2018 ANNUAL REPORT

GROWING OUR IMPACT CORE VALUES Respect • Integrity • Teamwork • Excellence

VISION To be the best entertainment experience in the Midwest.

MISSION We will value our guests, employees, and community through outstanding racing, gaming, and entertainment that exceeds expectations.

EXEMPTION GARY PALMER COMPLIANCE DEAR FRIENDS OF , Promoting the common good, CONTENTS I want to begin by thanking you for your continued support of general welfare, and Prairie Meadows. As we enter our 30th year, I am filled with pride and 1 A NOTE FROM economic development GARY PALMER of the community excitement. Pride for what we have accomplished as an entertainment 2 ABOUT US while lessening establishment, as well as all we have done for central . And excitement for all that is to come as we celebrate this milestone. the burden of 4 HISTORY government. I am also quite humbled to work for this great organization. Prairie Meadows would not be where we are today without the commitment of the 6 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS volunteers, business leaders, elected officials, employees, and hundreds of 7 CORPORATE others who believed in our vision. On a daily basis, our team puts our core PERSONNEL values – respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence – into motion. Without their talents, skills, and commitment, Prairie Meadows’ success would not 8 FINANCIALS

be possible. 9 BETTER TOGETHER: As a nonprofit organization, we are committed to transforming the lives OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH POLK COUNTY of those living in central Iowa. Prairie Meadows began operations in 1989 with the goal of promoting economic development, jobs, agriculture, and 10 LEGACY GRANTS tourism for the state of Iowa. As we continue to grow, so does our impact. GARY 18 COMMUNITY I am pleased to announce that in 2018, Prairie Meadows had another PALMER BETTERMENT GRANTS President/CEO record-breaking year in giving. As incredible as the past 29 years have been, there is much more we plan We support responsible gaming. to do in our 30th year and for many years to come. I look forward to leading 800 BETS OFF Prairie Meadows into the future.

2018 ANNUAL REPORT // 1 CASINO With more than 85,000 square feet of nonstop casino action including popular table games, poker tournaments, exciting promotions, and nearly 1,700 slots – Prairie Meadows has every game this side of Vegas. Along with our extensive casino offerings, we provide an unrivaled, free loyalty program to our guests. Members of the program, Prairie Gold Rewards, receive some of the finest casino benefits in the Midwest.

LIVE RACING Our live horse racing season includes both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse races and runs from spring to mid-autumn. The Thoroughbreds race Monday - Friday while the Quarter Horses race Friday – Sunday, with special race days occurring periodically. Prairie Meadows also offers the best in simulcast racing. We are proud to present year- round horse, harness, and greyhound racing from the nation’s premier tracks.

HOTEL Prairie Meadows features a beautiful hotel with contemporary rooms, impeccable service, and generous hotel amenities that include a saltwater pool, business center, fitness center, and airport shuttle. The award-winning hotel offers double, queen, and king rooms as well as a variety of luxury suites. Conveniently connected to the casino, the hotel allows guests to stay and play.

DINING Our numerous dining establishments provide extensive menus, relaxed atmospheres, and convenient hours. Our lineup includes award-winning restaurants like AJ’s Steakhouse, Café at the Meadows, and Triple Crown Buffet alongside concession ABOUT US stands, coffee bars, and other quick bite stations. Prairie Meadows began operations as a nonprofit organization in 1989 that exceeds expectations. with the goal of lessening the burden of government by promoting Our vast entertainment offerings coupled EVENTS & CONFERENCE CENTER The newly remodeled Meadows Events & Conference Center provides more than economic development, jobs, agriculture, and tourism for the state of with exceptional guest service and a luxury 34,000 square feet of versatile meeting and banquet space. With the ability to serve Iowa. As a nonprofit organization, Prairie Meadows fulfills its mission by hotel have made Prairie Meadows the No. 1 up to 2,000 guests, it meets the needs of many events such as banquets, trade shows, giving back to organizations that support arts and culture, education, entertainment destination in Iowa. Prairie Meadows’ meetings, conferences, and weddings. In addition to space, it also features more than economic development, and human services. In addition to our success is a result of its dedicated and diverse workforce. 20 unique room configurations, the latest audio and visual services, and chef-prepared banquet meals. Prairie Meadows brings a variety of big-name entertainment acts to philanthropic calling, our mission drives us to value our guests, employees, We employ nearly 1,300 people with an additional 200 The Meadows Events Center every year. Performers that have taken the stage and community through outstanding racing, gaming, and entertainment seasonal positions during the spring and summer months. include Tony Orlando, Air Supply, Starship, and REO Speedwagon.

