Education Related Grants FY2011

Organization Location State Grant Description Amount Paid
Carver Statewide Scholarship Program Statewide IA Scholarships for students facing adversity and
special circumstances
$935,400
Old Creamery Theatre Company Amana IA Assist with equipment needs of a traveling educational theater for youth.
$4,700
Orchard Place Des Moines IA Support a summer school for psychologically and behaviorally challenged children.
$75,000
University of Iowa Iowa City IA Support a pilot program in health sciences-related career development in rural schools.
$11,134
University of Iowa Iowa City IA Support a research study on elementary-level science instruction.
$60,269
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA Support professional development opportunities for teachers of physics.
$78,420
Four Oaks Foundation Cedar Rapids IA Expand a support program for youth with Asperger\’s Syndrome.
$150,000
Goodwill Industries of the Heartland Iowa City IA Assist with improvements to the Snackers2 restaurant in downtown Muscatine.
$20,000
Iowa Children\’s Museum Coralville IA Support a traveling exhibit.
$6,000
Iowa Juvenile Home Foundation Toledo IA Support programming at the campus school and library.
$11,850
Living Lands & Waters East Moline IL Support the development of a K-12 educational outreach program.
$75,000
Lutheran Services in Iowa, Inc. Des Moines IA Develop a family-guided treatment model for residential care.
$175,709
Muscatine Art Center Muscatine IA Create an educational Civil War exhibit.
$46,388
Sherrard Public Library District Sherrard IL Purchase educational technology.
$6,355
University of Iowa Iowa City IA Assist in the development of a learning laboratory.(Challenge)
$300,000
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA Support a temporary exhibit on plant biology.
$8,964
Iowa State University Ames IA Create an educational technology classroom within the library special collections department.
$137,150
University of Illinois Urbana IL Develop a tissue engineering teaching laboratory.
$290,000
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA Renovate laboratories for research and instruction in chemistry.
$300,000
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA Update the youth collection area within the campus library.
$220,981
Muscatine Community School District Muscatine IA Fund the 2011 Excellence in Education program.
$80,620
Coe College Cedar Rapids IA Support renovation of the science building.
$125,000
Luther College Decorah IA Support the purchase of new instrumentation for instruction in chemistry.
$169,000
Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids IA Develop a molecular biology laboratory.
$125,000
St. Ambrose University Davenport IA Support the acquisition of instructional resources for nursing and health sciences education.
$150,000
Atkins Improvement Mission(Atkins Public Library) Atkins IA Construct a new library.
$60,000
Bedford Public Library Bedford IA Install a new heating and cooling system.
$7,400
City of Stanton (Stanton Public Library) Stanton IA Construct a new library.
$60,000
Clarksville Public Library Clarksville IA Construct an addition.
$60,000
Exira Public Library Exira IA Renovate a building to expand the library.
$60,000
Friends of Rippey, Inc.(Rippey Public Library) Rippey IA Renovate a building to house the library.
$34,340
Kothe Memorial Library Parkersburg IA Expansion and renovation of the library.
$60,000
Lewis Public Library Lewis IA Construct a new library.
$60,000
North Liberty Community Library North Liberty IA Construct an addition to the library.
$60,000
Waterloo Public Library Waterloo IA Purchase technology.
$54,820
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Total
$4,079,500