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.
2026 Grant Recipients
Table to Table
Table to Table bridges the gap between abundance and hunger. Our mission is to increase food equity and reduce environmental harm by collecting and redistributing surplus food through partners to people who can use it. We envision a more just and less wasteful food system where nutritious, desirable, and culturally meaningful food is accessible to all.
For more information, visit table2table.org
TRAIL of Johnson County
TRAIL of Johnson County is powered by volunteers to help older adults live and age with support, safety, and connection in the places they call home by providing tools and resources for active independent living.
For more information, visit trailofjohnsoncounty.org
Catherine McAuley Center
The Catherine McAuley Center, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a Place of Welcome where adult learners are welcomed to class, refugees and immigrants are welcomed to the community, and women experiencing homelessness and trauma are welcomed home. More than 500 individuals participate in education and support services at CMC each year.
For more information, visit cmc-cr.org
Matthew 25
Matthew 25, an independent, local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, began in 2006 to help strengthen and elevate neighborhoods on the west side of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Matthew 25 works to improve the health of people and neighborhoods by investing in quality affordable housing, healthy food, educational opportunities, and community building.
For more information, matthew-25.org
City Sprouts
Omaha City Sprouts is an urban farm, community garden and education center that teaches, practices, and grows sustainability. Through hands‐on learning, community gardens, and farm‐based programs, we equip people with the skills to grow food, steward the land, and build a more resilient Omaha.
For more information, visit omahasprouts.org
Youth Emergency Services
Youth Emergency Services (YES) is the only organization in Omaha with the sole missionof helping homeless and at-risk youth. YES provides critically needed resources and support to youth who are experiencing homelessness or near-homelessness. Through a variety of programs and services, YES empowers youth to become self-sufficient and confident, with the skills needed to transition successfully into adulthood.
For more information, visit yesomaha.org
Annie's Foundation
Annie’s Foundation began as a small group of moms responding to book removals in their kids’ schools. Our mission: To ensure that members of our community have unhindered access to books with characters and subjects that reflect the diversity and complexity of the world around them. Today, we are a nine-member board —including parents, community advocates, and a college student — working across Iowa to protect access to books and ideas. More than 22,000 free books have reached readers across Iowa — and we’re just getting started.
For more information, visit anniesfoundation.com
Holding Tiny Hands
Holding Tiny Hands Foundation supports NICU families by providing compassionate care, essential resources, and meaningful connections to community support. Through partnerships with local hospitals in Central Iowa, we empower parents tonavigate the NICU journey with strength, confidence, and hope.
For more information, visit holdingtinyhands.org
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.