Communities received $9.3M from Alliant Energy in 2024
Business Wire 28-Feb-2025 3:13 PM
Giving advanced efforts including the company's One Million Trees and Rural Hunger initiatives
Alliant Energy and the company's charitable foundation, along with the company's employees and retirees, collectively contributed nearly $9.3 million and over 80,000 volunteer hours to various causes and nonprofits in 2024.
"The passion Alliant Energy has for customers can be directly seen through the work of our Foundation and the volunteerism of our employees," said Aimee Davis, Alliant Energy Foundation board chair. "In 2024 we partnered with food banks to offer programs to combat rural hunger and reached a major milestone in our goal to plant 1 million trees. I'm proud of the creative ways we worked to make things better for the communities we serve."
The Alliant Energy Foundation's giving and volunteer efforts focused on four areas: Community safety and engagement, environmental stewardship, workforce readiness and hunger and housing.
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Community safety and engagement: Improvements for emergency services and over $55,000 in safety grants covered 37 communities for many first response organizations including police and fire departments as they received vital new or upgraded equipment. Support was also provided to initiatives that bring communities together such as special events like fairs and building playgrounds.
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Environmental stewardship: Alliant Energy reached the halfway milestone last year in its goal to plant a million trees by the end of 2030. Since July 2021, the company has helped plant over 551,000 trees in Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Workforce readiness: To aid in the development of a solid workforce and attract future employees, the company worked to create accessible paths for students through a variety of scholarship opportunities. Over 100 students received scholarships with contributions totaling more than $103,000 to offset tuition costs and student loans.
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Hunger and housing: In partnership with local food banks, the Rural Hunger Initiative is a collaborative effort to combat challenges surrounding food insecurity in rural communities. The initiative provided $1 million over two years to combat hunger across Iowa and Wisconsin. Two programs were launched with food bank partners in Iowa. One focuses on school pantries. The other develops partnership agreements to bring fresh proteins like beef and pork from agricultural partners to hungry neighbors.
"Each day we provide support to critical programs and our partners who work to improve the communities we serve across Iowa and Wisconsin," said Andy Kitslaar, executive director of the Alliant Energy Foundation. "Beyond grant support, our focus on employee volunteerism creates a direct impact on our neighbors. We are proud of the opportunities we provided to serve customers and build stronger communities last year."
About The Alliant Energy Foundation
The Alliant Energy Foundation is a philanthropic organization created by Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) and is operated as a separate entity led by its own board of directors. The Foundation is committed to making a positive difference in the communities where Alliant Energy employees, retirees and customers live and work. The Foundation, which is funded solely by Alliant Energy share owners, seeks to further the corporation's goal of being a good corporate citizen and contributing member of society. Since 1998, the Foundation has contributed more than $76 million to innovative projects and local nonprofits. For more information, visit alliantenergy.com/foundation.
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