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Implements annual fundraising campaigns within the service area. Works with 40-plus community partners to help those most in need. Campaigns within Wapello County service area invested programs that advance education, income and health.

Provides fundraising to support local programs and projects to enhance the community and future for the children of Freeport.

Offers to serve as a catalyst and partner in improving the health of people in Greater Des Moines, Iowa. Visit website for the Foundation's priorities, application forms, and instructions

Offers free books to children age 0-5.

Community convener, working with area nonprofits, civic organizations, and other funders to make our community strong.

Funding source for community non-profit programs through the annual United Way Campaign. The mission of United Way is to lead and unite the Rock River Valley in measurably improving lives.

Provides grant funding to approved non-for-profit partner agencies that provide programs that serve individuals in need throughout greater Story County.

Does not offer programs; only refers callers to community-wide programming.

Funds raised in the community are distributed to programs based on United Way focus areas:

- HEALTHY COMMUNITY: Invests in strategies that promote access to preventive and ongoing healthcare, recovery, and wellness supports across the lifespan. This includes maternal and child health, substance misuse prevention and recovery, and partnerships with CHAD agencies that deliver essential health services.

- YOUTH OPPORTUNITY: Focuses on ensuring every child and youth has access to equitable opportunities for growth, learning, and success. Strategies include childcare and early childhood education, in-school, after-school, and summer learning, youth literacy development, college and career readiness, and youth behavioral health.

- COMMUNITY RESILIENCY: Strengthens community resilience by ensuring individuals and families can meet their most basic needs while building pathways to stability. Strategies include homeless outreach and emergency shelters, housing stabilization through emergency rental and utility assistance and transitional living assistance, disaster relief and recovery, food access, and victim safety and recovery.

- FINANCIAL SECURITY: Focuses on increasing economic stability and upward mobility for individuals and families. Strategies include adult education and literacy, job training and career pathways, and financial education and coaching.

Funding source for local health and human service agencies.

Provides financial oversight and collaboration between agencies.

Coordinates an annual community-wide charitable fund raising campaign for local human services delivered through affiliated agency programs. Funds raised in the community are distributed to programs based on United Way focus areas of education, financial stability, and health.

Funding is provided to local agencies and programs that United Way administers, such as Imagination Library, 2-1-1, Food 4 the Children (weekend food program) and Project Dash.

Brings people and resources together to create lasting change and positive impact for the community. Volunteers and issue-focused experts work with the organization year-round to help assess the community's most pressing needs and distribute resources to programs that will positively impact the area. Organizations must apply for program funding. 

- Assists individuals, businesses, and other non-profit organizations to establish permanent endowment and temporary funds, through gifts and bequests, within the confines of one large foundation.

- Foundation funds are used to provide grants to non-profit organizations and scholarships to students within the Fox River Valley, including the Greater Aurora Area and the Tri-Cities.

Offers a place for individuals, families, businesses, and organizations to invest in the Muscatine County community. Disperses money to any number of different causes through one place. Donors can give to any 501c3 or government entity, avoiding administrative hassle and fees of family foundations.

Provides grant funding to approved non-for-profit partner agencies that provide programs that serve individuals in need throughout greater McHenry County. These programs cover four key impact areas:

-- Community Resiliency

-- Healthy Community

-- Financial Security

-- Youth Opportunity