Public Award History

2019 Community Betterment Awards

Organization Name Date Awarded Amount Awarded
Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy & Resource Center (EMBARC) 12/17/2019 $5,000.00
East High School Alumni Foundation 11/26/2019 $34,480.24
St. Vincent de Paul 11/19/2019 $5,000.00
Jaguar Girls Basketball Committee 11/19/2019 $2,500.00
Clive Community Services 11/5/2019 $8,000.00
IMPACT Community Action Partnership 11/5/2019 $5,000.00
Urbandale Food Pantry 11/5/2019 $3,000.00
Northwest Soccer Club 10/8/2019 $1,500.00
Urbandale Community School District 9/24/2019 $6,000.00
Urbandale Chamber of Commerce 9/24/2019 $2,500.00
Salisbury House Foundation 9/24/2019 $2,000.00
Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus 9/10/2019 $4,000.00
Southeast Polk High School 9/10/2019 $2,000.00
SCI CAN Foundation 8/27/2019 $5,000.00
Ankeny Mayor's Youth Council 8/27/2019 $2,000.00
Mitchellville Community/Senior Center 8/27/2019 $5,000.00
Cops Against Cancer 8/27/2019 $5,000.00
Ankeny School District (Northview Middle School) 8/27/2019 $700.00
Ankeny Instrumental Music Foundation 8/27/2019 $5,000.00
Optimist Club of Ankeny 8/27/2019 $2,500.00
Iowa Heartland Reesource Conservation & Development. 8/20/2019 $5,500.00
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind (IRIS) 8/20/2019 $5,200.00
Taste of the Junction 8/20/2019 $1,000.00
Altoona Area Chamber of Commerce 8/20/2019 $10,000.00
Dallas Center Grimes Education Foundation 8/13/2019 $6,000.00
First Friday Breakfast Club, Inc. 8/13/2019 $3,000.00
Community Youth Concepts 8/13/2019 $10,000.00
NOBLE - Iowa Chapter 8/13/2019 $5,000.00
Drake Neighborhood Association 8/13/2019 $4,000.00
Blood Sweat & Beers, Inc. 7/30/2019 $5,000.00
Everybody Wins! Iowa 7/30/2019 $2,000.00
Merrymakers in Central Iowa 7/30/2019 $7,500.00
Central Campus, Des Moines Public Schools 7/30/2019 $4,000.00
MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND 7/30/2019 $5,000.00
Youth Emergency Services & Shelter of Iowa 6/4/2019 $2,000.00
Uptown Ankeny Inc. 5/28/2019 $5,000.00
Joppa 5/28/2019 $7,500.00
Rails Wrestling Club-BLH booster 5/21/2019 $5,000.00
Iowa Ivy Foundation 5/7/2019 $2,000.00
Best Buddies 5/7/2019 $3,000.00
Southwestern Hills Neighborhood Association 5/7/2019 $2,500.00
Johnston Partnership for a Healthy Community 4/30/2019 $16,000.00
City of Johnston / Johnston Public Library 4/30/2019 $4,000.00
Parks Area Foundation 4/16/2019 $10,000.00
Total: $236,380.24