Giving for the benefit of people in Mason City and Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, through 501(c)(3) organizations or governmental organizations.

Scholarship awards to nursing students from Sumner, Iowa, area.

Central to the work of the Community Foundation is our ability to connect those care to those who need through our granting programs.

Support only to pre-selected organizations. Does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. 

The Foundation has a special interest in projects that strengthen families through arts and culture, family recreation, and youth development/education. The Foundation also has philanthropic ties to the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

UHCCF’s mission is to significantly enhance the clinical condition or quality of life of children covered under a commercial health insurance plan and who are 16 years old or younger living in the regions where UnitedHealthcare does business in the Unit

Giving for education, arts and culture, public affairs, social services, health, including cancer research, and aid for the handicapped.