2 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 ANNUAL REPORT // 3 would greatly benefit Polk County. He envisioned Prairie Meadows running as a public nonprofit, dedicated to lessening 2000s – the burden of government by raising funds for charitable organizations and TODAY community improvement projects. It was In 2004, Prairie Meadows added quickly decided that Prairie Meadows table games to the mix. The property would be managed locally and overseen expanded its entertainment offerings by by a board of directors. That decision in adding the The Meadows Events Center OUR HISTORY 1994 has resulted in hundreds of millions in 2007. Soon after, Prairie Meadows of dollars in profits remaining in Iowa and opened restaurants Triple Crown As we enter our 30th year, we look back on decades of achievements – from finding Polk County – profits that would have left Buffet and AJ’s Steakhouse. With the a location in a vacant pasture to transforming it into a beautiful racetrack, luxury the state if an outside management firm completion of Prairie Meadows Hotel hotel, award-winning restaurants, and a casino with every game this side of Vegas. had taken over day-to-day operations in 2012, guests were able to stay and of Prairie Meadows. Prairie Meadows is play – making Prairie Meadows a major currently one of only two casinos in the tourist destination. Another restaurant, U.S. that functions as a nonprofit. Café at the Meadows debuted shortly On April 1, 1995, a capacity crowd after. And in 2016, a new loyalty program 1980s 1990s of 15,000 poured through the doors of titled Prairie Gold Rewards launched. In the early 1980s, several local Amusement Park, was selected as the The early 1990s brought new that would allow Prairie Meadows to the nation’s first racino – a horse track This robust program rewards gaming and businessmen had a vision that would location for this new venture. economic challenges to the state of incorporate slot machine gaming. After and slot machine casino combination. non-gaming guests and offers the best help Iowa’s agricultural community, spur The Polk County Board of Supervisors Iowa. These challenges weighed heavily much hard work, the bill was approved The addition of slots was met with casino benefits in the Midwest. economic development and job growth voted to back the $40 million in bonds on Prairie Meadows’ bottom line. The by a single vote. It was signed into law by unprecedented success. Prairie Meadows is the result of a in central Iowa, and create a dynamic necessary to build the track. The revenue from horse racing and dining Governor Terry Branstad in 1994. In May This private-public partnership allowed complete community effort, thanks to entertainment venue that would attract racehorses burst out of Prairie Meadows’ at Prairie Meadows was not meeting of that same year, Polk County voters also Prairie Meadows to repay nearly $90 the commitment of volunteers, business visitors from all over the Midwest. That starting gate for the very first time on expectations, and the property was approved the referendum of adding slot million of debt to Polk County in just 20 leaders, elected officials, and hundreds vision was Prairie Meadows Racetrack. March 1, 1989. Despite cold temps, a forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy machines by a 62 to 38 percent margin. short months. The success continued, of others who have been instrumental Ken Grandquist, Jack Bishop, Ed sellout crowd of more than 7,100 protection in November of 1991. With approval from the state and and over the years, Prairie Meadows in the development and continued Skinner, Jim Rasmussen, and Gary Palmer were there, eager to wager on The team of Bishop, Palmer, county, it was now time to decide how has grown into the No. 1 entertainment success of one of the great private- were local leaders and entrepreneurs Iowa’s first horse races. Rasmussen, and Skinner collaborated to manage Prairie Meadows. President destination in Iowa. public business experiments in the who had spent their lives in central Iowa. with Polk County leaders and worked to of the Racing Association of central entertainment industry. Over the course of several years, these get a bill passed in the Iowa legislature Iowa, Jim Rasmussen, had an idea that five men – with the help of hundreds of local supporters, volunteers, and civic leaders – promoted the business concept Over the of Prairie Meadows Racetrack. course of In July 1984 the Iowa Racing Prairie Meadows’ Commission issued the state’s first pari- history one thing has mutuel license that would allow for the construction of a horse track. A 240- remained consistent: acre site of pastureland, just east Prairie Meadows will lessen of Adventureland the burden of government

by promoting economic development, jobs, agriculture, and tourism in the state of Iowa. 4 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS CORPORATE PERSONNEL COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY 2018 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Prairie Meadows has been a longtime supporter of United Way Central Iowa and their mission to fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every central Iowan. Through grants and charitable Gary Palmer Ann Atkin Brad Rhines donations, Prairie President Senior Vice President Senior Vice President Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Strategic Officer Meadows has given Kurt Rasmussen Gerry Neugent Martha Willits E.J. Giovannetti Suku Radia Chair Vice Chair Secretary United Way Central Iowa more than $5.5 million. 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Elaine Castelline Derron Heldt Eddie Llambias Clint Pursley Michele Wilkie Clay Willey Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Chief Financial Officer Racing Casino Operations Security Human Resources Hospitality

Dennis Albaugh Bob Chittenden Mark Cooper Michael Gartner John Irving

Dawn Brandt Kevin Brannen Tony Guzman Polly Loneman Tim Marleau Julie Stewart Dustin VandeWeerd Director of Cash Director of Surveillance Director of Director of Marketing Director of Hotel Director of Community Director of Facilities Operations Information Technology Operations Relations

Gene Meyer Lisa Moody-Tunks Karen Novak Swalwell Paul Rogness Mary Simon

2019 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Kurt Rasmussen Gerry Neugent Suku Radia Michael Gartner Mary Simon Chair Vice Chair Secretary

2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Scott Doup Sheri Hansen Garrick Mallory Pam Nash Tony Stork Rod Suhr Angie Vandehaar Dennis Albaugh • Bob Chittenden • Mark Cooper • John Irving • Marty Martin • Gene Meyer • Lisa Moody-Tunks • Karen Novak Swalwell • Bob O’Hallearn Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Assistant Director of Accounting Food & Beverage Pari-mutuels Facilities Information Technology Table Games Slot Operations

