The Black Hawk COVID-19 Cooperative Disaster Response Fund was established to support nonprofits serving Black Hawk County that are providing basic needs services and/or working with individuals and families who have been disproportionately impacted by the public health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Below is a list of grants made through the generosity of local funders, businesses, families, and individuals. Thank you to our partners for making this possible.
1st Kids Preschool and Child Care, $2,000, Operations Support
Boys and Girls Club of the Cedar Valley, $15,000, Operations Support
Cedar Valley Preschool and Child Care, $10,000, Operations Support
Comprehensive Systems, Inc., $4,000, Operations Support
EMBARC, $40,000, Operations Support
Exceptional Persons, Inc., $10,000, PPE Costs
Family YMCA of Black Hawk County, $25,000, Operations Support
Friends of the Family, $7,500, Operations Support
Friendship Village Foundation, $10,000, PPE Costs
Goodwill Industries of Northeast Iowa, $10,000, Operations Support
Hospitality House of the Cedar Valley, $25,500, Operations Support
House of Hope, $5,000, Operations Support
Iowa Legal Aid, $20,000, Operations Support
Jesse Cosby Center, $10,000, Operations Support
Lutheran Services in Iowa, $20,000, Operations Support
Northeast Iowa Food Bank, $50,000, Operations Support
North Star Community Services, Inc., $10,000, Operations Support
Operation Threshold, $25,105, COVID-19 Case Management Support
Salvation Army, $20,000, Operations Support
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, $8,000, Operations Support
St. Timothy Lutheran Church, $4,000, Child Care Center Support
Visiting Nursing Association, $2,600, Operations Support
Waterloo Christian School $2,500, Child Care Center Support
Waypoint Services, $2,000, Operations Support
YWCA of Black Hawk County, $5,474, Operations Support
Black Hawk County COVID-19 Cooperative Disaster Response Fund Major Partners
Cedar Valley United Way
Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation
Otto Schoitz Foundation
The Leighty Fund (A CFNEIA Fund)
MidAmerican Energy Company
Wells Fargo Foundation
Cedar Falls Community Foundation
Waterloo Community Foundation
CUNA Mutual Group Foundation