Bravo of Greater Des Moines celebrated the region’s arts and culture community Saturday evening with its annual fundraising gala, marking the return of the celebration as an in-person event. Besides being a fundraiser, the gala is also an opportunity to celebrate some of those partners. Tom and Linda Koehn were presented with the Bravo Award, which is given to an individual, family or foundation whose commitment to arts, culture and heritage has positively affected Greater Des Moines. Spotlight awards were presented to ArtForce Iowa and Capital City Pride for their contributions to the community over the past year. Proceeds from the evening help offset the organization’s operating expenses. Whatever is raised beyond that level goes back to the community in grants to Bravo’s 75 nonprofit cultural partners. Bravo, which is 99.5% funded by hotel-motel tax receipts, invested more than $3.3 million in grants to its partner nonprofits in the 2021 grant cycle.