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The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines is a donor-driven charitable public foundation whose purpose is to improve the quality of life in Greater Des Moines through philanthropy.
The Community Foundation works to improve the quality of life for all by connecting donors with their passions, fostering links between community organizations and convening local leaders to advance the common good. Increasing our community’s connectedness includes building trust, civility, volunteerism and encouraging informal socializing and civic engagement.
Making community connections builds on our remarkable tendency to reach out to one another and lend a hand to those in need…we’re simply better together.
The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines utilizes a strategic grantmaking plan to further its Leadership Agenda. Through its grantmaking and community programs, the Community Foundation is committed to allocating substantial resources to specific strategies and outcomes.
Proposals that address one or more of the following Leadership Agenda long-range community outcomes are given the highest priority. These targeted outcomes include:
- Social Capital - build community connections and address community issues through partnerships, networks and collaboration; strengthen under-represented communities by building capacity and connections; utilize community assets to advance a shared vision.
- Arts & Culture - Strengthen the administrative and artistic capacity of arts and cultural organizations, particularly projects that enhance earned revenue; improve access to the arts for new & underserved audiences.
- Community Betterment - Improve the quality of the environment through conservation, restoration and educational efforts; improve the quality of life through community beautification or restoration efforts; improve the quality of the community through economic development strategies; improve the quality of neighborhoods through capacity building efforts.
- Education - Promote collaborative initiatives to improve academic achievement, particularly for children and youth identified as low-income, at-risk of dropping out or falling below educational benchmarks or are from minority populations.
- Health - Promote health education and advocacy to provide better access to health care for low-income and uninsured persons;
- Strengthening Children, Youth & Families - Develop support systems for children, youth and families; impact critical issues that negatively affect children, youth and family development; develop progressive strategies to address critical human needs issues, such as homelessness and poverty.
- Workforce Development - Assist at-risk individuals to become self-supporting through job training and job skills enhancement; connect disadvantaged job seekers with meaningful employment.
The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines is committed to the priorities of the Leadership Agenda. Please note, these priorities are reviewed on an annual basis and may be adjusted to reflect emerging trends and issues in the community.
Grants are made only to charitable organizations or causes with 501(c)(3) status, or to governmental agencies. Geographically, funding is limited to projects that will significantly improve the Greater Des Moines community.
The Community Foundation WILL NOT CONSIDER:
- Ongoing annual operating expenses.
- Grants to individuals.
- Sectarian religious programs.
- Projects not serving residents of the Greater Des Moines community.
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