The Linn County Board of Supervisors has awarded $80,000 in grants from the Linn County Board of Supervisors Witwer Trust Fund to 31 non-profit organizations whose work benefits Linn County residents. The recipients were selected through an annual competitive grant process that began in November. The Board of Supervisors received more than $180,000 in grant requests with $80,000 in available funds.
The Witwer Trust was established by Weaver Witwer, a prominent Cedar Rapids grocer and landowner who died in 1979. Mr. Witwer owned and operated a food processing plant, a number of local farms, and what became known as the Me Too grocery stores.
The Witwer Trust grant cycle begins November 1 of each year. For more information about the Witwer Trust grant program, visit LinnCounty.org/witwer.
The following organizations received Witwer Trust grant funding in 2020:
FY20 Grant Recipients |
Organization Name | Project Name | Dollar Amount Awarded |
African American Heritage Foundation | Video surveillance system phase II
| $3,789.65
|
Big Brothers Big Sisters
| Strengthen mentor relationships
| $2,000.00
|
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation | Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library | $1,666.67
|
Cedar Valley Humane Society
| Community pet care assistance | $3,000.00
|
City of Central City | Splashpad resurface project | $3,000.00
|
Coggon Area Betterment Association | Roof repair
| $3,000.00
|
Community Health Free Clinic | Medication help | $1,941.52
|
Discovery Living
| Accessible home ramps | $1,466.67
|
Eastern Iowa Health Center
| Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank | $2,666.67
|
EcoFest
| EcoFest 2020
| $2,666.67
|
Families Helping Families of Iowa |
Providing shoes for Linn County’s children in foster care | $2,500.00
|
Feed Iowa First
| “Growing with Feed Iowa First” | $2,180.00
|
Foundation 2
| Crisis services cards
| $996.95
|
Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services | TotalChild Workforce
| $3,195.96
|
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) | Eastern Iowa Freedom from Hunger
| $2,000.00
|
Iowa Legal Aid | Improving legal services with upgraded equipment | $4,566.63
|
Kinyange House | Immigrants’ basic needs
| $3,000.00
|
Legion Arts
| Legends, Statements and Stars
| $3,195.95
|
Linn County Jail Chaplaincy Program (Fresh Start Ministries) | RISE Program new employment clothing | $1,833.33
|
Marion Chamber Foundation
| Marion Arts Festival 2020
| $666.67
|
Monarch Research Project
| Linn Landowner Forum 2020
| $5,000.00
|
Neighborhood Transportation Service (NTS) | Transportation Jumpstart
| $1,666.67
|
Opportunity Center at Ladd Library | Emergency fund for people who live and work in Linn County | $2,666.67
|
Peer Action Disability Support
| Linn County ADA Celebration
| $2,333.33
|
Tanager Place | Children of Promise
| $3,333.33
|
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success | The Academy Expansion Program
| $3,500.00
|
The Arc of East Central Iowa
| Community integration transportation | $1,500.00
|
The Wellness Center
| Pain management clinic | $1,666.67
|
Trees Forever
| Treekeepers and Growing Futures tree planting and care | $3,333.33
|
VALOR, Inc. (Five Season Stand Down) | Stand Down 2020 | $1,333.33 |
Willis Dady Homeless Services | Prevention and employment programs
| $4,333.33
|
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Total Amount Awarded |
| $80,000 |