Give to EEF
Send an Esko graduate forward.
Give online in a minute, by check, through your employer, or in someone's name. Your gift funds scholarships for Lincoln High School graduates.
Give online, one time or monthly.
Esko Educational Foundation, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Every dollar goes toward scholarships.
Send a check to the Foundation.
Make your check payable to the Esko Educational Foundation and mail it to the Foundation’s post office box in Esko. Every dollar goes toward scholarships.
Why give
Give where you can see it land.
EEF publishes every scholarship it awards, with the year, the scholarship, and the graduate’s name. Your gift goes into that record.
About $80,000
Awarded each year
25–35 graduating seniors receive an EEF scholarship each year, in awards from $1,000 to $10,000.
813
Scholarships since 1994
The public archive lists every one with its year, its scholarship, and the graduate who received it.
See every recipient46
Named scholarships
Each carries the name of a family, a business, a club, or someone Esko remembers.
Browse the directory
Every board member is an unpaid volunteer from the Esko community. They raise the money, review the applications, and keep the Foundation running.
What your gift provides
Every amount maps to a graduate.
A full scholarship is $1,000. Named scholarships reach up to $10,000.
- $25Joins with other gifts to fund a graduate's scholarship
- $250A quarter of a full scholarship
- $500Half of a full scholarship
- $1,000A full scholarship for one graduating senior
- $2,500Sends multiple graduating seniors forward in one year
- $10,000Funds an award the size of EEF's largest named scholarships
More ways to give
Start with the path that feels right.
There is more than one way to send a graduate forward. Before you start a transfer, ask us to confirm the current instructions.
Multiply your gift
Ask your employer to match your gift
Many employers match what their employees give to schools and charities. Look for a matching-gift program in your benefits portal or ask HR, then name the Esko Educational Foundation as the recipient. EEF's EIN is 41-1789095.
Ask about a matching giftTurn volunteer hours into a grant
Some employers give a grant to the charity where an employee volunteers. EEF is run entirely by volunteers, from the 5K to scholarship review, so your hours can count twice.
Ask about volunteeringGive through payroll or a workplace campaign
If your workplace offers payroll giving or runs a United Way campaign, you can usually designate the Esko Educational Foundation by name.
Ask about workplace giving
Give in someone's name
Give in memory or in honor of someone
Name a person with your gift, whether a graduate, a teacher, a coach, or someone Esko misses. EEF sends a note to the honoree or their family so they know you remembered them. Add the name to your check memo, or email us after an online gift.
Plan a tribute giftGive to a named scholarship, or start one
A gift of any amount can go to one of EEF's named scholarships; name it on your check memo or tell us by email. A new named scholarship starts at $1,000. A smaller gift toward a new name goes into EEF's scholarships for graduating seniors.
Talk about a named scholarship
Give from investments, a fund, or your will
Give appreciated securities
Request current transfer instructions from EEF before you or your broker initiates a stock gift.
Ask for transfer instructionsAsk about an IRA qualified charitable distribution
Start the conversation with EEF, then confirm your eligibility and the tax treatment with your adviser and IRA custodian before initiating a transfer.
Ask about an IRA giftRecommend a grant from a donor-advised fund
If you give through a donor-advised fund, recommend a grant to Esko Educational Foundation, PO Box 27, Esko, MN 55733. EEF's EIN is 41-1789095.
Ask about a fund grantInclude EEF in your will or as a beneficiary
Name the Esko Educational Foundation in your will or trust, or as a beneficiary of a retirement account or life insurance policy. Work out the wording with your attorney or adviser, and tell us if you would like EEF to know.
Start a legacy conversation
Businesses and neighbors
Give as a business or sponsor the 5K
Esko businesses already carry named scholarships. A business can give directly, start a named scholarship at $1,000, or sponsor the Foundation's annual 5K.
See the 5KGive your time or your story
Volunteer at the 5K, or help the board with an event. If you received an EEF scholarship, tell us what it made possible; your story helps the next donor see where a gift lands.
Get in touch
Before a transfer
Confirm the details with the right people.
For stock gifts, request EEF’s current transfer instructions before you or your broker initiates a transfer. For a donor-advised fund grant or a gift in your will, your fund sponsor or attorney will need EEF’s legal name, mailing address, and EIN.
For an IRA qualified charitable distribution, ask EEF about the intended gift, review the IRS guidance, and confirm eligibility and tax treatment with your adviser and IRA custodian. Confirm EEF can receive the intended transfer before it is initiated.
Primary IRS guidance
This general information is not tax or legal advice and does not establish EEF’s eligibility for a particular transfer.
Plan the conversation
Request a giving conversation
Use this form to prepare an email about gifts over $500, recurring support, an employer match, a tribute gift, a named scholarship, stock, IRA/QCD, a donor-advised fund, a gift in your will, or another giving question.
With gratitude
Every generation carries the work forward.
To every alumnus, family, neighbor, and friend who invests in opportunity for Esko students: thank you.