R.J McElroy Trust 2002 Grants Amount
Adults Incorporated
"School-to-Work Young Job Seekers Sponsorships Project" $10,000.00 
AEA Area Education Agency, #7 and #1-Keystone
 Excellence in Education Enrichment Grant Program - small grants for classroom teachers $82,336.00 
Allen Memorial Hospital
Young Parents Together $20,000.00 
 America's Agricultural/Industrial Heritage Landscape Silos
Campsilos and Country Heritage Community $100,000.00 
ASPIRE TRP, Inc.
Scholarships $5,000.00 
Black Hawk County 4-H and FFA Fair Foundation
Black Hawk County 4-H and FFA Fair $2,000.00 
Blairstown Community Foundation
Children's Library $15,000.00 
Borlaug (Norman) Heritage Foundation
Education Program $15,000.00 
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque
POSITIVE Place for Kids Campaign $25,000.00 
Boys and Girls Clubs of Black Hawk County
Fine Arts Program $10,000.00 
Bremer County Conservation Board
Environmental Education Canoe and Kayak Purchase $3,000.00 
Buchanan County Historical Society
Wapsipinicon Mill Museum $10,000.00 
Cedar Falls Municipal Band
Student Scholarships $2,000.00 
Cedar Valley Hospice
Youth Support Services/Eucalyptus Tree Program $5,000.00 
Cedar Valley United Way
Initiative 2001 to Provide Enhanced Services to Children with Disabilities $10,000.00 
Cedar Valley's Promise/AEA-7
School Based Mental Health Services $5,147.00 
Charles City Arts Council
Stony Point Players Children's Theatre Workshop $7,000.00
Child Care Resource and Referral
"Every Child Reads: Birth-to-Kindergarten" $25,000.00 
Citizen's Scholarship Foundation of BGM
BGM Preschool Scholarship Project $8,220.00 
Clayton County Conservation Board
Wildlife Exhibit Interpretive Signs $2,500.00 
Communities in Schools of Cedar Valley, Inc.
Program Support $10,000.00 
Community Foundation of Waterloo/Cedar Falls & NE Iowa
Celebrate Reading! Celebrate Song! Literacy Project $2,000.00 
Covenant Medical Center Auxiliary
Scholarship Program $10,000.00 
East Side Ministerial Alliance
East Side Ministerial Alliance/Headstart Facility/Interim Staffing for Exec. Dir. $125,000.00 
City of Elberon Playground $2,500.00 
Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County
Fathers Connection Program $13,632.00 
Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County
Education and Training Programs $16,500.00 
Family Service League
Child Advocacy Program & Family Services Fellowship Program $10,000.00 
Fellowships
A $10,000 fellowship ea. year for up to 3 years to graduating
liberal arts students to pursue a Ph.D. $62,819.52
Fossil and Prairie Center Foundation
Internship $5,00.00 
Four Mounds Foundation
Y.E.S. Program (Youth Empowerment Services) $10,000.00 
Fredericksburg Elementary School
Playground Renovation $3,000.00 
Friends of Hartman Reserve, Inc.
Kids Connection After School Program $15,000.00 
Garrison Public Library
Children's Books $750.00 
Garwin City Improvement Organization
Park Improvement $4,900.00 
Girl Scouts of Conestoga Council
Summer Fun $10,000.00 
Girl Scouts of Little Cloud Council
Every Teenage Girl Program $5,000.00 
Gold Star Awards
To recognize and reward outstanding teaching. $50,871.27
Grin and Grow Childcare
Scholarships $10,000.00 
Grout Museum District 
Museum School, Education Program, and Internships $30,000.00
Hardin County Conservation Board
Canoe "Ed" ventures $3,000.00 
Hardin County Library Association
Graphic Novels for Reluctant Readers $4,000.00 
Harpers Ferry Legion Baseball Organization
Little League Baseball Uniform, Pitching & Batting Project $3,210.00
Hawkeye Community College
McElroy African-American Scholarship Fund & MLK Jr. Center Summer Skill Building Remedial Prog. $53,500.00 
Immaculate Conception School - Charles City
Playground $2,500.00 
Institute for Social and Economic Development
Youth Entrepreneurship & Community Garden Project $10,000.00 
Iowa Academy of Science
GLOBE Iowa Workshops $25,000.00
Iowa College Foundation
McElroy Student/Faculty Research Program $25,000.00 
Janesville Consolidated School District
Baseball - Under the Lights $3,000.00 
Junior Achievement of Black Hawk Land, Inc.
