County Endowment Fund
Application Overview
Contact Details
Tam Elerding | Program Director
Phone: 641-373-1379
email: endowhardinco@gmail.com
PO Box 473
Iowa Falls, IA 50126
Important Dates
Application Deadline: February 14th, 2025
Grants Approved: March 18, 2025
Grants Awards Night: (Must be present to recieve/award check) TBA
Eligibility to Apply for Funding:
- Qualified Organizations must be located in Hardin County .
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations.
- 170(c)(1) component units of government organizations (Fire Dept., Ambulance, Libraries, Parks, etc.)
- If you are not a 501(c)(3) or a 170(c)(1), you must align yourself with a fiscal sponsor.
The Fund Will Not Fund
- Existing debt
- Operating expenses, salaries or labor
Grant Details
The County Endowment Fund Program was established in 2004 by the Iowa State Legislature in HF 2302 and implementation began in 2005. The County Endowment Fund Program is separate from the Endow Iowa Tax Credit program. Through the County Endowment Fund Program, a percentage of the state’s gaming tax revenue is distributed to community foundations in the 84 counties that do not hold a state-issued gaming license. The community foundation organizations then grant 75 percent of those funds to charitable projects within their counties and place the remaining 25 percent in a permanent endowment fund, which is intended to attract other donations and provide a source of permanent funding for charitable projects within the county. Fifteen (15) counties are not eligible for the funding because state-licensed gaming facilities are located in those counties.
The Program is administered by the Iowa Economic Department Authority (IEDA) which works closely with the Iowa Council of Foundations (ICoF) in coordinating the program and determining the community foundation recipients of the funding. For more information on the County Endowment Fund Program please view one of the annual publications below which are produced by the Iowa Council of Foundations in partnership with the Iowa Gaming Association.
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