Your gift to the Margaret E. and Dewey W. Strang Estate Fund with the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa will help support the charitable activities of the Waterloo Center for the Arts.

Your gift to the Waterloo Center for the Arts Endowment Fund with the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa supports the charitable activities of the Waterloo Center for the Arts in perpetuity.

Your gift to the Lake and Park Holding Corporation Quasi-Endowment Fund with the Tama County Community Foundation will help with public education, recreation, improvements, park and lake maintenance of Union Grove State Park located in Tama County.

Your gift to the Waverly Senior Center Endowment Fund with the Bremer County Community Fund will help promote the Waverly Senior Citizens Center's mission to operate and maintain a senior citizen center which will serve as a community focal point for programs and services promoting the well-being of senior citizens in and around the surrounding communities.

Your gift to the Waverly Public Library Endowment Fund with the Bremer County Community Foundation helps support the charitable activities of the Waverly Public Library as it serves the people of Bremer County - offering a window to information, recreation, and community. Your gift provides a lasting way to support the Library's work to offer inspiration, opportunity, and excellence to all members of the community.

Scholarship CriteriaFour-year scholarships for students graduating from Independence and East Buchanan High Schools, who will be attending an accredited university, junior college, or trade school and who demonstrate the abilities required to successfully complete the requirements of the institution chosen. Students must display financial need and be in the top 50% of their class. Students must maintain a GPA of 2.75 or higher to be eligible for second, third, and fourth year payments. Give to the FundFinancial gifts to the Edna Mae and Don Adams Scholarship Fund with the Buchanan County Community Foundation allows the Community Foundation to award financial assistance to students pursuing higher education. As the cost of tuition continues to rise, it is more important now than ever to diminish the barrier of affordability and allow students to focus on what is most important - their education.

Your gift to the Eugene Hageman Family Fund with the Winneshiek County Community Foundation will support the charitable activities of St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, and St. Francis De Sales Parish in Ossian, Iowa.

Your gift to the Robert "Bob" J. Cowie, Jr. Memorial Fund with the Winneshiek County Community Foundation will benefit the Judy Syverson Everybody Plays Fund which ensures all kids have the opportunity to participate in programs of the Decorah Parks and Recreation Department.

Robert (Bob) Anderson was passionate about falconry and restoring the peregrine falcon to the bluffs of the Mississippi River. His passion and dedication attracted the attention of many to the cause and he founded the Raptor Resource Project (RRP) in 1988. Bob’s passion for scientific research and raptors spilled out to everyone around him, including children and teachers.  Eagle research and filming in Decorah, Iowa led to the establishment of the world-famous Decorah Eagle camera that reaches millions of naturalists and students today.This scholarship fund is presented through the Winneshiek County Community Foundation and RRP.  The endowment fund will award scholarships to selected Luther College students in Decorah, Iowa and is designed to receive gifts through contributions, bequests, charitable trust remainders, and other gifts directed to the Fund. Students will be selected on criteria including demonstrated concern for the environment through positive environmental activism and community involvement or independent studies...