Public Award History

2024 Community Betterment Awards

Organization Name Date Awarded Amount Awarded
DSM Breakerz Inc. 10/8/2024 $1,000.00
Central Iowa WInd Ensemble 10/8/2024 $2,000.00
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice 10/8/2024 $2,000.00
City of Bondurant 9/10/2024 $3,000.00
6th Avenue Corridor 9/10/2024 $1,000.00
B.WELL Foundation 8/27/2024 $3,000.00
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa 8/27/2024 $1,000.00
Mid-Iowa Council, BSA 8/27/2024 $2,500.00
3G Food Pantry 8/27/2024 $1,000.00
The Des Moines Community Radio Foundation (KFMG-LP) 8/27/2024 $4,000.00
Johnston Public Library Foundation 8/27/2024 $1,500.00
Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center of Iowa 8/13/2024 $2,500.00
The Rider Club c/o Rider Club Football 8/13/2024 $2,000.00
Eastview Community Center 8/13/2024 $5,000.00
Children & Families of Iowa 8/13/2024 $2,000.00
Mind & Spirit Counseling Center (formerly Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center) 8/13/2024 $2,000.00
City of Urbandale 8/13/2024 $5,000.00
Best Buddies International, Inc. 8/13/2024 $2,000.00
The Jim Ellefson Free Medical Clinic ("Palmer Ellefson Free Medical Clinic") 8/13/2024 $2,500.00
Job Rides, Inc. 7/30/2024 $5,000.00
Waveland Park Neighborhood Association 7/30/2024 $3,000.00
Aging Resources of Central Iowa 7/30/2024 $5,000.00
Des Moines Golden K Kiwanis 7/30/2024 $2,000.00
The Supply Hive 7/30/2024 $500.00
The Des Moines Catholic Worker Fund 7/30/2024 $1,500.00
Samuelson Elementary School - Des Moines Public Schools 7/30/2024 $1,000.00
Des Moines Public Library Foundation 7/16/2024 $4,000.00
Des Moines Chapter, S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc. 7/16/2024 $1,000.00
Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa 7/16/2024 $2,000.00
Family Planning Council of Iowa 7/16/2024 $2,500.00
latinx Immigrants of Iowa 7/16/2024 $4,000.00
Polk City Friends of the Parks 7/16/2024 $2,000.00
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority 7/16/2024 $20,000.00
Urbandale American Legion Post 663 7/16/2024 $2,000.00
Avenue Scholars 7/8/2024 $6,000.00
Grand View University 7/8/2024 $5,000.00
Iowa Soccer Association 7/2/2024 $4,000.00
DSM PARC Inc 7/2/2024 $7,723.00
Des Moines Downtown Neighborhood Association 7/2/2024 $3,000.00
Des Moines Performing Arts 7/2/2024 $10,000.00
Hip-Hope Inc. 7/2/2024 $2,000.00
Clive Community Services 7/2/2024 $7,500.00
On With Life 7/2/2024 $5,000.00
Iowa Safe Schools (GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Taskforce) 6/26/2024 $10,000.00
Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines 6/18/2024 $2,000.00
Children and Family Urban Movement 6/18/2024 $4,000.00
River Bend Association 6/18/2024 $2,000.00
Swerve Outreach 6/18/2024 $15,000.00
Merle Hay Neighborhood Association 6/18/2024 $2,500.00
Historic Valley Junction Foundation 6/18/2024 $5,000.00
Iowa Center for Children's Justice 6/18/2024 $1,000.00
Fairmont Park Neighborhood Assoc. 6/18/2024 $3,500.00
Home Opportunities Made Easy, Incorporated (HOME, Inc.) 6/18/2024 $1,000.00
King Irving Neighborhood Association 6/18/2024 $1,500.00
Knock and Drop Iowa 6/18/2024 $8,500.00
Young Women's Resource Center 6/18/2024 $4,000.00
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 6/18/2024 $3,000.00
Homes of Oakridge Human Services 6/18/2024 $2,000.00
Great Outdoors Foundation 6/18/2024 $4,000.00
Iowa Congolese Organization and Center for Healing (ICOACH) 6/18/2024 $8,000.00
MONDAMIN PRESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. 6/18/2024 $2,000.00
Lower Beaver Neighborhood Association 6/18/2024 $2,500.00
Fairground Neighbors for Community Improvement 6/18/2024 $3,500.00
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland 6/18/2024 $4,000.00
Clive Parks and Recreation 6/4/2024 $5,000.00
Investing In My Future, Inc 6/4/2024 $4,000.00
Corinthian Baptist Community Development Corporation 6/4/2024 $6,000.00
The Iowa Center for Economic Success 6/4/2024 $7,000.00
CSA (Community Support Advocates) 6/4/2024 $7,500.00
Civic Music Association 6/4/2024 $4,000.00
Central Campus Marine Biology 6/4/2024 $2,000.00
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Bli 5/21/2024 $10,000.00
Link Associates 5/21/2024 $6,000.00
Cradling New Life 5/21/2024 $10,000.00
IOWA Service Dogs 5/21/2024 $4,500.00
Ballet Des Moines 5/21/2024 $9,000.00
Des Moines Public Schools SUCCESS Program 5/21/2024 $5,500.00
SCI CAN Foundation 5/21/2024 $4,000.00
Ingersoll Grand Self-Supporting Municipal Improvement District 5/21/2024 $10,000.00
Bondurant Community Library Foundation 5/21/2024 $5,000.00
Urban Bicycle Food Ministry - Des Moines (UBFM) 5/21/2024 $5,000.00
Des Moines Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America 5/21/2024 $5,000.00
Dress for Success Des Moines 5/21/2024 $3,600.00
St. Vincent de Paul 5/21/2024 $5,500.00
Capitol Park Neighborhood Association 5/21/2024 $4,500.00
Des Moines Film Society 5/21/2024 $6,000.00
Des Moines Pride Center 5/21/2024 $5,500.00
Beaverdale Farmers Market 5/21/2024 $2,500.00
Hospice of Central Iowa Foundation, dba EveryStep 5/21/2024 $2,367.49
