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Offers to serve as a catalyst and partner in improving the health of people in Greater Des Moines, Iowa. Visit website for the Foundation's priorities, application forms, and instructions

Patient advocacy organization serving individuals with asthma and allergies, aiming to save lives and reduce the burden of these diseases by providing community support, patient and provider education, research, and advocacy. AAFA’s comprehensive, evidence-based information and programming promote a better understanding of these diseases to empower patients and providers with knowledge to improve outcomes. 

Provides grants to area programs and agencies that focus on building economic mobility, fostering childhood success, improving access to healthcare and supporting safety net services.

Does not offer programs; only refers callers to community-wide programming.

Funds raised in the community are distributed to programs based on United Way focus areas:

- HEALTHY COMMUNITY: Invests in strategies that promote access to preventive and ongoing healthcare, recovery, and wellness supports across the lifespan. This includes maternal and child health, substance misuse prevention and recovery, and partnerships with CHAD agencies that deliver essential health services.

- YOUTH OPPORTUNITY: Focuses on ensuring every child and youth has access to equitable opportunities for growth, learning, and success. Strategies include childcare and early childhood education, in-school, after-school, and summer learning, youth literacy development, college and career readiness, and youth behavioral health.

- COMMUNITY RESILIENCY: Strengthens community resilience by ensuring individuals and families can meet their most basic needs while building pathways to stability. Strategies include homeless outreach and emergency shelters, housing stabilization through emergency rental and utility assistance and transitional living assistance, disaster relief and recovery, food access, and victim safety and recovery.

- FINANCIAL SECURITY: Focuses on increasing economic stability and upward mobility for individuals and families. Strategies include adult education and literacy, job training and career pathways, and financial education and coaching.

Provides grant funding to approved non-for-profit partner agencies that provide programs that serve individuals in need throughout greater Story County.

Offers the Financial Assistance project through the Des Moines Register that is administered by Community Action Agencies in the state and is only accessible during a certain time frame each year. Incomplete applications will not be accepted for consideration.

Applications will be accepted around December 1 of each year and will close at the end of January.

Raises funds that benefit residents through providing opportunities in the areas of education, health and financial stability.

Offers free books to children age 0-5.

Provides funding for human service agencies in South Central Illinois.

Works to build trustworthy collaborations, facilitates the creation of common goals, and equips people and organizations with a shared network of resources.

Focuses on solving problems within the community related to housing and homelessness, youth engagement, human trafficking, and unity and equity.

Funding source for local health and human service agencies.

Provides financial oversight and collaboration between agencies.

Referrals for individuals to community health and human service agencies.

Brings community leaders and organizations together to identify and solve the communities' human service problems. Directs funds so that twenty programs and initiatives can provide a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.