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Shoemaker Charitable Trust → United Way of Wapello County Iowa: $218K across 4 grants, latest 2025Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Trails Council: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2024Southeast Iowa Donor Inc → Wapello County Sheriff: $42K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Association of → Wapello Soil & Water Conservation District: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023Iowa Health Care Association Foundation → Wapello Specialty Care: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2024Miles Charitable Trust → Wapello County Historical Society: $13K across 4 grants, latest 2025Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Friends of Lake Wapello State Park: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Idaho Community Foundation Inc → Wapello Elementary School: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Pella Rolscreen Foundation → Wapello County Sheriffs Posse Inc: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bnsf Railway Foundation → United Way of Wapello County Iowa Inc: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025For Inspiration and Recognition of → Wapello Community School District: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Mfa Oil Foundation → Wapello County Rural Fire Departmen: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Iowa Legal Aid: $43K across 2 grants, latest 2023National Association of → Wapello County Swcd: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021Miles Charitable Trust → Hospice of Wapello County: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Heartland Humane Society Ltd: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Hospice of Davis & Wapello County: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Iowa Jobs for Americas Graduates (Ijag) Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Rural Fire Dept: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County 4-H Exposition Inc: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Camp Invention Ottumwa: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Indian Hills Community College Development Corporation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse-Neglect (Dba Wapel: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Food Bank of Iowa: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Emergency Management Agency: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello Family Treatment Court Foundation: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Historical Society Dba Iowa Heartland History Connection: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Four Oaks Family and Children's Services: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County 4-H Foundation Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc: $301K on this topic. Open the funder.Ottumwa Regional Legacy Found…$301KShoemaker Charitable Trust: $218K on this topic. Open the funder.Shoemaker Charitable Trust$218KNational Association of: $55K on this topic. Open the funder.National Association of$55KSoutheast Iowa Donor Inc: $42K on this topic. Open the funder.Southeast Iowa Donor Inc$42KIowa Health Care Association Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder.Iowa Health Care Association…$23KMiles Charitable Trust: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Miles Charitable Trust$20KCommunity Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $11K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Fdn of Greater Des…$11KIdaho Community Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Idaho Community Foundation Inc$10KPella Rolscreen Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Pella Rolscreen Foundation$5KBnsf Railway Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Bnsf Railway Foundation$4KFor Inspiration and Recognition of: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.For Inspiration and Recogniti…$2KMfa Oil Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Mfa Oil Foundation$2KUnited Way of Wapello County Iowa: received $218K on this topicUnited Way of Wapello County Io…$218KWapello County Trails Council: received $56K on this topicWapello County Trails Council$56KIowa Legal Aid: received $43K on this topicIowa Legal Aid$43KWapello County Sheriff: received $42K on this topicWapello County Sheriff$42KWapello Soil & Water Conservation District: received $35K on this topicWapello Soil & Water Conservati…$35KHeartland Humane Society Ltd: received $30K on this topicHeartland Humane Society Ltd$30KHospice of Davis & Wapello County: received $30K on this topicHospice of Davis & Wapello Coun…$30KIowa Jobs for Americas Graduates (Ijag) Inc: received $30K on this topicIowa Jobs for Americas Graduate…$30KWapello Specialty Care: received $23K on this topicWapello Specialty Care$23KWapello County Swcd: received $20K on this topicWapello County Swcd$20KWapello County Rural Fire Dept: received $20K on this topicWapello County Rural Fire Dept$20KPathfinders Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc: received $15K on this topicPathfinders Resource Conservati…$15KWapello County Historical Society: received $13K on this topicWapello County Historical Socie…$13KWapello County 4-H Exposition Inc: received $11K on this topicWapello County 4-H Exposition I…$11KFriends of Lake Wapello State Park: received $11K on this topicFriends of Lake Wapello State P…$11KCamp Invention Ottumwa: received $11K on this topicCamp Invention Ottumwa$11KWapello Elementary School: received $10K on this topicWapello Elementary School$10KIndian Hills Community College Development Corporation: received $10K on this topicIndian Hills Community College…$10KWapello County Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse-Neglect (Dba Wapel: received $10K on this topicWapello County Council for the…$10KFood Bank of Iowa: received $9K on this topicFood Bank of Iowa$9KWapello County Emergency Management Agency: received $8K on this topicWapello County Emergency Manage…$8KHospice of Wapello County: received $7K on this topicHospice of Wapello County$7KWapello Family Treatment Court Foundation: received $6K on this topicWapello Family Treatment Court…$6KWapello County Sheriffs Posse Inc: received $5K on this topicWapello County Sheriffs Posse I…$5KWapello County Sheriff's Reserve: received $5K on this topicWapello County Sheriff's Reserve$5KUnited Way of Wapello County Iowa Inc: received $4K on this topicUnited Way of Wapello County Io…$4KWapello County Historical Society Dba Iowa Heartland History Connection: received $3K on this topicWapello County Historical Socie…$3KFour Oaks Family and Children's Services: received $3K on this topicFour Oaks Family and Children's…$3KWapello County 4-H Foundation Inc: received $3K on this topicWapello County 4-H Foundation I…$3KWapello Community School District: received $2K on this topicWapello Community School Distri…$2KWapello County Rural Fire Departmen: received $2K on this topicWapello County Rural Fire Depar…$2K
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