Public Award History

2023 Community Betterment Awards

Organization Name Date Awarded Amount Awarded
SCKIC Inc DBA Dorothy's House 12/12/2023 $5,000.00
Can Do Cancer 11/28/2023 $4,000.00
Polk City Community Library 11/28/2023 $3,000.00
Friends of the Ankeny Library 10/17/2023 $5,000.00
Ankeny Instrumental Music Foundation 10/3/2023 $5,000.00
Altoona Fire Department 10/3/2023 $5,000.00
Central Iowa WInd Ensemble 9/6/2023 $1,000.00
Des Moines Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol 9/5/2023 $1,000.00
Stagewest Theatre Co 9/5/2023 $2,500.00
Swerve Outreach 9/5/2023 $20,000.00
Southeast Polk Education Foundation, Inc. 9/5/2023 $5,000.00
Clive Community Foundation 8/8/2023 $5,000.00
Meals from the Heartland 8/8/2023 $6,000.00
The Des Moines Community Radio Foundation (KFMG-LP) 8/8/2023 $2,500.00
City of Ankeny Police Department 8/8/2023 $8,974.00
Neighborhood Investment Corporation 8/8/2023 $3,000.00
On With Life Foundation 8/8/2023 $5,000.00
Caring Hands Outreach Center 8/8/2023 $7,500.00
Young Children - Priority One, dba Nutrition 4 Young Children 8/8/2023 $2,000.00
Iowa Automotive Heritage Foundation 8/8/2023 $9,000.00
Jewels Academy 7/25/2023 $2,000.00
Aging Resources of Central Iowa 7/25/2023 $3,000.00
Youth Justice Initiative 7/25/2023 $2,000.00
Urbandale Education Foundation, dba Urbandale Schools and Alumni Foundation 7/25/2023 $5,000.00
Woodside Middle School 7/25/2023 $6,000.00
Hospice of Central Iowa Foundation, dba EveryStep 7/25/2023 $1,000.00
Lincoln High School - DMPS 7/25/2023 $4,000.00
Southeast Polk High School 7/25/2023 $3,500.00
Clive Community Services 7/25/2023 $10,000.00
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice 7/25/2023 $7,000.00
Des Moines Public Schools Foundation 7/25/2023 $3,000.00
Food Bank of Iowa 7/11/2023 $4,000.00
River Bend Association 7/11/2023 $2,500.00
CultureALL 7/11/2023 $3,500.00
ChildServe Foundation, Inc. 7/11/2023 $6,000.00
Tech Journey Inc. 7/11/2023 $4,000.00
Des Moines Public Schools-Multicultural Programs 7/11/2023 $3,000.00
Big Creek Historical Society 7/11/2023 $940.00
Des Moines Public School-Brody Middle School 7/11/2023 $2,000.00
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa 7/11/2023 $6,000.00
Link Associates 7/11/2023 $7,000.00
Salisbury House Foundation 7/11/2023 $6,000.00
Iowa Food Foundation DBA Cultivate: Local Food Connections 7/11/2023 $5,000.00
Girls Rock Des Moines 7/11/2023 $4,000.00
Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc. dba Des Moines Art Center 7/11/2023 $14,000.00
Parenting Way Inc 7/11/2023 $4,000.00
Wallace Centers of Iowa 7/11/2023 $7,500.00
Parks Area Foundation 7/11/2023 $2,000.00
Watrous Heights Neighborhood Association 7/11/2023 $5,000.00
Des Moines Public Library Foundation 7/11/2023 $2,000.00
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Foundation 7/11/2023 $5,000.00
Camp Fire Heart of Iowa 7/11/2023 $1,000.00
City of Altoona 7/11/2023 $5,000.00
Best Buddies International, Inc. 7/11/2023 $5,000.00
Civic Music Association 7/11/2023 $7,500.00
Ellipsis 7/11/2023 $10,000.00
Young Women's Resource Center 6/27/2023 $15,000.00
Moore Elementary - DMPS 6/27/2023 $2,500.00
Ankeny City Band d/b/a Ankeny Community band 6/27/2023 $1,000.00
Iowa Women Lead Change 6/27/2023 $4,500.00
North Polk Community School Foundation 6/27/2023 $2,500.00
Urban Dreams 6/27/2023 $4,500.00
Joppa 6/27/2023 $7,500.00
City of Altoona 6/27/2023 $10,000.00
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland 6/27/2023 $7,000.00
City of Ankeny - Mayor's Youth Council 6/27/2023 $2,000.00
Polk City Chamber and Economic Development Corporation 6/27/2023 $3,000.00
Northeast Neighbors and Friends 6/27/2023 $3,000.00
Raccoon Valley Little League 6/27/2023 $5,000.00
King Irving Neighborhood Association 6/27/2023 $1,500.00
