Without the support of community contributors, the DMPL Foundation would not be able to add value to your library experience by enhancing the Library services, collection and programs. Please help us thank the following donors.
Thank You! We Love Our Donors!
Iowa Author Award Dinner Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
- Friends of Amy
Publisher’s Prize
- Pamela Bass-Bookey & Harry Bookey
- Principal Foundation
- Wells Fargo
Heritage
- Dentons Davis Brown
- Friends of Amy
- Rusty Hubbell
- Chuck Rohm
- Karen Shaff & Steve Jayne
Bestseller
- Dotdash Meredith
- Tim Hickman & Frank Vaia
- Charlotte & Fred Hubbell
- Ellen & Jim Hubbell
- G. David & Trudy Holman Hurd
- Karen Shaff & Steve Jayne
- Mary & Dan Kelly
- Rachel Stauffer & Jim Lawson
- Cyril & John Mandelbaum
- McAnelly Family
- Nationwide
- NCMIC
- Kay & Bob Riley
- Steve & Martha Stephenson
- Susan & Carl Voss
- Wellabe
- Deborah & Douglas West
Underwriters
- BTC Capital Management
- Stephanie & Wes Graham
- Holmes Murphy
- Eliza Ovrum & Mark Schuling
Kind Words from a Library Foundation Donor
A donor wrote: “The library has become so important to us, especially since Covid. We check out 8-12 books apiece every time we go and read a couple hundred pages a day. Nothing too heavy, but it keeps our minds active.”
Thank You to Our Donors
The following donations were received by the Des Moines Public Library Foundation from August 1, 2023 through October 27, 2023. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact us, and we will make corrections.
In Memory Of
Kathryn A. Griffin
Julie and Patrick Sanagursky
DMPL Staff Association
William Noth and Marcia Baumhover
Jan Needels
Brad and Kelly Edmister
In Honor Of
Angela D. Jiskoot, F&G Charitable Foundation
Claudia Brown
Katherine M. Murphy
Karen Downing and Jeff Marks
Katie and Walter Gibson Overby
Fred and Charlotte Hubbell
Matching Gifts and Work Place Giving Programs
- City of Des Moines
- Dotdash Meredith
- EMC Insurance Co.
- Homes Murphy & Associates, LLC
- Nationwide
- Principal Financial
- Ruan Transporation
- State of Iowa - One Gift
- United Way of Central Iowa
- Wells Fargo
Annual
- Carol Linn Bakkie
- Louis and Ann Balentine
- Aaron J. Bauch
- Laura L. Baumgartner
- Mistee Begenat
- Daniel Bishop
- Cassie Bonefas
- Tina M Brooks
- The Brown Family
- Ryan Buren
- Rita Carlson
- Mathieu J. Dahlen
- Sandi Deery
- Luke Desmet
- Sandra Deyoe and Steven Snyder
- East Side branch donation box
- Thomas and Dana Ericson
- Glenna K Frank
- Matthew A Gilbertson
- Julie Hempel
- Valerie Hermanstorfer
- Mimi and Joseph Hyman
- Joseph Jones II
- Donna K. Jordan
- Deborah J Knight
- Christopher Knox
- Daniel D. Lamb
- Kathleen J. Leonard
- Jeffrey Lester
- Brett Lewis
- Michael G. Ludwig
- Jonathan K Lund
- Erik M. Lundy
- Monica J McCroskey
- Gene and Kathleen Needles
- North Side Library donation box
- Principal Financial
- Heather R Redenius
- Kevin Riesberg and Samantha Thorpe
- Scott E Sanders
- Emily Shearer
- Ryan and Amber Stellner
- Amanda Svetlecic
- John F Tekippe
- Rick D Thomas
- Antonio G. Tuazon
- Jason Van Essen
- Roxane Jo and James Vaughan
- Benjamin Warren
- Jantina Wennerstrom
- Lee Wheelock
- Roger White and Carol Albin White
- Dawn Wright-Smith
- Jason Zilk
- Mertze A Anderson
- Tammi Blackstone
- Flora Boeckemeier, Estate
- Whitey Cowman
- Luke Desmet
- Sarah Fischer
- Friends of Forest Avenue Library
- Michele Guinn
- Steven Held and Susan Breen-Held
- Jonathan T. Hobbs
- Robert Jewett
- Emily Kessinger
- Josh and Susie Kimelman
- Linda Kirkman
- Frances Jean Landers
- Joe and Jane LeValley
- Martha McCormick
- Sara McIntosh
- Brett Middendorf
- Lynn Muir
- Matherine M. Murphy
- William and Lu Ann Newland
- James and Jeanne O'Halloran
- John and Pamela Patton
- John Pollak and Nancy Crowfoot
- Marginell E. Powell
- Ed and Camille Power
- Jim and Jenelle Sarcone
- Leslie Schaffer
- Martha Shaff
- Katie Sharp
- Joel and Kelly Shrock
- Susan Simms
- South Side Library donation box
- Nick Webb
- John and Denise Wieland
- Murray and Amy Williams
- Jessica Wonderlich
- Nancy Amend
- Diane Brewer
- Shelley and Martin Brody
- BTC Capital
- Jennifer Cooper
- Deidre DeJear
- Ana Desing
- Jann Freed and John Fisher
- Julie Gammack
- Wesley and Stephanie Graham
- Douglas and Barbara Hein
- Martha James and Michael Myszewski
- Gerri Lawrence Dunn
- Paul and Kathleen Melde
- Christopher and Amy Nebons
- James and Jeanne O'Halloran
- Christine Riccelli and Charles Ball
- Mark Schuling and Eliza Ovrom
- David Simpson and Holly Klotz
- Sofia Turnbull
- Tom and Christie Vilsack
- Jennifer Warne and Kerry Peterson
- John and Denise Wieland
- Jon and Barb Yankey
- Belinda and Lucas Alexander
- James Autry and Sally Pederson
- Dory Briles and Jim Christenson
- Frank J. Carroll Farms
- Robert and Pamela Douglas
- Brad and Kelly Edmister
- Candice J Endecott
- Oma and Bailey Ford
- Mark Henning
- Peggy Johnston
- Brian Kramer
- Raymond Michel
- Michael and Virginia O'Keefe
- Rotary Club of Des Moines
- Brianne Sanchez Collaborative Services
- Paul and Claudia Schickler Family Fund
- Larry Severidt
- Grace Shaff
- Robert and Maryanne Sobiech
- Jon and Ann Staudt
- Michael and Susan Woody
- Anonymous
- Beaverdale Books, L.L.C.
- Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey
- Dentons Davis Brown PC
- Easter Family Fund
- John and Ann Ghrist
- Susan Haskell
- Timothy Hickman and Frank Vaia
- Fred and Charlotte Hubbell
- Ellen and James Hubbell
- Humanities Iowa
- G David and Trudy Holman Hurd
- Mike and Sasha Kamper
- Mary K. and Daniel M. Kelly Family Foundation
- Josh and Susie Kimelman
- Cyril and John Mandelbaum
- Steve Marquardt
- McAnelly Family
- Chris and Liz Nelson
- Principal Financial
- Roger and Diane Munns
- Chris and Liz Nelson
- Kay and Robert Riley
- Charles Rohm
- Nationwide
- Stephen and Martha Stephenson
- Susan and Carl Voss
- Denise Williams-Klotz
- David Yepsen and Mary Stuart
- Simple Generosity
- Bradford W. Harvey Revocable Trust
- Kelly Edmister
- Friends of Amy Lillard
- Marty J Gross
- Harriet "Rusty" Hubbell
- Steve Jayne and Karen Shaff
- Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino
- Wells Fargo