Union Pacific Foundation Awards $529,600 to the Principals' Partnership and Other Nonprofits in Illinois
Omaha, Neb., August 13, 2008 – Union Pacific Foundation is granting $529,600 to continue funding The Principals' Partnership and several projects submitted by nonprofit organizations in Illinois.
The Principals' Partnership, the signature giving program of Union Pacific Foundation, will continue to serve as a professional resource to 121 public high school principals in Illinois. This is the sixth year the program has been in Illinois. Additionally, the Foundation is providing grants to 24 nonprofit organizations in the state.
"Union Pacific is pleased to continue supporting the great organizations located where our employees live and work because we know they help make those communities a better place," said Bob Turner, president of Union Pacific Foundation. "We are also proud of our award winning program that supports public high school principals called The Principals' Partnership. Union Pacific created The Partnership because we believe strong leaders build strong schools and ultimately, stronger communities."
The Principals' Partnership assists approximately 1,000 principals with responsibilities for more than 1 million students. The seven-year-old program helps fulfill principals' leadership needs through a number of opportunities, including research, networking and workshops. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, the Partnership starts with the professional needs of each principal and offers an individually customized program to meet those needs. The program is offered at no cost to the school, the district or the principal.
The Principals' Partnership program is available to high school principals in key communities in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
| 2008 Foundation Grants | |
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Recipient |
City |
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After-School Matters, Inc. |
Chicago |
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Big Shoulders Fund |
Chicago |
|
Chicago Metropolis 2020 |
Chicago |
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Greater Chicago Food Depository |
Chicago |
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Hubbard Street Mur5al Project |
Chicago |
|
Jobs For Youth - Chicago, Inc. |
Chicago |
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La Rabida Children's Hospital |
Chicago |
|
Metropolitan Planning Council |
Chicago |
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National Able Network, Inc. |
Chicago |
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Chicago Lighthouse For People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired |
Chicago |
|
TPA Network Incorporated |
Chicago |
|
United Neighborhood Organization |
Chicago |
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United Way of Metropolitan Chicago |
Chicago |
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Gorham Improvement Committee |
Gorham |
|
Hands of Hope Family Clinic |
Marion |
|
Momence park District |
Momence |
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United Way of Jefferson County |
Mt. Vernon |
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Center of Concern |
Park Ridge |
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Flagg-Rochelle Park Foundation, Inc. |
Rochelle |
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Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA of Sterling, Illinois |
Sterling |
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United Way of Douglas County |
Tuscola |
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Iroquois Mental Health Center |
Watseka |
|
Nights Shield |
West Frankfort |
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Lake County Crisis Center For the Prevention & Treatment of Domestic Violence, Inc. |
Zion |
| 2008 The Principal's Partnership | |
|
Participating School |
City |
| Al Raby School |
Chicago |
| Amundsen High School |
Chicago |
| Applied Arts, Science & Tehcnology at Orr |
Chicago |
| Austin Business & Entrepreneurship High School |
Chicago |
| Austin Polytechnical High school |
Chicago |
| Best High School |
Chicago |
| Best Practice High School |
Chicago |
| Big Picture High School, Back of the Yards |
Chicago |
| Big Picture High School williams Complex |
Chicago |
| Bogan Technical High School |
Chicago |
| Bowen High School |
Chicago |
| Bronzeville Scholastic Institute |
Chicago |
|
Brooks College Preparatory Academy |
Chicago |
| Carver Military Academy |
Chicago |
| Chicago Academy High School |
Chicago |
| Chicago Discovery Academy |
Chicago |
|
Chicago High School of Agricultural Science |
Chicago |
| Chicago Military Academy |
Chicago |
| Chicago Vocational High School |
Chicago |
| Clemente Community Academy |
Chicago |
| Collins High School |
Chicago |
| Corlis High School |
Chicago |
| Crane Technical High School |
Chicago |
| Curie Metropolitan High School |
Chicago |
| Daniel Hal Williams School fo Medicine |
Chicago |
|
DeVry Univeristy Academy |
Chicago |
|
Douglas High School |
Chicago |
| Dunbar Vocation High School |
Chicago |
|
DuSable Leadership Academy |
Chicago |
|
Dyett Academic Center |
Chicago |
| Englewood High School |
Chicago |
| Excel Academy at Orr |
Chicago |
