recreation Foundation
Recreation Center in Audubon
$50,000
Ballet Nebraska
Program support for Season Six: "Cleopatra," "The Nutcracker," and "Momentum 6"
$124,000
Blue Barn Theatre
Expanded programming for 2015-2016 season
$9,200
Bluffs Arts Council
Arts programming in 2015-2016
$11,000
Carstens 1880s Farmstead, Inc.
(Shelby) Restoration
$15,750
Chanticleer, Inc.
Program support for the 2015-2016 season
$30,000
City of Clarinda
Downtown Facade Revitalization
$55,975
City of Council Bluffs
Communications Officer
$152,000
City of Council Bluffs
Rental Housing Inspection
$64,202
City of Griswold
Improvements to the Griswold Community Building
$10,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
Stadium campaign
$1,000,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
Wi-Fi Initiative Phase 2
$153,000
Council Bluffs Housing Trust Fund
Affordable Housing 2015-2016
$45,058
Downtown Omaha Inc.
Foundation 2015 Holiday Lights Festival
$15,000
El Centro Latino
Operational support in 2015-16
$75,000
Food Bank for the Heartland
Back Pack for Kids Program providing weekend meals for 1,500 at-risk children in Council Bluffs
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity
General Operating Funds
$100,000
Harlan Friends of Downtown
LED lighting and updated sound system in historic downtown Harlan
$7,500
Heritage Services
Riverfront Study
$95,500
Historic General Dodge House
Funding to support capital improvement and collection management project
$24,500
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
River's Edge Park Phase II - Landing Park
$1,150,000
Iowa West Foundation Initiative
PACE
$2,000,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Programming at the Arts Center in Council Bluffs
$22,000
Montgomery County Family YMCA (Red Oak)
Indoor Tennis Lighting/Court Enhancement
$20,000
Neola Area Community Center
Strong(er) Community
$10,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Incentive funds for Pottawattamie County nonprofits that raised funds through Omaha Gives!
$21,500
Opera Omaha
"La Fanciulla del West" and "Semele" productions
$30,000
Pottawattamie County Supervisors
Veterans Administration Building
$275,000
Southwest Iowa Nature Trails
Interactive information kiosks at three cities on the Wabash Trace
$20,000
Stanton Historical Society
Repair and repainting of the Swedish coffeepot water tower
$5,000
2014
Economic Development
City of Council Bluffs
Riverfront
$850,000
City of Council Bluffs
MAC Entertainment District
$100,000
City of Council Bluffs
Loessfest 2015
$175,000
Grameen America Inc.
Omaha/Council Bluffs Expansion
$350,000
Education
African Culture Connection
2015 CEF/ACC Arts Education Project
$20,000
Applied Information Management Institute
College Access Program (2017-2018)
$333,000
Applied Information Management Institute
College Access Program Scholarships (Class of 2018)
$28,000
Ballet Nebraska
Season 5 Nutcracker & Momentum
$85,000
Ballet Nebraska
Giselle 2014
$25,000
City of Villisca
Library Roof Restoration
$10,875
College of Saint Mary
Latina Summer Academy 2015
$4,500
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Classroom Grants for the 2014-15 School Year
$33,500
Council Bluffs Community School District
School Administrative Managers, Summer School & Int'l Baccalaureate program
$2,893,285
Council Bluffs Community School District
Council Bluffs Stadium and Athletic Fields
$2,500,000
Friends of the Griswold Public Library
Technology Upgrade
$1,500
Green Hills AEA
Pott. Co. Preschool Collaboration 14-15
$1,100,000
Green Hills AEA
Pott. Co. Preschool Collaboration 14-15
$1,100,000
Heartland Family Service
Lewis Central Community Schools - Mental Health Initiative
$150,943
Iowa JAG, Inc.
iJAG: Supporting Student Success in Council Bluffs
$40,000
Iowa Newspaper Foundation
Southwest Iowa Newspapers in Education Program
$18,500
Iowa West Foundation
Iowa West Opportunity Scholarship Program - class of 2015
$400,000
Manning Betterment Foundation
MCCC Expansion
$12,500
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Inc.
Orchestral Music Education and Enrichment Program in Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa
$18,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Omaha Children's Museum Partner School Program
$40,000
Omaha Symphony Association
2014/15 Adventures in Music for Southwest Iowa
$30,300
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
Building Healthy Relationship Skills with Theatre
$4,445
SuccessLink
Database program with local school districts
$24,894
Union Pacific Museum Association
Education Coordinator
$22,500
Healthy Families
American National Red Cross, Shared Services Center
General Operating Support
$27,500
Angels Among Us, Inc
Family Assistance Financial Aid Program
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
Community-based Mentoring for Children Facing Adversity
$40,000
Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council
Storm Shelters at Camp Cedars
$200,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
Operating Support for BGCM Council Bluffs, The H.H. "Red" & Ruth H. Nelson Unit - Lakin Campus
$85,000
Centro Latino of Iowa
Latino Initiative Design
$35,000
Centro Latino of Iowa
General Operating Funding
$25,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Pediatric Integrated Health Start Up
$25,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Lemen Visitor Center Furniture and Equipment Upgrades
$22,172
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Better Spaces -New Residential Cottages & Academic Center Upgrade
$2,700,000
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Goodfellows 2014
$45,000
Council Bluffs Senior Center, Inc.
Financial Assistance for Low Income Seniors
$25,000
Council Bluffs Senior Center, Inc.
Locker Room Renovation, Equipment and Refurbishing
$150,000
Credit Advisors Foundation
Council Bluffs Counseling and Outreach
$10,000
Crescent Volunteer Fire Department
SCBA Replacement Project
$10,000
Crossroads of Western Iowa, Inc.
Strengthening the Possibilities through Volunteerism
$2,000
Grief’s Journey
Continued and New School and Agency-Centric Outreach/Collaboration
$5,950
Heartland Family Service
Iowa Family Works 14
$175,000
Heartland Family Service
Children's Center
$100,000
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2015 (Housing and Emergency Assistance Task Force)
$170,000
Hospice of Southwest Iowa
Medical Records Documentation Upgrade
$2,500
Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska
More Justice Project - Year 3
$60,681
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc
Pottawattamie County Center for Healthy Families®
$35,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa, Inc.
Wish Granting
$20,000
MICAH House Corporation
MICAH Operations 2014
$70,000
MILLS COUNTY CHILD ABUSE COUNCIL INCORPORATED
Circles4Support
$7,500
Mills County Public Health
Family Matters
$7,500
Minden Volunteer Fire & Rescue
1st Quarter 2014
$4,994
Minden Volunteer Fire & Rescue
2nd Quarter 2014
$828
New Visions Homeless Services
New Visions / MOHM's Place
$15,000
New Visions Homeless Services
New Visions Homeless Services/MOHM's Place
$56,400
Omaha Community Foundation
Nonprofit Capacity Building Program
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Expansion of Teen Pregnancy and STI Prevention Education
$50,000
Pottawattamie County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Network
General Operating Support
$30,000
Santa Monica, Inc.
Serving Iowa Women
$10,460
Senior Futures, Inc.
Pottawattamie County Chore Services
$8,280
Special Olympics Iowa Inc.