Lower Beaver Neighborhood Association 6/27/2023 $2,500.00
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers (IHYC) 6/27/2023 $10,000.00
African Immigrants and refugees transition services 6/27/2023 $2,000.00
Ankeny Community Chorus 6/27/2023 $1,000.00
Bondurant Chamber of Commerce 6/27/2023 $5,500.00
Oak Park Neighborhood Association 6/27/2023 $2,500.00
Luther Care Services 6/27/2023 $5,000.00
Children's Cancer Connection 6/27/2023 $3,000.00
MONDAMIN PRESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. 6/27/2023 $1,500.00
latinx Immigrants of Iowa 6/27/2023 $6,000.00
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland 6/13/2023 $10,000.00
Urbandale Optimist Club 6/13/2023 $1,000.00
Investing In My Future, Inc 6/13/2023 $3,000.00
Dallas Center Grimes Education Foundation 6/13/2023 $5,000.00
Iowa Association of School Resource Officers 6/13/2023 $3,500.00
Genesis Inc., dba Genesis Youth Foundation 6/13/2023 $5,000.00
Merle Hay Neighborhood Association 6/13/2023 $2,500.00
Knock and Drop Iowa 5/30/2023 $9,000.00
Fairground Neighbors for Community Improvement 5/30/2023 $3,000.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa 5/30/2023 $10,000.00
Iowa Center for Children's Justice 5/30/2023 $5,500.00
Central Campus Marine Biology 5/30/2023 $6,000.00
Iowa Latino Community Center INC 5/30/2023 $4,000.00
Palmer Ellefson Free Medical Clinic 5/30/2023 $5,000.00
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition 5/30/2023 $6,000.00
Eat Greater Des Moines 5/30/2023 $8,000.00
Ingersoll Grand Self-Supporting Municipal Improvement District 5/30/2023 $6,000.00
Fairmont Park Neighborhood Assoc. 5/30/2023 $4,000.00
Highland Park Neighborhood Association 5/30/2023 $3,000.00
Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moines 5/30/2023 $6,000.00
Capitol Park Neighborhood Association 5/30/2023 $2,000.00
Children and Family Urban Movement 5/30/2023 $4,500.00
Latino Resources Inc. (Latino Heritage Festival) 5/30/2023 $10,000.00
Ankeny Friends of the Arts DBA Ankeny Art Center 5/30/2023 $10,000.00
Latina Leadership Initiative of Greater Des Moines 5/30/2023 $7,000.00
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines 5/30/2023 $1,000.00
Des Moines Symphony Association 5/30/2023 $10,000.00
Greater Des Moines Soap Box Derby Association 5/16/2023 $8,500.00
Willkie House Inc 5/16/2023 $2,500.00
Beaverdale Fall Festival Inc. 5/16/2023 $4,000.00
Des Moines Metro Opera 5/16/2023 $5,000.00
City Sounds: The Des Moines Public Piano Project 5/16/2023 $5,000.00
Greater Des Moines Community Band 5/16/2023 $1,141.46
By Degrees Foundation 5/16/2023 $7,500.00
8th & College Connections 5/16/2023 $1,000.00
The Riders Club 5/16/2023 $5,000.00
Easter Seals Society of Iowa 5/16/2023 $10,000.00
FreeStore, Inc 5/16/2023 $4,500.00
Beaverdale Farmers Market 5/16/2023 $2,000.00
Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus 5/16/2023 $10,000.00
Ankeny Economic Development Corporation 5/16/2023 $5,000.00
Capital Crossroads 5/16/2023 $5,000.00
Clive Parks and Recreation 5/16/2023 $5,000.00
Creative Visions Inc 5/16/2023 $5,000.00
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Bli 5/16/2023 $14,438.00
Healthy Birth Day, Inc. 5/16/2023 $6,500.00
6th Avenue Corridor 5/16/2023 $2,500.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa 5/2/2023 $8,000.00
Starts Right Here 5/2/2023 $9,000.00
B.WELL Foundation 5/2/2023 $8,000.00
Iowa Asian Alliance 5/2/2023 $7,000.00
Friends of Carlisle Parks 5/2/2023 $15,000.00
B.WELL Foundation 5/2/2023 $8,000.00
Southeast Polk High School 5/2/2023 $5,000.00
Animal Rescue League of Iowa 5/2/2023 $3,500.00
Des Moines Downtown Neighborhood Association 5/2/2023 $5,000.00
Des Moines Performing Arts 5/2/2023 $10,000.00
VFW Post 9662 Boline-Manfredi 5/2/2023 $10,000.00
