CBJ's 2019 Giving Guide
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thank you sponsors<br />
David Little<br />
Principal<br />
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)<br />
Les Garner<br />
President & CEO<br />
Greater Cedar Rapids<br />
Community Foundation<br />
Tim Stiles<br />
President & CEO<br />
United Way of<br />
East Central Iowa<br />
Wherever you go in our region you will find CLA employees<br />
(we refer to them as the CLA Family) giving<br />
their time, talent, and resources to make a difference.<br />
They are volunteering at social services agencies,<br />
mentoring young people, fighting food insecurity,<br />
helping others improve their living situation, protecting<br />
our environment, and lending their experience<br />
and insight to dozens of other great causes.<br />
<strong>Giving</strong> back is the CLA Family saying “thank<br />
you” for the opportunity to be a part of the communities<br />
where we serve. Nationally, our family includes<br />
more than 6,100 professionals in 120 locations,<br />
including an office here in the Corridor. Our<br />
people serve 7,000+ nonprofits, including social<br />
service and religious organizations, associations,<br />
membership organizations, foundations, and<br />
higher education institutions across the nation.<br />
One of the best examples of our community-minded<br />
focus is our unique charitable initiative<br />
— the CLA Foundation — whose mission is<br />
to create career opportunities through education,<br />
employment, and entrepreneurship. The foundation<br />
is funded exclusively by CLA employees — no<br />
outside donations or grant requests are accepted<br />
— and all nominations originate with CLA Family<br />
members. Since 2015, the CLA Foundation has<br />
granted more than $2.5 million to 110+ organizations,<br />
including several right here in the Corridor.<br />
CLA exists to create opportunities for our clients,<br />
our people, and our communities. We do this<br />
through industry-focused wealth advisory, outsourcing,<br />
audit, tax, and consulting services, and<br />
through our deep involvement in the community.<br />
Thank you for the opportunity to sponsor this<br />
<strong>Giving</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>. We look forward to helping you continue<br />
creating opportunities as volunteers, as financial<br />
supporters, and in all the ways we are connected.<br />
Nonprofit organizations create and administer<br />
programs that enable the community to seize its<br />
most promising opportunities and meet its most<br />
pressing challenges. Charitable giving is essential<br />
if those nonprofits are to achieve their missions.<br />
As a community of donors and nonprofits<br />
working together, the Corridor sustains an impressive<br />
capacity to enhance lives, solve problems,<br />
build collaborations, and ensure our future.<br />
Since becoming a public foundation in 1992, we<br />
have awarded $125 million in grants. This accomplishment<br />
has been made possible by gifts, large<br />
and small, from many different donors and has<br />
helped strengthen every part of the community.<br />
Our hope is that this <strong>Giving</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> will inspire<br />
you. There are many worthy causes represented<br />
here, and your support of them will make life better<br />
for all of us. The Greater Cedar Rapids Community<br />
Foundation is grateful for your generosity.<br />
We are proud to serve you, to share our community<br />
knowledge, and to help you make a lasting<br />
difference in your community.<br />
United Way of East Central Iowa has expertise in<br />
identifying where there are gaps of need in our community.<br />
We then work with community partners<br />
through planning, collaborating, and of course,<br />
funding, with the goal of improving the health, education,<br />
and financial stability of everyone.<br />
When the people in our community thrive, our<br />
community thrives, and for more than 100 years,<br />
we have been able to serve East Central Iowa thanks<br />
to your generosity and commitment. In that time,<br />
there have been incredible results; however, there’s<br />
still work to do.<br />
Our community partners continue to stretch<br />
their resources to provide valuable programs and<br />
services that address critical needs. Through collaboration<br />
and care coordination, they’re able to better<br />
support clients on a case-by-case basis to help them<br />
be the most successful. By working with area nonprofits,<br />
local businesses, government agencies, and<br />
you, we are confident we can win this fight.<br />
We know this <strong>Giving</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> will help you make<br />
informed choices for your charitable giving. As a recipient<br />
of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award<br />
for Ethics, we know how important this information<br />
can be. We encourage you to use this guide, contribute<br />
as you’re able, and join the fight in making our<br />
community a better place for everyone.<br />
United, we fight. United, we thrive.<br />
CBJ <strong>Giving</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 7
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