SPRING 2013 MAKING A DIFFERENCE Dear Friends, Prairie Meadows began operations in 1989 and, over the course of nearly 25 years, one common thread has remained consistent – that Prairie Meadows be a catalyst for jobs, economic development, agriculture and tourism. That has remained our goal ever since and has allowed us to provide our state and local community with more than $1.2 billion in taxes and community betterment funding.

We are an excellent example of how a public/private partnership can benefit our local community, and we take great pride in being a non-profit organization that can help make a difference in the lives of Iowans.

Prairie Meadows is the result of a complete community effort, thanks to the commitment of so many people – volunteers, business leaders, elected officials, and hundreds of others who have been instrumental in the development and continued success of one of the great public/private business experiments in the entertainment industry. CONTENTS Where Our Profits Go 4 Community Betterment Grants 16 ALLON’S STORY – 2012 ALS Campaign 6 Educational Funding 18 RESTORATION 8 Board of Directors 22

Legacy Grants 10 Administration and Executive Management 23

Central has seen dramatic and positive changes over the last two decades, and all of us at Prairie Meadows have been thrilled to provide financial assistance to help make this such a vibrant and progressive community.

Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to share with you the great work being done through our giving and through the hard work of like-minded citizens who realize the potential the Des Moines area has to become one of this country’s great cities.

Sincerely,

Gary Palmer Julie Stewart Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows President/CEO Director of Community Relations MORE THAN $ BILLION 1 worth of good

Where our profits go

Taxes $718,939,000

Polk County $462,469,000

Community charitables $70,388,000

city of des moines $33,329,000

Polk county Public School $4,354,000 donation $1,289,479,000 Numbers reflect 1995 - February 19, 2013 4 As a non-profit, locally managed operation, we’ve given more than $1 billion through taxes, grants and charitable donations to the state of Iowa and to thousands of worthwhile charitable organizations that do so much for our communities. More than $500 million has remained right here in central Iowa. Prairie Meadows provided a $100,000 Legacy Grant to the United Way of Central Iowa for all-day preschool curriculum at George Washington Carver Elementary School.

The Bridge is a half-mile long, 13-story high bicycle-pedestrian bridge that provides spectacular views up and down the Valley. A Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant assisted with the construction of this project. 5 Allon’s Story

ALS is an inconvenience, but it has not defined me. The distinguishing factor between life and inconvenience – is faith. 6 “ ” My name is Allon Cady. I have ALS.

I think the first indication that anything Much has happened in the two years was wrong, came one morning in since my diagnosis. Now, I need the use of church when I was walking back after my power-chair full-time. I’m not able to Communion. I tripped and fell, and I’m enjoy playing with my grandsons, or doing In 2012, Prairie Meadows sure at that point that a lot of folks around my own home repairs the way I once did. contributed $70,000 through a me thought maybe I’d had a little bit too Community Betterment Grant much Communion wine. We had to give up our swimming pool when we moved from a four-level split to and our Walk to Defeat ALS. But the truth is, the foot drop symptom a townhouse on one level. I am no longer Prairie Meadows’ support has that caused me to trip was an early able to drive. I need assistance for even funded respite care for ALS indication that signals were not being sent simple, daily routines. The biggest affect families who often need 24/7 correctly through the nervous system to ALS has had on me has been separating caregiving. Our Care Services the muscles in my legs. me from the activities that I had once staff is also providing more home enjoyed, mainly at church. visits and customized support Other symptoms followed soon thereafter. services to Iowans affected by My family decided I needed a diagnosis to These are the inconveniences of living ALS than any year as a result of figure out what was wrong. Not long after with ALS, but ALS has not defined me. that while I was at home, my legs The distinguishing factor between life and Prairie Meadows’ partnership. collapsed and I fell and broke my ankle. inconvenience – is faith. My faith has What I love about the Prairie Two months later at my visit to see my been a positive influence throughout life. Meadows team is that their doctor in Iowa City, I learned I had ALS. It has held me steady from my childhood whole organization gets behind days to my service in Vietnam aboard a At the time, I did not have too much their community involvement hospital ship – from through 43 trouble walking with the assistance of a years of married life. and they make it personal. walker. But, I decided it was probably time to retire from the bookstore where Thank you, Prairie Meadows, for I’d been working the past four years. stepping up in the fight against ALS to help us provide assistance for the many Iowans directly impacted by this disease.

