The Business Record has named Karla Jones-Weber, chief financial and administrative officer of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, as the Deloi
NOTEBOOK: What are leaders taking into 2021? Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:49 AM This year, the unveiling for our Book of Lists publication looked a little different. It was hosted virtually from the Gerdin Business Building on Iowa State’s campus. And while different from the traditionally party-style event, it offered a unique opportunity to meet someone you didn’t know and learn from them via small breakout rooms on Zoom.
Angie Dethlefs-Trettin, the chief community impact officer at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, graciously shared some summaries of the discussions in each of her two breakout rooms.
What’s a lesson you learned in 2020?
Top 25 Most Influential Nonprofits in 2021 announced
BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF
The United Way of Central Iowa has been voted by Business Record readers as the most influential nonprofit organization in Greater Des Moines.
The United Way of Central Iowa topped the first-ever list of Top 25 Most Influential Nonprofits, which appears in the 2021 Book of Lists.
The online survey of Business Record readers, which was conducted in the summer of 2020, asked participants which nonprofit they believe is the most influential and asked them to pick nine other nonprofits that they also perceived to be influential.
The votes were tallied and IP addresses were analyzed, much as we do for Best of Des Moines, to remove suspicious voting and obvious attempts to fraudulently influence rankings.
Recipients include communities, organizations. 5:00 am, Jan. 6, 2021 ×
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School is working to complete the creation of a STEM classroom for students of all grades to work on design and exploration of the sciences. (Special to The Globe)
SIBLEY, Iowa More than two dozen organizations, including several communities, were awarded grants in December by the Community Foundation of Osceola County.
The foundation was able to distribute $104,429.62 to 29 different recipients, though a traditional grant ceremony was postponed due to the ongoing pandemic. Instead, there is hope for a celebration this summer.
Stephanie Neppl, executive director of the Osceola County Economic Development Commission, said the foundation was able to fully fund 23 applications, and partially fund another six.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: A year where we have risen together
BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Monday, December 21, 2020 9:49 AM
As each year comes to a close, it’s a time of reflection and 2020 is no different. In fact, this year it may be even more important to take a moment to reflect on the past 12 months because of the challenges and disruptions we’ve all experienced because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has forced significant changes in our lives, from how we spend time with family to how we work, shop and play. The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines has released a video that shares how we’ve learned new ways to be together and adapted to the challenges we’ve faced. With a theme of “We Rise Together,” the video shows how the nonprofit community has come together in 2020 to meet the needs of those who have been most affected by the pandemic and how, as a community, we have risen together to meet that challenge. The full vid