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Dyersville Area Community Foundation
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The Dyersville Area Community Foundation connects donors with philanthropic causes they love. Gifts to Foundation endowments have grown over the last ten years in large part because they are eligible for the 25% Endow Iowa tax credit.
Funds
| Beckman Catholic Schools Blazing Forward Endow Iowa Fund | Give Now |
| Beckman Catholic Schools Endowment Fund | Give Now |
| Beckman Catholic Schools Memorial Endow Iowa Fund | Give Now |
| Don and Becky Lansing “If You Build It” Endowment | Give Now |
| Dula Scherrman Memorial Endowment for Dyersville Area Historical Society | Give Now |
| Dyersville Area Community Foundation | Learn More | Give Now |
| Dyersville Area Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund | Learn More | Give Now |
| Dyersville Area Community Foundation Non-Endowed Fund | Give Now |
| Dyersville Area Historical Society Non-Endowed Fund | Give Now |
| Dyersville Area Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund | Give Now |
| Dyersville Grade-Level Reading Campaign | Give Now |
| Dyersville Health Foundation | Learn More | Give Now |
| Dyersville Progress Inc. Non-Endowed Fund | Give Now |
| Farley Community Endowment Fund | Give Now |
| Farley Garden Club Endowment | Give Now |
| Ghost Players Endowment Fund for Baseball History | Learn More | Give Now |
| Ghost Players Fund for Baseball History | Give Now |
| James Kennedy Public Library Endowment | Learn More | Give Now |
| Jeanne M. Coppola Endowment for Education | Give Now |
| Lynn Westhoff Memorial Endowment | Learn More | Give Now |
| Mt. Hope Cemetery Endowment Fund | Give Now |
| Nancy & Ken Dunkel Endowed Donor-Advised Fund | Give Now |
| New Vienna Area Historical Society Endowment Fund | Learn More | Give Now |
| Patricia A. Gassmann Endowment Fund | Give Now |
| Take M Down Foundation | Give Now |
| Tom, Diane, and Eric Thompson Endowment | Give Now |
| Willenborg Family Endowment for Community Enrichment | Give Now |
| William & Claudia Heiderscheit Endowment Fund | Give Now |
Grants
The Dyersville Area Community Foundation makes grants to nonprofits with a 501 C (3) status that are located in the communities of Dyersville, Earlville, Farley, Luxemburg, New Vienna, Petersburg, and Worthington. Learn more and apply for this grant ».
Transfer of Wealth
Iowa Transfer of Wealth
Between the years of 2000-2049, Iowa can expect to see $531.7 billion transfer from one generation to the next through probate estates. In 2020 through 2029 alone, $98.25 billion is expected to pass to heirs.
Dubuque County Transfer of Wealth
During years 2020-2029, $2.3 billion is expected to transfer from one generation to the next through probate estates. Over the next 50 years, the estimated transfer is $12.7 billion.
| Transfer of Wealth | Dubuque County | State of Iowa |
| 2020-2029 | $ 2.3 billion | $ 98.25 billion |
| 2000-2049 | $ 12.7 billion | $ 531.7 billion |
If just 5% of the projected transfer could be invested between now and 2050 at the Community Foundation in an endowment, $632 million would be secured forever. Figuring a 4.25% grant payout, an estimated $27 million could be available annually to improve the quality of life in our community and secure our future.
For more information, please contact: Executive Director Michelle Grover at 319-269-6432.
Dyersville Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
In fall 2014, an anonymous donor grant to the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque helped to expand the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading to Dyersville. In January 2015, stakeholders in Dyersville convened to learn more and committed to becoming a Campaign community. This collaborative effort by partners across the community is working to ensure that more children succeed in school and are prepared for college, a career and active citizenship. The campaign focuses on the most important predictor of school success and high school graduation: grade-level reading by the end of third grade.
Partners throughout Dyersville collaborated to create a Community Solutions Action Plan (CSAP), which is a comprehensive, realistic and sustainable plan to improve the reading proficiency of Dyersville students by the end of third grade. The CSAP focuses on three areas: school readiness, school attendance and summer learning.
Through the anonymous donor grant, Dyersville has been able to hire a coordinator to help facilitate the Campaign.
