Iowa · Public charity
Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc
To distribute funds received from the grand falls casino & resort to qualified non-profit organizations including county, municipalities and school districts in accordance with iowa code.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $87,189
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k 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 | 27 | $4.0M | 15% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $3.2M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $3.3M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $3.2M | 28% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $3.2M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $2.3M | 35% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $1.6M | 6% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lyon Csd | $2,340,242 | 9 | n/a |
| Central Lyon Csd | $2,155,811 | 9 | n/a |
| George Little Rock Csd | $2,080,243 | 9 | n/a |
| Lyon County Fair Association | $1,687,625 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Inwood | $1,476,816 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Alvord | $1,277,519 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Larchwood | $1,253,797 | 9 | n/a |
| Lyon County | $1,213,340 | 9 | n/a |
| Doon EMS | $1,053,913 | 9 | n/a |
| Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital Inc | $1,000,000 | 9 | 16% |
Show all 65 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lyon Csd | $2,340,242 | 9 | n/a |
| Central Lyon Csd | $2,155,811 | 9 | n/a |
| George Little Rock Csd | $2,080,243 | 9 | n/a |
| Lyon County Fair Association | $1,687,625 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Inwood | $1,476,816 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Alvord | $1,277,519 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Larchwood | $1,253,797 | 9 | n/a |
| Lyon County | $1,213,340 | 9 | n/a |
| Doon EMS | $1,053,913 | 9 | n/a |
| Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital Inc | $1,000,000 | 9 | 16% |
| City of Lester | $960,351 | 9 | n/a |
| Doon Volunteer Fire Dept | $930,673 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Little Rock AR | $903,861 | 9 | n/a |
| Friends of Doon Foundation | $600,000 | 3 | 49% |
| Rock Rapids Kids Club Inc | $595,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Inwood Fire & Rescue Inc | $486,555 | 5 | 27% |
| Midwest Honor Flight - Ia & Sd | $422,500 | 5 | 11% |
| Lyon County Conservation Foundation | $338,000 | 3 | n/a |
| George Fire & EMS | $297,282 | 3 | n/a |
| George Community Daycare Inc | $214,220 | 4 | 16% |
| Lyon County Community Daycare Inc | $205,222 | 4 | 40% |
| Mid-Sioux Opportunity Inc | $174,962 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Blood Run | $165,786 | 1 | n/a |
| Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School PTO | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larchwood Baseball Club | $118,487 | 2 | n/a |
| Lester Visioning Inc | $112,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Golf for Injured Veterans Everywhere Foundation | $100,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Rock Rapids Area Development Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 56% |
| Children's Care Hospital and School | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oaklyn Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship Village | $91,980 | 3 | 2% |
| George Community Foundation | $86,674 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Name Church | $66,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Rock Town and Country Inc | $60,295 | 3 | 42% |
| Rapids Theatre Preservation Society Inc | $59,621 | 1 | n/a |
| Siouxland Adaptive Sports Inc | $57,891 | 2 | 59% |
| Saint Marys Roman Catholic Church | $55,787 | 3 | n/a |
| Larchwood Community Group | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiwanis International Inc | $52,503 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Iowa Community College | $46,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larchwood Betterment Club | $33,012 | 1 | 36% |
| Rock Ranch | $32,700 | 1 | 10% |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $30,789 | 2 | n/a |
| Alvord Betterment Committee Inc | $27,026 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Siouxland Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mustang Sports Boosters | $25,216 | 1 | n/a |
| Crooks Veterans Park | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hero Haven | $23,850 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lester | $22,808 | 1 | n/a |
| West Lyon Athletic Booster Club Inc | $19,936 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock Rapids Mural Society Inc | $17,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars | $15,000 | 1 | 69% |
| Lyon County Fair Association | $14,832 | 1 | 2% |
| Granite Threshermens Association Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyon County Ag Extension | $12,368 | 1 | n/a |
| Inwood Museum Inc | $10,103 | 1 | n/a |
| United Church of Christ | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rock Valley | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyon County Historical Society | $8,660 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 0561 Flessner | $8,638 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyon County Straight Shooters Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Haven Inc | $7,226 | 1 | 0% |
| South Dakota National Guard Enlisted Association | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| American Legion Post | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larchwood Public Library | $5,824 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($193k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust · Siouxland Community Foundation · James W and Ella B Forster Trust · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Premier Communications Foundation · Stewart Family Foundation · Interstates Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc
- How much does Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc give?
- Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc reported 39 itemized grants totaling $3,955,063, out of $4,140,148 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (27%), Education (27%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
- Who are Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: West Lyon Csd ($2.3M), Central Lyon Csd ($2.2M), George Little Rock Csd ($2.1M).
- Does Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust, Siouxland Community Foundation, James W and Ella B Forster Trust.
- Where is Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc based?
- Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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