Union Pacific Foundation Grants Total more than $1.1 million for Principals' Partnership and Other Texas Charitable Organizations
Omaha, Neb., June 01, 2009 – Union Pacific Foundation is granting $1,131,685 to continue funding The Principals' Partnership and several projects submitted by nonprofit organizations in Texas.
The Principals' Partnership, the signature giving program of Union Pacific Foundation, will continue to serve as a professional resource to 166 public high school principals in Texas. This is the fourth year the program has been in Texas. Additionally, the foundation is providing grants to 99 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. Given today's economic environment and the strain it has created on school resources, we think the Principals' Partnership is more important than ever."
The Principals' Partnership assists approximately 1,000 principals with responsibilities for more than 1 million students. The 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.
Union Pacific funds Principals' Partnership programs in 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.
| 2009 Foundation Grants | |
| Recipient | City |
| Sul Ross State University Support Organization | Alpine |
| Sul Ross State University Theatre of the Big Bend | Alpine |
| Junior Achievement of Brazoria County, Inc. | Angleton |
| Theatre Arlington, Inc. | Arlington |
| Austin Community Foundation for the Capital Area | Austin |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, Inc. | Austin |
| Capital City A&M Foundation, Inc. | Austin |
| Eels On Wheels Adaptive Scuba Club | Austin |
| Mexic-Arte | Austin |
| Seton Fund of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Inc. | Austin |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | Austin |
| Art Museum of Southeast Texas | Beaumont |
| Garth House Mickey Mehaffy Children's Advocacy Program, Inc. | Beaumont |
| Habitat For Humanity of Jefferson County | Beaumont |
| The Nature Discovery Center, Inc. | Bellaire |
| Friends of Big Bend National Park | Big Bend National Park |
| Briarwood-Brookwood, Inc. | Brookshire |
| Brownsville Adult Literacy Council, Inc. | Brownsville |
| CASA of Cameron & Willacy Counties, Inc. | Brownsville |
| Eddie Lucio Scholarship Fund, Inc. | Brownsville |
| United Way of Southern Cameron County | Brownsville |
| Brazos County Rape Crisis Center, Inc. | Bryan |
| Habitat For Humanity International, Inc. | Bryan |
| Health Environmental and Learning Program | College Station |
| CASA of Nueces County, Inc. | Corpus Christi |
| South Texas Public Broadcasting System | Corpus Christi |
| Caring for Children Foundation of Texas, Inc. | Dallas |
| Dallas Area Habitat For Humanity, Inc. | Dallas |
| Fine Arts Chamber Players | Dallas |
| Promise House, Inc. | Dallas |
| Del Rio & Val Verde County United Way | Del Rio |
| Red River Railroad Museum | Denison |
| Denton Friends Family, Inc. | Denton |
| Edgewood Historical Society Hwy 80 | Edgewood |
| Advocacy Center for the Children of El Paso | El Paso |
| CASA of El Paso, Inc. | El Paso |
| Diocese of El Paso Pastoral Center | El Paso |
| El Paso Museum of History Foundation | El Paso |
| Opportunity Center for the Homeless | El Paso |
| Project Vida Health Center | El Paso |
| United Way of El Paso County | El Paso |
| Flatonia Special Projects | Flatonia |
| Alliance For Children, Inc. | Fort Worth |
| City of Fort Worth Parks and Community Services | Fort Worth |
| Habitat For Humanity International, Inc. | Fort Worth |
| Kids Who Care, Inc. | Fort Worth |
| Tarrant County Housing Partnership, Inc. | Fort Worth |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth |
| The Parenting Center | Fort Worth |
| Van Cliburn Foundation, Inc. | Fort Worth |
| Friends of the Depot | Giddings |
| United Way of Northern Cameron County | Harlingen |
| Aspiring Youth of Houston | Houston |
| Boys and Girls Harbor, Inc. | Houston |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | Houston |
| Da Camera Society of Texas | Houston |
| Gulf Coast Institute | Houston |
| Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc. | Houston |
| Houston Zoo, Inc. | Houston |
| Northwest Assistance Ministries | Houston |
| Senior Guidance Directory, Inc. | Houston |
| Texas Council on Economic Education | Houston |
