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RELEASE: MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund Grant Awarded to City of Windsor Heights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 17, 2025 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY REGIONAL FUND GRANT AWARDED TO CITY OF WINDSOR HEIGHTS DES MOINES, IA (Feb. 17, [...]
5 Des Moines Projects Receive Best Development Awards
Five Des Moines projects received a 2024 Best Development Award from 1000 Friends of Iowa during a ceremony at the Capitol this [...]
KJAN: 2025 Best Development Award Winners Announced
1000 Friends of Iowa has announced the winners of the 2024 Best Development Awards during a ceremony. The announcement took place this [...]
Gazette: Conservation Advocates Find ‘Radical Collaboration’ Gets Things Done
These examples of “radical collaboration” have led The Great Outdoors Foundation to launch an online directory that allows farmers and landowners to [...]
Celebrating 30 Years of the Great Outdoors Foundation
This piece originally ran in the January/February issue of dsm Magazine. Q: What is your anniversary or milestone? A: This year, [...]
Gazette: Heartland Co-Op, CoBank Partner on a Five-Year Sustainability-Linked Loan
In addition to consulting with the Environmental Defense Fund, the sustainability-linked loan was also supported by the Great Outdoors Foundation. The Great [...]
2024 Year in Review
The past year has yielded a number of successes for the Great Outdoors Foundation as we advance conservation through innovation, collaboration, [...]
The True Impact of Conservation
As a fundraising organization, it’s easy to assess our value in terms of dollars and cents, which of course, are vital to [...]
A Recap of the 2024 Wild Prairie Showdown
The Great Outdoors Foundation and ICON Water Trails partnered again to hold the fourth annual Wild Prairie Showdown. With four esteemed individuals [...]
RELEASE: Wild Prairie Showdown Achieves Record Fundraising
DES MOINES, IA (Oct. 15, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation and ICON Water Trails are pleased to announce that the Wild [...]
RELEASE: Great Outdoors Foundation Launches New Brand, 30th Anniversary
DES MOINES, IA (Oct. 11, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation (GOF) has launched its new brand as the kickoff of its [...]
Watch: The Biggest Bang for the Environmental Buck
The 2024 Iowa Ideas Conference gathered hundreds of Iowans to explore and share perspectives on issues impacting the state. The biggest [...]