Southwest Iowa Area Events
$5,000
Treynor Volunteer Fire Department
Purchase Extrication Tools & Equipment
$10,000
United Way of the Midlands
2014 United Way of Midlands Campaign
$360,000
Village of Pilger
Disaster Relief
$25,000
2013
Economic Development
City of Council Bluffs
Loessfest 2014
$250,000
Downtown Omaha Inc. Foundation
Holiday Lights Festival
$15,000
French Icarian Colony Foundation
Phase IX, Development of the French Icarian Village
$20,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
Prosper Omaha - Leveraging Opportunities for the Region
$2,200,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Iowa Western Community College Foundation 2013-2014 Season Programming Economic Development 2013 $35,000.00
$35,000
New Community Development Corporation
Construction Workforce Training
$140,000
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
Railroad Days
$25,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Recapitalize Downtown Revitalization Fund
$500,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Recapitalize Downtown Revitalization Fund
$800,000
YMCA of Greater Omaha
Charles E. Lakin YMCA
$3,500,000
Education
African Culture Connection
2014 Continuation and Expansion of School Residency Programs in Council Bluffs
$21,575
Applied Information Management Institute
College Access Program 2014
$344,415
Ballet Nebraska
Momentum 4: featuring Party Animals
$20,000
Ballet Nebraska
Snow White 2013
$10,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists
$4,500
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert Series 2013: Music in the Parks; Holiday Concert
$10,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Iowa Arts Education 2014
$8,000
Buena Vista University
Expanded Student Opportunities through Telepresence
$18,000
Carstens 1880 Farmstead, Inc.
Carstens Restorations #2
$15,000
Center for the Advancement of Self-Sufficiency Incorporated
Enriching Lives through Assistive Technology Project
$15,000
Children’s Imagination Station Daycare and Preschool
Moving Bodies, Building Minds
$3,625
City of Corning
New Computers for Staff & Patrons
$1,700
College of Saint Mary
Latina Summer Academy 2013
$5,000
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Classroom Grant 2013-14
$33,500
Council Bluffs Community School District
Secondary Schools' Instructional Coaching
$740,461
Council Bluffs Community School District
Transitional Facility
$407,500
Eckels Memorial Library
Collection Development
$2,500
El Museo Latino
2013-VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN
$10,000
FAMILY, Inc.
General Operating Support
$115,000
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc
Girl Scout Leadership Experience
$15,000
Green Hills AEA
Regional CTE Institute Planning
$50,000
Green Hills AEA
Summer 2014 Leadership Academies
$27,000
Green Hills AEA
Pott County PreSchool Collaboration
$1,100,000
Humanities Iowa
Speakers Bureau Programs for Rural Southwest Iowa
$4,500
Inclusive Communities
Youth Programming
$10,000
Iowa JAG, Inc.
Council Bluffs iJAG: Program Support for Success
$40,000
Iowa Newspaper Foundation
Southwest Iowa Newspaper In Education Program
$18,500
Iowa West Foundation
Iowa West Opportunity Scholarship Program - class of 2014
$495,000
Iowa Western Community College
Information Technology Work-ready Internships
$101,187
IPBN Foundation
Broadcast Facilities Operation
$225,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Museum to the Classroom
$20,000
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Inc.
Music Education Programs in Council Bluffs and Surrounding Areas
$18,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Omaha Children's Museum Grocery Store
$15,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Omaha Children's Museum Partner School Program
$45,000
Omaha Community Playhouse
Nebraska Theatre Caravan Community Outreach
$50,000
Omaha Symphony Association
2013/14 Adventures in Music for Southwest Iowa
$57,870
Omaha Zoological Society
Garden of the Senses Pre-K Classroom
$100,000
Opera Omaha
Cinderella
$30,000
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
Building Healthy Relationship Skills with Theatre
$8,500
Healthy Families
All Care Health Center
Expanding Resource Access for Uninsured/Underinsured
$70,000
ALS in the Heartland, Inc.
New and expanded ALS Patient Services and Supports specific to western Iowa counties.
$7,670
American National Red Cross, Shared Services Center
General Operating Support
$40,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
Community-Based Mentoring for Children Facing Adversity
$40,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
General Operating Support
$140,000
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,500
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,435
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,011
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,331
Cass County
Snowshoeing Equipment
$1,250
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Children's Square Therapy Services
$35,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Children's Center Window Replacement
$32,000
City of Carter Lake
Carter Lake Community Resource Center
$149,875
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,500
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,500
Community of Christ Caring Ministries
Square One House Purchase
$40,000
Community Opportunities, Inc
Love and Logic Kickoff
$6,000
Council Bluffs Community School District
Hunger Free Heartland
$60,000
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Council Bluffs Goodfellows 2013
$45,000
Creighton University
Financial Success Program
$70,126
Food Bank for the Heartland
(Back Pack for Kids) Weekend Food for Kids
$15,000
Girls Incorporated of Omaha
"Strong, Smart and Bold" in the 21st Century
$50,000
Grief’s Journey
Schools-Centric Outreach/Collaboration
$4,496
Heartland Family Service
Pottawattamie County Homeless Link
$300,000
Heartland Family Service
Iowa Substance Abuse Services
$143,000
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2014 (Housing and Emergency Assistance Task Force)
$170,000
Heartland Family Service
Iowa Family Works Operations
$275,000
HELP Adult Services
Health and medical Equipment Loan Program
$2,000
HOPE-Net Ministries, Inc.
HOPE AFTER CARE (Women's After Care & Winner's Circle)
$6,500
Hospice with Heart
Meeting Patient Needs
$17,000
Iowa Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Mental Heath First Aid
$8,000
Iowa Legal Aid
Youth Link Project
$76,134
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Caring for Our Communities
$152,900
Joslyn Art Museum
Young Artist Mentoring Program
$3,000
Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska
More Justice Project - Year 2
$25,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc
RSafe® Treatment Program for Victims and Families Affected by Child Sexual Abuse
$11,525
Merrymakers Association
SW Iowa Adopt a home
$6,000
MICAH House Corporation
MICAH House Operations
$75,000
MIDLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Korean War Veterans Flight
$30,000
Mills County Public Health
Family Matters Recovery Project
$15,000
New Visions Homeless Services
New Visions Homeless Services / MOHM's Place
$50,000
Outlook Nebraska, Inc.
Building Renovation Campaign
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Teen pregancy and STI Prevention Education
$50,000
Pottawattamie County
Overcome PTSD and develop resilience through stress-reducing meditation for 50 Western Iowa veterans and their families.
$29,000
Pottawattamie County Firefighters Association
Equipment Fund
$175,000
Pottawattamie County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Network
General Operating Support Funds
$50,000
Promise Partners – Pottawattamie County Alliance for Youth
Community Networking Initiative
$120,000
Santa Monica, Inc.
Services for Iowa Women
$21,504
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
Handicap Door Entrance Renovation
$2,000
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
The Nest
$10,000
Southwest Iowa Mediation Center
Southwest Iowa Mediation Center
$50,000
Special Olympics Iowa Inc.
Southwest Iowa Events
$7,500
The American Legion Charities
Elevator Installation for Handicap
$30,000
Together, Inc. of Metropolitan Omaha
First Stop for Food Program
$5,000
United Way of the Midlands
2013 United Way of the Midlands Community Assessment
$25,000
United Way of the Midlands
2013 United Way of the Midlands Community Impact
$360,000
University of Nebraska Foundation/University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Nebraska Medical Center-The Nebraska Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center
$1,000,000
Visiting Nurse Association
Shelter Nursing
$50,000
Visiting Nurse Association
Nurse-Family Partnership
$29,000
Vocational Development Center, Inc
Expanding Day Habilitation Care for Persons with Disabilities at VODEC
$65,000
Wings of Hope Cancer Support Center
Healing and Hope for the Journey
$47,600
Youth Emergency Services, Inc.
Street Outreach Program
$15,000
2012
Economic Development
Adams County Conservation Board
Timber Ridge Campground Improvements
$20,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Operating Support Grant 2013
$25,000
City of Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs 2020 Initiative
$200,000
City of Council Bluffs
River's Edge Grand Opening Festivities
$250,000
City of Harlan
Shelby County Opportunity Promotion Enterprise
$25,000
Council Bluffs
West Broadway Fund
$1,250,000
Grameen America, Inc.
