Community Partners
UpLift is grateful for the community organizations they have engaged with. These organizations have been instrumental in helping spread awareness about the project, as well as providing advertising, marketing, translation and interpretation services, and benefits counseling. UpLift’s purpose is to find the most effective ways to address poverty and move individuals and families from surviving to thriving.

UpLift has engaged numerous community partners including:
¡Al Éxito!
Black Women 4 Healthy Living
Broadlawns Medical Center
By Degrees Foundation
Children and Families of Iowa
Des Moines Public Schools
Disability Rights Iowa
Des Moines Area Religious Council
Drake Head Start
Early Childhood Iowa
Ellipsis
EMBARC
Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families
EveryStep Care & Supportive Services
Genesis Youth Foundation
Grace Fitness
Homeward
Hope+Elim
IMPACT Community Action Partnership
International Marketing Communications
Iowa Black Doula Collective
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice
ISU Extension
Lutheran Services in Iowa
New Opportunities, Inc.
Oakridge Neighborhood Services
One Iowa
Primary Health Care, Inc.
Proteus, Inc.
Refugee Alliance of Central Iowa
Raine Recruiting and Job Rides
Short Years Partnership
Sweet Tooth Farms
Urban Dreams
Young Women’s Resource Center