| University of Houston Foundation | Houston |
| Harkins House | Humble |
| Kennedale Texas | Kennedale |
| Casa Of Kleberg County | Kingsville |
| Laredo Children's Museum, Inc. | Laredo |
| Texas A&M International University | Laredo |
| Texas CASA, Inc. | Laredo |
| United Way of Laredo, Inc. | Laredo |
| Gregg County Historical Foundation | Longview |
| Chinati Foundation | Marfa |
| Marshall Symphony Society | Marshall |
| Keep Mesquite Beautiful, Inc. | Mesquite |
| Midland Memorial Foundation Midland Memorial Hospital | Midland |
| Midland Odessa Symphony and Chorale, Inc. | Midland |
| CASA of Central Texas, Inc. | New Braunfels |
| Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin | Odessa |
| Harmony Home Children's Advocacy Center, Inc. | Odessa |
| Houston County Awareness Association | Palestine |
| Child Advocates of Ft. County Bend, Inc. | Rosenberg |
| Rosenberg Railroad Museum, Inc. | Rosenberg |
| American National Red Cross | San Antonio |
| Any Baby Can, Inc. | San Antonio |
| Children's Association for Maximum Potential, Inc. | San Antonio |
| San Antonio Food Bank, Inc. | San Antonio |
| Texas Public Radio | San Antonio |
| United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County | San Antonio |
| Mid-Texas Symphony Society | Seguin |
| Texoma Children's Museum | Sherman |
| The Friends of the Library | Smithville |
| Fort Bend Regional Council on Substance Abuse, Inc. | Stafford |
| Literacy Volunteers of Fort Bend County, Inc. | Sugar Land |
| Temple Symphony Orchestra | Temple |
| Boy Scouts Of America | Texarkana |
| DLP Productions | The Woodlands |
| Montgomery County Women's Center | The Woodlands |
| Community Health Development, Inc. | Uvalde |
| The 2009 Principals' Partnership | |
| Participating School | City |
| Alpine High School | Alpine |
| Angleton High School | Angleton |
| McNeil High School | Austin |
| "Success" West Campus | Austin |
| Westwood High School | Austin |
| Central Medical Magnet High School | Beaumont |
| Clifton J. Ozen High School | Beaumont |
| Pathways Learning Center | Beaumont |
| Paul A. Brown Center | Beaumont |
| Taylor Career Center | Beaumont |
| West Brook High School | Beaumont |
| Bloomington High School | Bloomington |
| Gladys Porter High School | Brownsville |
| Brownsville Learning Academy | Brownsville |
| Hanna High School | Brownsville |
| James Pace High School | Brownsville |
| Lopez High School | Brownsville |
| Simon Rivera High School | Brownsville |
| Apollo High School | Channel View |
| Channel View High School | Channel View |
| Brazoswood High School | Clute |
| Judson High School | Converse |
| Corsicana High School | Corsicana |
| Crosby High School | Crosby |
| Dalhart High School | Dalhart |
| EXIT Secondary School | Dalhart |
| Dayton High School | Dayton |
| Deer Park High School North Campus | Deer Park |
| Deer Park High School South Campus | Deer Park |
| Wolters Accelerated High School | Deer Park |
| Del Rio High School | Del Rio |
| Eagle Pass High School C.C. Winn Campus | Eagle Pass |
| Andress High School | El Paso |
| Austin High School | El Paso |
| Bowie High School | El Paso |
| Burges High School | El Paso |
| Center for Career and Technology | El Paso |
| Chapin High School | El Paso |
| Coronado High School | El Paso |
| Delta Academy | El Paso |
| El Paso High School | El Paso |
| Franklin High School | El Paso |
| Irvin High School | El Paso |
| Jefferson High School | El Paso |
| Occupational Education Center | El Paso |
| Raymond Telles Academy | El Paso |
| San Jacinto Center | El Paso |
| School Age Parent Center | El Paso |
| Silva Health Magnet High School | El Paso |
| Sunset High School | El Paso |
| Ennis High School | Ennis |
| Flatonia High School | Flatonia |
| Brazosport High School | Freeport |
| Galena Park High School | Galena Park |
| Goose Creek Memorial High School | Goose Creek |
| Robert E. Lee High School | Goose Creek |
| Ross S. Sterling High School | Goose Creek |
| North Shore High School Holley Park Campus | Holley Park |
| Accelerated Learning & Transition Academy | Houston |
| Austin High School | Houston |
| Bellaire High School | Houston |
| C.E. King High School | Houston |
| Carnegie Vanguard High School | Houston |
| Carter Career Center | Houston |