2012-2014 Expansion Project
$150,000
Heartland Workers Center
Building a Community that Works for All - Phase II: HWC Training Institute
$17,000
Heartland Workforce Solutions, Inc.
Regional Workforce Planning for Council Bluffs and Eastern NE
$8,000
Iowa Food Systems Council, Inc.
Economic Development for Poultry and Fruit and Vegetable Growers in Western Iowa
$5,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Workforce Allignment Collaborative
$120,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
2012-2013 Arts Center Programming
$40,000
Macedonia Historical Preservation Society
Pioneer Trail Museum Expansion Phase I
$51,025
Omaha Botanical Center
Railroad Days
$25,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society
Web Enhancement Initiative
$25,000
Pottawattamie County
2012 CITIES Program Re-Capitalization
$875,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program Evaluation
$20,000
Pottawattamie County
2012 CITIES Program Re-Capitalization
$1,274,059
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Start up and Program Development MSCB, Inc.
$300,000
Union Pacific Museum
Outreach Program
$72,500
Education
100 Black Men of Omaha, Inc.
100 Academy of Omaha
$5,000
African American Heritage Foundation
Continuing Access to African American Heritage and Culture
$6,000
African Culture Connection
ACC Annual Residency Projects
$15,000
Ballet Nebraska
Alice in Wonderland
$20,000
Ballet Nebraska
Staff Capacity Building
$5,000
Ballet Nebraska
Nutcracker 2012
$15,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Louis Grell Art Exhibit
$1,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert Series 2012; Movies in the Park 2012
$8,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Iowa Arts Education 2013
$12,500
Chanticleer, Inc.
Sustain 2012
$74,000
City of Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs: Proud Past - Bright Future
$40,000
City of Council Bluffs
Technology Upgrade
$44,500
City of Council Bluffs
Library RFID Project
$150,000
College of Saint Mary
Latina Summer Academy (LSA)
$7,500
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Continuing STARS Scholarship Program
$604,800
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc
Scouting for Underserved Girls
$10,000
Glenwood Public Library Foundation
Living Literacy Lab
$35,000
Green Hills AEA
Summer 2013 Leadership Academies
$70,000
Green Hills AEA
Pottawattamie County Preschool Project
$1,100,000
Inclusive Communities
2012 IncluCity I
$10,000
Iowa Newspaper Foundation
Western Iowa Newspapers In Education Program
$18,500
Iowa West Foundation
Iowa West Opportunity Scholarship Program
$1,700,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Museum to the Classroom
$20,000
Lied Public Library
Teen Technology @ the Library
$1,150
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Inc.
Music Education and Enrichment Programs in Council Bluffs
$18,500
Omaha Children’s Museum
Omaha Children's Museum Partner School Program
$40,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Adventures in Music for Southwest Iowa
$51,025
Opera Omaha
The Magic Flute
$25,000
Our House Child Development Center
Computers
$3,000
The Durham Museum
Scholars in Residence education series
$10,000
Healthy Families
All Care Health Center
Provider Recruitment Assistance
$72,184
All Care Health Center
General Operating Support
$200,000
Alzheimer’s Association Midlands Chapter
Caregiver Education and Support Services for Persons with Dementia in Southwest Iowa
$10,000
American Cancer Society
Nebraska Hope Lodge
$150,000
American National Red Cross, Shared Services Center
General Operating Support
$50,000
Angels Among Us, Inc
Family Assistance Financial Aid Program
$30,000
Bedford Foundation
Oral Health Access to Care for underserved Population
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
Community-Based Mentoring for Children Facing Adversity
$40,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
General Operating Support
$175,000
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Safety Equipment
$2,476
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,500
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,335
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,500
Center for the Advancement of Self-Sufficiency Incorporated
Technology for Training Project
$25,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Community/Residential Vehicle
$15,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Program House Purchase and Renovation
$70,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Lied Children's Complex Carpeting and Flooring
$35,000
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,410
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,485
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,485
City of Council Bluffs
Missouri River Flood Assistance
$300,000
City of Council Bluffs
Marketing Plan for City of Council Bluffs Public Transit System
$53,000
City of Griswold
Fire hose equipment purchase
$2,000
Collective for Youth
Collective for Youth Professional Development Expansion Project
$5,000
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Council Bluffs Goodfellows 2012
$45,000
Council Bluffs Senior Center, Inc.
Low Resource Senior Financial Assistance
$50,000
Country Care Center Corporation
Heating and Air Revitalization
$50,000
Creighton University
Financial Success Program
$30,000
Eastern Nebraska Wheelchair Athletic Association
Purchase of Sport Wheelchairs and equipment for children and adults with disabilities
$5,000
Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc
Housing Retention Program
$25,000
Food Bank for the Heartland
(Back Pack for Kids) Weekend Food for Kids
$10,000
Grief’s Journey
Strengthening Grieving Iowa Families
$10,000
Heart Ministry Center Inc.
Pathway Program
$10,000
Heartland Family Service
Iowa Family Works Van
$13,000
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2013 (Housing and Emergency Assistance Task Force)
$170,000
Heartland Family Service
North Omaha Intergenerational Human Services Campus
$100,000
Heartland Hope Mission
Hunger Prevention Campaign
$100,000
HELP Adult Services
Health and medical Equipment Loan Program (H.E.L.P.)
$4,300
Iowa Legal Aid
Health and Law Project
$50,000
Iowa Lions Foundation
Iowa Kidsight Digital Camera
$2,500
Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska
More Justice Project
$20,000
League of Human Dignity, Inc.
Southwest Iowa Barrier Removal Program
$20,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc
Pottawattamie County Center for Healthy Families
$40,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa, Inc.
Adopt-A-Wish
$15,000
MICAH House Corporation
MICAH House Vehicle
$16,000
MICAH House Corporation
MICAH House General Operating Support
$80,000
MILLS COUNTY CHILD ABUSE COUNCIL INCORPORATED
Circles4Support Program
$15,000
Mills County Public Health
"Family Matters" Recovery Project
$15,000
National MS Society Mid America Chapter
Connection Group Services and Resources
$10,000
Neola Area Community Center
Increase Functionality and Longevity
$8,612
New Visions Homeless Services
New Visions / MOHM's Place
$50,000
Nonprofit Association of the Midlands
Community Platform
$12,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Nonprofit Capacity Building Initiative, Third Year
$40,000
One World Community Health Centers, Inc.
Women's Health Center
$40,000
Page County Conservation Board
Pierce Creek Park Improvements
$21,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Teen Pregnancy and STI Prevention Project
$45,000
Pottawattamie County Firefighters Association
Equipment Fund
$150,000
Promise Partners – Pottawattamie County Alliance for Youth
General Operating Support 2nd year
$62,500
Rescue Mission, Inc.
Construction of the Garland Thompson Men's Center
$50,000
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
Stork's Nest - Renewal
$10,000
Stephen Center, Inc
Be A Hero
$250,000
United Way of the Midlands
2012 United Way of the Midlands Campaign
$361,000
Visiting Nurse Association
Pottawattamie County Senior Safety and In-Home Care
$30,000
VSA Arts Nebraska
Creative Arts at VODEC
$3,000
West Central Community Action
Lead Screening Project
$5,000
Youth Emergency Services, Inc.
Street Outreach Program
$16,000
2011
Economic Development
Board of Regents University of Nebraska
Information Technology Interventions for Microenterprise Economic Development
$38,601
City of Council Bluffs
Airport Business Park No. 1
$25,000
City of Council Bluffs
First Night 2012
$20,000
Heartland Center for Leadership Development
HomeTown Competitiveness Strategic Plan Implementation for Rural Pottawattamie County
$400,000
Heartland Workers Center
Building a Community that Works for All
$15,000
Macedonia Historical Preservation Society
MHPS Historic Preservation
$4,500
Omaha Botanical Center Inc.
