Public Award History

2024 Community Betterment Awards

Organization Name Date Awarded Amount Awarded
ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF IOWA 5/7/2024 $9,500.00
Genesis INC DBA Genesis Youth Foundation 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Des Moines Park & Recreation Foundation 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
Youth and Shelter Services, Inc. d/b/a: Iowa Homeless Youth Centers 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Des Moines Elks #98 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Waterbury Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $4,600.00
Pollinate Foundation 5/7/2024 $1,500.00
Iowa Asian Alliance 5/7/2024 $6,000.00
FreeStore, Inc 5/7/2024 $7,500.00
ALS Association 5/7/2024 $8,000.00
Dallas Center Grimes Education Foundation 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
Watrous Heights Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
By Degrees Foundation 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Dental Connections Inc. 5/7/2024 $8,000.00
Primary Health Care 5/7/2024 $9,500.00
Raccoon Valley Little League 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Project IOWA 5/7/2024 $8,500.00
Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Iowa Women Lead Change 5/7/2024 $4,000.00
Grimes Volunteer Support Services 5/7/2024 $7,500.00
Southwestern Hills Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
Polk City Chamber and Economic Development Corp 5/7/2024 $5,500.00
Brook Run Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $3,500.00
Des Moines Soccer Club 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Iowa JAG Inc 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
Des Moines Refugee Support 5/7/2024 $8,000.00
Johnston Partnership for a Healthy Community 5/7/2024 $16,000.00
Latino Resources Inc. 4/23/2024 $10,000.00
Dragon Scholarship Fund Inc 4/23/2024 $4,000.00
Taste of the Junction ,Inc. 4/23/2024 $4,000.00
Alzheimer's Association, Iowa Chapter 4/23/2024 $10,000.00
Science Center of Iowa 4/23/2024 $9,735.00
Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) 4/23/2024 $5,500.00
Southeast Polk Kiwanis 4/23/2024 $4,500.00
Des Moines Carousel Foundation 4/23/2024 $5,000.00
WDMCS Student Scholarship Fund 4/23/2024 $2,000.00
Iowa Association of School Resource Officers 4/23/2024 $3,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa 4/23/2024 $7,500.00
Easter Seals Society of Iowa 4/23/2024 $7,500.00
Mainframe Studios 4/23/2024 $3,500.00
Union Park Neighborhood Association 4/23/2024 $7,000.00
Families Forward 4/23/2024 $10,000.00
ChildServe Foundation 4/23/2024 $10,000.00
Children's Cancer Connection 4/23/2024 $4,500.00
Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moines 4/23/2024 $9,000.00
Ankeny Centennial High School Drama Department 4/9/2024 $4,250.00
Ankeny City Band d/b/a Ankeny Community Band 4/9/2024 $3,000.00
Parks Area Foundation 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
Goodrell School Foundation 4/9/2024 $15,000.00
Ankeny Community School District 4/9/2024 $2,500.00
Drake Neighborhood Association 4/9/2024 $3,500.00
Kirkendall Public Library Foundation dba Friends of the Ankeny Library 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Capital City Pride 4/9/2024 $25,000.00
Southeast Polk Education Foundation 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Thompson Family Foundation 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Can Do Cancer 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, fiscal agent for Endow Urbandale 4/9/2024 $4,500.00
KaleidoHope Learning and Resource Center 4/9/2024 $5,500.00
East High Alumni Association 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
Focus Program - DMPS 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
City of West Des Moines Parks and Recreation 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
Caring Hands Outreach Center 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce 4/9/2024 $3,000.00
Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce 4/9/2024 $11,500.00
Capital Crossroads 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Foundation 4/9/2024 $8,000.00
Ankeny Friends of the Arts DBA Ankeny Art Center 3/26/2024 $4,000.00
Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Ankeny High School- Advanced Journalism (The Talon-student-run news team) & Video/Audio Production 3/26/2024 $2,500.00
Ankeny Instrumental Music (AIM) Foundation 3/26/2024 $2,500.00
Prairie Ridge Middle School 3/26/2024 $1,353.00
Destination Altoona - Altoona Economic Development Corporation 3/26/2024 $10,000.00
Uptown Ankeny, Inc. (AKA Uptown Ankeny Association) 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Ankeny Business & Industry Collaborative 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Altoona Fire Department 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
First Friday Breakfast Club, Inc. 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Greater Altoona Girls Softball Association 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Latinos Unidos of Iowa 3/26/2024 $3,000.00
Urban Dreams 3/26/2024 $9,000.00
Walnut Creek Baseball 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Mindspring [formerly NAMI Greater Des Moines] 3/26/2024 $10,000.00
Ankeny Centennial High School 3/26/2024 $3,500.00
Urbandale Post Prom 3/12/2024 $4,000.00
Bondurant After Prom Committee 3/12/2024 $4,000.00
LadyLike c/o Back 2 School Iowa 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
East High Golf Classic 3/12/2024 $2,500.00
Saydel Events Inc dba Saydel After Prom 3/12/2024 $3,000.00
Johnston High After Prom Committee 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
North Polk High School Post Prom 2024 3/12/2024 $3,000.00
Hoover Post Prom 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
Des Moines North High School (North High School post-prom) 3/12/2024 $3,500.00
Change Course 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
Lincoln High School Senior After Prom/Senior Celebration 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
Roosevelt High School PTA 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
The Valley After Prom 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
East High Post Prom 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
Southeast Polk Community School Post Prom Committee 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
Ankeny After Prom 3/12/2024 $8,000.00
Altoona Area Chamber of Commerce 2/13/2024 $4,165.00
NEXT LEVEL IMPACT 2/13/2024 $10,000.00
ALHS Alumni Foundation 2/13/2024 $15,000.00
The Rotary Club of Ankeny 2/13/2024 $5,000.00
Urbandale Community Action Network 1/30/2024 $20,000.00
City of Johnston 1/30/2024 $8,000.00
Total: $700,103.00