Charles E. Lakin
Making a Difference Yesterday
PHOTO: Charles sitting at his semi-circular desk in his corner office of Charles E. Lakin Enterprises located in the Lakin Building at 90th and Dodge St. The building was later sold to American National Bank.
Grants & Donations 1995-2016
The Charles E. Lakin Foundation donated nearly $26MM during Charles' lifetime.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
$25,000
Impact Circle - Mentoring
Boys & Girls Club of Council Bluffs
$200,000
Charles E. Lakin Scholarship Award
Boys & Girls Club of Council Bluffs
$2,500
Swim Program
Catholic Charities
$80,000
Annual Irish Fest
Charles & Florence Endowed Scholarship Fund at OCC
$200,000
Nishna Valley Scholarships
Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus
$14,000,000
The Campus is a collaborative force of 5 human service organizations co-located on a 15 acre campus.
Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus
$34,400
Playground Equipment
Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus
$11,000
Campus Maintenance
Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus
$10,000
Medical Fund
Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus
$115,000
Campus Coordinator Position
Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus
$153,000
Campus Zone Wi-Fi
Completely KIDS
$450,000
Annual Matching Grant for Food Program
Completely KIDS
$500,000
Florence Lakin Endowment
Completely KIDS
$36,000
Annual Big Red Fundraiser
Completely KIDS
$250,000
Annual Learn to Swim Program
Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
$5,000
Mission of reducing the incidence of domestic violence
East Mills School District
$1,500
Student Trip to Orlando
Educare of Omaha, Inc.
$350,000
Early Childhood Development
Emerson Iowa Cemetery Association
80 acre farm plus plants, roads, directory, etc.
Grounds for Cemetery
Goodfellows Omaha
$1,000,000
Emergency fund designed to assist people with urgent needs
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
$1,200,000
Lakin Habitat Restore
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs
$100,000
General Grant
Heartland Family Service
$70,000
Children's Emergency Shelter
Heartland Family Service
$1,500
Carnival of Love Gala / Fundraiser
Heartland Family Service
$250
Salute to Families Fundraiser
Heartland Family Service
$500,000
Therapeutic School - Council Bluffs, IA
Loess Hills AEA 13
$410,000
Lakin Outstanding Teacher Awards
Lutheran Family Services
$1,000
General Grant
Malvern Community Schools
$1,000
Marching Band Trip
Malvern Public Library
$2,500
Library Operations
Malvern, IA
$1,000,000
Malvern Community Center
Micah House
$50,000
Emergency Shelter
Mills County Endowment Fund
$68,800
Indian Creek Museum
Mills County Iowa
$13,350
Glenwood Law Enforcement Center Monument
Montgomery County Iowa Historical Society
$500
General Grant
Nishna Valley Community Schools
$1,000
Pottawattamie County Veterans Affairs
$275,000
Venterans Center Facility Construction
Stephen Center
$50,000
General Grant
Sunset Baptist Church
$23,000
HVAC System
Sunset Baptist Church
$13,100
Roof
YMCA of Greater Omaha
$3,500,000
Charles E. Lakin YMCA - Council Bluffs
Anonymous Charity
$250,000
General Grant