The Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair Inc. directs its philanthropic support almost exclusively to local civic and service organizations tied to Lake Havasu City and the festival ecosystem. Their grants predominantly fund Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis chapters and related community-charity arms, indicating a focus on volunteer-led community services, event support, and local capacity building. Funding is highly concentrated and recurring, aimed at sustaining established community partners rather than broad geographic or issue diversification.
Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair Inc’s giving is built around a small circle of Lake Havasu City civic groups, with repeated $45,000 grants going to Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis-affiliated organizations. The pattern points to a funder that channels festival-related revenue back into established local charities and volunteer-led service clubs rather than spreading support across many places or causes. Recent grants include $45,000 to Sunrise Rotary Foundation and $45,000 to Lake Havasu City Daybreakers Lions Club, both in Lake Havasu, and the foundation has also backed London Bridge Rotary Charities and Lake Havasu City Rotary Foundation at the same grant level. Those awards suggest a consistent approach: support the local nonprofit infrastructure that sits close to the festival and to community service activity in Lake Havasu City. The foundation’s philanthropy is highly concentrated in Arizona and appears to prioritize familiar community partners that can absorb recurring support year after year.
Community-service clubs are at the center of the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2024, it gave $45,000 to Kiwanis in Lake Havasu for local civic and youth activity support, and in the same year it made a $45,000 grant to Lake Havasu City Daybreakers Lions Club. Those awards place volunteer-led service organizations among its clearest funding priorities. Rotary-related charities also receive repeated support: London Bridge Rotary Charities and Lake Havasu City Rotary Foundation each appear in the recent grants list with $45,000 awards. The recurring presence of these groups shows an emphasis on local nonprofit capacity tied to community service, fundraising, and event-linked charitable work. The foundation’s support is not broad-based by sector; it is focused on a few named civic institutions in Lake Havasu City.
Grant sizes are fixed in the recent data: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $45,000, which indicates a uniform award structure. The recent grants list also shows repeat giving to the same recipients in multiple years, including Sunrise Rotary Foundation, Lake Havasu City Daybreakers Lions Club, London Bridge Rotary Charities, and Lake Havasu City Rotary Foundation. That repeat pattern suggests ongoing support rather than isolated awards. Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair Inc is an operating-style local funder tied to festival activity, and it also offers an in-kind Vendor Booth program for registered charities and not-for-profits.
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Most grants fall between $45K and $45K, with a median of $45K.
25th Percentile
$45K
Median
$45K
75th Percentile
$45K
STEVE TICKNOR
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants to a small set of repeat local service-club grantees (multiple roughly equal-sized grants to the same organizations), indicating sustained commitments to a core group of community partners rather than one-off or widely distributed small grants.
Notable grantees: London Bridge Rotary Charities, Lake Havasu City Rotary Foundation, Lake Havasu City Daybreakers Lions Club, Kiwanis
The foundation gives locally and all recent grants in the data go to Arizona recipients. Lake Havasu City is the clear center of giving, with multiple grantees located there, including Sunrise Rotary Foundation, Kiwanis, and Lake Havasu City Daybreakers Lions Club. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, at 10 grants and 100.0% of the sample. No non-U.S. grants appear in the recent list.
Its recent grants go to local civic and service organizations in Lake Havasu City, especially Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis-affiliated groups. The recent list includes Sunrise Rotary Foundation, London Bridge Rotary Charities, Lake Havasu City Rotary Foundation, Lake Havasu City Daybreakers Lions Club, and Kiwanis.
The grant-size distribution is flat: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $45,000. In the recent grants list, most awards are $45,000, with one $40,000 grant to Kiwanis.
The recent grants data shows 100% of grants to recipients in Arizona. Lake Havasu City is the main recipient location in the list, and there are no non-U.S. recipients in the sample.
Yes. Several organizations appear in multiple years, including Sunrise Rotary Foundation, Lake Havasu City Daybreakers Lions Club, London Bridge Rotary Charities, and Lake Havasu City Rotary Foundation. That indicates recurring support rather than one-time awards.
Yes. The active Vendor Booth — Non-Profit program provides a complimentary 10×10 vendor booth at the Havasu Balloon Festival for registered charities and not-for-profits with designated IRS nonprofit status.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Organization must have designated IRS nonprofit status (Not For Profit). Must follow Vendor Rules and Regulations and submit required vendor application materials.
Deadline: Not specified on site; references a 2026 Vendor Rules and Regulations PDF and annual vendor application materials.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $50,000 | 2026 | — |
| LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $50,000 | 2026 | — |
| LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $50,000 | 2026 | — |
| SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $50,000 | 2026 | — |
| KIWANIS | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $50,000 | 2026 | — |
| KIWANIS | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $33,000 | 2026 | — |
| LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $33,000 | 2026 | — |
| LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $33,000 | 2026 | — |
| LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $33,000 | 2026 | — |
| SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $33,000 | 2026 | — |
| SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2024 | — |
| KIWANIS | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2024 | — |
| LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS CLUB | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2024 | — |
| LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2024 | — |
| LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2024 | — |
| SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2023 | — |
| LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2023 | — |
| LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2023 | — |
| LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS CLUB | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $45,000 | 2023 | — |
| KIWANIS | LAKE HAVASU, AZ | $40,000 | 2023 | — |
LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS
$50,000LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION
$50,000LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES
$50,000SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION
$50,000KIWANIS
$50,000KIWANIS
$33,000LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS
$33,000LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION
LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES
$33,000SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION
$33,000SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION
$45,000KIWANIS
$45,000LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS CLUB
$45,000LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES
$45,000LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION
$45,000SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION
$45,000LONDON BRIDGE ROTARY CHARITIES
$45,000LAKE HAVASU CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION
$45,000LAKE HAVASU CITY DAYBREAKERS LIONS CLUB
$45,000KIWANIS
$40,000