Jason Lee Former Executive Director The ALS Association Iowa Chapter

Allon and Gayla Cady are flanked by Gary Palmer (Prairie Meadows President/CEO) and Julie Stewart (Prairie Meadows Director of Community Relations) during the ALS Iowa Chapter’s Walk to Defeat ALS. Gary Palmer served as Corporate Chair for the walk in 2012. 7 HISTORIC TERRACE HILL RESTORED

“The $400,000 grant will go a long way to ensuring that Terrace Hill maintains a strong historical presence in the state, and hopefully future generations of Governors will love Terrace Hill as much as my family.”

-Governor Terry E. Branstad

A Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant for $400,000 to the Terrace Hill Society Foundation will help to position Terrace Hill as a 21st century “green” structure with geo-thermal heating and cooling, new Terrace Hill, also known as the Hubbell Mansion, is the official residence of the Governor of Iowa. It is an excellent example storm windows, plumbing of Second Empire architecture. Construction of the home improvements, an updated began in 1866 and was completed in 1869. The total cost of the project was $250,000 for the mansion, the carriage house, commercial kitchen and much the original furnishings and about 30 acres of land. The home became a National Historic Landmark in 2003. needed exterior repairs.

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AFTER Sharon Van Verth, the official Terrace Hill Chef, stands before the new Terrace Hill kitchen that was transformed with the assistance of funding from Prairie Meadows.

9 Legacy Grants The $2 million in Legacy 2013 Recipients

Grant funding that Prairie Terrace Hill Foundation Meadows awarded in Historical Renovation $400,000 Des Moines Performing Arts January will impact new, Nollen Plaza Capital Campaign $350,000

large-scale, non-profit ChildServe projects in central Iowa. Expansion of Outpatient Therapy and Clinics $250,000 The Des Moines Social Club Firehouse Capital Campaign $250,000 To date, Prairie Meadows has committed City of Bondurant more than $22 million in Legacy funding to the central Iowa region. Prairie Meadows Regional Trailhead & Chichaqua Valley Trail Connection $250,000 supports Arts & Culture, Economic Development, Education, and Health 75th Anniversary Campaign: Orchestrating the Future $200,000 & Human Services. Iowa Homeless Youth Centers Iowa Homeless Youth Centers, Capital Campaign $100,000

ChildServe partners with families Planned Parenthood to help children with special health Patient Support Center/Primary Care Drop-in Clinic $100,000 care needs live a great life. They United Way of Central Iowa provide specialized health care George Washington Carver Preschool Classroom $100,000 services to more than 2,500 children in Iowa thanks in part to a $250,000 Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant that will expand their outpatient therapy and clinics.

10 Salisbury House in Des Moines was the home of cosmetic magnate Carl Weeks and was built between 1923 and 1928. It was modeled after the King’s House in Salisbury, England, and contains extensive collections of fine art, rare books, and musical instruments. The Salisbury House Foundation’s mission is to preserve this historic mansion as a full-time museum and cultural center for the public. A 2011 Legacy Grant funded the organization’s restoration and foundation stabilization project.

11 Legacy Grants in Progress

Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity $250,000 ReStore Tool Lending Library

Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity received a $250,000 Legacy Grant for It Starts At Home Capital Campaign. Prairie Meadows’ grant will support the Habitat’s Tool Lending Library, a 1membership-based resource for homeowners in Polk County.

Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity provides decent and affordable homeownership opportunities for qualified low-income families. The organization is volunteer-driven and welcomes people from all walks of life to assist in building simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.

Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families $100,000 Technology Lab

The Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families is a first-in-the-nation initiative that assists people with gaining employment through education and on-the-job training 2programs supported by local employers. A $100,000 Legacy Grant from Prairie Meadows funds the organization’s Technology Lab and helps clients make the connection to employers and the Center’s on-the-job training opportunities. Prairie Meadows’ partnership with the organization provides solutions to unemployment and underemployment for many in central Iowa. A group of children performs at the

Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families ribbon-cutting ceremony.

12 Guests are provided evening and breakfast meals, access to shower and Central Iowa Shelter & Services laundry facilities, a weekly medical clinic and group counseling, as well $600,000 Homeless Shelter as individualized case management and life skills instruction.

Prairie Meadows awarded Central Iowa Each year, approximately 1,700 homeless women and men receive emergency Shelter & Services $600,000 through its shelter and assistance to help them move beyond homelessness. Legacy Grant program to help with the construction of a new homeless shelter in . The organization provides free shelter 3and meals to homeless adults, regardless of physical or emotional conditions, and works to facilitate their move toward self-sufficiency.

Beds are available from 4pm – 8am daily. Additional beds are allocated as longer-term transitional housing for homeless veterans.

