The Fort Dodge Community Foundation is an independent, tax exempt public charity that enables people with philanthropic interests to support causes they care about in Fort Dodge, Webster County and North Central Iowa. The Fort Dodge Community Foundation creates long-term assets and make grants to better our community and improve its quality of life. The Board of Directors is committed to nurturing, protecting and growing our funds, all with the goal of improving the quality of life in the communities we serve.
The Fort Dodge Community Foundation develops lasting legacies for community-minded citizens through funds that are designed to support the charitable goals of the donor. From these funds, grants are made in support of a wide-range of charitable causes and non-profit organizations that address a broad scope of current and long-term community needs.
The Fort Dodge Community Foundation offers great value to charitably inclined citizens because it offers flexibility that allows them to respond to their own charitable interests and goals. The Fort Dodge Community Foundation accepts charitable gifts of various sizes and types from individuals, local corporations, other foundations and government agencies. It also designs giving plans for donors that provide them with tax advantaged benefits and the opportunity for their gifts to do the most good.
*Denotes endowed fund
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Ahlers Leman Charitable Fund |
John and Judy Perkins Fund |
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Blanden Charitable Foundation Fund* |
Fort Dodge Choral Society Collegiate Singers |
| Community Foundation Fund Gilbert and Nancy Stanek Fund* |
Mary & Maurie Stark Endowment |
| First Covenant Church Fund Fort Dodge Community Rec Center Foundation Fund Fort Dodge Fine Arts Fund Fort Dodge Fine Arts Operations Fund Fort Dodge Police Foundation Fund Fort Dodge Public Library Foundation Fund* Fort Museum Historical Foundation Fund |
Friends of Conservation Fund Harlan Rogers Sports Complex Fund Keepers of the Land Fund* O'Connell Scholarship Fund* Stage Door Fund Twin Lakes Restoration Association Fund YWCA Fund* |
| Hope for Healing (KLK) Fund Iowa Native Lands Fund* |
Manson Community Betterment Fund Widening the Stage Fund* |
| Charles F. Foughty Scholarship Fund Dorothy Rose Jensen Scholarship Fund Duane Touney Memorial Scholarship Fund* Emily Joy Averill Scholarship Fund FDSH Class of 1958 Scholarship Fund* Fort Dodge Community Foundation Scholarship Fund* |
Ivan Metzger Memorial Scholarship Fund* John and Lin Simpson Scholarship Fund John and Margo Daniel Scholarship Fund* Merill Family 5M Scholarship Fund Neiss-Beekman Scholarship Fund Tom and Norma Schmoker Scholarship Fund |
| Blanden Memorial Art Museum Fund Deardorf Oakland Cemetery D/SAOC Fund Fort Dodge Betterment Foundation Fund |
Fort Dodge Public Library Foundation Fund Fort Dodge Community Rec Center Fund Rufer Trust Fund |
| Bridging the Gap Fund Celebrate the Trails Fund Character Counts Children's Hope Chest Fund Compassionate Friends Fund Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Fund Grow Greene County - Webster & Calhoun Habitat for Humanity Historic Preservation Homeless Fund |
Humanitarian Fund Little Free Libraries Fund Meals on Wheels Office Equipment Fund PACE Prescriptions for Kids Fund Smoke Alarm Fund Vision to Learn Webster County Disaster Response Fund Wheels for Work Fund YouthNet Fund Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) |
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Alliance for Philanthropy Fund |
Joy of Reading Fund |
| Community Fund Endow Iowa Endowment Fund* Fort Dodge Community Foundation & United Way Fund |
Hammar Fund Mary and Maurie Stark Endowment Fund* |
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Calhoun County Endowment Fund* |
Connie Betts Mills Scholarship Fund* Southern Cal Schools Foundation Fund* |