November 21, 2019
Des Moines, IA — The Wellmark Foundation has provided 19 Iowa organizations with Small Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grants. These grant recipients were notified in August and had 16-weeks to secure the required match in order to receive their funds from The Wellmark Foundation. All of these projects will help individuals, families and communities achieve better health through built environment initiatives that encourage physical activity and consumption of and access to healthy foods.
"The Wellmark Foundation is proud to award a cumulative total of $446,963.50 to these 19 grant recipients," said Becky Wampler Bland, The Wellmark Foundation executive director. "We are proud to support these organizations as they have demonstrated their projects will help to improve the well-being of the communities they serve well into the future."
The 19 Iowa organizations that were awarded grants include:
City of Afton, $25,000
Afton Safe Routes to Schools
City of Carroll, $25,000
Pickleball courts
City of Creston, $25,000
McKinley Park Trail Expansion
City of Decorah, $25,000
Park Improvements to Enhance Safety and Encourage Physical Activity
City of Eldora, $17,000
Memorial Park – A place to play and remember.
City of Mount Ayr, $9,963.50
Judge Lewis Park Trail
City of Shell Rock, $25,000
Shell Rock Aquatic Center
City of Spencer, $25,000
Pedestrian Crossings
Friends of the Terrain Therapy Garden, $25,000
VA Terrain Therapy Garden – Des Moines
Gibraltar Neighborhood Association, $25,000
Fairmount Park Trailhead – Council Bluffs
Hometown Pride Morning Sun, $25,000
Safe Sidewalks for our Students
Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development, $25,000
Enhancing Food Access
Linn County, $25,000
Linn County Food System Assessmen
Maquoketa School District FFA, $25,000
Agriculture Learning Center Greenhouse
Mount Pleasant Community School District, $25,000
Outdoor Pickleball
Nodaway Valley Community School District, $25,000
Elementary School Playground
Shelby County Wellness Alliance, $25,000
Free Fitness 4 All
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School, $25,000
Playground and Peace Garden
University of Iowa Center for Advancement, $25,000
University of Iowa Gardeners
Learn more about these projects. Since 2011, The Wellmark Foundation has provided more than $11 million in grant funding to communities across Iowa and South Dakota.