Central Iowa Center for Independent Living 5/21/2024 $2,572.00
Polk City Chamber and Economic Development Corp 5/7/2024 $5,500.00
Southwestern Hills Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
Grimes Volunteer Support Services 5/7/2024 $7,500.00
Brook Run Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $3,500.00
Iowa Women Lead Change 5/7/2024 $4,000.00
Watrous Heights Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
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
Genesis INC DBA Genesis Youth Foundation 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF IOWA 5/7/2024 $9,500.00
Pollinate Foundation 5/7/2024 $1,500.00
Des Moines Elks #98 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
FreeStore, Inc 5/7/2024 $7,500.00
Waterbury Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $4,600.00
Iowa Asian Alliance 5/7/2024 $6,000.00
ALS Association 5/7/2024 $8,000.00
Project IOWA 5/7/2024 $8,500.00
Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Primary Health Care 5/7/2024 $9,500.00
Raccoon Valley Little League 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
By Degrees Foundation 5/7/2024 $10,000.00
Dental Connections Inc. 5/7/2024 $8,000.00
Douglas Acres Neighborhood Association 5/7/2024 $2,500.00
Dallas Center Grimes Education Foundation 5/7/2024 $5,000.00
WDMCS Student Scholarship Fund 4/23/2024 $2,000.00
Des Moines Carousel Foundation 4/23/2024 $5,000.00
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
ChildServe Foundation 4/23/2024 $10,000.00
Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moines 4/23/2024 $9,000.00
Families Forward 4/23/2024 $10,000.00
Children's Cancer Connection 4/23/2024 $4,500.00
Dragon Scholarship Fund Inc 4/23/2024 $4,000.00
Latino Resources Inc. 4/23/2024 $10,000.00
Southeast Polk Kiwanis 4/23/2024 $4,500.00
Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) 4/23/2024 $5,500.00
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
Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce 4/9/2024 $3,000.00
Caring Hands Outreach Center 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
Capital Crossroads 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Foundation 4/9/2024 $8,000.00
Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce 4/9/2024 $11,500.00
Goodrell School Foundation 4/9/2024 $15,000.00
Parks Area Foundation 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
Ankeny City Band d/b/a Ankeny Community Band 4/9/2024 $3,000.00
Ankeny Centennial High School Drama Department 4/9/2024 $4,250.00
KaleidoHope Learning and Resource Center 4/9/2024 $5,500.00
Southeast Polk Education Foundation 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
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
Drake Neighborhood Association 4/9/2024 $3,500.00
Ankeny Community School District 4/9/2024 $2,500.00
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, fiscal agent for Endow Urbandale 4/9/2024 $4,500.00
Can Do Cancer 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Thompson Family Foundation 4/9/2024 $5,000.00
Focus Program - DMPS 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
East High Alumni Association 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
City of West Des Moines Parks and Recreation 4/9/2024 $10,000.00
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
Ankeny Business & Industry Collaborative 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Uptown Ankeny, Inc. (AKA Uptown Ankeny Association) 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
Mindspring [formerly NAMI Greater Des Moines] 3/26/2024 $10,000.00
Greater Altoona Girls Softball Association 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
Latinos Unidos of Iowa 3/26/2024 $3,000.00
Ankeny Centennial High School 3/26/2024 $3,500.00
Urban Dreams 3/26/2024 $9,000.00
Walnut Creek Baseball 3/26/2024 $5,000.00
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 Friends of the Arts DBA Ankeny Art Center 3/26/2024 $4,000.00
Ankeny After Prom 3/12/2024 $8,000.00
LadyLike c/o Back 2 School Iowa 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
Lincoln High School Senior After Prom/Senior Celebration 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
East High Golf Classic 3/12/2024 $2,500.00
Urbandale Post Prom 3/12/2024 $4,000.00
Bondurant After Prom Committee 3/12/2024 $4,000.00
Change Course 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
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
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
Roosevelt High School PTA 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
East High Post Prom 3/12/2024 $6,000.00
The Valley After Prom 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
Southeast Polk Community School Post Prom Committee 3/12/2024 $5,000.00
Altoona Area Chamber of Commerce 2/13/2024 $4,165.00
ALHS Alumni Foundation 2/13/2024 $15,000.00
The Rotary Club of Ankeny 2/13/2024 $5,000.00
NEXT LEVEL IMPACT 2/13/2024 $10,000.00
City of Johnston 1/30/2024 $8,000.00
Urbandale Community Action Network 1/30/2024 $20,000.00
Total: $1,084,365.49