Railroad Days
$25,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society
Technology Capacity Building Initiative
$20,000
Pottawattamie County
2011 CITIES Program Re-Capitalization
$600,000
Pottawattamie County
Video Library Creation & Marketing Campaign
$63,500
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Operating Support Grant 2012
$200,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Downtown Revitalization/Redevelopment
$1,432,500
Union Pacific Museum Association
Exhibit Update - Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
$150,000
Education
Ballet Nebraska
Momentum 2012
$7,500
Ballet Nebraska
Dracula 2011
$7,500
Bluffs Arts Council
Black Squirrel Year Round Arts Classes
$2,500
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert Series 2011-2012
$5,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Iowa Arts Education 2012
$8,000
Carstens 1880 Farmstead, Inc.
Pingel's Hybrids Exhibit
$10,000
College of Saint Mary
2011 Latina Summer Academy
$3,000
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Operational request
$95,000
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Classroom Grants
$26,700
Council Bluffs Community School District
Support for SAMs Program in 7 schools
$1,361,038
Eckels Memorial Library
Collection Development
$5,000
El Museo Latino
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH
$10,000
Green Hills AEA
Summer Leadership Academies
$80,000
Green Hills AEA
Senior Year Capstone Project
$37,500
Green Hills AEA
Pottawattamie County Preschool Project
$1,200,000
Humanities Iowa
Speakers Bureau for Rural Southwest Iowa
$2,850
Iowa JAG, Inc.
Council Bluffs iJAG: General Operating Support
$40,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Museum to the Classroom
$20,000
Language & Culture School of Omaha (LACSO)
Rapid English for Latinos
$3,500
Lenox Public Library
2/3 new computers.
$1,500
Nebraska Writers Collective
Poets on Loan
$1,500
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Inc.
Music Education Opportunities for Council Bluffs Youth
$10,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
OCM Partner School Program
$30,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Adventures in Music for southwest Iowa
$60,000
Omaha Zoological Society
Aquarium Education and Outreach Programs
$75,000
Our House Child Development Center
Playground Enhancement Project
$5,000
Women’s Center for Advancement
From High School to Self-Sufficiency
$5,000
Healthy Families
American National Red Cross, Shared Services Center
General Operating Support
$50,000
American National Red Cross, Shared Services Center
Flood Recovery
$515,000
Angels Among Us, Inc
Family Assistance Financial Aid Program
$30,000
Best Buddies International, Inc.
Harlan High School Project
$2,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
Community-Based Mentoring for Children Facing Adversity
$41,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
General Operating Support
$175,000
Camp Hertko Hollow, Inc.
Diabetes Camperships for Underserved Diabetic Youth in Southwest Iowa & Eastern Nebraska
$4,000
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Purchase Equipment
$2,500
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$1,585
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,500
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,500
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for Douglas County
Children Services Project
$10,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha
Information Technology Initiative
$22,000
Center for the Advancement of Self-Sufficiency Incorporated
Technology to Support Mission Project
$25,000
Charles Drew Health Center, Inc.
Active Seniors
$5,000
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Foundation
Carolyn Scott Rainbow House Program
$50,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Cottonwood Upgrade
$40,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Targeted Foster Home Recruitment
$16,800
Christian Urban Education Service
The Professional Pals Mentorship Program
$5,000
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,500
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,500
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,408
Connections Area Agency on Aging
Technology Improvements
$25,000
Connections Area Agency on Aging
Evidence-Based Disease and Disability Prevention Program
$28,800
Connections Area Agency on Aging
Merger and Expansion
$34,231
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Council Bluffs Goodfellows 2011
$45,000
Council Bluffs Senior Center, Inc.
Pool Boiler Replacement
$4,313
Crossroads of Western Iowa, Inc.
Lift Vans for Day and Residential Programs
$30,000
Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc
Community Stability Project
$45,000
Food Bank for the Heartland
Capital campaign
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha, Inc.
Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI)
$25,000
Heartland Family Service
Iowa Family Works Support
$284,776
Heartland Family Service
Community Prevention Services
$35,856
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2012 (Housing and Emergency Assistance Task Force)
$170,000
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped, Inc.
IRIS Western Iowa
$15,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
2011-2012 Arts Center Programming
$45,000
Loess Hills Humane Society, Inc.
Stray, Abandoned and Owner Surrendered animals program support
$5,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc
Pottawattamie County Center for Healthy Families
$40,000
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention & Services for People with Disabilities
$5,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa, Inc.
Southwest Iowa Adopt-A-Wish
$15,000
Merrymakers Association
Adopt-a-Home Program-Southwest Iowa
$4,000
Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless
ENhanced Compliance, Outcomes, Resources & Evaluation (ENCORE)
$12,500
MICAH House Corporation
MICAH House Homeless Services
$35,000
Midlands Humane Society
Construction of the Midlands Humane Society Animal Care and Control Facilities and Development of Animal Care Programs
$300,000
MILLS COUNTY CHILD ABUSE COUNCIL INCORPORATED
Mills County Healthy Kids II
$5,500
Mills County Public Health
"Family Matters" Recovery Project
$15,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association
2011 MDA Summer Camp
$5,000
Omaha Community Foundation
2011 Nonprofit Capacity Building Initiative
$25,000
Pottawattamie County Firefighters Association
Equipment Fund
$65,000
Project Interfaith Inc.
Community Mosaic Video Project
$10,000
Promise Partners – Pottawattamie County Alliance for Youth
General Operating
$62,500
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
Website, Technology & Communication Enhancement and Support
$3,000
SOLAS (Support Our Local Animal Shelter)
Spay/Neuter Vouchers
$5,000
Special Olympics Iowa Inc.
Southwest Iowa Events
$10,000
The Salvation Army Council Bluffs Corps
2012 Emergency Assistance & Seasonal Services
$50,000
United Way of the Midlands
2011 United Way of the Midlands Campaign
$350,000
Visiting Nurse Association
VNA Shelter Nursing and Immunizations
$38,968
Vocational Development Center, Inc
Capital improvements to new location at 72nd and F Street, Omaha, NE
$38,250
West Pottawattamie County Agricultural Extension District
Caregiving in Rural Communities: Learning to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others
$10,000
Wings of Hope Cancer Support Center
Hierarchy of Healing
$25,300
Youth Emergency Services, Inc.
Street Outreach Program
$14,000
2010
Economic Development
Adams County Conservation Board
Lake Icaria Playgrounds
$20,000
City of Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Economic Development Initiative
$150,000
Grameen America, Inc.
Grameen America Microloan Program Expansion in Omaha and Iowa
$100,000
Harrison County Conservation Board
Phase II of the Lincoln Highway/Loess Hills Interpretive Center Project at the Harrison County HIstorical Village & Iowa Welcome Center near Missouri Valley
$10,000
Heartland Center for Leadership Development
Capacity Building for Rural Pottawattamie County Community Leaders
$100,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
2010-2011 Programming
$50,000
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
Railroad Days
$20,000
Omaha Economic Development Corporation
The Village Zone Strategy
$25,000
Pottawattamie County
2010 CITIES Program Re-Capitalization
$500,000
Education
African American Heritage Foundation
"20th Century African American Experience"
$3,000
African Culture Connection
Capacity Building and Third Annual ACC Residency Project
$10,200
American Lung Association of the Central States serving Nebraska
Camp Superkids
$5,000
Ballet Nebraska
Momentum
$20,000
Ballet Nebraska
Fall 2010 Swing Production
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
School-Based Mentoring Concentrated Program Pilot
$30,000
Bluffs Arts Council
General Operating Support
$20,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert and Film Series 2010-2011
$10,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Aim for the Stars in Out of School Time
$5,000
Camp Fire USA Midlands Council, Inc.