6 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 ANNUAL REPORT // 7 CHARITABLE GIVING BETTER TOGETHER AND TAXES 2018 Through our unique partnership with Polk County, we work to strengthen and expand CHARITABLE GIVING $37.2 MILLION opportunities, infrastructure, and services offered within the community. Our partnership Polk County $25.6 Million enables us to reinvest nearly $26 million per year into the community to improve the lives of those who live and work here. From improving the health and well-being of Community Betterment Grants $2.5 Million area children to renovating and revitalizing city parks, our partnership helps the Legacy Grants $3.5 Million lives of thousands of Iowans who call Polk County home. City of Des Moines $4.5 Million Over the years, these funds have given life to the Highway 5 Polk County School Districts $800 Thousand expansion, Greater Des Moines Urban Beautification Project, Other $300 Thousand Wells Fargo Arena, and countless other projects and initiatives IMPACTING throughout the community. We recognize we are not alone TAXES $51.1 MILLION in these efforts. There are public-private partnerships throughout the region that focus on strengthening OUR COMMUNITY TOTAL $88.3 MILLION our area resources and investing in our community As a nonprofit organization, to build a stronger Polk County. We applaud all organizations that make this community and our gaming taxes and the individuals within a priority. CHARITABLE GIVING We are honored to be a part of charitable contributions Polk County AND TAXES 1996 – 2018 this great community, and we have helped transform $617 Million look forward to helping move CHARITABLE GIVING $790 MILLION the needle of success for the lives of those Polk County $617 Million Polk County. Community Betterment Grants $50 Million in our central City of Des Moines Legacy Grants $31 Million Iowa community. $58 Million City of Des Moines $58 Million Polk County School Districts $8 Million CHARITABLE Other $26 Million Legacy Grants TAXES $999 MILLION $31 Million GIVING TOTAL $1.79 BILLION

Community 1996 – 2018 Betterment Grants $50 Million TOTAL NET REVENUES $218 MILLION

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $153.5 MILLION Other $26 Million Figures are unaudited and subject to change.

