2025 Theisen’s grant program supports nonprofits with $400,000
The Dubuque-based retailer’s More for Your Community grant program, a partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, supports organizations addressing the basic needs of children and families.
Theisen’s Home • Farm • Auto and the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque are thrilled to announce that 219* nonprofits across 24 Theisen’s store communities in Iowa and Wisconsin have received a total of $400,000 in grants as part of the Theisen’s More for Your Community program.
“This grant program is our way of supporting residents of the communities we serve in their time of need,” says Tony Theisen, the retailer’s president and CEO. “We are so proud to support organizations providing food, shelter, health care, safety and education to children and families in and near our store communities.”
The public is invited to attend a celebration hosted by each store recognizing their local grantees on Wednesday, November 5 at 11:30 a.m. Theisen’s Home • Farm • Auto of Dubuque is located at 2900 Dodge St. Dubuque, IA 52003.
The Theisen’s More for Your Community corporate giving program is a partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque. The Community Foundation administers the grant program, accepting applications and making funding recommendations as part of its mission to empower communities and ignite generosity.
This year, nonprofits submitted 629 applications, the most in the program’s history. Successful grant applicants demonstrated that their projects would serve basic needs, be matched strongly with local funds, and provide opportunities for others to give back to the community.
To view a full list of the 2025 grantees, visit dbqfoundation.org/theisens.
This year’s recipients include nonprofits like the River Bend Food Bank, a regional nonprofit that feeds people experiencing hunger by rescuing, safely storing, and distributing nutritious food. It supports 11 local food pantries in the Dubuque region and more than 400 hunger-relief partners in 23 counties in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.
Theisen’s Home • Farm • Auto is a four-generation, family-owned business. Two generations of the Theisen family support this grant program, taking active roles in evaluating each year’s many applications. They also make annual site visits to nonprofit grantees to learn about community needs and to meet the nonprofit leaders serving children and families.
Celebrating its fifteenth year, the More for Your Community grant program has given away $4.6 million to date to support local nonprofits and the people they serve.
“Support from businesses like Theisen’s plays a vital role in supporting nonprofits throughout our communities,” says Gretchen Cocoran, grants manager for the Community Foundation. “We are thankful for the organizations doing important work serving those in need locally and for Theisen’s for facilitating the More for Your Community grant program.”
Visit theisens.com/content/community-involvement to learn more about the Theisen’s More for Your Community grant program.