Youth Empowerment
$10,000
Centro Latino of Iowa
Family Literacy and Child Care
$15,000
Children’s Imagination Station Daycare and Preschool
Creating Connections
$1,984
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Children's Center - Expansion of Services
$14,000
College of Saint Mary
2010 Latina Summer Academy
$4,000
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Feasibility Study for the Community Education Foundation
$15,000
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Grant Writer/Development & Events Coordinator
$123,801
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
STARS Scholarship Expansion Program
$458,199
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Graduating is Our Norm
$46,158
El Museo Latino
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH
$20,000
El Museo Latino
Educational Programming
$15,000
Green Hills AEA
Summer Leadership Academies
$75,000
Green Hills AEA
Enhancing Technology in Rural Schools in Pottawattamie County
$100,000
Green Hills AEA
Pottawattamie County Preschool Project
$1,000,000
Humanities Iowa
Voices from the Prairie Annual Iowa Writers Celebration featuring David Plowden
$1,000
Inclusive Communities
IncluCity I 2010
$4,500
Iowa Newspaper Foundation
Newspapers In Education
$17,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Museum to the Classroom: Third Thursdays for Teachers
$25,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Albert Paley: Celebrating a Contemporary American Sculptor Exhibition
$17,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Young Artist Mentoring Programs
$3,000
Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska
Family Rights Education
$5,000
Kids and Kinship
Program funding and new support staff
$5,000
Mercy Housing Midwest
Building Potential with Out-of-School Time Activities
$10,000
NorthStar Foundation
The Compass Program: Pointing Students in the Right Direction
$26,187
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Inc.
Council Bluffs Outreach Concerts
$5,600
Omaha Children’s Museum
Discovery Dome/Mobile Planetarium Outreach
$10,000
Omaha Public Library Foundation
Technology Enhancements
$5,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Adventures in Music! - Omaha Symphony's comprehensive education programs
$80,000
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
RESPECT: Building Healthy Relationship Skills with Theatre
$10,000
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Read for Peace
$15,000
Society of American Military Engineers Omaha Post
Student Mentoring Program
$2,500
Strategic Air & Space Museum
'Wright Brothers: Birth of Aviation, Education Program
$5,000
The ARTery
Dancing Classrooms
$1,000
The Durham Museum
Scholars in Residence Education Series
$10,000
West Pottawattamie County Agricultural Extension District
4-H
$14,000
Healthy Families
Alegent Health
Charity Care Assistance at Mercy Hospital
$150,000
All Care Health Center
Caring for our Neighbors in Need
$186,449
Alzheimer’s Association Midlands Chapter
Dementia Education for In-home Caregivers
$5,000
American National Red Cross, Shared Services Center
Haiti Disaster Relief Efforts in Miami
$25,000
Angels Share, Inc FKA Qresolution
Project Homeless Connect Omaha 2011
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
Community-Based Mentoring for Children At-Risk
$41,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
Building Social Skills
$225,000
Brush Up Nebraska Paint-A-Thon
Paint-A-Thon
$5,000
Camp Hertko Hollow, Inc.
Diabetes Camperships for Underserved Iowa Diabetic Youth
$5,000
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,500
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Web Based Data Management System
$43,570
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Partnering with Families; Engaging Families in the Care and Treatment of their Children.
$37,548
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,298
City of Council Bluffs
Iowa Human and Civil Rights VISTA Project
$8,400
City Sprouts Inc.
Grown in North Omaha
$5,000
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Council Bluffs Goodfellows 2010
$45,000
Essex Public Library
Transferring Microfilm Records to CD
$1,541
Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc
Database Upgrade
$4,000
FAMILY, Inc.
Pottawattamie County Young Families Support Initiative
$435,000
Food Bank for the Heartland
Kids Back Pack
$8,400
Grief’s Journey
More Space, More Staff, More Children
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha, Inc.
Habitat for Humanity Youth Build - LEED House
$25,000
Heartland Family Service
Ways to Work Program
$50,000
Heartland Family Service
Homeless Follow-up 2010
$37,500
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2011 (Housing and Emergency Assistance Task Force)
$165,000
Heartland Family Service
Substance Abuse Services
$171,832
Heartland Hope Mission
Homelessness and Hunger Prevention
$20,000
HELP Adult Services
Health and Medical Equipment Loan Program
$2,500
Hope Medical Outreach Coalition
Hope Referral/Translation Services
$5,000
Hospice of Southwest Iowa
Hospice of SW Iowa Marketing and Capital Campaign Development
$25,000
Impact One Community Connection Inc.
Gang Prevention and Intervention
$50,000
Iowa Legal Aid
Health and Law Project
$75,000
Loess Hills Humane Society, Inc.
Expansion of Surgery and Veterinary Care Clinic
$7,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc
North Omaha Center for Healthy Families
$20,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc
Pottawattamie County Building Families Boutique
$40,000
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc.
Crawford County Committee for Choices and Values: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
$5,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa, Inc.
Southwest Iowa Adopt-A-Wish 2010
$13,500
Merrymakers Association
Merrymakers Adopt-a-Home Program
$10,000
MICAH House Corporation
Campus Coordinator
$243,932
MICAH House Corporation
MICAH House Color Copier
$5,812
MILLS COUNTY CHILD ABUSE COUNCIL INCORPORATED
Healthy Mills County Kids Project
$6,000
Mills County Public Health
Mills County "Family Matters" (Methamphetamine Family Recovery)
$15,000
Omaha Community Foundation
Nonprofit Capacity Building Initiative
$36,000
Omaha Down Syndrome Parents Network
Down Syndrome Specialists Project Expansion
$1,500
Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance
Engaging the community to prevent childhood lead poisoning
$15,000
On With Life Foundation
Mobility project
$1,000
One World Community Health Centers, Inc.
OneWorld's Pharmacy Staffing
$10,000
Partnerships in Aging, Inc.
Elder Friendly Neighborhood Initiative
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc.
Council Bluffs Clinic Facility Renovation and Red Oak Clinic Building Purchase Project
$50,000
Project Harmony Child Protection Center
Project Harmony Capital Campaign
$100,000
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
Stork's Nest
$15,000
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
Parent Child Interaction Therapist
$2,500
The Salvation Army Council Bluffs Corps
2011 Emergency Assistance and Seasonal Services
$50,000
United Way of the Midlands
2010 United Way of the Midlands Campaign
$341,700
Visiting Nurse Association
Keeping Pottawattamie County Seniors Safe in their Homes
$20,000
Visiting Nurse Association
VNA Shelter Nursing Program
$44,384
Visiting Nurse Association
Maternal-Child Nurse Home Visit Program
$42,072
Vocational Development Center, Inc
Two Wheelchair Vans
$38,000
Vocational Development Center, Inc
Matching grant for repair to client residence basement
$10,000
West Central Iowa Sheltered Workshop
Wheelchair Accessible Minivan
$4,000
Word-of-Mouth: Oral Health Education Connection, Inc.
Smiles for Seniors
$9,210
Youth Emergency Services, Inc.
Food for Homeless and Street Dependent Youth
$5,000
2009
Economic Development
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert and Film Series 2009-2010
$9,500
Bluffs Arts Council
Festival of Trees 2009: It's All About Creativity
$4,500
Chanticleer, Inc.
