North Lee Community Foundation

12/31/2025

As we welcome a new year, we’re grateful for the many ways our community shows up for one another! Our 2025 Community Newsletter reflects the impact made possible by donors, volunteers, nonprofits, and partners throughout the past year.

Happy New Year from NLCF and thank you for helping make our community stronger every day!
View the newsletter: https://issuu.com/keokukfoundation/docs/2025_kacf_nlcf_newsletter_

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from the North Lee Community Foundation! We’re grateful for the generosity and community spirit that make North Lee such a special place. Wishing you a warm and joyful holiday season. ✨🤍

12/02/2025

❤️ Today on Giving Tuesday, we’re celebrating you. The generous people, families, and organizations who make Lee County such a giving community. Your support of local nonprofits strengthens our schools, lifts up our youth, fuels the arts, expands access to health services, and makes life better for all who call this home.

If you’re looking for a way to give this season, we encourage you to support the nonprofits and causes that matter most to you. A little generosity goes a long way in a community like ours.
Together, we’re building a stronger Lee County.

11/27/2025

This Thanksgiving, we’re especially thankful for the generosity of our community. Your support makes it possible for us to give back in meaningful ways all year long. 🍁

11/21/2025

📚 The North Lee Community Foundation (NLCF) is pleased to announce its role in establishing a new endowed scholarship fund in partnership with the Holy Trinity Catholic Schools Educational Foundation.
The Holy Trinity Catholic Schools Educational Field Scholarship is a $100,000 endowed fund created to support graduating Holy Trinity seniors who plan to pursue a degree in education. The scholarship will be awarded annually, with this year’s award expected to be approximately $4,500, based on endowment earnings and fund performance.

"This is an opportunity for a student who wishes to serve in an educational-related profession”, stated Thomas Gendron, Director of Development at the Holy Trinity Catholic Schools Educational Foundation. "We offer scholarship opportunities to several fields, but this is the first time, to my knowledge, that we will help students who wish to go into the real world doing one of God's chosen professions, teaching."

The scholarship was donated by a benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous and was established through the North Lee Community Foundation as part of its mission to support education, community development, and long-term local impact through permanent charitable funds.

"We as a foundation are grateful for the community support of this very important fund dedicated to education”, said NLCF Board President Steve Koellner. “The 25% Iowa Tax Credit is an essential part of the growth of this endowment, and we look forward to working with Holy Trinity Schools into the future."

For more information about establishing an endowed scholarship or other planned giving opportunities through North Lee Community Foundation, please contact:
Executive Director: Roger Ricketts
[email protected]

11/18/2025

It’s National Community Foundation Week!
We’re celebrating the projects, programs, and people who make Lee County stronger every day. From supporting local nonprofits and community spaces, to empowering students through scholarships, to strengthening arts, health, and human services. Your community foundations are here to uplift the place we call home.
🫶 Learn more about our work and the impact we make together at https://www.northleecf.org/

11/10/2025

Our favorite night of the year!
The 2025 Annual Grant Reception brought together more than 120 guests, local nonprofits, volunteers, and community leaders, all celebrating $170,239 in grants supporting 37 programs and organizations throughout Lee County and beyond.
Thank you to everyone helping make our communities brighter, together. 🌟
📸 See all the photos from the evening below, a huge gratitude of thanks to our photographer Iryna Husak!

10/27/2025

Your generosity builds stronger communities, and Iowa says thank you. Through the Endow Iowa Tax Credit Program, gifts made through the North Lee Community Foundation not only support local causes forever… they also qualify for a 25% Iowa tax credit.
That means more impact for you and your community.
LEARN MORE: https://www.northleecf.org/endowiowa

10/17/2025

Every great community is built on generosity, and at the North Lee Community Foundation, we make it easy for you to make a lasting difference.

Creating a fund with NLCF is simple, personal, and powerful. Whether you want to give back to the place that raised you, involve your family or business in giving, or create a legacy that lives on forever, we’ll help you design a plan that aligns your passions with meaningful impact.

Your gift doesn’t just help today — it strengthens Lee County for generations to come.

✨ Learn how you can start your own fund:

North Lee Community Foundation provides personal service and professional charitable expertise. There are several options for giving to North Lee Community Foundation. We accept a wide variety of gifts and offer a variety of fund options to meet your personal, charitable giving needs.

10/08/2025

The North Lee Community Foundation, through the "Lee County Charitable Fund" is proud to be a supporter of Lee County's Domestic Violence Intervention Program. 🤝

LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Board of Supervisors may consider making a donation to domestic violence efforts in the county. October is Domestic Violence Prevention Month and supervisors heard a …

09/29/2025

Today's the day Lee County non-profits! Get your applications in for the fall 2025 North Lee Community Foundation grant fund!
🔗 https://www.northleecf.org/grants

09/26/2025

🕛 Reminder! North Lee Community Fund grant applications are due Monday, September 29th! Learn more and apply here: https://www.northleecf.org/grants