Polk County School Districts Iowa law requires casinos to return 3% of Adjusted Gross Revenue. $8 Million Prairie Meadows proudly gives back more than 18% of AGR. 8 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Club sites and significantly expand two current Club Community Foundation of attractive extension of the . sites. Ultimately, this project will create four paths in Greater Des Moines At 65,000 square feet, it will be one of the largest Des Moines that allow kids and teens to progress from Project: Des Moines Regional Skatepark open skateparks in the nation. The park will be built to elementary through high school with BGCCI by their side. Grant Amount: $400,000 Olympic standard, allowing Des Moines to host regional The new Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Club on Drake and possibly national competitions. University’s campus will complete an entirely new Central Skateboarding is one of the fastest growing sports in A world-class skatepark in Des Moines is an investment Path. This will be BGCCI’s first family Club, welcoming America, and Des Moines’ skateboarding community in youth and will also increase tourism and promote all students K-12. This innovative model of a Club on is booming. Yet, there is no centrally located facility economic development in central Iowa. The park a private university campus is only one of three that that accommodates this sport. Consequently, skaters will provide a safe, fun, and challenging environment exists in the nation. The new Club at East High School are forced to look to parking lots, sidewalks, streets, for people of all ages to exercise and socialize. It is will complete the East Path for members who previously and other public property for this activity. Community estimated that the park will bring in 40,000 visits from attended the Levitt and Baker Clubs. Programs will focus visionaries wanted to give skateboarders a safe place skaters each year. on workforce development, technology, and financial to pursue their passion while also reducing the time A groundbreaking ceremony for the Lauridsen literacy to ensure members are on track to graduate and and energy spent deterring skating on private property Skatepark was held on October 15, 2018. The $3.5 have a plan for the future. The new Studebaker Club by law enforcement, business owners, and community million skatepark is expected to be completed in 2019. will serve elementary school children of the South Path. members. Volunteers with the Des Moines Regional The existing McCombs Middle School Club will receive Skatepark joined with the Community Foundation of Dallas County an expansion to serve Lincoln High School students Greater Des Moines and the plan was born. Valley Trail to High to complete the South Path. Finally, the existing Frank The park, named Lauridsen Skatepark, will sit Trestle Trail Connector Project DES MOINES J. Ross Club of the West Path will expand to serve alongside Des Moines’ Principal Riverwalk. Lauridsen REGIONAL SKATEPARK Grant Amount: $100,000 a growing population of students. The entire Club Skatepark was designed by California Skateparks, Pathways project is expected to be completed by 2022. LEGACY GRANTS with great care taken to ensure the park will be an The Des Moines area contains many trails that provide Prairie Meadows had a record-breaking year of giving in 2018. Through our Legacy Grant program, residents and visitors a safe and scenic place to exercise. But there are still some trail gaps throughout the area. we awarded more than $3.5 million to organizations and communities in Iowa. BOYS & GIRLS CLUB In an effort to close some of these gaps, Dallas County Our Legacy Grant Program provides funding in the range of $100,000 to $1 million for large-scale, signature projects in central Iowa. decided to connect two of the premier trail systems in the state of Iowa – the Raccoon River Valley Trail (RRVT) and the (HTT). These two trails bolster Iowa’s bicycle tourism. They directly feed into the Des The Ames Miracle Playground and Field is a two- noncompetitive athletic events, targeted specifically Ames Foundation Moines metro trail system and are utilized by hundreds part project. Part one is an all-inclusive playground. toward those with disabilities. The Ames Foundation Ames Miracle Playground and Field of thousands of people annually. The fully accessible structure, built on a rubberized plans to open the park in 2019. Grant Amount: $100,000 In addition to closing trail gaps, this project will surface will provide a sensory-rich experience for provide additional trail loops, increase trail networking, children of all ages and abilities. The playground is More than 3,500 children with special needs between Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa and connect 20 communities in six counties. This designed as five components, working together as one, the ages of five and 15 reside in Polk, Boone, Dallas, Club Pathways connector trail will run from the city of Perry through the to offer socialization, education, and fun to children and Story counties. The Ames Foundation recognized a Grant Amount: $400,000 990 town of Bouton and continue to the town of Woodward. with physical, cognitive, and sensory disabilities. The lack of recreational facilities and opportunities for these HOURS The connector trail will be 9 miles long, making the RRVT playground focuses on maximum play for all children, of programming individuals to participate in sports leagues. To better Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa’s (BGCCI) mission conducted at each Boys a total of 89 miles of completed trail while the HTT will but also allows parents, guardians, and grandparents serve these community members, the Ames Foundation is “To inspire and enable all young people, especially & Girls Club every year total 25 miles of completed trail. with physical disabilities to experience a playground with decided to build an all-inclusive playground and Miracle those who need us most, to reach their full potential as The first 1.5-mile segment of the trail that begins in their loved ones – likely for the first time. League Field in Inis Grove Park. Miracle League serves productive, caring, responsible citizens.” In an effort of Club members Perry officially opened in October 2018. Phase 2 of the The second part of the project is a custom field made graduate high school children and adults who suffer from physical or mental to fulfill this mission, BGCCI developed Club Pathways. 98% project, slated to begin in 2019, will start in Woodward of cushion, rubberized turf, accessible by wheelchair on time with a plan for the future disabilities that may be excluded, whether intentionally This project will double the number of youth BGCCI and work west. The $5 million project will continue and other assistive devices. The field provides a barrier- or not, from conventional baseball leagues. serves, from 1,700 to 3,300. It will also add three new of Club members plan to pursue moving forward as funding comes in. free sports facility that can host competitive and 89% post-secondary education 10 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 ANNUAL REPORT // 11 “DMU is exceptionally proud and privileged to Des Moines Heritage Trust fundraising opportunities to each of the have been recognized for our work to expand Iowa High School Athletic An apprentice program for homeless youth will Project: Des Moines Heritage Center heritage organizations. The event center Association – Iowa Hall of Pride accompany the infrastructure of Rooftop Gardens. The will also provide an income to the Des Moines the University’s medical curriculum and Grant Amount: $100,000 Project: Iowa Hall of Pride main goal of the Rooftop Gardens program is to break Heritage Center through venue rentals for events like clinical services in behavioral health. We Technology Overhaul the cycle of poverty for low-income and at-risk youth by weddings, receptions, and dinners. consider Prairie Meadows to be an Heritage organizations in central Iowa are facing many Grant Amount: $100,000 providing guided work experience and a livable wage. The restoration of the depot and construction essential partner with us to meet challenges. The Des Moines Historical Society is forced of the event center is planned to be completed a critical public health need, to meet in member’s homes or offices as they have no by late 2019. The Iowa Hall of Pride, located in downtown Des Moines, Blue Ribbon Foundation brick-and-mortar home. This organization has historical which has become an urgent is an interactive museum highlighting facts about Iowa Project: Iowa State Fair Grandstand Stage and Seating artifacts of Des Moines to exhibit, but nowhere to display and its prominent residents. The Iowa Hall of Pride also priority nationwide.” Grant Amount: $600,000 them. Sadly, this is also true of other local heritage serves as an event venue. Unfortunately, the Iowa Hall organizations. To help fix this issue, the Des Moines Project: Des Moines University Behavioral Health Clinic - Angela L. Walker Franklin of Pride has been operating with outdated technology The Iowa State Fair Grandstand’s stage, built Heritage Trust developed the Des Moines Heritage Grant Amount: $475,000 President and CEO of for several years. To better serve the students, business in the 1980s, was not meeting the current needs of Center project. Des Moines University professionals, and other community members that visit One in five adults experience some form of mental the entertainment industry. To significantly improve This project aims to provide a home for local heritage Through the Phase 1 and utilize the museum and its event spaces, a complete illness in a given year, and it is estimated nearly one the concert experience for all involved – audiences, organizations, as well as empower these organizations to educational mission, DMU technology overhaul was needed. in 25 adults grapple with serious mental illness daily. artists, and staff – the Iowa State Fair and Blue Ribbon grow and prosper with the community. The Des Moines will be able to frame students’ This multi-phase project included a new cloud-based Des Moines University (DMU) – a leader in innovative Foundation planned a major renovation. Heritage Center will be comprised of the historic 1909 understanding of what behavioral system for media storage, touchscreen technology for health and science education – recognized a lack of The renovations debuted at the 2018 Iowa State East Des Moines Union Depot and an event center health treatment should include. DMU exhibits, and a 360-degree video camera display in the access to mental health services in Iowa. To fight this Fair. The Grandstand updates include added seats, adjacent to the depot building. The Des Moines Heritage plans to implement a new model that Spirit of Competition room. These updates will allow critical shortfall, DMU came up with a plan to expand concessions, restrooms, new screens, and a larger Center is more than a capital campaign to rehab a Des embeds behavioral health into primary care the museum to continue to bring a one-of-a-kind Iowa its education and clinical services through a Behavioral stage. The Grandstand venue now seats 14,500 people Moines landmark. Together, these two buildings will education, along with offering traditional outpatient educational experience to the children and adults of our Health Clinic. The clinic will provide a clinical and social compared to the original 10,500. The stage expanded provide home and economic security for various local specialty mental health care. great state. support network for individuals with mental illness. by 20 feet and now measures 80’ wide by 60’ deep. heritage organizations – Des Moines Heritage Trust, Des Phase 2 includes the construction of the Behavioral To make the clinic a reality, DMU is tackling the project Audiences also enjoy four new 16’ x 9’ video screens (two Moines Historical Society, Des Moines Rehabbers Club, Health Clinic. It will be a dedicated floor of the DMU in three phases. Phase 1: Education, Phase 2: Mental Iowa Homeless Youth Centers on each side of the stage), bringing the action on the and Friends of Des Moines Street Cars. Des Moines Clinic with 10,000 square feet of space available for Health Services, and Phase 3: Workforce to address the Project: IHYC Rooftop Gardens stage closer to everyone. Heritage Trust anticipates additional organizations will offices, patient meeting areas, and conference areas shortage of providers. Grant Amount: $100,000 The expanded seating area, named “Prairie Meadows join as the project proceeds. for support group work. The clinic will give community As the medical school responsible for graduating Plaza” in recognition of the $600,000 Legacy Grant, The depot building will provide a shared office members access to a full spectrum of trained mental space, board room, and gallery space for organizations more family medicine physicians than any medical Iowa Homeless Youth Center (IHYC) is creating an creates a better experience for attendees. With a health providers. to display historical artifacts and information. The school (MD or DO) in the United States, DMU has a innovative Rooftop Gardens program that serves new restroom and open space for concessions and event center will provide educational, cultural, and unique ability to impact future health care providers. transition-age youth (aged 18-24) who are merchandise stands, the new layout alleviates congestion currently experiencing homelessness or by widening aisles and creating areas for people to enjoy are at risk of homelessness in central the concerts while standing or sitting. The new plaza Iowa. Placed on the roof of the Youth grows the ground level seating capacity from 900 to Opportunity Center, the gardens include 4,000 seats. hydroponic farms inside refurbished shipping The venue underwent many upgrades, but the historic containers, raised garden beds, an event space, Grandstand structure remains intact. The larger stage and a produce workshop. and additional seats allow the fair to attract shows with IHYC will hire youth utilizing their programs to maintain bigger productions. and harvest produce year-round. Produce such as herbs and leafy greens grown in the hydroponic farms will be sold to local retailers. Fruits and vegetables grown in the raised beds will be used in the on-site kitchen and will serve more than 600 young adults at IHYC.

