Cedar Valley
Bridge to Hope

Give

Fund the first house

We are an all-volunteer board raising the money to open transitional housing in Waterloo. Every gift goes into the building and the support that makes it work.

Where it goes

What a gift actually buys

We would rather show you the line items than a progress bar.

The house

Down payment, closing, and the repairs required to bring a property up to code and make it livable for several men at once.

The first year

Utilities, insurance, and the operating cushion that keeps a resident from being put out over one bad month.

The support

Case management, transportation help, work clothes and tools, and the documents — ID, licence, records — that everything else depends on.

Other ways

Not everything useful is money

Hire someone. If you run a business in the Cedar Valley and are open to hiring on record, that is worth more to us than a check.

Rent to someone. Landlords willing to consider a supported tenant with a background solve the single hardest problem we have.

Mentor someone. A few hours a month, over months. We will train you and you will not do it alone.

Give a house. If you own a property you have been trying to figure out what to do with, we would very much like to hear from you.

Tell us what you have in mind

Cedar Valley Bridge to Hope is a nonprofit organization based in Waterloo, Iowa. Gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law — EIN 00-0000000. Questions about a gift? Email info@cvbridgetohope.org.