UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC
EIN 42-0923424 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building (S200)
What they do
UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY, INC. is DEDICATED to HELPING BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES BY ADDRESSING THE EFFECTS of POVERTY ON INDIVIDUALS and FAMILIES.UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY, INC. WILL STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES THROUGH: THE PROMOTION of PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP and A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT, ACHIEVE GOALS and BREAK DOWN BARRIERS; THE BUILDING of PARTNERSHIPS to MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY RESOURCES; THE BRIDGING of COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CLIENTS, PARTNERS, and STAFF; THE CREATION of AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH DIVERSITY IN ALL ITS FORMS is VALUED and ENCOURAGED; FISCAL EXCELLENCE and RESPONSIBILITY ARE VALUED and MAINTAINED; and DIVERSIFIED RESOURCES ARE DEVELOPED to MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS. THROUGH THESE ACTIONS, UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY, INC. WILL CONTINUE to EVOLVE and GROW IN ORDER to SERVE COMMUNITIES.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1967
- Location
- 101 ROBINS STREET PO BOX 519, GRAETTINGER, IA 51342
- County
- Palo Alto
- In care of
- JULIE EDWARDS