Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation awards $196,000 in health grant funds statewide Friday, July 16, 2021 2:56 PM Four Greater Des Moines nonprofits were among 10 grant recipients to receive funding in the most recent round of Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation s Ignite and Innovation Grant program. In total, $196,356 was awarded to the 10 nonprofits for oral health and overall health projects in the state of Iowa. The grants are part of the foundation’s Ignite and Innovation Grant programs that are intended to infuse a spark, encourage learnings or initiate a larger oral or overall health initiative. Both funds provide support to programs that align with the foundation’s strategic areas of focus: education and advocacy, access and prevention, and policy and research. Local recipients were:
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Celebrating the women of Black History Month Monday, February 15, 2021 3:27 PM The opening line of a recent Chrysalis newsletter covering Black History Month is really powerful: “It’s tough to imagine being something you have never seen.” In the newsletter, Eugenia Kutsch Stanton, president of the Chrysalis Foundation board, and Bridget Cravens Neely, who is a Chrysalis board member and also serves on the Business Record’s racial equity advisory board, talk about what it was like watching the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris. “Our new vice president continues the legacy of Black women whose contributions have been essential to our democracy,” they say. “She follows the trail built by thousands of women over the decades – breaking barriers, challenging the status quo, fighting for equality – who must be recognized and revered. And Black History Month is the perfect time to recognize the accomplis