The Iowa Women’s Foundation has announced its 2022 Core Grants recipients. Since 1997, $1.25 million has been given to projects and initiatives that address one of the six areas that have been identified as critical barriers for Iowa women and girls: employment, child care, housing, education and training, transportation, and mentoring. This year’s 11 recipients received a total of $100,000.

• Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands, Council Bluffs/Carter Lake
• Catherine McAuley Center, Cedar Rapids
• Easterseals Iowa, Des Moines
• Girls on the Run Eastern Iowa, Iowa City
• Hawkeye Community College Foundation, Waterloo
• Homes of Oakridge Human Services, Des Moines
• Lutheran Services in Iowa, Des Moines
• Opening Doors, Dubuque
• UI Labor Center, Iowa City
• Women Food & Agriculture Network, Ames
• YWCA Clinton, Clinton

For more information about the IWF’s Core Grants program, visit their website.