Big Grove For Good grant application window has opened.
Each year, Big Grove for Good partners with local nonprofits to help grow and strengthen our communities. This grant program provides funding to support impactful initiatives, with applications due by Tuesday, January 7th. Join us in creating meaningful change and making a lasting difference!
DOING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY
In 2013, Big Grove Brewery opened its doors in Solon, Iowa, built on a foundation of quality beer, exceptional food, and genuine Iowa hospitality. Over the past decade, we've experienced incredible success, driven by our commitment to crafting authentic beer and food. Along the way, we’ve made it our mission to give back, partnering with local organizations to uplift the communities that have been by our side.
Giving back to our local community is central to our mission at Big Grove Brewery. We strive to be intentional with our “good giving” and have committed the majority of our charitable efforts to focus on three core categories.
Trees, Trails, & Water
Improve green spaces, promote sustainability, and foster environmental revitalization for healthier communities and a thriving planet.
Equity & Equality
Foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community, promoting fairness and compassion in every interaction.
Our Backyard
Support hyperlocal organizations that directly benefit our communities, providing resources and opportunities accessible to all guests and team members, and fostering places where people can live, thrive, and grow.
Each year Big Grove For Good partners with local nonprofits to help grow and strengthen our communities. We accept in-kind donations and sponsorship requests throughout the year.
Good beer for a good cause
Big Grove believes in giving back to the communities that support us by creating good beer for good causes. We work with our partners to bring people together to support them and the work they do for our communities.
2025 Grant Recipients
The Beacon
The Beacon doesn’t just provide shelter— they provide a pathway to healing and stability. Women go to them from devastating circumstances—escaping domestic violence, recovering from substance use, or reentering society after incarceration—all facing immense barriers to stability.
Central Furniture Rescue
CFR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to turning empty spaces into homes for individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness, crisis, or displacement.
The Iowa City Free Medical and Dental Clinic
FMC, established in 1971, believes that access to affordable health care is a basic human necessity, and they strive to provide the widest range of medical and dental services possible to people in the Iowa City and surrounding community who would not otherwise have access to care.
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice
Iowa MMJ is a legal service and advocacy organization driven and led by immigrant and refugee voices united with allies. They support immigrants and refugees with free and low-cost immigration legal services and leadership development through grassroots organizing.
Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development
Iowa Valley RC&D’s influence is grounded in community, partnerships, and collaboration as they trai and support farmers, build local food infrastructure, generate new innovative markets, and improve access to locally grown foods.
Monarch Research Project
Monarch Research is leading efforts to restore monarch butterfly populations, native habitats, and tree canopies through programs like Monarch Zones, Native Oasis, and Planting Forward, fostering biodiversity and environmental stewardship across urban and rural landscapes.
Past Grant Recipients
Code of Ethics
Big Grove Brewery is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for all genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, physical appearances, body sizes, races, and religions. We do not tolerate discrimination, bullying, harassment, or hate speech towards our guests, employees, vendors, or community partners.
At Big Grove Brewery we are committed to:
• Being an inclusive welcoming space for all employees and customers inclusive of all genders, religions, ethnicities, nationalities, races, disabilities, sexual orientations, body sizes, ages, or any other status.
• Not tolerating discrimination, harassment, hate speech, or bullying of any kind.
• Unlearning perceived biases and not making assumptions about others’ identities and experiences.
• Providing ongoing workshops, education, and resources to employees.
• Updating our policies and systems to align with this mission and dismantle any of those that do not.
• Building partnerships with our community organizations and groups that work towards breaking down barriers to inclusion and diversity.
• Creating a space for all employees to foster collaboration and communication.
• We care about you and it’s okay to tell us what’s happened.
If misconduct should happen, employees are encouraged to report any incident to their supervisor or HR jill@biggrove.com. We Respect Program and crisis hotline phone numbers, including Iowa Sexual Harassment & Violence, are posted in guest and employee areas of the brewery.
Customers who believe they have been subjected to any kind of discrimination from an employee or fellow customer that conflicts with Big Grove Brewery’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism policies and initiatives can and should report incidents to the We Respect Program provided by the Skywalk Group at 319-984-8400. This program is designed as a way to report concerns, questions, complaints, suggestions, and/or comments to an objective third-party.