Foundation News

Cedar Falls Community Foundation Awards 2023 Grants!

The Cedar Falls Community Foundation has awarded $73,000 in grants to area non-profits and childcare facilities. Applications for these grants were accepted from April 1st through June 30th and were approved by the organization’s board of directors in July. Funding for the grants came from the Rownd Trust, the Diamond Arts and History Fund, the

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CFCF Awards Eller Study Abroad Scholarships

The Cedar Falls Community Foundation has awarded five $5,000 scholarships from the Robert Eller Study Abroad Endowment to support UNI students studying abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. The Robert Eller Study Abroad Endowment was established by emeritus UNI Education Media Specialist Robert Eller to foster the educational, professional, and personal growth of undergraduate students

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CFCF awards $45,000 in scholarships

The Cedar Falls Community Foundation has awarded nine $5,000 scholarships from the Robert Eller Study Abroad Endowment to support UNI students studying abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. The Robert Eller Study Abroad Endowment was established by emeritus UNI Education Media Specialist Robert Eller to foster the educational, professional, and personal growth of undergraduate students

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2022 Grant Recipients

The Cedar Falls Community Foundation has awarded $44,300 in grants to area non-profits and childcare facilities. Applications for these grants were accepted from April 1st through June 30th and were approved by the organizations board of directors the fourth week in July. Funding for the grants came from the Rownd Trust, the Diamond Arts and

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2022 Melendy Spirit Award Recipients

The Melendy Spirit Award is presented to individuals, families, groups, or organizations, both living and deceased, who have made outstanding contributions to Cedar Falls, positively affecting our overall quality of life through philanthropic or other means. The award is named for Peter Melendy who at age 36 became a Cedar Falls resident in 1859. By

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E-News letter Archive

Monthly e-newsletter The Cedar Falls Community Foundation shares news of interest through a monthly e-newsletter. Read the archived newsletters below. 03/02/2022- March 22 CFCF Newsletter  02/01/2022- February 22 CFCF Newsletter  01/04/2022 – January 22 CFCF Newsletter  12/01/2021- December 21 CFCF Newsletter  11/02/2021- November 21 CFCF Newsletter  10/01/2021- October 21 CFCF Newsletter  09/02/2021- September 21 CFCF

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Nominations being accepted for the Melendy Spirit Award

February 9, 2022 The Cedar Falls Community Foundation is accepting nominations for the Melendy Spirit Award. The Melendy Spirit Award is open to individuals, families, groups, or organizations who, as Cedar Falls residents, have made outstanding community contributions that have enhanced, improved, or positively affected the overall quality of life in Cedar Falls, through philanthropic

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Black Hawk County libraries bringing book gifting program to the Cedar Valley

February 4, 2022 The Black Hawk County public libraries are coming together to bring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to our communities in partnership with the Cedar Falls Community Foundation. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children once per month from birth until age five in participating areas.  

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Cedar Falls Community Foundation Awards $20,000 in Scholarships

January 2022 he Cedar Falls Community Foundation has awarded six $6,000 scholarships from the Robert Eller Study Abroad Endowment to support UNI students studying abroad during the Spring 2022 semester.    The Robert Eller Study Abroad Endowment was established by emeritus UNI Education Media Specialist Robert Eller to foster the educational, professional, and personal growth of

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