DES MOINES DES MOINES UNIVERSITY HERITAGE CENTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC IHYC ROOFTOP GARDENS portions of the cities of Sheldahl and Slater. The largest Seamlessly integrated into the Little League Complex The playground’s construction will be part of the area of the watershed is located in Polk County and at Urbandale’s Northview Park, the custom field is Riverview Park renovation effort. Upon completion, encompasses the cities of Alleman, Altoona, Ankeny, Des made of cushioned, rubberized turf and is accessible the park will be donated to the city of Des Moines. It is Moines, Elkhart, and Pleasant Hill. by wheelchair and other assistive devices. The field planned to be built in 2019. Fourmile Creek and its tributaries run for more than serves residents of Adel, Clive, Cumming, Des Moines’ 40 miles. Resource concerns seen in and along the creek west side, Granger, Grimes, Johnston, Perry, Urbandale, Wildwood Hills Ranch include high bacteria levels, excess nutrients (nitrogen Waukee, West Des Moines, and Windsor Heights. Project: Cabins of Hope and phosphorus), and erosion. To address growing Miracle League serves children and adults who suffer Grant Amount: $100,000 flooding and water quality challenges, cities and counties from physical or mental disabilities that may be excluded, in the watershed formed a watershed management whether intentionally or not, from conventional leagues. Nestled on 400 acres in the scenic hills of Madison authority (WMA) and a watershed management plan. In addition to the organized Miracle League softball and County, Wildwood Hills Ranch of Iowa (the Ranch) offers The implementation phase of the management plan baseball program that caters to children with disabilities, at-risk youth a safe space to learn new life skills and will kick off with a series of ten signature projects that the field can also host kickball and other inclusive events regain confidence. Each year, the Ranch serves 1,000 include woodland restorations, wetland constructions, for youth and adults of all abilities. students from across the state of Iowa facing difficult life JUSTICE LEAGUE OF FOOD oxbow wetland restorations, and detention basin The Urbandale Miracle League Field opened situations. Youth ranging in age from 8 to 18 participate constructions. These signature projects will reduce flood in mid-2018. in daily and weekly camps focused on providing risk, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and Justice League of Food property in 2014. The entire building was brought up foundational tools such as educational attainment, jobs beautify public lands and trails along Fourmile Creek. Project: The Kitchen DSM to code, with approximately 65 percent of the property Variety – The Children’s Charity skills, financial literacy, leadership development, and undergoing renovations. But Luther Care Services had Grant Amount: $100,000 Project: Variety Star Playground at Riverview Park character formation. one last project to finish before the building could be Prairie Meadows Scholarship Grant Amount: $100,000 The demand for youth programming has outgrown The Justice League of Food (JLF) considered complete. Project: Prairie Meadows Scholarship Program the current capacity of the Ranch’s facilities, forcing The first phase of the remaining remodeling developed a commissary Approximately 17 percent of all children born in the U.S. volunteer staff to sleep inside offices or wherever there project created an education center, complete with kitchen that provides skills, Since 2001, Prairie Meadows has awarded 661 central have behavioral or developmental conditions that require is room for a cot. The Ranch devised a plan to build eight a classroom and modern audio-visual equipment. training, and job placement Iowa students a $2,500 scholarship to help pay for the special care. The majority of playgrounds throughout additional cabins to house the expanding numbers of Employee orientation, state-mandated training, and new services to homeless and at-risk Iowa college or university of their choice. Iowa do not offer adaptations for these children. In 2014, volunteer staff. management development programs take place in the young adults in central Iowa. Our scholarship program is proud to annually award Variety provided the City of Des Moines with its first all- The cabins will also be available for corporate retreats new education center. The second phase brought the The JLF offers eight full-time, two $2,500 scholarships to graduating high school inclusive playground, the Ashley Okland Star Playground. that serve as an important revenue source for the Ranch’s IT server room to current standards, resulting in paid apprenticeships in The Kitchen. seniors at every participating high school in Polk County, Based on the positive feedback and success of that youth programming. The increased capacity of overnight improved functionality and longer life of computer Additionally, The Kitchen serves as a and two $2,500 scholarships to our employees or first playground, Variety saw a need and desire for all- housing will significantly improve the organization’s servers and related hardware. Lastly, administrative meal preparation and distribution site for the children of employees. inclusive playgrounds in other Iowa communities. ability to prepare at-risk youth for the rest of their lives. offices were added, allowing the three resident WILDWOOD HILLS RANCH Partnership For A Hunger Free Polk County. These In 2018, Variety launched a campaign to give the apartments that previously served as staff offices to meals go to those struggling with hunger throughout Des Moines area a second playground – The Variety become available for rent. Urbandale Community Action central Iowa. Star Playground at Riverview Park. The park will include The remodel project was completed in 2018. Council Inc. VARIETY STAR PLAYGROUND The Kitchen, located at The Foundry in Valley AT RIVERVIEW PARK Project: Urbandale Miracle League Field equipment that emphasizes key functions like balance, Junction, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Grant Amount: $100,000 strength, and obesity prevention, as well as interactive October 25, 2018. The Nature Conservancy in Iowa learning walls. It will also feature wheelchair-accessible Project: Fourmile Creek Watershed’s Wetland & More than 40,000 children and adults are living with ramps, a flat rubber play surface, and a variety of play Luther Care Services Woodland Legacy disabilities in Greater Des Moines. To better serve structures designed to improve core strength. Project: Education and Administration Center Grant Amount: $100,000 these individuals, the Urbandale Community Action The playground’s design will encourage play among Grant Amount: $100,000 Network (UCAN), constructed the Urbandale Miracle children of all abilities, helping to break down barriers The Fourmile Creek Watershed is a 76,600-acre League Field. and foster friendships. The Variety Star Playground Luther Care Services is an assisted living facility located watershed consisting of urban and agriculture will also be a welcome resource for parents with at the former Polk County Youth Shelter at 1546 Hull communities. The watershed’s northernmost reaches disabilities and aging caregivers who want to interact Avenue in Des Moines. The organization purchased the are located in Boone and Story counties and include with their children.

