The Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation serves as an umbrella organization and financial manager for other nonprofit organizations. By banding together these organizations achieve some efficiency of scale while maintaining independent operating Boards.

The nonprofit affiliated organizations are:

Grinnell High School Alumni Association

Objectives and Purposes:
1. To provide activities, communications and other services for those who attended schools in the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District and other members of the Association,
2. To foster and support the educational and related activities to the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District and
3. To support the efforts of the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District Scholarship Program, and encourage contributions to that fund.

[link: http://www.ghsalumni.org/]

A New Aquatic Center

A Family Aquatic Center is planned in Grinnell for the use and enjoyment of all area residents. The City of Grinnell is devoting $3 million in revenue from a local option sales tax to replace the existing municipal pool, which has deteriorated through many years of heavy use. Private donors, foundations, businesses, and other governmental entities are being asked to help fund the other half of the project's $6 million cost - to convert the new pool into an Aquatic Center. Water features such as slides, geysers, and a "lazy river" will be complemented by a new bath house, concession building, modern restrooms and more.

[link: http://www.grinnelliowa.gov/splash]

Communities for Literate Iowa Kids (CLIK Program)

Mission Statement:
Uniting community members to ensure all children develop into skilled readers through sustained initiatives and research-based actions.

When community members and schools unite to form strategic alliances, determine actions and implement research-based initiatives around early literacy, young children will acquire the necessary abilities required to develop their full potential as independent, skilled readers.

Grinnell-Newburg Educational Excellence

Mission Statement:
To ensure that our school district can continue to provide an excellent academic program for all students and continue making strides toward its goals for student achievement, GNEE pledges to:

• Maintain an on-going fundraising program
• Maintain a grant and allocation program
• Maintain an Endowment Fund for our schools

[link: http://www.gnee.org/]

Grinnell-Newburg Dollars for Scholars

The Grinnell-Newburg Dollars for Scholars is a locally operated and supported chapter. Operated by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, the purpose of Dollars for Scholars is to expand access to educational opportunities by involving and assisting donors in the support and encouragement of educational achievement.

The Grinnell-Newburg Dollars for Scholars is a chapter affiliate of Scholarship America, a nationally recognized nonprofit student aid service organization.

A New Public Library for Grinnell

Plans call for construction of a new 26,000 square ft. public library, at an estimated cost of $8.5 million, to be built on an attractive site at Park Street and Fifth Avenue, adjacent to the historic downtown business district and Grinnell College. Total dollars will be raised through a unique funding partnership between private donors, businesses, foundations, corporations, civic groups, the City of Grinnell and Vision Iowa.

[link: http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/]

Kids Against Hunger

Kids Against Hunger is a national, nonprofit organization with a chapter in Grinnell. The local chapter recruits volunteers to purchase and package food that is shipped to starving people around the globe. Recent shipments have been sent to Nicaragua, Tanzania and Liberia.

The Endowment Fund for the Iowa Transportation Museum (ITM)

The Iowa Transportation Museum is a nonprofit corporation established to explore the evolution of transportation in Iowa, making it come alive to enhance understanding of how transportation systems and workers contribute to the culture and quality of life.