Upcoming Nonprofit Educational Workshop
New Fund to Support Housing Assistance Needs in County
May 22, 2020 A new program fund administered by the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF) will support housing related needs for eligible Poweshiek County residents. The Poweshiek Housing Assistance Fund will provide those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with support for rental deposits, utilities, legal documents needed to rent, [...]
Free Swim Lessons for Grinnell Kindergarten Students
May 10, 2020 Summer is just around the corner and we would like to offer your Kindergarten child the opportunity to receive swimming lessons. The Claude W. & Dolly Ahrens Foundation, Grinnell-Newburg Schools and the Grinnell Recreation Department have teamed up once again for the FREE Kindergarten swimming lessons that Claude Ahrens started so many [...]
Local Support for Internet Access for G-N Students
May 1, 2020 On Friday, April 17, the need for internet equity intensified for students in the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District. Governor Kim Reynolds announced students will not return to the classroom again this school year. As learning is now offered online, access and equity of internet services are a pressing issue for many [...]
Relief Fund to Help Those Who Help Others
April 15, 2020 In extraordinary times like these, even the organizations who help those in need may need some form of assistance. A group of local partner organizations has created the Nonprofit Emergency Relief Fund (NERF) to support local nonprofits that may be experiencing limited resources and unexpected demands due to the COVID-19 crisis. [...]
Food Coalition Offers Vouchers, Resource Guide
April 15, 2020 The Grinnell Food Coalition, which formed in March to address pandemic-related food insecurity needs in the local community, has created a grocery voucher system with local grocers, as well as a resource guide listing local and state food assistance programs, mental health and wellness services, and financial stability resources. The coalition, [...]
Foundation Offices temporarily closes doors
March 23, 2020 In order to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and support community efforts to promote social distancing and self-isolation, the administrative offices of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation and Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation have closed to the public through April 10th (same period as the Grinnell school district closure). [...]
9th Annual Big Give Results
December 3, 2019 The ninth annual Big GIVE for Poweshiek County raised $189,252 for 61 local funds and nonprofits supported by the Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation (GPCF) and the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation (CDAF). The annual campaign sponsored by the two foundations reaches over 2,000 households via a mailed catalog of giving [...]
Final phase of Ahrens Park improvement plan to begin
September 12, 2019 The third and final phase of the current improvement plans for Ahrens/Paschall Memorial Park are to begin, creating a new entrance to the park, an additional exit out of the park and resurfacing parking lots. In fall 2017, the Ahrens Park Foundation announced a $1 million multiphase, multiyear capital improvements project. [...]
Newest Partner Fund Created in Memory of Bill Vosburg
September 3, 2019 Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, a fund has been created to help support kids in the local Grinnell area with music funding assistance who are unable to afford music lessons, instruments and other items or therapy services associated with learning music. The Vosburg Music Fund has been established [...]