Educational Programs $25,000.00 
Junior League of Waterloo-Cedar Falls
2002 Mayor's Top Teen Volunteer Awards $500.00 
Kee-Land Preschool
Transportation $5,000.00 
Kidsville Early Learning Center
Program Accreditation Expenses $2,600.00 
KWWL-TV
Broadcast Journalism Internships $28,444.24
LaPorte City
FFA Historical & Ag Museum Expansion & Restoration $10,000.00 
Living History Farms
College Summer Internship Program $5,400.00 
McGregor Public Library
Children's Learning Station $5,000.00 
Monona, City of
Family Aquatic Center $30,000.00 
Montessori System School of Black Hawk County, Inc.
Scholarships $5,000.00 
National Cattle Congress, Inc.
Discovery Program $2,215.00 
Nature Conservancy, Iowa Chapter
Ecological Monitoring and GIS College Internship Program $10,000.00 
NE Iowa High School Scholarships - $1,000 each
Scholarships for high school graduates to pursue post-secondary education. $113,910.85
Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation
Scholarship Program $20,000.00 
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
Kids Cafe $10,000.00 
Old Creamery Theatre Company
Young People's Tour - Once Upon a Character $15,000.00 
Pied Piper Preschool and Child Care, Inc.
Building Expansion $15,000.00 
Post Prom Parties
To provide safe entertainment after high school proms. $350.00 
Quakerdale
Education Program and McKinstry SHARKS Program $20,000.00 
River Hills School
Summer Day Camp Program $2,500.00 
Sartori Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Program $4,000.00 
Sisters of St. Francis
Music Students for a Better Tomorrow Scholarships $2,500.00 
Student Loan Fund
Revolving Student Loan Fund at private colleges. $2,900.00 
University of Iowa
McElroy Health Professions Summer Initiative, Invent Iowa, and The ICN Academy $60,000.00
University of Northern Iowa
Early Childhood Ed. Program, No. American Review Summer Workshops for High School Writers,
& Public Policy Internships in the Non-Profit  Sector
$203,206.00 
Urbana, City of
Playground Revitalization Project $5,000.00 
Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley
Service-Learning & After-School Youth Volunteer Programs $12,000.00 
Walnut Ridge Baptist Academy
Learning Efficiency Program (LEP) Scholarships $7,000.00 
Wartburg College
Cunningham Teacher Preparation Project $30,000.00 
Wartburg Community Symphony
Scholarships $2,000.00 
Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony
Education Program $22,000.00 
Waterloo Baseball Club
2002 National Championships $1,500.00 
Waterloo Center for the Arts
Jr. Art Gallery "The Art & Magic of Making Movies" $6,000.00 
Waterloo Community Playhouse
Black Hawk Children's Theatre $25,000.00 
Waterloo Leisure Services, City of
Waterloo Skate Park $10,000.00 
Waterloo Schools - East Waterloo Baseball
Infield Replacement $2,500.00 
Waterloo Schools - Dr Walter Cunningham School for Excellence
Uniform Scholarship Fund $5,000.00 
Wolf Creek Child Care and Preschool, Inc.
Scholarship Program $8,000.00 
YMCA of Black Hawk County
Together We Play (Cedar Valley Inclusion Initiative) $35,000.00 
Youth Emergency Fund
Emergency funds at area schools for students educational expenses that can't be funded elsewhere. $14,600.00 
YWCA of Black Hawk County
Youth & Childcare Programs and Family Literacy Program $27,500.00 
                                           TOTAL 2002 GRANTS $1,700,011.88
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