Deadline: 9-Jan-23
Applications are now open for Otto Schoitz Foundation Grants to improve the health and wellbeing of the Cedar Valley.
The Otto Schoitz Foundation awards grants twice per year, with grants being announced in the Spring and Fall. All grant awards are determined by the Board of Directors. If your organization and project align with the Foundation’s Funding Preferences, you may be eligible for funding.
Funding Preferences
- Their funding preference favors proposals focused on significant community need and/or benefit and that:
- Improve residents’ quality of life.
- Better the community.
- Meet the needs of the vulnerable.
- Create equitable opportunities, particularly as it relates to racial/ethnic equities.
- Address root or primary causes.
- Show evidence of success and impact.
- Impact Waterloo, because of the greater need.
- Share in funding with others.
Guiding Principles
- The Guiding Principles and Approach will give you deeper insight into the type of projects the Foundation is interested in funding. Otto Schoitz Foundation favors projects focused on significant community need and/or benefit and that:
- Improve residents’ quality of life and better communities
- Meet the needs of the vulnerable
- Create equitable opportunities, particularly as it relates to racial/ethnic equities
- Address root or primary causes
- Show evidence of success and impact
- Impact Waterloo, because of the greater needs
- Demonstrate a shared funding approach.
Ineligible for Funding
- The Foundation does not fund:
- For-profit entities or not-for-profits that are not 501(c)(3) organizations
- Competitors of MercyOne
- Projects not aligned with the Foundation’s mission
- Fundraising events or endowment campaigns
- Religious events and promotions
- Multiple applications from a single entity in a given funding cycle
- Individuals
- Projects beyond the 30-mile radius of Waterloo, IA.
For more information, visit Otto Schoitz Foundation.