Our Funds

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.

 

NON-ENDOWED DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS

Ahlers Leman Charitable Fund
Jeff and Megan Bocken Charitable Fund
Charles F. Foughty Charitable Fund
Decker Family Charitable Fund
Donney Family Fund
Fort Dodge Ford Toyota Fund
Gift From India Fund
Tim and Kellie Guderian Fund
Merrill Family Fund
 
Fred & Jan Moeller Family Fund
Merrill Family Endowment Fund
Mulholland Non-Endowed Fund
Neiss-Beekman Fund
Palmer Foundation Fund
Pendry Non-Endowed Fund
John and Judy Perkins Fund
John and Lin Simpson Charitable Fund
Tibbitts Family Foundation Fund
Woodruff Fund
 


DESIGNATED FUNDS

Janet Burns Scholarship
Fort Dodge Choral Society Collegiate Singers
Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance Fund
Manson Community Betterment Fund
Market on Market
Prairie Land Preservation
Rogers Sports Complex
Rufer Education Fund
Serving Our Servants Fund
Zylstra Charitable Fund


GRANT FUNDS

County Endowment Grant Fund
Grow Greene County - Webster
Grow Greene County - Calhoun


AGENCY FUNDS

Fellowship of Christian Athletes
First Covenant Church Fund
Fort Dodge Community Rec Center Foundation Fund
Fort Dodge Choral Society
Fort Dodge Fine Arts Fund
Fort Dodge Fine Arts Operations Fund
Fort Dodge Police Foundation Fund
 
Fort Dodge Police K-9 Fund
Fort Museum Historical Foundation Fund
Friends of Conservation Fund
Gowrie Development Fund
Main Street Fort Dodge
Twin Lakes Restoration Association Fund
Webster County Sheriff's Fund


FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS

Pendry - Improving Iowa Fund
Tibbitts Field of Interest
Wilson Benevolent Fund

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

Emily Joy Averill Scholarship Fund
Merill Family 5M Scholarship Fund
Tom and Norma Schmoker Scholarship Fund

 

Don Schnuur Memorial Scholarship
John and Lin Simpson Scholarship Fund
Duane Touney Memorial Scholarship Fund


MANAGED FUNDS

Blanden Charitable Foundation Fund
D/SAOC Fund
Fort Dodge Betterment Foundation Fund
Fort Dodge Public Library Foundation Fund
Rufer Trust Fund


PROGRAM FUNDS

Bridging the Gap Fund
Character Counts
Children's Hope Chest Fund
C.H.N.P.P. Grant
Homeless Fund
Hope for Healing Fund
Humanitarian Fund
Joy of Reading
Little Free Libraries
Meals on Wheels
Office Equipment Fund
PACE

RVCRI Grant
Special Events Fund
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Wheels for Work


COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDS

Boone Forks Rec Fund                           
Celebrate the Trails
Compassionate Friends
Deer Creek Food Pantry
Dragoon Etching Trail Fund
Fort Dodge Mountain Bike Association

Fort Dodge Santa's Helpers
Freedom Rock Fund
Frontier's Day Fund
Grain Silo Mural Project Fund
Historic Preservation
Holiday Decorations Fund
Home Base Iowa Fund
>ICCC Simulation Laboratory Fund
Iowa Great Places Fund
The Lord's Cupboard
Lost Grove Community Center Fund
Market on Central Fund
Parks to People Fund
Patterson Field
Phillips Auditorium 
Pride in Community Appearance (PICA) Fund
Peasant Valley Awareness
Prairie River Trail Ride
RAGBRAI
Rec Center Project
Save Haven Baby Box
SALT Center
TOKA Fund
Vetran's Bridge
Webster County Conservation
Webster County Historical Society
Webster County Trails Fund


ENDOWED FUNDS

Susan Ahlers Leman Memorial Fund
The Blanden Foundation Fund
Cline 4-H Foundation
Deardorf Oakland Cemetery
Dale and Donna Decker Charitable Endowed Fund
Donney Charitable Endowed Fund
Firemen's Fund
First Covenant Church
Flaherty Fund
Fort Dodge Public Library Endowment
Iowa Native Land Fund
Keepers of the Land Fund
Lady of Guadalupe
Merrill Family Endowment
Julie Ann Messerly Children's Rosary Fund
Ivan Metzger Public Safety Fund
Dr. Edward A. Miller Memorial Fund
Mulholland Fund
Danuta and Kent Oberg Children's Rosary Fund
Jacquelynn Ann Oberg Fund of the Holy Spirit
O'Connell Scholarship
Pendry Fund
RLY Fund
Webster County 4-H
Wilson Family Fund
YWCA


CALHOUN COUNTY FAMILY OF FUNDS

Calhoun County Endowment Permanent Fund*
Calhoun County Endowment Grant Fund

Southern Calhoun County Schools Fund*