Living History Farms A Prairie Meadows grant of $100,000 Flynn Mansion Restoration $100,000 helped Living History Farms to complete the For many visitors to Living History Farms, restoration project. the 1870 Flynn Mansion is at the heart of their visitor experience. The Flynn Mansion The Flynn Mansion is among the is one of only two buildings original to the most utilized educational sites for Living History Farms property and is listed the 25,000 school children and on the National Register of Historic Places. teachers that visit each year to gain 4Unfortunately, an architectural study of deeper knowledge of Victorian the mansion revealed serious structural life, the interdependence of farms concerns and noted the need for physical and rural towns, how railroads repairs and improvements. changed life and the landscape of the Midwest, and the impact of immigrants on Iowa history.

“Living History Farms’ partnership with Prairie Meadows has been instrumental in the sustainability of programming for more than 25,000 school children annually. We are very grateful to Prairie Meadows, a true friend of the Farms!” -Ruth Haus President, Living History Farms

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World Food Prize $325,000 World Food Prize Hall of Laureates

The World Food Prize is the foremost international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have 5advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.

A Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant assisted the organization with restoring the century-old Des Moines Public Library Building as the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug World Food Prize Hall of Laureates.

15 2013 Community Betterment Grants

Through the Community Betterment Grant Des Moines East High School Alumni Foundation Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus Program, Prairie Meadows seeks to benefit Des Moines Health Center Des Moines I Have A Dream Foundation as many qualified organizations as possible Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc. Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center with grants ranging from $100 to $100,000. Des Moines Performing Arts Des Moines Public Library Foundation AIB College of Business City of Altoona Public Library Des Moines Public School Library Support Group ALS Association, Iowa Chapter City of Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library Des Moines Social Club Altoona Area Historical Society City of Bondurant Des Moines Symphony Association Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Iowa Chapter City of Bondurant Park and Recreation Department Directors Council Amanda Cares City of Carlisle Fire Department Dowling Catholic High School American Red Cross, Central Iowa Chapter City of Collins Downtown Events Group Inc Amos Hiatt Middle School City of Des Moines Police Department Drake Adult Literacy Center Animal Lifeline of Iowa City of Johnston Police Department Legal Clinic Animal Rescue League of Iowa, Inc. City of Mitchellville Drake University Library Ankeny Garden Association City of Mitchellville Public Library Dress For Success Des Moines Arc of Story County City of Parkersburg Fire Department Eagle Grove Community Veterans Tower Inc. Assumption School City of Pleasant Hill Emergency Services Easter Seals Society of Iowa Ballet Theatre of Des Moines City of Pleasant Hill Park and Recreation Department Employee & Family Resources Beacon of Life City of Pleasant Hill Public Library Evelyn Davis Early Learning Academy Betterment Coalition City of Polk City Firefighters Association Everybody Wins! Iowa Best Buddies Iowa City of Redfield Eyerly-Ball Community Mental Health Services Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa City of Urbandale Faith Missionary Baptist Church Blank Children’s Hospital City of Waukee Food Bank of Iowa Blank Park Zoo Foundation City of West Des Moines Four Mile Elementary Bondurant Farrar School District City of West Des Moines Library Friends Foundation FreeStore Boone County 4-H Club Civic Music Association Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Central Iowa Bridges Of Iowa Class Act Productions Furry Friends Refuge Callanan Middle School Colfax Main Street Gateway Dance Theatre, Inc. Camp Hantesa, Camp Fire USA Colfax Mingo School District Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, Inc. Camp Hertko Hollow, Inc. Collins Maxwell Partners in Education GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force Candeo Collins-Maxwell Music Boosters Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa Carlisle Community School District Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines Catholic Council for Social Concern, Inc. Community Legacy Matters, Inc. Greater Altoona Community Service Campus Centennial Elementary Community Tax Clinic Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Central Iowa Cement Mason Apprenticeship Community Youth Concepts Greater Des Moines Music Coalition & Training Trust Cottage Grove Avenue Presbyterian Church Greater Des Moines Partnership Central Iowa Division of the CULTUREALL Harbor of Hope Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Inc. