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12 funders with a record of paying for “wapello”
Where the money went Shoemaker Charitable Trust → United Way of Wapello County Iowa: $218K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Trails Council: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Southeast Iowa Donor Inc → Wapello County Sheriff: $42K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Association of → Wapello Soil & Water Conservation District: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Iowa Health Care Association Foundation → Wapello Specialty Care: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Miles Charitable Trust → Wapello County Historical Society: $13K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Friends of Lake Wapello State Park: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Idaho Community Foundation Inc → Wapello Elementary School: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Pella Rolscreen Foundation → Wapello County Sheriffs Posse Inc: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Bnsf Railway Foundation → United Way of Wapello County Iowa Inc: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025 For Inspiration and Recognition of → Wapello Community School District: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mfa Oil Foundation → Wapello County Rural Fire Departmen: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Iowa Legal Aid: $43K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Association of → Wapello County Swcd: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Miles Charitable Trust → Hospice of Wapello County: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Heartland Humane Society Ltd: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Hospice of Davis & Wapello County: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Iowa Jobs for Americas Graduates (Ijag) Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Rural Fire Dept: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County 4-H Exposition Inc: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Camp Invention Ottumwa: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Indian Hills Community College Development Corporation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse-Neglect (Dba Wapel: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Food Bank of Iowa: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Emergency Management Agency: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello Family Treatment Court Foundation: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County Historical Society Dba Iowa Heartland History Connection: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Four Oaks Family and Children's Services: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Wapello County 4-H Foundation Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc: $301K on this topic. Open the funder. Ottumwa Regional Legacy Found… $301K Shoemaker Charitable Trust: $218K on this topic. Open the funder. Shoemaker Charitable Trust $218K National Association of: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. National Association of $55K Southeast Iowa Donor Inc: $42K on this topic. Open the funder. Southeast Iowa Donor Inc $42K Iowa Health Care Association Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. Iowa Health Care Association… $23K Miles Charitable Trust: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Miles Charitable Trust $20K Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Fdn of Greater Des… $11K Idaho Community Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Idaho Community Foundation Inc $10K Pella Rolscreen Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Pella Rolscreen Foundation $5K Bnsf Railway Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Bnsf Railway Foundation $4K For Inspiration and Recognition of: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. For Inspiration and Recogniti… $2K Mfa Oil Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. Mfa Oil Foundation $2K United Way of Wapello County Iowa: received $218K on this topic United Way of Wapello County Io… $218K Wapello County Trails Council: received $56K on this topic Wapello County Trails Council $56K Iowa Legal Aid: received $43K on this topic Iowa Legal Aid $43K Wapello County Sheriff: received $42K on this topic Wapello County Sheriff $42K Wapello Soil & Water Conservation District: received $35K on this topic Wapello Soil & Water Conservati… $35K Heartland Humane Society Ltd: received $30K on this topic Heartland Humane Society Ltd $30K Hospice of Davis & Wapello County: received $30K on this topic Hospice of Davis & Wapello Coun… $30K Iowa Jobs for Americas Graduates (Ijag) Inc: received $30K on this topic Iowa Jobs for Americas Graduate… $30K Wapello Specialty Care: received $23K on this topic Wapello Specialty Care $23K Wapello County Swcd: received $20K on this topic Wapello County Swcd $20K Wapello County Rural Fire Dept: received $20K on this topic Wapello County Rural Fire Dept $20K Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc: received $15K on this topic Pathfinders Resource Conservati… $15K Wapello County Historical Society: received $13K on this topic Wapello County Historical Socie… $13K Wapello County 4-H Exposition Inc: received $11K on this topic Wapello County 4-H Exposition I… $11K Friends of Lake Wapello State Park: received $11K on this topic Friends of Lake Wapello State P… $11K Camp Invention Ottumwa: received $11K on this topic Camp Invention Ottumwa $11K Wapello Elementary School: received $10K on this topic Wapello Elementary School $10K Indian Hills Community College Development Corporation: received $10K on this topic Indian Hills Community College… $10K Wapello County Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse-Neglect (Dba Wapel: received $10K on this topic Wapello County Council for the… $10K Food Bank of Iowa: received $9K on this topic Food Bank of Iowa $9K Wapello County Emergency Management Agency: received $8K on this topic Wapello County Emergency Manage… $8K Hospice of Wapello County: received $7K on this topic Hospice of Wapello County $7K Wapello Family Treatment Court Foundation: received $6K on this topic Wapello Family Treatment Court… $6K Wapello County Sheriffs Posse Inc: received $5K on this topic Wapello County Sheriffs Posse I… $5K Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve: received $5K on this topic Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve $5K United Way of Wapello County Iowa Inc: received $4K on this topic United Way of Wapello County Io… $4K Wapello County Historical Society Dba Iowa Heartland History Connection: received $3K on this topic Wapello County Historical Socie… $3K Four Oaks Family and Children's Services: received $3K on this topic Four Oaks Family and Children's… $3K Wapello County 4-H Foundation Inc: received $3K on this topic Wapello County 4-H Foundation I… $3K Wapello Community School District: received $2K on this topic Wapello Community School Distri… $2K Wapello County Rural Fire Departmen: received $2K on this topic Wapello County Rural Fire Depar… $2K 12 funders, 31 recipients, grants matching “wapello” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $10,250 to WAPELLO COUNTY 4-H EXPOSITION INC — kitchen upgrade for wapello county 4-h expo grounds.
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Largest: $4,135 to WAPELLO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — general operating
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Largest: $59,940 to UNITED WAY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA — general operating
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Largest: $22,879 to WAPELLO COUNTY SHERIFF — community good
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Largest: $1,000 to UNITED WAY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA INC — united way/red cross
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Largest: $35,200 to WAPELLO SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT — technical assistance
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Largest: $16,276 to WAPELLO SPECIALTY CARE — covid 19 asssistance
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Largest: $3,000 to WAPELLO COUNTY SHERIFFS POSSE INC — general operations
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Largest: $10,655 to FRIENDS OF LAKE WAPELLO STATE PARK — grant distribution
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Largest: $10,000 to WAPELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — develop a beautiful and functioning landscape with secure school yard
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Largest: $2,000 to WAPELLO COUNTY RURAL FIRE DEPARTMEN — 5 gas detectors
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Largest: $2,000 to Wapello Community School District — program support
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