Public Award History

2023 Community Development Awards

Organization Name Date Awarded Amount Awarded
Iowa JAG Inc 12/12/2023 $60,000.00
Ballet Des Moines 11/28/2023 $100,000.00
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Foundation 11/28/2023 $100,000.00
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa, Inc. 11/14/2023 $50,000.00
Des Moines Public Schools 11/14/2023 $50,000.00
Des Moines Independent Community School District - Merrill Middle School 10/31/2023 $25,000.00
Young Women's Resource Center 10/31/2023 $26,456.55
Roosevelt High School 10/17/2023 $100,000.00
Primary Health Care, Inc. 10/17/2023 $100,000.00
Orchard Place Foundation 9/5/2023 $50,000.00
Living History Farms Foundation 9/5/2023 $50,000.00
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 8/22/2023 $50,000.00
Skate DSM 8/22/2023 $35,000.00
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority 8/8/2023 $25,000.00
City of Polk City 8/8/2023 $75,000.00
Youth Justice Initiative 7/25/2023 $44,195.00
City of Grimes 7/25/2023 $50,000.00
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation 7/11/2023 $25,000.00
Drake University -- The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center 6/27/2023 $75,000.00
City of Bondurant 6/13/2023 $75,000.00
Roosevelt High School Softball 5/16/2023 $41,715.00
ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF IOWA 5/2/2023 $100,000.00
Highland Park Post No. 374 The American Legion Department of Iowa 4/18/2023 $52,640.00
Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines 4/4/2023 $75,000.00
Southeast Polk Education Foundation Fiscal Agent for Four Mile Elementary 3/7/2023 $75,000.00
Des Moines Arts Festival 3/7/2023 $65,000.00
Children's Cancer Connection 2/21/2023 $75,000.00
Ellipsis 1/24/2023 $100,000.00
Caring Hands Outreach Center 1/10/2023 $99,483.00
Ingersoll Grand Self-Supporting Municipal Improvement District 1/10/2023 $50,000.00
Total: $1,899,489.55