About Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
Helping people develop skills to become successful and build strong communities.
Focus Areas
Food security / food banks / food distributionEarly childhood education (Head Start / Early Head Start)Energy assistance / weatherizationAffordable housingVeteran support / homelessness servicesHealth & nutritionSNAP / WIC outreachCommunity resources and family supportVolunteer engagement
Who They Fund
food-insecure individualslow-income householdspeople experiencing homelessness
About Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc concentrates its giving on feed-those-in-need grants, with repeated large awards to local food access partners across Iowa. The pattern is visible in multiple years: Community in Iowa City received $3,101,460 in both 2024 and 2025, and Community Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City received $3,079,271 in 2025. Those awards sit alongside similarly large support for Olivet Presbyterian Church Olivet Neighborhood Mission in Cedar Rapids and Coralville Community Food Pantry in Coralville, showing a strong emphasis on sustaining food distribution capacity over time. The foundation’s recent grants also include recurring support for neighborhood-based providers in Cedar Rapids, North Liberty, Marion, and Iowa City, with many grantees appearing in more than one year. That repetition points to ongoing operating support for organizations that move food directly to households rather than one-time project grants. In addition to food access, the broader program structure includes veteran housing stability, energy assistance, weatherization, early childhood services, child nutrition, and family learning, which fits the foundation’s stated aim of helping people build skills and strong communities.
What Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Funds
Food security is the clearest thread in the grant record. Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc gave $1,601,656 to Coralville Community Food Pantry in 2025, $1,054,130 to First United Methodist Church North Liberty Community Pantry in 2025, and $762,411 to United We March Forward in Cedar Rapids, all under FEED THOSE IN NEED. The foundation also supports emergency food access through church-based and community-based providers. St Andrew Presbyterian Church in Iowa City received $456,111 in 2025, while Metro Catholic Outreach in Cedar Rapids received $452,379 in 2025. Food Reservoir - Emergency Boxes in Hiawatha received $389,032 in 2025, showing a local channel for emergency food support. Beyond hunger relief, the active program list includes veteran housing stability through Supportive Services for Veteran Families / Operation Home, home energy assistance through LIHEAP, and weatherization services for low-income households in the HACAP service area.
How Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Gives
Typical awards are mid-sized but uneven: the 25th percentile is $15,135, the median is $34,623, and the 75th percentile is $73,873. The recent grant list, however, shows a separate cluster of much larger operating awards to a small set of food-security partners. The same recipients appear across multiple years, including Community in Iowa City, Olivet Presbyterian Church Olivet Neighborhood Mission, Coralville Community Food Pantry, Together We Achieve, First United Methodist Church North Liberty Community Pantry, Church of God 7th Day, and Metro Catholic Outreach. That pattern suggests recurring support rather than isolated one-off grants. The foundation is a programmatic community action organization, and it does not fund individuals or program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$36M
Total Assets
$14.1M
Total Revenue
$56.6M
Total Expenses
$56.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $74K, with a median of $35K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$35K
75th Percentile
$74K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
About 99% of grants go to recipients in IA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JANE DRAPEAUX
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