Grants awarded
Who does Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation fund?
Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation has awarded $478,000 across 178 grants to 160 organizations between 2019 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in recreation & sports. Its typical grant is $2,500, with most between $1,000 and $4,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $2,976 versus $2,312 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$478K
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
160
Grants
178
Years
2019–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C City of Rolfe | $13K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lakota Community Fire Company | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| W Wallingford Fire Ambulance | $10K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Aurelia Kiwanis Club | $10K | 2 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Palo Alto County Conservation Board | $10K | 2 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cherokee Rotary Club | $8K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| D Dickens Fire and Rescue | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C City of Fonda | $8K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Regional Wellness Center | $7K | 2 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cherokee Community Foundation | $7K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| R Royal Clay Lincoln Fire Agency | $7K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Emmetsburg Main Street Community Theater | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| E Emmet County Sheriffs Office | $6K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Pocahontas Community Foundation | $6K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| E Emmetsburg Police Department | $5K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Estherville FFA | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tiny Treasurers Community Daycare Center | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Back County Horsemen of Iowa | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Okoboji Baseball Boyz INC | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
| C City of Havelock | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pocahontas Rural Fire Department | $5K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| Q Quimby Community Fire Dept | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Wallingford Fire and Emergency Medical Services | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rotary Club of Iowa Great Lakes | $5K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| D Discovery House INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| R Royal Historical Society INC | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| E Estherville Police Department | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| R Royal Fire Department | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Laurens | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Emmetsburg Community Development Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Estherville | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Fonda Fire Department INC | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C City of Peterson | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sioux Rapids Firefighters Associati | $5K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| E Estherville Fire Fighters Assoc INC | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Buena Vista County Fair | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Laurens Ambulance Service | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Pocahantas County Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Lakes Area Hockey Association (laha) | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Heat Tactical Team | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Royal Clay Lincoln Fire Department | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Ringsted Community Improvement | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City If Terril | $4K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| R Ready Set Grow | $4K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| C Clay County Agriculture Extension District | $4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Hudsons Crew | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| F Fostoria Fire and Rescue Association | $4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| N Newell Fire Departement | $4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N North Union School Industrial | $4K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Arnolds Park Wildcat Reno | $4K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| H Hanover Hist Society | $4K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Stockman's 4-H Club | $4K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W West Elementary Partners in Education | $4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Buena Vista County Emergency Management Agency | $4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Swea City Improvement League | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| E Emmet County Affairs | $4K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Giddy INC | $4K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
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$4K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
| R Ringsted Community Improvement Organization Incorporated | $3K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| C Clay County Ag Extension | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Excel Estherville | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| C City of Swea City | $3K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Legion Owen Goodwin Post #248 | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Emmetsburg Community Development | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Estherville Fire Department | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Estherville Ambulance | $3K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Estherville Public Library | $3K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Emmet County Izaak Walton League | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Graettinger Terril Csd | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cherokee County Conservation Board | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Palo Alto Co VFW | $3K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Alta Aurelia Shooting Sports | $3K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Royal American Legion Post #248 | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pocahontas County Economic Development Commission | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Legion Post 91 | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Centers Against Abuse and Sexual Assault (caasa) | $2K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Okoboji | $2K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Iowa State Extension- Cherokee | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Newell Historicial Society | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Camp Foster YMCA | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Backstage in Bancroft | $2K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| C City of Arnolds Park | $2K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| K Kept(kossuth Emerg Preparedness Team) | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Depot Renovation INC | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Northwest Iowa Corridor Habitat for Humanity | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Estherville Little League Association | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| H Hope Haven Faith Hope Charity | $2K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
The Bridge of Storm Lake
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| A American Legion Auxilary 382 | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cassa | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Brugjeld-Peterson Point Historic Farmstead | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Vocal Boosters of Emmetsburg | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| D Dickinson County Historical Society | $2K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| P Pocahontas Community Foundation DBA Pocahontas Chamber & Fire Department | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Spirit Lake Youth Athletics | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| O Okoboji Middle School | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Emmetsburg Baseballsoftball Academy | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Emmetsburg Municipal Band INC | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Cherokee Day Care INC | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| P Parent Action Team | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA |
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