Union Pacific Foundation Awards $137,600 to the Principals' Partnership and Other Nonprofits in Wisconsin

Omaha, Neb., August 13, 2008 – Union Pacific Foundation is granting $137,600 to continue funding The Principals' Partnership and several projects submitted by nonprofit organizations in Wisconsin.

The Principals' Partnership, the signature giving program of Union Pacific Foundation, will continue to serve as a professional resource to 40 public high school principals in Wisconsin. This is the sixth year the program has been in Wisconsin.  Additionally, the Foundation is providing grants to five 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
Recipient	City
Positive Alernatives, Inc.	Menomonie
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center	Milwaukee
United Community Center, Inc.	Milwaukee
United Way of Greater Milwaukee	Milwaukee
United Way in Waukesha County	Waukesha
2008 The Principal's Partnership
Participating School	City
Altoona High School	Altoona
Craig High School	Janesville
Parker High School	Janesville
Bradford High School	Kenosha
Harborview Academy	Kenosha
Hillcrest High School	Kenosha
Indian Trail Academy	Kenosha
Reuther Central High School	Kenosha
Tremper High School	Kenosha
Alexander Hamilton High School	Milwaukee
Bay View High School	Milwaukee
Bradley Trade & Technical High School	Milwaukee
Casimir Pulaski High School	Milwaukee
Custer High School	Milwaukee
Foster & Williams Visual Communicaitons Campus	Milwaukee
Genesis High School	Milwaukee
Harold S. Vincent High School	Milwaukee
John Marshall High School	Milwaukee
Kilmer South High School	Milwaukee
Madison University High School	Milwaukee
Metropolitan High School	Milwaukee
Milwaukee Academy of Aviation, Science & Technology	Milwaukee
Milwaukee African American Immersion High School	Milwaukee
Milwaukee High School of the Arts	Milwaukee
Milwaukee School of Entrepreneurship	Milwaukee
Milwaukee School of Languages	Milwaukee
New School for Community Services	Milwaukee
Northwest Secondary School	Milwaukee
Project STAY	Milwaukee
Riverside University High School	Milwaukee
Rufus King High School for the College Bound	Milwaukee
South Division High School	Milwaukee
Transition High School	Milwaukee
Truth Institute for Leadership & Service	Milwaukee
Washington High School	Milwaukee
Washington High School of Information & Technology	Milwaukee
Washington High School (LEAP)	Milwaukee
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning	Milwaukee
Lake View Technology Academy	Pleasant Prairie
Superior High School	Superior

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.

For more information about the Union Pacific Foundation or Principles' Partnership go to www.up.com/found/index.shtml or  contact Mark Davis, 402-544-5459.

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