Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn

About Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn

A defining feature of Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/k/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn is its use of large, place-based grants to move community projects forward. In the recent grants list, a $7,339,995 distribution went to The Catholic Foundation of Southwest Iowa, and $3,050,000 supported Spirit of Okoboji for the Emerald Estates purchase support. Those awards sit alongside a broad mix of support for schools, civic infrastructure, arts, recreation, and human services, showing a funder that works across several local priorities rather than one narrow issue area. The foundation’s grantmaking also connects closely to community institutions in Greater Des Moines. It has given substantial support to Invest DSM, to Des Moines Christian School, and to Des Moines-area public and nonprofit partners such as the City of Des Moines and United Community Services Inc. The pattern suggests a funder that uses both major distributions and smaller, targeted awards to back capital, program, and operating needs. Its stated focus areas include education, early childhood, nutrition, nonprofit capacity building, community development, and equity, and those themes show up in the named grants and scholarship programs it administers.

What Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn Funds

Education is one of the clearest threads in the foundation’s work. It gave $2,000,000 to Des Moines Christian School Attn Carmen Kopf and another $1,000,000 to Dowling Catholic High School, along with $1,003,618 to Council Bluffs Area Educational System's Inc Dba Saint Albert Catholic Sch. Community infrastructure is another visible priority. The foundation awarded $1,200,000 to the City of Des Moines for the Northside Community Recreation Center capital campaign, and $502,333 to the City of Corydon for streetscape improvement. It also gave $1,000,000 to Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation - Co Community Foundation for the purpose of DSM International Airport art. Housing and basic-needs work appears as well. The Bridge Home received $900,000 for a capital campaign, and World Central Kitchen Inc received $750,000 for Ukraine. These grants show support for local services and for relief beyond Iowa.

How Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn Gives