14 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Institute for Mercy Hospital Society of $1,400,000 Character Development Medical Foundation St. Vincent de Paul $625,000 $100,000 $100,000 East High School $750,000 Iowa High School The Nature St. Anthony Athletic Association Conservancy in Iowa Catholic School East High School $850,000 $100,000 $300,000 Alumni Association $161,500 Iowa Homeless Oakridge Neighborhood St. John & Paul Youth Centers Services Catholic Church Easter Seals Society $200,000 $100,000 $50,000 of Iowa $100,000 Iowa Legal Aid On With Life Foundation Terrace Hill Foundation $125,000 $400,000 $400,000 Food Bank of Iowa $100,000 Iowa National Pappajohn Sculpture Terrace Hill Partnership Bar Association Garden Fund $100,000 Fort Des Moines $100,000 $300,000 Museum & United Way of Education Center Iowa Natural Parks Area Foundation Central Iowa $100,000 Heritage Foundation $250,000 $1,350,000 $141,250 Goodwill Industries of Planned Parenthood UnityPoint Health Central Iowa Iowa State Fair Blue $100,000 Foundation $100,000 Ribbon Foundation $900,000 $600,000 Polk County $750,000 Urbandale Community SEE OUR IMPACTDes Moines Area Des Moines $1,000,000 Justice League of Food Action Council Inc. Since 2003, our Legacy Grant Program has given $31 million to help Community College Playhouse $100,000 Polk County Housing $100,000 transform the lives of those in our community. Foundation $350,000 Great Outdoors Trust Fund $213,000 Foundation Lincoln High School $525,000 Variety From the iconic Blank Park Zoo to the , funding from this Des Moines $100,000 Foundation $100,000 Public Charter $375,000 program has played a major role in revitalizing the Greater Des Moines area. Prairie Meadows $100,000 School Foundation Greater Des Moines Scholarship Program Wildwood Hills Ranch $100,000 Botanical Garden Link Associates $1,303,179 $100,000 Des Moines $500,000 Foundation City of Des Moines Heritage Trust Des Moines Public $200,000 Principal Riverwalk Fund World Food Prize HISTORICAL LEGACY GRANT RECIPIENTS | 2003 – 2018 Library Foundation Police Department $100,000 Greater Des Moines $100,000 Foundation $199,595 $1,000,000 Habitat for Humanity Living History Farms $325,000 Amanda Cares Blank Children’s Hospital Central Iowa Shelter Des Moines Metro $500,000 $100,000 and Services Roman Catholic Diocese $124,224 $200,000 City of Pleasant Hill Opera Inc. Des Moines Social Club $600,000 of Des Moines YMCA of Greater $100,000 $100,000 $250,000 Greater Des Moines Luther Care Services $200,000 Des Moines Ames Foundation Blank Park Zoo Partnership $100,000 $1,200,000 Children and Families $100,000 $900,405 City of Waukee Des Moines Parks & $2,700,000 of Iowa Roosevelt High School $150,000 Recreation Foundation $200,000 $100,000 Mainframe Studios Foundation Youth Emergency Anawim Housing Boys & Girls Clubs of $200,000 Holy Family School $100,000 $375,000 Services and Shelter Central Iowa $150,000 Community Foundation Des Moines University Inner-City Youth (YESS) ChildServe $400,000 of Greater Des Moines Des Moines Pastoral $475,000 Foundation $200,000 $350,000 Mayor’s Landscape Salisbury House Animal Rescue League $200,000 Counseling Center $250,000 Task Force Foundation $100,000 Bridges of Iowa $100,000 Des Moines Water $50,000 $125,000 City of Bondurant $120,000 Courage League Sports Works Park Foundation The Homestead $250,000 Ankeny Rotary Club $100,000 Des Moines $200,000 $100,000 Mercy Foundation Science Center of Iowa Performing Arts $100,000 Broadlawns Medical $200,000 $1,000,000 Center Foundation City of Des Moines - $774,371 Dallas County Dowling Catholic Hoyt Sherman $450,000 South Des Moines $100,000 High School Place Foundation Sixth Avenue Corridor Little League $400,000 $100,000 16 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT $500,000 $250,000 Children’s Cancer City of Clive Class Act Productions Community Theatre Des Moines Community Orchestra Connection touches the City of Des Moines (Department of Colfax Main Street Des Moines Community Playhouse lives of more than Economic Development) Colfax Park and Recreation Des Moines Electrical Apprenticeship City of Des Moines Police Department Auxiliary Board Inc. Des Moines I Have A Dream Foundation City of Indianola Police Department Collins-Maxwell Athletic Boosters Des Moines Independent Community 450 City of Johnston Collins-Maxwell Community School District School District CHILDREN and their family City of Johnston Fire Department Collins-Maxwell Partners in Education Des Moines Maker Space members City of Knoxville Community Foundation of Des Moines Metro Opera Inc. Greater Des Moines each year. City of Lynnville and the Lynnville Des Moines North High School Hometown Pride Committee Community Support Advocates Booster Club Dress for Success Des Moines

