GRANTS FOR EDUCATION 2000
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
Nacogdoches, Texas
These funds supported the Principal Preparation Program.
$70,000
BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS, INC.
Fort Worth, Texas
BRIT is a research institution, a museum of plants, an institution devoted to public education, and one of the three largest and most significant herbaria inthe southwestern United States. These funds provided general support for the program.
$185,000
BOBBY BRAGEN YOUTH FOUNDATION
SCHOLARSHIP FUND, INC.
Fort Worth, Texas
Funds provided endowment for a scholarship program for eighth-grade students.
$5,000
CASSATA LEARNING CENTER
Fort Worth, Texas
Cassata, a nonsectarian school, offers basic education courses, high school equivalency, and English as a Second Language. This grant provided support for the Reading Improvement Program.
 $60,000
COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
Houston, Texas
This grant assisted in the publication of Rising Tide.
 $5,000
EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER, REGION I
Edinburg, Texas
These funds provided support for the Advanced Leaders Academy.
 $50,000
EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER, REGION XI $175,000
Fort Worth, Texas
Funds supported the establishment of the North Texas Center for Administrative Leadership in Education.
 $175,000
EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER, REGION XIX
El Paso, Texas
This grant provided support for the Academic Leadership Preparation Program.
 $101,000
FIRST TEXAS COUNCIL OF CAMP FIRE, INC.
Fort Worth, Texas
Funds supported the Kindergarten Readiness Program in collaboration with the Fort Worth Independent School District.
$150,000
FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
Fort Worth, Texas The Summerbridge Program was established on the FWCD campus to encourage low-income, middle- and secondary-school students to complete high school and college programs while also encouraging college students to consider careers in teaching. This grant provided general support for the program.
 $120,000
FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided support for an evaluation of the After-School Program established by the City of Fort Worth and the FWISD.
 $33,700
FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY
Fort Worth, Texas
Two grants were approved to provide support for the museum's education program for 2000 and for the Professional Development Program.
 $172,000
THE FORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the long-range plan for the library system.
 $175,000
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This grant will support the radio ministry within the state of Texas during 2001.
 $25,000
I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION
San Antonio, Texas
I Have A Dream is a program that helps disadvantaged youth stay in school and turn their dreams of a positive future into a reality. These funds provided support for the program at the I. M. Terrell Elementary School in Fort Worth.
 $25,000
LOG CABIN HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the establishment of the Pioneer Times Journalistic Search essay contest for elementary-school students.
 $5,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
Dallas, Texas
NCPA conducts research and publishes materials in areas of national concern, such as health, education, Social Security and Medicare reform, tax programs, welfare, and crime. This grant provided general support.
 $200,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.)-
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Monahans, Texas
This grant provided general support for the Monahans Learning Center and Latch Key program.
 $5,000
SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
San Marcos, Texas
This grant provided continued support for the Grosvenor Center, Department of Geography and Planning.
 $200,000
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
Stephenville, Texas
Funds supported the collaboration for principal assessment and professional development in cooperation with Education Service Centers, Regions XII and XIV.
 $150,000
TEXANS CAN!
Dallas, Texas
This grant assisted with the establishment of FORT WORTH CAN! ACADEMY, a charter school for public school students who have been unable to succeed in the traditional high school environment.
 $50,000
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - TEXARKANA
Texarkana, Texas
These funds provided support for the Leadership Academy.
 $160,000
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, RISE SCHOOL
Fort Worth, Texas
Funds supported establishment of the Rise School for Children with Down's Syndrome.
 $50,000
TEXAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION
Houston, Texas
This grant provided general support.
 $20,000
TEXAS LEAD CENTER
Austin, Texas
Funds assisted in matching the Gates Foundation grant supporting the Technology Leadership Academy in collaboration with Texas Tech University and the Texas Business Education Coalition.
 $500,000
TEXAS PRINCIPALS LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
Austin, Texas
This grant provided support for the School Administrators Skills Assessment.
 $140,000
TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Fort Worth, Texas
Funds provided additional support for Courage to Teach, a two-year program of quarterly retreats for the personal and professional renewal of public school teachers.
 $30,000
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Houston, Texas
These funds supported the Urban School Leadership and Professional Renewal Institute.
 $21,500
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
Arlington, Texas
These funds provided support for the Scholars of Practice program.
 $225,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN,
COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES
Austin, Texas
This grant provided additional support for the UTeach Teacher Preparation Initiative in math and science.
 $225,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN,
THE CHARLES A. DANA CENTER
Austin, Texas
Funds supported programs related to the dissemination of information regarding the study of effective school districts.
 $220,000
ROB AND BESSIE WELDER WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
Sinton, Texas The Welder Wildlife Foundation is a program for graduate students seeking advanced degrees in wildlife conservation and management. Funds provided general support for the program.
 $5,000