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Posted on: February 9, 2022

[ARCHIVED] Board of Supervisors Awards $80,000 in Witwer Trust Grants

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The Linn County Board of Supervisors has awarded $80,000 in grants from the Linn County Board of Supervisors Witwer Trust Grant Fund to 19 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 $286,000 in grant requests with $80,000 available.

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.  

The following organizations received Witwer Trust grant funding in 2022:

Organization Name
Project NameDollar Amount Awarded
African American Museum of Iowa
We Are Here to Educate!
$5,000
Alburnett Lions ClubCommunity Sign
$3,000
Area Substance Abuse Council (ASAC)
Youth Residential Updates$3,500
Catherine McAuley Center
Offering Hope and Opportunity to Women in Crisis in Linn County$3,000
Cedar Rapids Community School Foundation
McKinley Outdoor Learning Lab
$1,650
Cedar Rapids Public Library FoundationDolly Parton's Imagination Library
$2,500
Central City Senior Dining
Walk In Cooler Repairs
$5,000
Community Health Free Clinic
Dental Services
$3,000
Families Helping Families of IowaProviding Shoes for Linn County Children in Foster Care
$2,500
Kids First Law Center
Restorative Justice Prevents Youth Violence$3,500
Mount Mercy University Jump Start Academy
Jr. WNBA & Jr. NBA
$4,500
Peer Action Disability Support (PADS)ADA Celebration
$3,500
Refugee Immigrant Association & Hoover Community School
LIFE (Linn County Integration project For Emerging communities)
$7,000
Riverview Center
Linn County Sexual Assault/Abuse Crisis Intervention Project
$5,000
Tanager Place
2022 Freedom Schools
$5,000
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success Expansion Program
The Academy Expansion Program Support: Setting Goals, Planting Seeds, and Sowing Dreams (Gardening and Conservation)$9,000
Troy Mills Historical SocietyUV Protection for Museum Windows
$5,000
Willis Dady Homeless Services
Homelessness Prevention and Street Outreach$5,000
Young Parents Network Incorporated
Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank
$3,350
Total Amount Awarded
$80,000


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