Back to the Good Old Days Series
$6,250
City of Council Bluffs
First Night 2010
$45,000
City of Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Economic Development Initiative
$150,000
City of Council Bluffs
Arena Operating Support
$300,000
Fremont County Historical Society
Fremont County Rodeo Museum Project
$60,000
French Icarian Colony Foundation
Planning & Design French Icarian Village Visitors' Center
$25,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Loess Hills National Scenic Byway Recreation Plan Study
$5,000
Harrison County Conservation Board
Lincoln Highway/Loess Hills Interpretive Center at the Harrison County Historical Village and Iowa Welcome Center near Missouri Valley
$32,000
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Wabash TraceTrail Enhancement
$30,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
2009-2010 Season Programming
$60,000
Lenox Community Trust
Lenox Community Center Development
$10,000
Midwest Women and Children’s Services
Neighborhood Entrepreneurs
$134,829
Nebraska Arts Council
Creative Capitol Professional Development for Artists
$4,500
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
Railroad Days
$18,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society
Orpheum Theater Sound System
$50,000
Omaha Theater Company
New Sound Reinforcement System for The Rose Theater
$15,000
Pottawattamie County
Pottawattamie County Wayfinding & Marketing Campaign
$39,000
Pottawattamie County
2009 CITIES Program Recapitalization
$170,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Downtown Revitalization Fund
$800,000
Education
African Culture Connection
ACC's Second Annual Performance and Residency Project
$26,000
Applied Information Management Institute
CAP Program
$2,328,072
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Educational Art Tours/Curriculum and Capital Improvements Campaign
$29,447
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Iowa Arts Education 2010
$16,954
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
UNO's Lifelong Learning Initiative: Council Bluffs
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council
Council Bluffs Boy Scouts Boys & Girls Club
$8,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
Making an Academic Difference in the Life of CB Youth
$200,000
City of Council Bluffs
Bluffs Author Series 2009-2010
$20,000
City of Council Bluffs
Continuing to Raise the Grade - Library Collection
$62,500
Council Bluffs Community School District
Curriculum Coaches / Summer School
$5,219,000
East Pottawattamie Soil and Water Conservation District
East Pottawattamie 6th Grade Springbrook Field Trip
$1,437
Eckels Memorial Library
Adult Collection Development Project
$4,000
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc
Girl Scouts Leadership Experience/It's Your Planet, Love it
$10,000
Green Hills AEA
Summer Leadership Academies
$75,000
Iowa School for the Deaf Foundation
Iowa School for the Deaf Science Center
$300,000
Iowa West Foundation
2009 Scholarship Program
$500,000
Joslyn Art Museum
Museum to the Classroom
$20,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Adventures in Music! with the Omaha Symphony's education programs, and a Council Bluffs Outdoor Concert
$80,000
Opera Omaha
Educate, Engage and Enrich - Entertaining western Iowans
$25,000
Our House Child Development Center
Summer Camps
$2,000
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
Building RESPECT with Iowa West
$5,000
Union Pacific Museum Association
Council Bluffs: Proud Past - Bright Future
$37,000
University of Iowa Foundation
Tomas Kubinek Symphony Project
$25,000
Healthy Families
All Care Health Center
Behavioral Health Program
$76,219
Bethany Lutheran Home
Bethany Lutheran Home Plaza and Courtyard Project Phase II
$3,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
Community-Based Mentoring for Children at Risk of Academic Failure
$41,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
LEGENDS-Learning Experiences with Geriatric Elderly Needing Delivery Systems
$63,857
Buford Foundation
Camp Confidence
$5,000
Camp Hertko Hollow, Inc.
Diabetes Camperships
$2,500
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Safety & Rescue Equipment
$2,500
Carson Volunteer Fire Department
Fire / EMS Equipment
$2,500
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha
Expansion of substance abuse services at the Omaha Campus for Hope.
$50,000
Christian Home Association – Children’s Square U.S.A.
Campus Communication System
$32,500
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,400
City of Carter Lake / Volunteer Fire Department
Equipment
$2,486
City of Shelby
Fire Department pager replacement
$2,000
Connections Area Agency on Aging
Expansion of Family Caregiver Program
$29,000
Connections Area Agency on Aging
Continuation of SOS Program
$10,000
Council Bluffs Goodfellows
Council Bluffs Goodfellows 2009
$45,000
Council Bluffs Senior Center, Inc.
Facility Needs Assessment
$5,000
Executive Services Corps-Nebraska, Inc.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
$10,000
Feline Friendz in Nebraska
Western Iowa Feral Project
$500
Glen Haven Home Inc.
Handicapped Accessible Van
$5,000
Grief’s Journey
Expansion of Child Grief Support in SW Iowa
$10,000
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2009 (Housing and Energy Assistance Task Force)
$165,000
Heartland Family Service
Healthy Alternatives for Little Ones (HALO)
$60,000
Heartland Family Service
Pottawattamie County Homeless Link (PCHL) 2009
$300,000
Heartland Family Service
Therapeutic School Accessible Van
$16,500
Heartland Family Service
HEAT 2010 (Housing and Energy Assistance Task Force)
$165,000
Heartland Hope Mission
Homelessness & Hunger Prevention
$20,000
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Jennie Edmundson Charitable Patient Care Program
$150,000
League of Human Dignity, Inc.
Barrier Removal Project
$27,500
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc
Building Families Boutique
$40,000
Merrymakers Association
Merrymakers Adopt-a-Home Program
$33,000
Mills County Public Health
Mills County "Family Matters" (Methamphetamine Family Recovery)
$7,400
Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDA Loan Closet
$1,000
New Visions Homeless Services
New Visions / MOHM's Place
$45,000
On With Life Foundation
Outings project
$10,000
One World Community Health Centers, Inc.
One World's Hope Pharmacy Renovation
$20,000
Outlook Nebraska, Inc.
Employee Development and Training Program
$5,000
Pottawattamie County Firefighters Association
Equipment Fund
$100,000
Pottawattamie County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Network
Mental Health / Substance Abuse Community Initiative
$180,000
Senior Citizens of Western Harrison County, Inc.
Facility Improvement Project
$2,175
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
Bright & Beautiful Beginnings Stork's Nest
$32,649
Southwest Iowa Families, Inc.
Bright & Beautiful Beginnings Positive Family Program
$17,927
Southwest Iowa Family Services, Inc.
Ann W. Wickman Child Development Center Play Environment
$30,000
Special Olympics Iowa Inc.
Special Olympics Iowa / SW Iowa Outreach and Events
$10,000
The Salvation Army Council Bluffs Corps
Human Services Campus - Working Miracles Everyday
$1,619,700
United Way of the Midlands
2009 United Way of the Midlands Campaign
$335,000
University of Nebraska Foundation/University of Nebraska Medical Center
Midwest Geriatric Nursing Quality Improvement
$10,000
Vocational Development Center, Inc
Delivery Truck
$32,500
West Central Iowa Healthcare Foundation
Recreation Assistance Program
$500
West Central Iowa Sheltered Workshop
Camelot
$3,000
Word-of-Mouth: Oral Health Education Connection, Inc.
Bright Futures in Oral Health
$7,000
Young Women’s Christian Association
Client Legal Services
$20,000
2008
Economic Development
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert and Film Series 2008-09
$10,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Festival of Trees: Celebrate the Arts
$13,000
Chanticleer, Inc.
