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In the Past 20 Years, Prairie Meadows Has Awarded $682 Million in Grants for the Betterment of Iowa’S Communities PRAIRIE MEADOWS LEGACY GRANTS In the past 20 years, Prairie Meadows has awarded $682 million in grants for the betterment of Iowa’s communities. AMANDA CARES Project: Amanda's House - Center for Grief & Loss Legacy Grant amount: $124,224.00 ANAWIM HOUSING Project: Legacy Project Legacy Grant amount: $150,000.00 ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE Project: Connecting Pets to People Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 ANKENY ROTARY CLUB Project: Ankeny Market Pavilion (AMP) Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Project: Child Development Center Legacy Grant amount: $200,000.00 BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION Project: Wild About Animals Capital Expansion Project Legacy Grant amount: $400,000.00 BRIDGES OF IOWA Project: Commercial Kitchen and Community Garden Legacy Grant amount: $120,000.00 BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION Project: Emergency Department Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $350,000.00 BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION Project: Mental Health Starts With Me Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 CENTRAL IOWA SHELTER AND SERVICES Project: Each and Every One - New Shelter Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $600,000.00 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA Project: Building Futures Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 CHILDSERVE Project: Expansion of Outpatient Therapy and Clinics Legacy Grant amount: $250,000.00 CHILDSERVE Project: Great Life Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 CITY OF BONDURANT Project: Regional Trailhead & Chichaqua Valley Trail Connection Legacy Grant amount: $250,000.00 CITY OF DES MOINES - South Des Moines Little League Project: James Cownie Baseball Complex Legacy Grant amount: $500,000.00 CITY OF WAUKEE Project: Waukee Trailhead Project - Raccoon River Valley Trail Public Art Corridor Legacy Grant amount: $150,000.00 DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION Project: The Evelyn Davis Project - Workforce & Re-engagement Center Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION Project: DMACC Fire Sciences Program Support Legacy Grant amount: $113,000.00 DES MOINES ART CENTER Project: Hands, On Des Moines Capital Project Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 DES MOINES PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER Project: Campaign for Hope and Healing Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS Project: Civic Center Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $424,371.00 DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS Project: Cowles Commons Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $350,000.00 DES MOINES PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION Project: Des Moines Public Charter School (7th & 8th Grade) Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION Project: Construction of the new Central Library Legacy Grant amount: $1,000,000.00 DES MOINES SYMPHONY Project: 75th Anniversary Campaign: Orchestrating the Future Legacy Grant amount: $200,000.00 DOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Project: Master Plan - We Believe Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $400,000.00 DRAKE UNIVERSITY Project: Drake University Basketball Practice Facility Legacy Grant amount: $400,000.00 DRAKE UNIVERSITY Project: Renovation of Drake Stadium Legacy Grant amount: $1,000,000.00 EAST HIGH SCHOOL Project: Renovation of East High School Legacy Grant amount: $750,000.00 EAST HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Project: Williams Stadium Renovation Project Legacy Grant amount: $161,500.00 EASTER SEALS SOCIETY OF IOWA Project: Camp Sunnyside Kitchen Renovation Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 FORT DES MOINES MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER Project: Black Officers and Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Monument Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL IOWA Project: Celebrating Our Past Building Futures Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY Project: Grand View University Student Center Legacy Grant amount: $1,000,000.00 GREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION Project: Jester Park Nature Center Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 GREATER DES MOINES BOTANICAL GARDEN Project: We Are a Garden Now Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $250,000.00 GREATER DES MOINES BOTANICAL GARDEN Project: Expansion & Renovation of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Center Legacy Grant amount: $250,000.00 GREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Project: It Starts at Home Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $250,000.00 GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP Project: Choose Des Moines Community Legacy Grant amount: $2,700,000.00 HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL INNER-CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION Project: Holy Family School Student Activity Center Legacy Grant amount: $250,000.00 HOYT SHERMAN PLACE FOUNDATION Project: Hoyt Sherman Place Perpetual Legacy Project Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 INSTITUTE FOR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Project: Character Counts in Iowa! Program Legacy Grant amount: $625,000.00 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Project: Construction of the Iowa Hall of Pride Legacy Grant amount: $750,000.00 IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTER Project: Iowa Homeless Youth Centers (IHYC) Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 IOWA LEGAL AID Project: Economic Emergency Project Legacy Grant amount: $125,000.00 IOWA NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION Project: Monumental Journey, A Public Art Project Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION Project: High Trestle Trail Legacy Grant amount: $141,250.00 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION Project: Renovation of Lincoln High School Legacy Grant amount: $375,000.00 LINK ASSOCIATES FOUNDATION Project: Service Center Relocation Legacy Grant amount: $200,000.00 LIVING HISTORY FARMS Project: The Flynn Mansion Restoration Project Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 MAYOR’S LANDSCAPE TASK FORCE Project: Urban Beautification Project Legacy Grant amount: $50,000.00 MERCY FOUNDATION Project: A Million Little Reasons Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $200,000.00 MERCY HOSPITAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION Project: Mercy Comfort Health Center for Women Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 OAKRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES Project: Facilities Expansions & Enhancement Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 ON WITH LIFE FOUNDATION Project: Life Forward Capital Campaign - Outpatient Specialty Neuro Rehabilitation Services Center Legacy Grant amount: $400,000.00 PAPPAJOHN SCULPTURE GARDEN FUND Project: John & Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park Legacy Grant amount: $300,000.00 PLANNED PARENTHOOD Project: Patient Support Center/Primary Care Drop-in Clinic Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 POLK COUNTY Project: Polk County Hunger Initiative Legacy Grant amount: $750,000.00 POLK COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND Project: Operating, Housing Supportive Services & Capacity Building Programs Legacy Grant amount: $525,000.00 PRAIRIE MEADOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Project: Scholarships Legacy Grant amount: $1,203,179.00 PRINCIPAL RIVERWALK FUND Project: The Principal Riverwalk Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION Project: Renovation of Roosevelt High School Legacy Grant amount: $375,000.00 SALISBURY HOUSE FOUNDATION Project: Interior Surfaces Restoration & Foundation Stabilization Legacy Grant amount: $125,000.00 SCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA Project: Construction of the new SCI location Legacy Grant amount: $1,000,000.00 ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC SCHOOL Project: Renovation of St. Anthony School Legacy Grant amount: $300,000.00 TERRACE HILL FOUNDATION Project: Historical Renovation Legacy Grant amount: $400,000.00 TERRACE HILL PARTNERSHIP Project: 2016 Terrace Hill Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 THE DES MOINES PLAYHOUSE Project: Setting the Stage for Future Generations Legacy Grant amount: $350,000.00 THE DES MOINES SOCIAL CLUB Project: Firehouse Capital Campaign Legacy Grant amount: $250,000.00 THE HOMESTEAD Project: Children’s Autism Project (CAP) Center – Altoona Expansion Legacy Grant amount: $100,000.00 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA Project: Centers for Excellence: Prairie Meadows Early Learning Classrooms Legacy Grant amount: $1,350,000.00 UNITYPOINT HEALTH FOUNDATION Project: Building for Our Community: Transforming Emergency and Critical Care Legacy Grant amount: $900,000.00 WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION Project: Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, World Food Prize, Hall of Laureates Legacy Grant amount: $325,000.00 YMCA OF GREATER DES MOINES Project: Natatorium Legacy Grant amount: $1,200,000.00 YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SHELTER (YESS) Project: Emergency Shelter Expansion Legacy Grant amount: $200,000.00.
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