Iowa’s Tippie College Receives $3.5 Million Grant for Student Wellness Program
The University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business in Iowa City has received a $3.5 million grant from the Cedar Rapids-based DeWolf Family Foundation. The funds will support "Tippie Thrive," a peer-led wellness initiative focused on enhancing the mental health…
Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa City & Dubuque, IA, October 16, 2026 —
The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business has received a $3.5 million grant from the DeWolf Family Foundation to support a student wellness initiative and establish an endowment for the program.
The foundation is based in Cedar Rapids, and the college is located in Iowa City. The initiative, called “Tippie Thrive,” is described as peer-led and focused on enhancing the mental health and success of business students.
The grant will provide support for the initiative and help create an endowment, according to the information provided about the award. No breakdown was provided for how the grant will be divided between program support and the endowment.
Further details about the initiative’s operations were not provided. The available information does not specify when Tippie Thrive will begin, how students will participate, what activities or services it will offer, or how the program’s impact will be assessed. The number of students expected to take part was also not stated.
The grant announcement identifies the intended focus of the program but does not include comments from the university, the business school or the foundation. It also does not provide information about the endowment’s structure or the schedule for distributing its support.
The award links the foundation’s funding to a peer-led effort addressing student mental health and success at the college. Additional details about implementation and the program’s longer-term plans were not available.
Story summarized from the original created by Brooklyn Draisey on www.kcrg.com, see more information here.
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