Okoboji, IA (KICD)– The Okoboji Foundation recently awarded more than 300 thousand dollars in grants to seven Lakes Area non-profit organizations.

Among the awards is 150 thousand dollars to Lakeside Lab, 100 thousand to the City of West Okoboji, 52 thousand for Ducks Unlimited, 24,500 dollars to the local humane society, more than 17 thousand to Twin Forks Trap and Skeet Club, 11 thousand to Templar Park and just over seven thousand to Spirit Lake Youth Athletics.

The Foundation received over 1.1 million dollars in grant requests for the 2023 cycle with 300 thousand of the awards coming from the Okoboji Foundation endowments and the additional 60 thousand from the Youth in Philanthropy initiative.