Iowa · Private foundation
Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $74k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 84%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 51
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $36k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 84% of the organizations Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $74k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $69k | 84% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $52k | 89% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $70k | 96% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $69k | 81% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $81k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $63k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakota Community Fire Company | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherokee Rotary Club | $8,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Cherokee Community Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Pocahontas Community Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Back Country Horsemen of Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Estherville Firefighters Association Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fonda Fire Department Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sioux Rapids Fire Fighters Association Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Discovery House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Okoboji Baseball Boyz Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 46 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakota Community Fire Company | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherokee Rotary Club | $8,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Cherokee Community Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Pocahontas Community Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Back Country Horsemen of Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Estherville Firefighters Association Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fonda Fire Department Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sioux Rapids Fire Fighters Association Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Discovery House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Okoboji Baseball Boyz Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Royal Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Estherville | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiny Treasures Community Daycare Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hudsons Crew | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fostoria Fire and Rescue Association | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ready Set Grow Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Swea City Improvement League | $4,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clay County Heritage | $3,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Giddy Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ringsted Community Improvement Organization Incorporated | $3,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Excel Estherville | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmetsburg Community Development | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Northwest Iowa Corridor Habitat for Humanity | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Okoboji | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Estherville Little League Association | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Depot Renovation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Arnolds Park | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bridge of Storm Lake | $2,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Iowa Mental Health Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parent Action Team | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dickinson County Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmetsburg Municipal Band Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmetsburg Baseball Softball Academy | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spirit Lake Youth Athletics | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherokee Day Care Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vocal Boosters of Emmetsburg | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lakes Regional Healthcare | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Splash Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital Assocation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Peterson Point Preservation Foundation | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Patent Pending Players | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kossuth County Historical Society | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Haven Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kossuth County Food Pantry Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Gt Ra Bullseyes Inc | $350 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 114 recipients with no EIN on record ($327k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio · Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation
- How much does Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation give?
- Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $73,683 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 51 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (23%), Public Safety & Disaster (21%), Health (9%).
- Who are Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Lakota Community Fire Company ($10k), Cherokee Rotary Club ($8k), Cherokee Community Foundation ($7k).
- Does Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 84% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio, Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake.
- Where is Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation based?
- Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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