Your donation to the Endowment funds of the Okoboji Foundation will be used to support the annual grant process of the Foundation. Each year area nonprofits apply to the Foundation for dollars to support capital projects and programs that enhance the Iowa Great Lakes region.
Gifts to the Operations fund of the Okoboji Foundation as used to ensure professional, effective donor services and resource management.
The Okoboji Foundation has developed three field of interest funds that allow donors to further define their giving interests yet allowing the Foundation grants committee flexibility to use those funds across the many organizations that serve that sector. Each of our field of interest funds are Endow Iowa qualified and may provide a donor with a 25% state of Iowa tax credit.
The Okoboji Foundation established the Disaster Recovery Fund to provide leadership and collaborative funding to nonprofit organizations throughout the Iowa Great Lakes Region during times of crisis. The goal is to move resources quickly and adapt to evolving needs.
The Okoboji Writers’ Retreat (OWR) began in 2021 when 115 folks met in a one-room lodge. By 2023, the event was moved to a 147-acre lakeside campus, where panels and small-group workshops were held in multiple stone classrooms, a big tent, a large dining hall, and modern classrooms with audio/visual equipment. Being in a wooded area by the lake and surrounded by a community of others who have chosen a solitary form of creativity appears to be just the right mix of experiences. Attendees and speakers are there to learn from one another.
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