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation HCI Care Services Central Iowa Fair Dallas County Hospital Foundation Healthy Birth Day Inc Central Iowa Shelter & Services Danish Immigrant Museum Hillis Elementary School Central Iowa Trail Association Des Moines Area Community College Foundation Hispanic Educational Resources, Inc. Central Place Family Resource & Community Education Center Des Moines Area Religious Council Historic Valley Junction Foundation Character Counts in Iowa Holy Family School Inner-City Youth Foundation Child Abuse Prevention Council Holy Trinity School Child Abuse Prevention Services Inc Des Moines Bicycle Collective Homestead Living & Learning Center Children & Families of Iowa Des Moines Carousel Foundation Foundation Children’s Cancer Connection Des Moines Chapter of the Izaak Walton League I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa, Inc. ChildServe Foundation Des Moines Community Orchestra Investing In My Future Inc Chrysalis Foundation Des Moines Community Playhouse Iowa 4-H Foundation Des Moines Diversity Chorus Iowa Asian Alliance Foundation 16 Des Moines East High School Iowa Association of Business & Industry Foundation Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence May Goodrell Middle School Runnells Area Park Corporation Iowa College Access Network Mentor Iowa Runnells Elementary Iowa Comprehensive Human Services Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines Runnells Historical Society Iowa Credit Union Foundation, Inc. Mid Iowa Council Boy Scouts of America Sacred Heart School Iowa Drug Court Foundation Mitchellville Community Center Salisbury House Foundation Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association Mitchellville Elementary Sixth Avenue Corridor Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Monroe Elementary School Society of St. Vincent de Paul Iowa Hands and Voices Mosaic South Central Iowa Federation of Labor Iowa Health Hospice Mu Omicron Foundation Southeast Polk Community School District – Biology Department Iowa International Center Muscular Dystrophy Association of Central Iowa Southeast Polk Community School District Iowa Laborers’ Education and Training Fund Music Under the Stars – Extending Learning Services Iowa Legal Aid NAMI Greater Des Moines Southeast Polk Schools – Hall of Honor Iowa Prescription Drug Corporation National Association For The Special Olympics Iowa Iowa Public Radio, Inc. Advancement of Colored People St. Anthony Catholic School Iowa Senior Olympics Inc. North Polk Community School District St. Augustin Catholic School Iowa Shrine Bowl Games Oakridge Neighborhood Services St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School Foundation On With Life Foundation St. Patrick’s Catholic School Iowa Whitewater Coalition Orchard Place St. Theresa School Iowa Wing Civil Air Patrol Perkins Elementary School StageWest Theater Company Iowa Youth Chorus Pet Project Midwest State Historical Museum of Iowa ISED Ventures Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. Storytime Child Care Center IUPAT District Council 81 Joint Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce Trees Forever Apprenticeship & Training Trust Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 33 Variety – The Children’s Charity John L. Lewis Commission Education Fund Visiting Nurse Services John Stoddard Cancer Center Polk County Medical Society VSA Iowa Joppa Outreach Prairie City Monroe School District Waukee Area Arts Council Inc Junior Achievement of Central Iowa, Inc. Prevent Blindness Iowa Waukee School District Keep Iowa Beautiful Prevent Child Abuse Iowa Wesley Community Services Inc. Laborers Local 177 Training and Education Fund Primary Health Care, Inc. West Des Moines Community Schools Foundation Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Red Rock Area Community Action Program Jasper County Office Whiterock Conservancy Local 67 Training Program Trust Red Rock Area Community Action Program Wildwood Hills Ranch Luther Care Services Rural Polk Office Willowbrook Elementary Lutheran Services in Iowa, Inc. Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines Windsor Heights Foundation Mainstream Living, Inc. Ron Sallade Children’s Clothing Program World Food Prize Foundation Make A Wish Foundation of Iowa Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa, Inc. YMCA of Greater Des Moines Young Women’s Resource Center Youth and Shelter Services, Inc. The & Blank IMAX Dome Theater is a 110,000 Youth Emergency Services & Shelter of Iowa square-foot creative lifelong learning center in the heart of downtown Youth Homes of Mid-America Des Moines. SCI is a community resource for informal science learning where children, families, school groups and individuals come to explore science and technology. They are also the recipient of a 2010 Prairie Meadows Community Betterment Grant. Prairie Meadows EDUCATIONAL FUNDING

In 2012, Prairie Meadows contributed School District 2012 Donations $1.1 million to the education of

Ankeny $135,738.33 Polk County students, from kindergarten Ballard $78.45 through high school. Prairie Meadows Bondurant-Farrar $20,935.44 made this possible through two programs. Carlisle $8,713.68 Collins-Maxwell $392.22 Polk County School Donation Dallas Center-Grimes $23,582.18 Des Moines Independent $482,025.00 Each year, Prairie Meadows and Polk County invest in the students of Polk Johnston $95,613.64 County through a donation to their Madrid $423.60 school districts. Since the inception of the North Polk $19,336.73 program in 2007, an average of $15.80 per Polk County student has been distributed Prairie City-Monroe $67.47 to the appropriate school district every year. Saydel $18,837.81 Southeast Polk $95,028.45 Urbandale $52,712.00 West Des Moines $139,477.03 Woodward-Granger $2,951.10

TOTAL $1,095,913.13

Prairie Meadows provided a Legacy Grant of $375,000 to Roosevelt High School in Des Moines to assist with the construction of a new, and much-needed, fine arts wing.

