Public Award History

2020 Community Betterment Awards

Organization Name Date Awarded Amount Awarded
Urbandale Food Pantry 10/27/2020 $3,000.00
Home Opportunities Made Easy, Incorporated (HOME, Inc.) 10/27/2020 $1,500.00
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines - Capital Crossroads 10/13/2020 $15,000.00
Mid-Iowa Council, Boy Scouts of America 10/13/2020 $2,500.00
Des Moines Public Library Foundation 10/13/2020 $2,500.00
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity 10/13/2020 $10,000.00
Urbandale Little League 10/13/2020 $6,500.00
Des Moines East High School 9/8/2020 $8,149.36
Ankeny Community Chorus 9/8/2020 $3,000.00
City of Johnston / Johnston Public Library 9/8/2020 $1,500.00
Please Pass the Love 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
Ankeny Economic Development Corporation 9/8/2020 $10,000.00
American Legion Post 663 9/8/2020 $1,000.00
Des Moines Golden K Kiwanis and Kiwanis Foundation 9/8/2020 $2,000.00
Mid Iowa Development Fund 9/8/2020 $10,000.00
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center 9/8/2020 $7,500.00
Got Bounce (Southeast Polk High School) 9/8/2020 $2,000.00
Balance Autism 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
Iowa Center for Children's Justice 9/8/2020 $6,000.00
ROTARY CLUB OF ANKENY 9/8/2020 $2,000.00
Community Youth Concepts 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
The Bridge / Connection Cafe 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
City of Pleasant Hill - Parks & Recreation 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
City of Urbandale Parks & Recreation (Senior Recreation Center) 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
East Polk Innovation Collaborative 9/8/2020 $20,000.00
Southeast Polk Education Foundation, Inc. 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
Destination Altoona - Altoona Economic Development Corporation 9/8/2020 $15,000.00
John R Grubb Community YMCA 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
NEW FRONTIER ACTION FUND INC 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
Can Do Cancer 9/8/2020 $5,000.00
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines 9/8/2020 $1,000.00
Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moines 9/8/2020 $15,000.00
Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc. 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Iowa Safe Schools 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Urbandale Community Action Network 8/25/2020 $18,000.00
Des Moines Vocal Arts Ensemble 8/25/2020 $2,500.00
Mid-Iowa Council, Boy Scouts of America 8/25/2020 $10,000.00
Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Bhutanese Community in Iowa 8/25/2020 $1,000.00
Waterbury Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $1,000.00
Des Moines Historical Society 8/25/2020 $1,500.00
Waveland Woods Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $2,000.00
Salisbury House Foundation 8/25/2020 $10,000.00
Mondamin Presidential Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $750.00
Beaverdale Little League 8/25/2020 $6,500.00
Children & Families of Iowa 8/25/2020 $2,500.00
Des Moines Public Schools Foundation 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Southwestern Hills Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $1,500.00
Watrous Heights Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $1,000.00
Young Children - Priority One, dba Nutrition 4 Young Children 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
United Upper Nile Sudanese Community Association in Iowa (UUNSSCA) 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Iowa Ivy Foundation 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Beaverdale Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $3,000.00
Des Moines West Side Chamber of Commerce 8/25/2020 $2,000.00
Des Moines Public Library Foundation 8/25/2020 $2,500.00
Young Women's Resource Center 8/25/2020 $13,000.00
West Des Moines HIstorical Society 8/25/2020 $4,000.00
City Sounds: The Des Moines Public Piano Project 8/25/2020 $2,500.00
Merle Hay Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $3,000.00
Neighborhood Finance Corp. 8/25/2020 $700.00
Beaverdale Farmers Market 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Mentor Iowa 8/25/2020 $1,000.00
Drake Neighborhood Association 8/25/2020 $2,500.00
Joppa 8/25/2020 $10,000.00
By Degrees Foundation 8/25/2020 $5,000.00
Clive Community Services 8/11/2020 $8,000.00
Polk City Chamber and Economic Development Corporation 8/11/2020 $5,500.00
Clive Community Foundation 8/11/2020 $3,500.00
Johnston Partnership for a Healthy Community 8/11/2020 $16,000.00
Grimes Volunteer Support Services 8/11/2020 $6,500.00
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, fiscal agent for Endow Urbandale 8/11/2020 $4,000.00
Genesis Inc., dba Genesis Youth Foundation 8/11/2020 $10,000.00
YMCA Supportive Housing Campus Program/YMCA of Greater Des Moines 8/11/2020 $2,000.00
Dragon Scholarship Fund Inc 8/11/2020 $3,000.00
Dallas Center Grimes Education Foundation 8/11/2020 $3,500.00
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit 8/11/2020 $2,500.00
Jackson Elementary - Des Moines Public Schools 8/4/2020 $5,000.00
Des Moines Carousel Foundation 8/4/2020 $2,500.00
Parks Community Thanksgiving, Inc 8/4/2020 $4,000.00
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Bli 8/4/2020 $5,200.00
Food Bank of Iowa 8/4/2020 $10,000.00
East High Golf Classic 8/4/2020 $2,500.00
NAMI Greater Des Moines 8/4/2020 $10,000.00
Des Moines East & South Chamber of Commerce 8/4/2020 $5,000.00
Best Buddies Iowa 8/4/2020 $10,000.00
Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus 4/20/2020 $10,000.00
Hiatt Middle School 3/17/2020 $4,800.00
Altoona Campus 3/17/2020 $10,000.00
East High School Alumni Foundation 3/17/2020 $5,000.00
First Friday Breakfast Club, Inc. 2/25/2020 $3,000.00
Southeast Polk High School 2/18/2020 $7,500.00
Bondurant Community Foundation 2/4/2020 $4,625.00
Johnston Economic Development Corporation 1/21/2020 $750.00
Ankeny Community Schools 1/14/2020 $6,950.00
Total: $513,924.36