Chanticleer Theater Improvement Needs
$14,997
City of Avoca
Economic Development Grant Program
$125,000
City of Council Bluffs
First Night 2009
$45,000
City of Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Economic Development Initiative
$150,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Update Corridor Management Plan for Loess Hills National Scenic Byway
$24,850
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Pottawattamie County Farm to Fork - Local Foods Coordinator
$97,500
Historic General Dodge House
Museum Audio Tours
$30,000
Iowa Western Community College
NJCAA Division I National Volleyball Championship
$20,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
2008-2009 Programming
$60,000
Montgomery County Historical Society
The Square: Early Years (Exhibit art/sculpture)
$15,000
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
Railroad Days
$20,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Program Re-Capitalization
$400,000
Pottawattamie County
Economic Feasibility Analysis of the Gateway Commerce Portal
$100,000
Pottawattamie County
CITIES Fund Recapitalization- Fiscal Year 08-09
$760,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Downtown Revitalization Fund
$500,000
Education
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Iowa Arts Education
$17,472
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Multicultural Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books in Schools and the Community
$8,300
City of Council Bluffs
Bridging the Gap: Teen Center Project
$110,195
City of Council Bluffs
Foundation Center Cooperating Collection
$3,500
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
STARS 2008-2010 Pilot Expansion
$556,400
Council Bluffs Community School District
Council Bluffs Community Schools' Phase I Initiative
$2,010,000
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc
New Leadership Experience
$20,000
Green Hills AEA
Summer Leadership Academies
$72,000
Green Hills AEA
Implementing College Career Academies for High School Students in Southwest Iowa
$63,000
Green Hills AEA
Pottawattamie County Preschool Project
$1,300,000
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County
Education Outreach Coordinator
$97,500
Iowa West Foundation
2008 Scholarship Program
$500,000
Neighborhood Center for Greater Omaha
Council Bluffs Neighborhood Center
$723,519
Omaha Children’s Museum
DinO!saurs and SPEED Field Trips and Sponsorship
$58,180
Omaha Symphony Association
Creating opportunities for increased participation with the Omaha Symphony for residents of the Council Bluffs area.
$50,000
Omaha Zoological Society
Explore to Learn Education Programs
$100,000
Opera Omaha
Opera Omaha's world premiere of "The Blizzard Voices" performance in The Arts Center at Iowa Western Community College
$25,000
Pottawattamie County
Science and Conservation Education Program Enrichment
$51,000
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
RESPECT in SW Iowa Headstart Programs 08-09
$2,500
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
Building Respect in SW Iowa
$20,000
Strategic Air & Space Museum
ACE: Astronaut Complete Experience
$15,000
2007
Economic Development
Adams County Conservation Board
Lake Icaria Improvements
$50,000
Artspace Projects, Inc.
Harvester Artist Lofts
$2,239,182
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert Series 2007-2008
$15,000
City of Carson
City Website Development and City Needs Assessment Survey
$1,300
City of Corning
Adams County Aquatic Center
$30,000
City of Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Economic Initiative
$350,000
City of Council Bluffs
First Night 2008
$35,000
Corning Center for Fine Arts
CCFA Facility Completion
$24,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Loess Hills Scenic Byway Brochure
$34,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Cultural Resources Study in the Loess Hills
$74,850
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
2007-2008 National Season Series
$75,000
Omaha Area Youth Orchestra, Inc.
Omaha Area Youth Orchestra outreach concerts
$5,000
Omaha Botanical Center, Inc.
Railroad Days
$25,000
Pottawattamie County
2007 CITIES Program Re-Capitalization
$1,300,000
Pottawattamie County
Travel Corridor Marketing
$62,500
Pottawattamie County Community Foundation
Community Foundation Start-Up
$6,000,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Downtown Revitalization Fund
$2,000,000
Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development
Rural Research and Development Center
$33,333
Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development
Growing a Regional Food System: Developing a Strategic Plan
$20,000
Education
City of Avoca
Avoca Public Library Microfilm Digital Reader/Printer
$3,638
City of Council Bluffs
Bluffs Author Series 2007
$25,000
City of Council Bluffs
Raising the Library's Grade Card from D+ to C+: Collection Enhancement
$125,000
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Curriculum planning Council Bluffs Schools
$51,300
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
STARS (Scholarships and Training for Adult Re-entry STudents
$60,000
Dunlap Library Friends
Children's computer and chairs
$675
Eckels Memorial Library
Collection development project for adults
$5,000
Green Hills AEA
Summer Leadership Academies
$67,500
Green Hills AEA
Implementing CareerVision Academies for High School Students in Southwest Iowa
$461,500
Iowa West Foundation
2007 Scholarship Program
$500,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Transforming Lives, Building Futures
$1,100,000
IPBN Foundation
Television that Matters for Iowa
$230,000
Legacy 150 Foundation
Three Open-Enrollment CHARACTER COUNTS! Trainings in the Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County area
$15,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Blizzard Voices Exhibition
$10,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Concerts For Youth Special Opportunity
$15,000
Omaha Symphony Association
2007/08 Celebrate Creativity
$5,000
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
RESPECT SHINES THROUGH
$12,500
State Historical Society of Iowa
Grant to Plan Introduction of Bison to the Western Historic Trails Cernter
$7,413
Strategic Air & Space Museum
Clayton Anderson: Heartland Astronaut, Education Programming
$5,000
Union Pacific Museum Association
Riding the Rails
$125,000
2006
Economic Development
Artspace Inc.
Council Bluffs Artist Lofts
$35,000
Artspace Projects, Inc.
Council Bluffs Artist Lofts
$182,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Concert Series 2006-2007
$18,000
Bluffs Arts Council
Bluffs Arts Council Competency Building
$19,000
City of Council Bluffs
Bass Pro Arena Sports Promotion Fund
$145,000
City of Council Bluffs
Arena Operating Support
$300,000
City of Council Bluffs
Playland Park Master Planning
$240,000
City of Council Bluffs
Mid-City Corridor Project
$450,000
City of Harlan
College Park
$200,000
City of Underwood
Comprehensive Plan
$10,875
Corning Opera House Cultural Center
Weatherproofing
$9,800
Florence Futures
East-West Gateway Master Plan for Historic Florence
$9,000
Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Development of a "Day Tripping" Program
$7,795
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
2007 homes for low and moderate income families
$220,000
Loess Hills Preservation Society, Inc.
Autumn in the Bluffs 2006
$15,000
Midwest Women and Children’s Services
Neighborhood Entrepreneurs
$113,729
Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge
Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge
$1,500,000
Municipal Homes, Inc.
Capacity Building Opportunity Request
$25,000
Nonprofit Association of the Midlands
Capacity Building
$6,990
Omaha Theater Company
The Nutcracker - development of a new version and refurbishment of the current version
$25,000
Pottawattamie County
2006 CITIES Program Re-Capitalization
$1,000,000
Pottawattamie County
Loess Hills Lodge Educational Exhibits
$93,960
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
General Operating Funding
$150,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Downtown Revitalization Fund
$1,000,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Site Development & Job Creation Initiative
$335,000
Union Pacific Museum Association
Simulator Upgrade
$47,500
West Pottawattamie Agriculture Extension District
Nonprofit Management Academy Fellowship and Program Services Application
$30,000
Education
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
School Based Mentoring Program
$72,500
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Iowa Arts Education Outreach
$13,164
Camp Fire USA Midlands Council, Inc.
After School Program at Roosevelt Elementary School
$20,000
City of Corning
New Computers for the Library
$2,200
City of Council Bluffs
Technology Upgrade
$25,000
City of Council Bluffs
Digital Microfilm Reader/Scanner Equipment Project
$9,795
City of Council Bluffs
Foundation Center Cooperating Collection
$2,985
City of Modale
Afterschool Tutoring/Continuing Education Program
$3,300
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Youth Leadership Council Bluffs
$8,877
Edward F. Owen Memorial Library
Early Literacy Story Time Outreach
$500
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc
Enhancing Girl Scout Service Delivery Levels
$17,500
Green Hills AEA
Creating Career Pathways for High School Students in Southwest Iowa
$1,590,000
Green Hills AEA
Leadership Academies
$53,000
Green Hills AEA
FAMILY Program Young Families Initiative
$266,500
Indian Creek Historical Society and Museum
Furnishing of new Library building
$11,150
Iowa West Foundation
2006 Scholarship Program
$500,000
Jazz Arts Midwest, Inc.
