Nonprofits and Philanthropy

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Ember Recovery Campus receives $1M Variety grant

YSS announced it has received a $1 million grant from Variety — the Children’s Charity to fund its new Ember Recovery Campus. Ember will be located on 50 acres near Cambridge and offer residential addiction treatment, …

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Fundraisers association honors local philanthropists

As part of Business Publications Corp.’s Pillars of Philanthropy publication, we include profiles of those honored by the Central Iowa Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. The philanthropy awards celebrate the power of philanthropy …

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By Degrees Foundation announces new award

The By Degrees Foundation has created the Middleton Award for Children’s Advocacy to recognize community members who have positively changed the trajectory of children’s lives through education, advocacy, mentoring or other means. The award is …

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New nonprofit launches, focused on Iowans with disabilities and brain health

Connexus Behavioral Health and Disability Advocates — Connexus Advocates for short — is a new nonprofit, launched to provide affordable, stable housing dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals living with intellectual or developmental disabilities or brain …

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Holmes Murphy Foundation contributes $100K to nonprofits

Holmes Murphy announced it has contributed $100,000 to 27 nonprofit organizations across the country, including seven in Iowa, through the Holmes Murphy Foundation Community Footprints Program. The program allows employees to select 501(c)(3) or nonprofit organizations …

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Community Foundation announces 2023 training cohort for nonprofit leaders

The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines has created “For Impact Leaders” as an opportunity to develop a community of leaders who collaborate, celebrate and support one another in collectively creating a vibrant, healthy and …

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Knous named co-chair of advisory group serving community foundation leaders

Kristi Knous, president of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, has been named co-chair of the Council on Foundations’ Community Foundation Advisory Group. The Council on Foundations is a nonprofit, membership association for grantmaking …

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Prairie Meadows awards $20K grant to Boys & Girls Club’s Feeding the Future Program

Prairie Meadows has awarded a $20,000 Community Betterment Grant to the Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa to help fund the club’s Feeding the Future Program. Tony Timm, CEO of the Boys & Girls …

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Bravo releases new three-year strategic plan

Bravo Greater Des Moines needs to do more to tell the story of how arts and culture touch every segment of the community, the organization’s executive director said as Bravo introduced its new three-year strategic …

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Variety awards more than $144K to MercyOne for children’s care projects

MercyOne Central Iowa has been awarded more than $144,000 from Variety – the Children’s Charity to enhance the care and services to Iowa children at MercyOne Children’s Hospital and MercyOne House of Mercy. The largest …