Overview
The Dodge Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees established by the 1989 City Council of Council Bluffs, Iowa. The purpose of this Board is to have charge, control and supervision over the trusts created by paragraphs 7 and 11 of the Last Will and Testament of General Grenville Dodge. After carefully studying the will of General Dodge, the Board has determined in order to fulfill the wishes of the late General, distributions of the income from said Trust should be focused upon charitable organizations or agencies that provide for basic human services to the residents of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Grants
The purpose of the Dodge Trust is to provide funding to charitable organizations or agencies that provide services to the residents of Council Bluffs. Since its inception in 1989 when the City received 1/3 of the residuary estate of General Grenville Dodge, the Board has overseen the Trust’s assets grow from $900,000.00 to in excess of $2.7 million and has distributed in excess of $1.7 million.  The Board intends to distribute approximately $90,000 this year.

Applications may be downloaded from this website by clicking here or by contacting the Council Bluffs Legal Department at 712-328-4620.  Applications are currently being accepted through Friday, November 17, 2017 at 5 pm.  The actual distribution of the grants is anticipated near the middle of December.

Meetings 

• 4:00 p.m.
• Spring and Fall
• City Hall, 209 Pearl Street - 3rd Floor Legal Department