Grants Awarded

EMBARC is an organization that provides community-based support to refugees and immigrant students in Iowa. BHCGA awarded $20,000 to assist EMBARC in a collaborative project to address the need for more...

Cedar Valley Soccer Club (CVCS) was awarded $24,000 from BHCGA to add the Mission Playground at Waterloo's Cedar Valley Soccer Complex. The playground will be positioned on the southwest side of the...

Back2Basics is an intervention and mentoring program that provides structured programming using a curriculum that supports students and families. The $25,000 award from BHCGA will help fund Back2Basic's...

The $34,000 award from BHCGA will allow One City United to renovate the existing space into several smaller classrooms, a computer lab, and a meeting area. The finished project will give OCU the flexibility...

The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office is a full-service law enforcement agency. It has the primary duties of emergency response and crime investigation in the rural and unincorporated areas of Black...

The $500,000 award from BHCGA will fund Hawkeye Community College's Smart Automation Certification Alliance (SACA) Training Center. As an innovative training provider, Hawkeye was one of the pilot...

BHCGA awarded the City of Waterloo the largest single grant in the organization's history. The $6.5 million will support the city's massive renovations to Gates and Byrnes parks. The city will...

Elevate is a certified community behavioral health clinic located in downtown Waterloo. The agency was awarded $350,000 for the purchase and renovation of a downtown Waterloo building to expand behavioral...

The $500,000 grant from BHCGA will help cover expenses related to a three-part, 19,400 square foot expansion to the Clinic’s existing, primary location in Waterloo. The expansion includes work to...

The $400,000 award will help pay for lighting on the 4th Street Pedestrian Bridge and along the Cedar River dam area to create cascading lights on the waters of the Cedar River.  The project...