| Center for Success Zotz Educational Center | Houston |
| Challenge Early College High School | Houston |
| Chavez High School | Houston |
| Contemporary Learning Center | Houston |
| Crossroads Alternative School | Houston |
| Davis High School | Houston |
| DeBakey High School | Houston |
| Dekaney High School | Houston |
| East Early College High School | Houston |
| Eastwood Academy for Academic Achievement | Houston |
| Furr High School | Houston |
| Harper Alternative School | Houston |
| High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice | Houston |
| High School for Performing and Visual Arts | Houston |
| Houston Night High School | Houston |
| J. Frank Dobie High School | Houston |
| Jesse Jones High School | Houston |
| Jordan High School for Careers | Houston |
| Kashmere High School | Houston |
| Kay On-Going Education Center | Houston |
| Lamar High School | Houston |
| Lee High School | Houston |
| Madison High School | Houston |
| Milby High School | Houston |
| North Forest High School | Houston |
| North Shore Senior High School | Houston |
| Reagan High School | Houston |
| Sam Houston High School | Houston |
| Scarborough High School | Houston |
| Sharpstown High School | Houston |
| Sharpstown International High School | Houston |
| Sterling High School | Houston |
| Summit High School | Houston |
| Waltrip High School | Houston |
| Washington High School | Houston |
| Westbury High School | Houston |
| Westfield High School | Houston |
| Westside High School | Houston |
| Wheatley High School | Houston |
| Worthington High School | Houston |
| Yates High School | Houston |
| La Porte High School | La Porte |
| Dr. Leonides G. Cigarroa High School | Laredo |
| Early College High School | Laredo |
| J.W. Nixon High School | Laredo |
| Raymond & Tizra Martin High School | Laredo |
| Vidal M. Trevino School of Communication & Fine Arts | Laredo |
| Lockhart High School | Lockhart |
| Lockhart Senior High School | Lockhart |
| Pride High School | Lockhart |
| Lead Academy | Longview |
| Longview High School | Longview |
| Midland Senior High School | Midland |
| Robert E. Lee High School | Midland |
| Alternative Education Cooperative | Nacogdoches |
| Nacogdoches High School | Nacogdoches |
| Canyon High School | New Braunfels |
| Learning Center | New Braunfels |
| Memorial Learning Center | New Braunfels |
| New Braunfels High School | New Braunfels |
| Spring High School | North Spring |
| Aim High School & Teen Parent Center | Odessa |
| ECISD Career Center | Odessa |
| Odessa High School | Odessa |
| Permian High School | Odessa |
| West Orange - Stark Career Center | Orange |
| West Orange - Stark High School | Orange |
| Palestine High School | Palestine |
| Westwood High School | Palestine |
| Pasadena High School | Pasadena |
| Pasadena Memorial High School | Pasadena |
| Pasadena Skill Center High School | Pasadena |
| Sam Rayburn High School | Pasadena |
| Tegeler High School Career Center | Pasadena |
| HOBBS Alternative Education Center Co-op | Ratan |
| Round Rock High School | Round Rock |
| Round Rock Opportunity Center | Round Rock |
| Stony Point High School | Round Rock |
| "Success" East Campus | Round Rock |
| Brackenridge High School | San Antonio |
| Burbank High School | San Antonio |
| Edison High School | San Antonio |
| Fox Technical High School | San Antonio |
| Highlands High School | San Antonio |
| Jefferson High School | San Antonio |
| Judson Learning Academy | San Antonio |
| Lanier High School | San Antonio |
| Navarro Academy | San Antonio |
| Pickett Academy | San Antonio |
| Ramiro P. Estrada Achievement Center | San Antonio |
| Sam Houston High School | San Antonio |
| South San Antonio Alternative School | San Antonio |
| South San Antonio High School | San Antonio |
| South San Antonio West Campus High School | San Antonio |
| Southwest Alternative Center | San Antonio |
| Southwest High School | San Antonio |
| Wagner High School | San Antonio |
| Smithville High School | Smithville |
| South Houston High School | South Houston |
| Wunsche Career Campus | Spring |
| Smithson Valley High School | Spring Branch |
| Sweetwater High School | Sweetwater |
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.
About Union Pacific
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