The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is excited to welcome Laurie Everhardt to its staff as the Director of Development. Laurie’s focus is on connecting generous people to the causes they care about most, in...

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is excited to welcome Tamika Fisher as our Scholarship and Grant Manager.Tamika joins CFNEIA with nearly 20 years of experience working for various Cedar Valley nonprofit organizations and has...

Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is making an impact now and will forever.The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa (CFNEIA) is proud to be one of over 900 community foundations in the United States making tremendous impacts and providing...

When talking to The Salvation Army of Waterloo/Cedar Falls about what they do, they always start by sharing a story of an individual or family they have helped. One constant of these stories is that...

Making hope, dignity, and justice available to low-income Iowans leads the mission statement of Iowa Legal Aid. COVID-19 has made receiving these fundamental human rights difficult for many of our most vulnerable populations.The organization, which...

Preparing for the unknown is a difficult task. In early March, the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa and our team began conversations about what the coronavirus could mean for communities across our 20-county region and...

The Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center in Waterloo is typically a hotbed of activity, meeting face to face with low-income or no-income clients, providing on-site senior services, and mentoring youth. In March, the organization had to...

Nick and Lea Andersen started kindergarten together in Goldfield, Iowa, and after 58 years of marriage, they are still together. “I think forever is a good thing,” said Nick about their lifelong love. Now the...

In 1986, Kesley Shuros was born to Warren and Lois Shuros. Kesley passed away in 2014 at the age of 28 years old, freed from Batten disease. For her parents, her legacy is a story...