Local FoundationsContact UsGive Now

Elma Area Community Foundation

The Elma Area Community Foundation is your partner in creating vibrant communities across our county. We connect with our communities by meeting local needs through grantmaking to nonprofits providing local solutions and helping you put your generosity into action.


Jump To...

Elma Area Community Foundation Impact

$17,070

Total grants awarded in 2023

$161,693

Total grants awarded since 2005

$611,716

Total net assets year end 2023

Connecting Your Generosity to Local Impact

Give Today

Everyone can make a difference in the community they love. We offer flexible giving opportunities to create customized charitable solutions that connect you to the causes you are passionate about. We work closely with you and your professional advisor to identify your priorities and turn your philanthropic vision into an inspired plan of action.


Happening in Elma Area Community Foundation

Whitinger Match Helps Elma Area Community Foundation Raise Over $58,000 for Local Funds
Fund Established to Support Elma Area Betterment Projects

Search Elma Area Community Foundation Funds

There are many ways to support the causes you care about. Search below to find Elma Area Community Foundation funds.

Featured Funds

Impact Now
You can help power our local leadership work targeting urgent and emerging community needs in Elma County today! A gift to the Elma County Community Impact Now Fund increases the amount available to grant to organizations in the next grant cycle.
Impact Forever
You can impact the future of grantmaking in Elma County for generations to come through a gift to the Elma County Community Impact Forever Fund. This endowed fund provides flexibility in our grantmaking to meet the ever-changing needs of communities forever.

Area of Interest

Fund Type

Endow Iowa Eligible

Your gift to the Clint and Betty Richards Charitable Fund with the Elma Area Community Foundation allows recommendations for grants to be made each year to support the mission of Bridge Organization, Inc. in Elma, Iowa.
Your gift to the Darin Bodermann Memorial Fund with the Elma Area Community Foundation allows us to continually respond to the current and unique needs of the community of Elma. By making this gift, you give us flexibility to fund charitable programs and projects in the community to explore the arts and celebrate diversity, support healthy lifestyles, protect natural resources, educate future generations, preserve the past, build hope for tomorrow, ensure a safe place to live, and improve the quality of life for all.
Your gift to the Elm Go Fund with the Elma Area Community Foundation allows us to continually respond to the current and unique needs of the community of Elma. By making this gift, you give us flexibility to fund charitable programs and projects in the community to explore the arts and celebrate diversity, support healthy lifestyles, protect natural resources, educate future generations, preserve the past, build hope for tomorrow, ensure a safe place to live, and improve the quality of life for all.
Gifts to the Elma Area Betterment Endowment Fund with the Elma Area Community Foundation allows recommendations for grants to be made each year to support charitable causes that carry out the mission of the Community Foundation.
The Elma Area Community Impact Forever Fund provides a vehicle to invest in the future of Elma. This permanent endowment fund provides the Elma Area Community Foundation the flexibility to support the ever-changing needs of our community forever. Your gift to the Impact Forever Fund supports responsive grantmaking for generations to come.
Your gift to the Elma Depot Museum Endowment Fund with the Elma Area Community Foundation will benefit the charitable activities of the Elma Depot Museum.
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram