爱荷华妇女基金会拨款40万美元：15家机构获资助 助女性打通托儿、住房与就业门槛
爱荷华州 Coralville——爱荷华妇女基金会（Iowa Women's Foundation）宣布，将向全州15家机构拨款共40万美元，支持这些机构消除女性与女孩面临的经济障碍。拨款名单于10月20日在 Coralville 举行的基金会第32届年度午餐会上公布，基金会10月22日发布消息。
本轮拨款按用途分五类：托儿类11.65万美元、住房类10.94万美元、导师帮扶类7.31万美元、教育与培训类6万美元、就业类4.1万美元。受助项目涵盖托儿服务、庇护住房、职业体验与晋升、STEM教育、青年领导力与就业准备等方向。已公布的受助机构包括位于 Cedar Rapids 的 Catherine McAuley Center（获1.94万美元）与 Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois（获1万美元）。
基金会总裁兼首席执行官 Claudia Schabel 在发布中表示，每一笔拨款都是对可能性的投资：当女性与女孩获得更多机会通道时，这些扎根社区的机构正在一线消除眼前的障碍，基金会与伙伴则继续推动更长远的系统性改变，捐赠者的持续支持让两方面的工作都成为可能。
爱荷华妇女基金会是一家全州性慈善机构，以研究与拨款等方式改善爱荷华州女性与女孩的经济状况。本轮拨款后，该基金会历年累计拨款达270万美元、累计受助机构249家。
Iowa Women's Foundation Awards $400,000 to 15 Organizations Advancing Women's Economic Prosperity
CORALVILLE, Iowa — The Iowa Women's Foundation (IWF) announced $400,000 in grant funding to 15 organizations across the state that work to remove economic barriers for women and girls. The grants were announced during the foundation's 32nd annual luncheon on October 20 in Coralville, and the foundation released the news on October 22.
The funding breaks down into five areas: $116,500 for childcare initiatives, $109,400 for housing support, $73,100 for mentorship programs, $60,000 for education and training, and $41,000 for employment initiatives. Funded programs expand access to childcare, shelter, career exposure and advancement, STEM education, youth leadership and workforce readiness. Named recipients include the Catherine McAuley Center ($19,400) and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois ($10,000), both headquartered in Cedar Rapids.
"Every one of these grants represents an investment in what becomes possible when women and girls have greater access to opportunity," IWF President and CEO Claudia Schabel said in the news release, adding that the organizations are doing on-the-ground work on immediate barriers while the foundation and its partners work toward larger systems-level change.
The Iowa Women's Foundation is a statewide philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the economic status of women and girls through research and grantmaking. The new awards bring its historical grant total to $2.7 million across 249 organizations.
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图片来源：图：位于 Des Moines 的爱荷华州议会大厦（资料图），Iowa Women's Foundation 为全州性慈善机构（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0）
