About

Executive Summary

Friends of Iowa Civil Rights, Inc. is a private non-profit organization based in Des Moines, Iowa. Incorporated in 1995, this organization has a volunteer executive director and a board of directors made up of individuals from around Iowa.

The vision of the Friends of Iowa Civil Rights, Inc. is to successfully raise funds for and otherwise assist in or carry out charitable and educational civil rights programs and projects around the state of Iowa.

The goals of the organization are:

1. To provide support for the promotion of civil rights in Iowa.
2. To make grants and support groups in other ways relative to civil rights.
3. To educate Iowans reguarding the importance of civil rights.

The objectives of the organization are:

1. To recognize entities (schools, businesses, and non-profits) and individuals (educators, civil rights activists, lawyers, community leaders, etc.) for the work they do or have done in promoting civil rights in Iowa.
2. To provide financial assistance to individuals or groupps to attend events or educational opportunities aimed at strengthening civil rights activites around Iowa.
3. To provide partial or full funding for civil rights projects within Iowa.