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  • 2023 PREVIEW APP
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  • IMPACT Grant Recipients
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Charitable Interests

The Lee County Charitable Fund invests in projects that primarily facilitate cooperation, collaboration, creativity and community organization in Lee County, Iowa. The Lee County Charitable Fund gives special emphasis to creative grant proposals that serve a broad sector of the community, are innovative, new and offer the greatest opportunities for positive and significant change in the communities of Lee County, Iowa. 


All projects should serve the charitable fields of arts and culture, community betterment, education, health care and human services. Grant proposals are only accepted from 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organizations residing in Lee County, Iowa.

Projects That May Receive Priority Funding:

  • Projects, organizations, or projects that address and help resolve important existing or emerging community issues.
  • Seed grants to initiate promising new projects and programs so that those projects and programs are able to demonstrate their usefulness to the community.
  • Projects that will enable non-profit and charitable agencies to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and move toward self-sufficiency.
  • Projects that improve the quality or scope of charitable works in the community.
  • Projects for which other grants have been approved but require matching funds for completion.

Projects That Will Not Receive Funding:

  • General operating expenses for an organization’s routine functions and principal programs.
  • Annual fund drives, fundraising events or endowment-building campaigns.
  • Debt reduction or retirement.
  • Religious organizations for sacramental or theological purposes.
  • Political or lobbying activities.
  • Scholarships for primary and secondary education and post-secondary degree programs, expenses for projects.
  • Programs that have already occurred or will occur during the grant review process and projects that occur outside of Lee County.

     Lee County Charitable Fund

P.O. Box 367 Keokuk, Iowa 52632 | 319.670.0207 | grants@leecountycharitablefund.org

Copyright © 2021 The Lee County Charitable Fund


2023 Grants

In 2023, the Lee County Charitable Fund is offering two grant opportunities in one application. The 2023 Lee County Charitable Fund Grant Opportunities are the up to $25,000 IMPACT Grant and the up to $7,500 Grant for Lee County Programs/Capital Needs. In the application, the nonprofit organization applicant may choose ONE grant opportunity only. 


The nonprofit organization applicant CAN NOT submit multiple applications for each grant opportunity. Funding for both grant opportunities is at the discretion of the Lee County Charitable Fund Board.  

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