Founded in 1926, the Junior League of Des Moines is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

Mid-Iowa Health Foundation invests in community-informed, system-change strategies that improve health and well-being and support a thriving community.

Work with high-risk youth to ensure they graduate from high school and continue appropriate education.

Giving primarily for community development; some giving also for education, health associations, and federated giving programs.

Giving for the arts, education, the environment, and human services.

To make grants to tax exempt organizations such as colleges and universities and to culturally oriented organizations and specifically to grant fellowships for the advanced study of Japanese language in Japanese Colleges.

Giving for federated giving programs, educational and scientific purposes, and the arts.

Human services; Jewish agencies & temples; Jewish federated giving programs.

Support only for Iowa State University Foundation, Ames, and University of Iowa Foundation, Iowa City.