Communities received $9.3M from Alliant Energy in 2024
01 March 2025 - 7:13AM
Business Wire
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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