Public Award History

2025 Community Betterment Awards

Organization Name Date Awarded Amount Awarded
Crisis Canines of the Midlands 4/22/2025 $4,300.00
Central Iowa Wind Ensemble 4/22/2025 $1,000.00
Ankeny Community Chorus 4/22/2025 $1,000.00
Ankeny Friends of the Arts DBA Ankeny Art Center 4/22/2025 $5,000.00
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa, Inc. 4/22/2025 $5,000.00
City of Altoona 4/22/2025 $5,000.00
WDMCS Student Scholarship Fund 4/22/2025 $2,500.00
Ankeny Instrumental Music (AIM) Foundation 4/22/2025 $2,000.00
Ankeny Little League Baseball 4/22/2025 $4,000.00
Foster SQUAD 4/22/2025 $5,000.00
Grimes Volunteer Support Services 4/22/2025 $8,500.00
Polk City American Legion Post 232 4/22/2025 $9,925.00
Big Creek Historical Society 4/22/2025 $3,000.00
Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc. 4/22/2025 $5,000.00
Ankeny City Band 4/22/2025 $3,000.00
East High School Alumni Foundation 4/22/2025 $10,000.00
Can Do Cancer 4/22/2025 $7,500.00
City of Ankeny, Iowa 4/22/2025 $10,000.00
Central Campus Marine Biology 4/22/2025 $3,000.00
Greater Altoona Girls Softball Association 4/22/2025 $5,000.00
Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce 4/8/2025 $5,500.00
Ankeny Business & Industry Collaborative 4/8/2025 $5,000.00
Dragon Scholarship Fund 4/8/2025 $4,000.00
Rotary Club of Ankeny 4/8/2025 $5,000.00
Mosaic in Central Iowa 4/8/2025 $3,000.00
City of Ankeny 4/8/2025 $9,853.00
Queen Sisterz Nonprofit Organization 4/8/2025 $500.00
City of Mitchellville 4/8/2025 $8,267.50
Ankeny Area Historical Society 4/8/2025 $5,000.00
City of Elkhart 4/8/2025 $10,000.00
FOCUSS Inc. 4/8/2025 $10,000.00
On With Life Foundation 4/8/2025 $7,595.00
Polk City Community Library 4/8/2025 $3,000.00
Capital City Pride 4/8/2025 $8,000.00
Altoona Police Department 4/8/2025 $5,500.00
Altoona Fire Department 4/8/2025 $10,000.00
Ankeny Community School District - Ankeny High School PEOPEL PE 4/8/2025 $8,000.00
North Polk Community School Foundation 4/8/2025 $4,390.42
The Valley After Prom 3/25/2025 $5,000.00
Saydel Events Inc dba Saydel After Prom 3/11/2025 $4,000.00
East High Golf Classic 3/11/2025 $2,500.00
Ankeny After Prom 3/11/2025 $8,000.00
East High Post Prom 3/11/2025 $5,000.00
Lincoln High School Senior After Prom/Senior Celebration 3/11/2025 $6,000.00
Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce 3/11/2025 $11,500.00
Dallas Center Grimes Education Foundation 3/11/2025 $9,000.00
Southeast Polk Community School Post Prom Committee 3/11/2025 $5,000.00
Des Moines North High School Booster Club 3/11/2025 $5,000.00
Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight 3/11/2025 $10,000.00
Roosevelt High School PTA (Senior Party) 3/11/2025 $5,000.00
ALHS Alumni Foundation 3/11/2025 $12,000.00
Hoover Post Prom 3/11/2025 $5,000.00
North Polk Post Prom 3/11/2025 $3,000.00
Johnston High After Prom Committee 3/11/2025 $4,000.00
Bondurant-Farrar After prom Committee 3/11/2025 $4,000.00
Total: $316,330.92