2006/07 Jazz Series
$40,000
Literacy Center for the Midlands
Survive to Thrive
$15,000
Omaha Symphony Association
In-School Ensembles
$20,000
Our House Child Development Center
Copy Machine
$4,340
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2
$12,500
The Old Creamery Theatre Company
"TeRRiFiCC Tales"
$5,000
2005
Economic Development
Bluffs Arts Council
2005 Summer Arts Series
$22,188
City of Council Bluffs
Bass Pro Guaranty
$17,000,000
City of Council Bluffs
Frito Lay redevelopment project
$400,000
City of Council Bluffs
MAC Entertainment District
$100,000
City of Council Bluffs
Chalet Motor Lodge redevelopment
$1,000,000
Iowa West Foundation initiative
Human Services Campus Feasibility Study
$127,500
Nonprofit Association of the Midlands
Membership Director position
$20,000
Pottawattamie County
Re-Capitalization of CITIES Program
$245,000
Pottawattamie County
Countywide Toursim Promotion
$50,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Downtown Revitalization Fund
$1,500,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Growth Alliance
$150,000
Renaissance Faire of the Midlands, Inc.
2006 Renaissance Faire of the Midlands
$51,600
Education
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
School Based Mentoring Program
$72,500
Camp Fire USA Midlands Council, Inc.
Afterschool program at Washington Elementary
$28,778
Children’s Imagination Station Daycare and Preschool
Enhancing Children's Learning, Imagining and Playing
$510
City of Carter Lake – Park & Recreation Department
Playground project
$4,507
Green Hills AEA
Creating Career Pathways for High School Students in Southwest Iowa
$308,000
Iowa Engineering Foundation
Southwest Iowa MATHCOUNTS Competition
$2,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
"Building on the Best" renovation capital campaign
$250,000
Omaha Symphony Association
Education Programs
$25,000
Society of American Military Engineers Omaha Post
Student Initiative Mentoring Program
$5,000
State Historical Society of Iowa
Prairie Restoration to Enhance the Interpretation of Four Historic Trails
$27,981
The ALS Association Keith Worthington Chapter
ALS Equipment and Adaptation Program
$5,000
The Old Creamery Theatre Company
Imagine That!
$5,000
University of Iowa Foundation
Hancher's 35th Anniversary Gift to Iowa
$100,000
2004
Economic Development
Carson Business Club
Roof & equipment at Dreamland Theatre
$9,100
City of Council Bluffs
Playland Park & riverfront development
$715,000
City of Council Bluffs
Bass Pro Development
$3,000,000
City of Council Bluffs
Omaha Standard project
$1,650,000
City of Council Bluffs
Rehab and acquisition of property
$300,000
City of Council Bluffs
Phase III West Broadway Corridor Project
$79,700
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Image Campaign
$50,000
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Funding of convention & visitors bureau
$100,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
South Main Redevelopment
$450,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Growth Alliance
$150,000
Education
Camp Invention
Local area camp for school children
$1,000
Green Hills AEA
Safety equipment & software for schools
$384,941
Green Hills AEA
2005 Leadership Academies
$57,600
Joslyn Art Museum
Admission & transportation for Iowa schools
$17,000
Literacy Center for the Midlands
Volunteer recruitment drive & literacy programs
$15,000
Omaha Children’s Museum
Educational Outreach program
$25,000
Society of American Military Engineers Omaha Post
Student initiative mentoring program
$5,000
Union Pacific Museum Association
Education program
$17,000
2003
Economic Development
Carson Business Club
Renovation of Dreamland Theater
$10,560
City of Council Bluffs
Mid-City Railroad Corridor
$500,000
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Image Campaign Phase III
$100,000
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Convention & Visitors Bureau
$100,000
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Johnson Pharmacy
$1,778,500
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Nonpareil Block redevelopment
$497,473
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Riverfront Development
$4,500,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Growth Alliance
$150,000
Pottawattamie County Redevelopment Corporation
S Omaha Bridge Road & West Broadway Redevelopment
$1,166,100
Pottawattamie County Redevelopment Corporation
South Main Redevelopment
$327,139
Education
City of Avoca
Library activity kits
$600
City of Clarinda
Construction of new public library
$35,000
City of Council Bluffs
Carneigie / UPRR Museum
$177,826
City of Irwin
Construction of new library
$10,000
City of Malvern
Capital campaign for new addition to library
$35,000
City of Missouri Valley
Library expansion project
$35,000
Community Education Foundation, Inc.
Kids & Company 21st Century Learning Centers
$285,000
Eckels Memorial Library
Technological area
$6,265
Elliott Public Library
Project sight saver - large print books
$1,500
Future for Kids
Omaha schools
$2,800
Green Hills AEA
FAMILY early childhood development
$174,268
Green Hills AEA
Early childhood, K-12 technology, school safety
$384,579
Green Hills AEA
Leadership Academies
$58,100
Iowa West Foundation
2003 Scholarship Program 25 scholarships
$500,000
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Scholarship endowment fund
$100,000
Pottawattamie County Schools
Early childhood education
$7,000,000
Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department
Inmate education program
$1,697
Society of American Military Engineers Omaha Post
Mentoring program
$5,000
St. Mark’s Child-Care and Preschool
Purchase of new curriculum
$3,500
2002
Economic Development
Carson Business Club
Dreamland Theater
$5,000
City of Council Bluffs
Riverfront study
$50,000
City of Council Bluffs
Mid City Railroad corridor
$250,000
City of Underwood
Phase I & II Underwood Trail Loop
$105,000
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Community indicators study
$30,000
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Convention and visitors bureau
$100,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
StratCom Offutt community support
$20,000
Iowa West Foundation initiative
33rd & 2nd Avenue
$76,000
Iowa West Foundation initiative
21st Street Properties
$524,000
Iowa West Foundation initiative
Vine Street
$83,000
National Junior Olympics Omaha
2002 Track & Field Olympics
$10,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
West Broadway redevelopment
$130,572
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
South Main Area
$353,200
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Growth Alliance
$150,000
2001
Economic Development
Carson Business Club
Renovation of Dreamland Theatre
$12,000
City of Minden
Waste water treatment plan improvement project
$350,000
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Mid-America Center Development
$28,579,598
Council Bluffs Community Betterment Foundation
Image Campaign
$62,500
Iowa Western Community College Foundation
Southwest Iowa Performing Arts Center grand opening
$100,000
Omaha Development Foundation
Riverfront redevelopment project
$250,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Alliance Economic Development Funding
$150,000
2000
Economic Development
City of Council Bluffs
Aviation Maintenance Training Center
$3,447,000
City of Hancock
Water System Improvement Project
$100,000
DONORS TRUST
Omaha Convention Center - Arena
$1,250,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Image Campaign
$62,500
1999
Economic Development
City of Council Bluffs
Winterfest
$27,632
1998
Economic Development
City of Oakland
Infrastructure
$300,000
Community Housing Investment Corporation
Blighted Program
$100,000
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation
MOCSEA
$100,000
Omaha Development Foundation
Economic development project C-Cubed
$100,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Vision of Community Plan
$30,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Economic Development
$663,178
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
South Main Urban Renewal Area
$250,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Economic Development Campaign
$150,000
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
ConAgra project
$500,000
1997
Economic Development
Pottawattamie County
Industrial Development-Riverbend
$150,000
1996
Economic Development
Community Housing Investment Corporation
Housing Demolition
$100,000
Community Housing Investment Corporation
Housing Rehabilitation
$100,000