City of Maxwell Cops Against Cancer Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center Eagle Grove Community Veterans Tower Inc. City of Mitchellville Crocker Elementary Parent Teacher Des Moines Performing Arts Organization (PTO) Easter Seals Society of Iowa City of Mitchellville Public Library Des Moines Public Library Foundation Crossway Community Church Eastern Polk Regional Development Inc. City of Pleasant Hill Parks Des Moines Social Club COMMUNITY BETTERMENT and Recreation Department CultureALL Inc. The Eddie Davis Community Center Inc. Des Moines Symphony Association City of Pleasantville Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Everybody Wins! Iowa GRANT PROGRAM Dowling – St. Joseph Alumni Association Through our Community Betterment Grant Program, Prairie Meadows donated more than $2.5 million dollars City of Prairie City Des Moines Area Community College Investment Co. LLC Faith & Grace Garden to Iowa communities in 2018. Our Betterment Grants provide funding to small-to-medium sized projects City of Sully Des Moines Area Religious Council Downtown Events Group Inc. Food Bank of Iowa with grants ranging from $100 to $99,999. From funding meals for hungry children to renovating schools and City of Urbandale Parks and Recreation Des Moines Area Sports Commission Dr. Nick Palmer & Jim Ellefson Forest Avenue Outreach Free Medical Clinic enhancing city parks, Prairie Meadows is passionate about improving the lives of thousands of Iowans. City of Windsor Heights Des Moines Art Center FreeStore Drake University City Voices The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Central Iowa Inc. 4-H Clubs & Affiliated 4-H Organizations Baxter Community School District Bondurant Emergency Services Central Iowa Shelter & Services Friends of Webb Shadle Memorial Library

