Community Impact Grants through the Pottawattamie County Impact Fund are available to organizations whose innovative and meaningful work benefit the lives of all Pottawattamie County residents. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000.
Community Foundation for Western Iowa awards $65,364 in 2025 impact grants funding cycle
2025 Community Grants Award Recipients
- AIM/Applied Information Management Institute - Southwest Iowa Youth in Tech Program
- All Care Health Center - Breaking Barriers to Care through Interpretation
- American Midwest Ballet - AMB Season 16 Education & Community Engagement
- Ataxia Connection - A Better Tomorrow Grant Program
- Avenue Scholars Southwest Iowa - Summer Career Experiences
- Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands Inc. - Readers to Leaders
- Carson Business Club - 32nd Annual Carson Christmas Celebration: Gnome for the Holidays
- Carson Community Rodeo - 2025 Skybox Addition at the Carson Community Rodeo
- Carter Lake Village Winter Fest Fund - Carter Lake Village Winter Festival Lighting Ceremony
- Carter Lake Public Library - Pollinator Event
- Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus - Back to School
- CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs - The Basic Health Needs Assistance Program
- City of Avoca - Entertainment and Customer Engagement on Avoca Main Street
- City of Avoca - Holidays on Main 2025
- Council Bluffs C.A.R.E.S. Inc - Tropical Paradise Prom 2025
- Council Bluffs Public Library - Reminisce and Visit with the Library
- Dexter's Dream Foundation - Sensory Santa
- Dreamweaver Foundation - Music, Laughter, and Memories for Seniors
- Eckels Memorial Library - Story Walk in the Park
- Focusing Philanthropy - Increasing Vision Care Access for Students in Pottawattamie County
- Friends of Iowa CASA and ICFCRB - It Starts With You
- Inter-Faith Response, Inc. - Program Fund
- Iowa Legal Aid - Legal Services for Low Income Pottawattamie County Residents
- Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Foundation - Caring for Our Communities
- Macedonia Historical Preservation Society - The Painted Camel Gallery 2025 Programming
- Midlands Humane Society - Compassion in Action: Supporting Pets and Their Owners in Times of Need
- Midlands Latino Community Development Corporation - Economic Development for Immigrant Communities
- Oakland Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department - Windshield Cutter and Reciprocating Purchase
- Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty, Inc. - Southwest Iowa Poverty Alleviation Initiative
- Omaha Performing Arts - Southwest Iowa Music & Arts Education Programs
- Omaha Symphony - 2026 Mission Imagination Education Program at Iowa Western Community College
- Partners for Livable Omaha - Council Bluffs Youth Talent Show at Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park on June 15
- Pottawattamie Arts Culture & Entertainment (PACE) - 2025 Music in the Park Series
- Prevent Blindness Iowa - Children's Vision Screening
- Reach Out and Read, Inc. - Investing in Pottawattamie County’s Youngest Children
- Share My Smile - Project Birthday Joy
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Inc. - No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in Our Town! NE-Omaha
- Southwest Iowa Art Tour - 12th Annual Southwest Iowa Art Tour
- Southwest Iowa Leadership Academy - 2025-26 Leadership Programs
- TeamMates Mentoring Lewis Central - Furnishing for Mentoring Areas
- The Salvation Army - Personal Care Pantry
- Thriving Titans - Thriving Titans Clothing Closet
- Visiting Nurse Association of Pottawattamie County (VNAPC) - Parenting Support- Helping Pottawattamie County Families Thrive
- Walnut Community Center Foundation, Inc. - Playground Update