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 5/2/2023 $5,000.00
Des Moines Police Activities League 5/2/2023 $2,852.72
Build Lincoln Higher Booster Club 5/2/2023 $5,000.00
SCKIC Inc DBA Dorothy's House 5/2/2023 $10,000.00
Thompson Family Foundation 5/2/2023 $8,000.00
Des Moines Carousel Foundation 5/2/2023 $5,000.00
Brook Run Neighborhood Association 4/30/2023 $2,500.00
Johnston Partnership for a Healthy Community 4/18/2023 $16,000.00
Taste of the Junction 4/18/2023 $3,500.00
Living History Farms Foundation 4/18/2023 $5,000.00
Polk City Chamber and Economic Development Corporation 4/18/2023 $5,500.00
City of Mitchellville 4/18/2023 $5,000.00
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa 4/18/2023 $4,000.00
Johnston Community Schools 4/18/2023 $5,000.00
West Des Moines HIstorical Society 4/18/2023 $7,500.00
Waveland Park Neighborhood Association Inc. 4/18/2023 $4,000.00
Swerve Outreach 4/18/2023 $5,000.00
Iowa Safe Schools (GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Taskforce) 4/18/2023 $10,000.00
Union Park Neighborhood Association 4/18/2023 $7,000.00
Watrous South Neighborhood Association 4/18/2023 $6,200.00
WDMCS Student Scholarship Fund 4/18/2023 $2,000.00
Waterbury Neighborhood Association 4/18/2023 $4,000.00
Southwestern Hills Neighborhood Association 4/18/2023 $5,000.00
Mind & Spirit Counseling Center (formerly Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center) 4/4/2023 $6,000.00
First Friday Breakfast Club, Inc. 4/4/2023 $5,000.00
Urbandale 4th of July Celebration 4/4/2023 $2,000.00
ALHS Alumni Foundation 4/4/2023 $4,000.00
East High Alumni Foundation 4/4/2023 $10,000.00
Dragon Scholarship Fund Inc 4/4/2023 $4,000.00
Greater Des Moines Softball Hall of Fame 4/4/2023 $9,866.00
Johnston Chamber of Commerce 4/4/2023 $2,000.00
Alzheimer's Association, Iowa Chapter 4/4/2023 $10,000.00
East High Golf Classic 4/4/2023 $2,500.00
Grimes Volunteer Support Services 4/4/2023 $7,500.00
City of Bondurant 4/4/2023 $2,500.00
Des Moines North High School Booster Club 4/4/2023 $3,000.00
Walnut Creek Baseball 4/4/2023 $5,000.00
LadyLike c/o Back 2 School Iowa 4/4/2023 $3,000.00
Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce 4/4/2023 $7,500.00
Parks Area Foundation 4/4/2023 $10,000.00
Capital City Pride Des Moines 4/4/2023 $15,000.00
Bondurant Community Library Foundation 4/4/2023 $5,000.00
North Polk Post Prom 3/7/2023 $3,500.00
Rotary Club of Ankeny 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Ankeny After Prom 3/7/2023 $10,000.00
Bondurant After Prom Committee 3/7/2023 $3,000.00
Saydel Events Inc dba Saydel After Prom 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Johnston High After Prom Committee 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Des Moines North High School (North High School post-prom) 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Hoover High School Post Prom Committee 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
The Valley After Prom 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Urbandale Post Prom 3/7/2023 $4,000.00
Lincoln High School Senior After Prom/Senior Celebration 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
East High Post Prom 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Friendly Son's of St Patrick of Central Iowa 3/7/2023 $8,000.00
Southeast Polk Community School Post Prom Committee 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Theodore Roosevelt High School PTA 3/7/2023 $5,000.00
Refugee Alliance of Central Iowa 2/21/2023 $5,000.00
Hip-Hope Inc. 2/21/2023 $7,000.00
Iowa Alliance for Drug Endangered Children 2/21/2023 $4,000.00
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, fiscal agent for Endow Urbandale 2/7/2023 $4,500.00
Total: $1,075,912.18