8th & College Connections Beacon of Life Bondurant - Farrar School District Chickasaw County Agricultural Furry Friends Refuge Extension District The Animal Rescue African American Heritage Foundation Bergman Academy Boy Scouts of America - Troop 128 League receives Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Inc. Child Abuse Prevention Services Inc. Aging Resources of Central Iowa Bernie Lorenz Recovery Bridges of Iowa Grand View University Life Skills and Nutrition Program Children & Families of Iowa ALS Association, Iowa Chapter Broadlawns Medical Center 40 – 70 Great Outdoors Foundation Best Buddies Iowa Children & Family Urban Ministries Animal Lifeline of Iowa Camp Hantesa, Camp Fire Heart of Iowa ANIMALS Greater Altoona Community Service Campus Bidwell Riverside Center Children’s Cancer Connection in need of shelter Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc. Candeo Greater Des Moines Community Band Inc. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa ChildServe Foundation or medical care Ankeny Instrumental Music Foundation Inc. Carlisle Community School District on a daily Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Big Creek State Park Chrysalis The Avenues of Ingersoll & Grand Carroll Public Library Foundation basis. Greater Des Moines Music Coalition Inc. Blank Children’s Hospital City of Altoona Police Department Ballet Theatre of Des Moines Cedar Rapids Electrical Apprenticeship Grimes Parks and Recreation Blank Park Zoo Training & Educational Trust City of Baxter Iowa

18 // 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 ANNUAL REPORT // 19 The Griswold Public Library & Friends Iowa Illinois Safety Council Mainframe Studios Advocacy Services Terrace Hill Partnership Principal Charity Classic of the Griswold Public Library generated an economic Iowa International Center Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Polk County Housing Trust Fund Town of Hartford Hawthorn Hill impact of more than Iowa Laborers District Council Heavy Maxwell Area Renewal Committee Prairie City-Monroe Train To Inspire Inc. HCI Care Services Highway Training Fund Community School District Mercy College of Health Sciences United Way of Central Iowa Healthy Birth Day Inc. Iowa Laborers-Employers Cooperation The Presbytery of Des Moines of the and Education Trust Mercy Hospital Medical Foundation Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) UnityPoint Health Foundation $ The Des Moines Heartland Youth Choir Independent Iowa Lutheran Hospital Mid-Iowa Community Action Primary Health Care Inc. University of Iowa Foundation 23 Helping Our Veterans with Health Services Community Everyday Living (H.O.V.E.L.) Iowa Methodist Medical Center Progress Industries Uptown Ankeny Inc. MILLION. Mid-Iowa Council Boy Scouts of America School District Highland Park Community Church Iowa Narcotics Officers Association Project Iowa Urban Dreams was able to purchase of Des Moines Iowa Midwest Old Settlers and Iowa Public Radio Inc. Threshers Assn. Inc. Project Linus of Story, Boone, and Urbandale Community Action Council Inc. Holy Trinity Catholic School & Church Polk Counties of Iowa Iowa Sports Foundation Military Order of the Purple Heart Visiting Nurse Services The Homestead Puppy Jake Foundation Iowa State Building and Construction Miracle League of Des Moines Kiwanis West Central Valley Community Schools 215 House of Mercy Trades Council Reach Out and Read Iowa INSTRUMENTS Mitchellville Community Center West Des Moines Historical Society for students in grades Hoyt Sherman Place The Iowa Veterans Perspective Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moines Charitable Foundation Mitchellville Firefighters Association Inc. West Des Moines Human Services 5-12 thanks to iJAG Inc. Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines Iowa Youth Chorus Monroe Hometown Pride & Wildlife Rehabilitation Network Prairie Meadows’ IMPACT Community Keep Iowa Beautiful Salisbury House Foundation of Central Iowa donation. Action Partnership Jasper County Historical Society Mosaic SCIFL Charity Inc. YMCA of Greater Des Moines Indian Creek Clover Kids John L. Lewis Commission National Kidney Foundation Inc. Senior Care of Iowa Youth Emergency Services & Indianola Community Joppa Outreach Shelter of Iowa School District National Society of the Daughters Shoes That Fit Junior Achievement of Central Iowa Inc. of the American Revolution - Jean Marie Youth Homes of Mid-America Iowa Asian Alliance Cardinell Chapter Sixth Avenue Corridor Keep Iowa Beautiful Iowa Homeless Youth Centers North Polk West PTA Southeast Polk Community School District Keep Iowa Beautiful Kellogg Hometown Pride Oakridge Neighborhood Services Southeast Polk Dollars for Scholars

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Latino Resources Inc. Orchard Place St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc. Parks and Recreation Board, State of Iowa - State Historical Museum City of Dallas Center Link Associates Foundation Story Theater Company The Pet Project Midwest Living History Farms Swerve Outreach (Kids Cafe program) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc. Local 67 Training Program Trust Tallgrass Theatre Company Pleasant Hill Soccer Club Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc. Taylor House Hospice Pleasantville Community Schools

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