The Cedar Valley Black Business & Entrepreneurship Accelerator aims to provide critical and intensive financial and sustainability support to accelerate growth and development for new and existing black-owned businesses in the Cedar Valley. Hear from...

The Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley is embarking on its 26th year of connecting people and organizations to volunteer needs in Black Hawk County. Hear from Lauren Finke, Executive Director of VCCV, about their work...

CFNEIA is excited to announced the distribution of $312,743 in grants to 24 nonprofit organization projects serving Black Hawk County as part of our fall 2020 grant cycle.“Nonprofits keep Black Hawk County strong by providing...

Appreciated stock can be a tax-effective gift. Consider a year end gift of appreciated stock. Your gift of stock, donated directly to the Community Foundation, will not trigger capital gains tax and you will receive...

Since the standard deduction was doubled in 2018, many donors may no longer collect the necessary deductions to surpass the new standard deduction threshold. A tax-smart strategy to overcome this is called “bunching,” where a...

The town of St. Lucas was reminded in 2019 of the power of community. After outgrowing its space, the St. Lucas Firefighters Association began its quest for a new fire station. Donations and grants covered...

After updating the multi-purpose room seating at Iowa Valley Junior-Senior High School, the principal realized this would not only serve as a community events space but would also be a place to cultivate a new...

Instilling a love of reading in our children is key to learning. A 2020 grant to the newly established Kossuth County Literacy Partners, an extension of Northwest Iowa RSVP and sponsored by Iowa Lakes Community...

According to Mona Reed, she and her husband, Wallace “Wally” Reed, lived by the motto, “live life to its fullest.” The couple married in 1960 and started their life together in Waterloo, where Wally followed...