18 Prairie Meadows Scholarship 2012Recipients

In 2012, Prairie Meadows contributed Prairie Meadows Scholarship Program $1.1 million to the education of Each spring, Prairie Meadows offers two Polk County students, from kindergarten $2,500 scholarships to every public and through high school. Prairie Meadows private high school in Polk County. Thirty-nine central Iowa high school made this possible through two programs. seniors received a $2,500 Prairie Rylee Ames Cole Anderson Abby Brown Meadows Scholarship in 2012. Southeast Polk Boone Valley

Bobbie Burrows Christopher Caracci Maggie Coleman Karen Eilers Bondurant Farrar Johnston Dowling Catholic Dallas Center

Anna flickinger Geordon Hetherton Brittany hogue BENJAMIN HURLEY East Dowling Catholic Dallas Center Urbandale

427 central Iowa students have received a Prairie Meadows scholarship since 2001. Liliane Iragena Jessica Kincaid Roosevelt East High

19 I have been saving up for college for as long as I can remember and this scholarship will give me the boost that I Maddison LaCasse Mariah Laven need to pay for my first year. Metro West Learning Acad- Bondurant Farrar “ I will be attending Iowa Sate University in the fall to study mechanical engineering. With the degree I eventually obtain,

Mason mauro Sara McAninch I know I will have many Lincoln Lincoln possible career paths, but I plan on making a difference no matter what I do.

– Abby Brown, Valley High School

Ashton mellinger Jeffrey Neal Valley Hoover ”

Stacy Overman Emily-Jane Philby Kaitlin Philipsen Jasmine Pote Saydel Ankeny Saydel Walnut Creek Campus

Lee Price Melissa Richards DIANA Rivas kelsey russell Roosevelt Walnut Creek Campus Scavo Ankeny

20 Samantha Snodgrass Jacob snyder North Southeast Polk “I know that giving back to the community is a key focus of Prairie Meadows. I also enjoy volunteering as my way of Samuel Sparland katie stumme giving back to the community.” Johnston Harbor Alternative – Sam Sparland, Johnston High School

Qualified applicants for a Prairie Meadows Scholarship must be graduating Thad Subra christina tran high school seniors enrolled full-time in North Polk Hoover the fall at an accredited, post-secondary Iowa institution, and they must maintain a cumulative high school GPA of at least 2.5. Applicants must also provide written essays on pre-selected topics along with letters of recommendation.

Sarah Trunnel alex veach Urbandale Southeast Polk This year’s application deadline is Friday, April 5. For more information, visit PrairieMeadows.com.

haley wade Andrew wampler Scavo North Polk

21 prairie Meadows board of directors 2013

Jack Peters Robert Myers Dan Riley Chair Vice Chair Secretary Executive Committee Executive Committee Executive Committee Represents: Horsemen Represents: Greater Represents: Labor Des Moines Partnership

Mark Hedberg Dr. Andrea McGuire Linda Grandquist Executive Committee Executive Committee Represents: Prairie Meadows Represents: Represents: Polk County Chair: 2013 Grant Prairie Meadows Chair: 2012 Grant Advisory Committee Advisory Committee

Dr. Mary Chapman Bill Eisenlauer Diana Bishop Ewing E.J. Giovannetti Represents: Greater Represents: Represents: Represents: Polk County Des Moines Partnership, Polk County Prairie Meadows Taxpayers Association Non-voting Member

Michael Helak R. Michael Knapp John Rowen Paul Rogness Martha Willits Represents: Greater Represents: Represents: Represents: Represents: Des Moines Partnership, Polk County Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Polk County Non-voting Member prairie Meadows executive management

GARY PALMER Ann Atkin Brian Wessels President/CEO Vice President/COO Vice President/CFO prairie Meadows Corporate Management

Elaine Castelline Tony Guzman Derron Heldt Paul Johnson Director of Finance Director of Director of Racing Director of Slot Operations Information Technology

Kevin McDonald Renee Montgomery Hector Morales Clint Pursley Director of Hotel and Director of Director of Director of Security Conference Operations Casino Finance Table Games and Player Development

Julie Stewart Dustin VandeWeerd Michele Wilkie Clay Willey Director of Director of Facilities Director of Director of Community Relations Human Resources Food and Beverage 23 The Des Moines area has witnessed many positive changes over the past decade. Prairie Meadows is delighted to have been able to provide funding for a variety of organizations and projects that continue to improve the quality of life for everyone living in central Iowa.