Funded Partners FY25

Announcing Our 2024–2025 Community Impact Grant Recipients!

We’re excited to share that $240,000 in Community Impact Grants has been awarded to local partners for the 2024–2025 fiscal year!

These incredible programs are making a real difference—helping children learn and thrive, ensuring families have safe, stable housing, and expanding access to essential health and mental health care for everyone in our community.

We’re proud to support the following organizations and initiatives driving lasting change in Wapello County:

E= Education Partner

I = Income Partner

H = Health Partner

• Al Exito! 
  • Al Éxito Ottumwa E
• American Home Finding Association
  • Childcare Center E
  • Teen Health Center H
• Cardinal Community Schools
  • Iowa Reading Corps E
• Crisis Intervention Services
  • Safe Housing Initiative I
• Ecumenical Lord's Cupboard
  • Lord's Cupboard Food Pantry I H
• Family Crisis Center 
  • Housing Coordination Program I 
• Food Bank of Iowa
  • Feeding Wapello County I H
• Friends of Iowa CASA & ICFCRB
  • CASA Volunteers H
• Iowa Jobs for American Graduates (iJAG)
  • iJAG Advantage Ottumwa E
• Iowa Legal Aid
  • Income and Housing Stabilization Project I
• Sieda Community Action
  • Head Start E
• YMCA
  • Discovery Lane Quality Early Learning Center E
     

United Way of Wapello County Initiatives

• Community Gardens I H
• Dolly Parton Imagination Library E
• FamilyWize Prescription Discount Cards I H
• LIVE UNITED Mini-Grants E I H
• Pen Pal Program E
• Reading Buddies E
• United Way 211 E I H
• United Way Volunteer Center and RSVP of Monroe, Wapello, and Jefferson Counties E I H
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) I

Community Collaborations

• Mahaska/Wapello Early Childhood Iowa E
• Resilient Communities Wapello County E I H

Funders and Collaborative Partners

• Americorps Seniors
• Volunteer Iowa
• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Wapello County
• Indian Hills Community College
• John Deere Foundation
• Mahaska/Wapello Early Childhood Iowa
• Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation
• Volunteer Centers of Iowa