The Mission of the Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation is to help Marshalltown thrive through bold, community-rooted investments in people, place, and possibility. To learn more about the Foundation's fields of interest, click 'Grants' below.
Martha-Ellen Tye's
Legacy
Martha-Ellen Tye was devoted to her hometown of Marshalltown, Iowa. Though she traveled often to satisfy her interests in opera and other fine arts, Marshalltown was her favorite place to be. This is where she satisfied two other lifelong passions – community theater and philanthropic giving. In 1976 she created the Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation with the intent that her beloved hometown would benefit from this community resource throughout her life and well beyond.