| Farragut Careet Academy |
Chicago |
|
Fenger Academy High School |
Chicago |
| Foreman High School |
Chicago |
|
Gage Park High School |
Chicago |
| Gallery 37 |
Carroll |
| Global Visions Academy |
Chicago |
| John Hancock High School |
Chicago |
| Harlan Community Academy |
Chicago |
| Harper High School |
Chicago |
|
Hirsch Metropolitan High School |
Chicago |
| Hope High School |
Chicago |
|
Hubbard High school |
Chicago |
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Hyde Park Academy |
Chicago |
|
Infinity Math, Science, and Technology High School |
Chicago |
| Jones College Preparatory High School |
Chicago |
| Juarez High School |
Chicago |
| Julian High School |
Chicago |
|
Kelly High School |
Chicago |
| Kelvyn Park High School |
Chicago |
|
Kennedy High School |
Chicago |
|
Kenwood Academy High School |
Chicago |
|
King College Preparatory High School |
Chicago |
| Lake View High School |
Chicago |
|
Lane College Preparatory High School |
Chicago |
| Las Casas Occupational High School |
Chicago |
|
Lincoln Park High School |
Chicago |
| Lindblom Math & Science Academy |
Chicago |
| Manley Career Academy |
Chicago |
|
Marshall Metropolitan High School |
Chicago |
| Mather High School |
Chicago |
| Michele Clark College Preparatory |
Chicago |
|
Morgan Park High School |
Chicago |
| Mose Vines Preparatory at Orr |
Chicago |
| Multicultural Arts School |
Chicago |
| New Millennium School of Health |
Chicago |
|
North-Grand High School |
Chicago |
| North Lawndale College Preparatory High School |
Chicago |
| Northside College Preparatory High School |
Chicago |
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Northside Learning High School |
Chicago |
| Payton College Preparatory High School |
Chicago |
| Phillips Academy |
Chicago |
| Phoenix Military Academy |
Chicago |
| Prosser Vocational Preparatory |
Chicago |
| Ray Graham Training Center |
Chicago |
| Richards Career Academy |
Chicago |
| Rickover Naval Military Academy |
Chicago |
| Robeson High School |
Chicago |
| Roosevelt High School |
Chicago |
| School of Social Justice |
Chicago |
| Schurz High School |
Chicago |
| Senn High School |
Chicago |
| School of Entrepreneurship |
Chicago |
|
School of Leadership |
Chicago |
|
School of Technology |
Chicago |
| School of Arts |
Chicago |
| Simeon Career Academy |
Chicago |
|
Simpson Academy |
Chicago |
|
Southside Occupational Academy |
Chicago |
|
Spry Community Links |
Chicago |
| Steinmetz Academic Center |
Chicago |
|
Sullivan High School |
Chicago |
| Taft High School |
Chicago |
|
TEAM Englewood Community Academy |
Chicago |
| Tilden Academic Academy |
Chicago |
|
UPLIFT Community School |
Chicago |
|
Vaughn High School |
Chicago |
|
Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center |
Chicago |
|
Washington High School |
Chicago |
| Wells Community Academy |
Chicago |
| World Language Early College Preparatory High School |
Chicago |
| York High School |
Chicago |
| Young High School |
Chicago |
| Bloom Alternative High School |
Chicago Heights |
|
Bloom High School |
Chicago Heights |
|
Bloom Trail High School |
Chicago Heights |
| Thornridge High School |
Dolton |
| Dupo High School |
Dupo |
| East St. Louis Senior High School |
East St. Louis |
| York High School |
Elmhurst |
| East Campus Leyden High |
Franklin Park |
| New Trier High School-Northfield Campus |
Northfield |
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West Leyden High School |
Northlake |
| Rochelle Township High School |
Rochelle |
|
Thornton Township High School |
South Holland |
| Thornwood High School |
South Holland |
|
Villa Grove High School |
Villa Grove |
| Watseka Community High School |
Watseka |
| Waukegan High School |
Waukegan |
| New Trier High School-Winnetka Campus |
Winnetka |
The Union Pacific Foundation grants to nonprofit organizations support education, health and human services, and charitable outreach, and reflect Union Pacific Foundation's 49-year tradition of supporting community and civic programs.
Union Pacific Foundation
The Union Pacific Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of Union Pacific Corporation. The Foundation has distributed funds since 1959 to qualified organizations in communities served by Union Pacific. The Foundation is not endowed, but is funded each year from the operating profits of Union Pacific Corporation. Much of the foundation's philanthropic support is directed toward The Principals' Partnership, its signature giving program. Union Pacific believes principals who are effective leaders build strong schools, which in turn produce solid citizens, workers and adults. When that happens, we all benefit.
About Union Pacific
Union Pacific Corporation owns one of America's leading transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, links 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country and serves the fastest-growing U.S. population centers. Union Pacific's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Energy, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The railroad offers competitive long-haul routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways. Union Pacific connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major gateways to Mexico, making it North America's premier rail franchise.
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