Eligibility
We offer the Community Tree Planting program to all communities where we provide service. We award grants of up to $5,000 per community to plant trees around places like parks, schools, libraries, community buildings and streets. Projects must provide energy-saving benefits to the community.
Trees Forever administers and facilitates the program, providing educational and planning support. In Iowa, the program is funded by customers’ Energy Efficiency contributions.
How to apply
Please fill out the online application. Act now; applications are due Nov. 1, 2023.
Grant cycles and deadlines
Grants are awarded once per year. You can submit your application at any time, though, and we’ll hold onto it until the grant cycle opens.
Application
deadline |
grants
announced |
funding
awarded |
Planting
dates |
|
|
February 2024 |
April 2024 |
Spring or fall 2024 |
2023 Iowa grants awarded
| CITY |
AMOUNT AWARDED |
TREES TO BE PLANTED (PROPOSED) |
|
|
$5,000 |
90 |
| Burlington |
$4,000 |
55 |
| Calmar |
$2,000 |
28 |
| Clear Lake |
$5,000 |
7 |
| Clinton |
$2,500 |
37 |
| Coggon |
$2,305 |
40 |
| Colo |
$4,500 |
40 |
| Conrad |
$1,000 |
14 |
| Conrad |
$4,000 |
62 |
| Cresco |
$4,500 |
66 |
| Creston |
$4,640 |
26 |
| Decorah |
$1,000 |
28 |
| Dubuque |
$5,000 |
31 |
| Dysart |
$1,000 |
8 |
| Eddyville |
$2,000 |
16 |
| Garwin |
$2,500 |
45 |
| Greenfield |
$3,000 |
65 |
| Grinnell |
$4,000 |
40 |
| Harcourt |
$4,500 |
42 |
| Hiawatha |
$4,000 |
60 |
| Hills |
$1,000 |
5 |
| Huxley |
$4,000 |
50 |
| Jefferson |
$4,000 |
50 |
| Laurens |
$1,500 |
20 |
| Letts |
$1,500 |
10 |
| Lisbon |
$4,000 |
26 |
| Mallard |
$4,000 |
23 |
| Marion |
$4,000 |
36 |
| Marshalltown |
$4,000 |
75 |
| Mason City |
$5,000 |
89 |
| Maysville |
$2,000 |
15 |
| McCausland |
$1,500 |
8 |
| Mechanicsville |
$1,000 |
12 |
| Monticello |
$4,500 |
58 |
| Mount Vernon |
$5,000 |
110 |
| Muscatine |
$4,000 |
27 |
| Nevada |
$4,500 |
49 |
| New Albin |
$500 |
4 |
| Norway |
$2,500 |
9 |
| Oelwein |
$4,000 |
47 |
| Palo |
$4,500 |
26 |
| Riverside |
$3,305 |
33 |
| Rolfe |
$3,920 |
18 |
| Rudd |
$2,200 |
20 |
| Sharpsburg |
$1,000 |
3 |
| Storm Lake |
$4,000 |
25 |
| Van Horne |
$4,000 |
50 |
| Villisca |
$1,000 |
30 |
| Washington |
$3,000 |
35 |
| Waukon |
$5,000 |
50 |
| West Union |
$4,500 |
11 |
