GRANTS FOR EDUCATION 2005
All Kinds of Minds
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
This grant provided assistance in the development of the high school curriculum, specifically related to the program in Texas.
$150,000
All Saints Episcopal School of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provide support for the "Building for Character: Saints United" capital campaign, specifically the Upper SchoolAcademic and Administration Building.
$1,000,000
Cassata High School
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the reading program.
$20,000
College for All Texans Foundation
Austin, Texas
This grant provided additional support for Closing the Gaps.
$50,000
Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant County
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support ($100,000) and assistance for the Save A Smile dental program ($25,000).
$125,000
Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant County
Fort Worth, Texas
Funds were provided for operating expenses ($50,000), the Cap & Gown campaign ($100,000), and the Save A Smile dental partnership with Cook Children's Medical Center ($25,000).
$175,000
Country Day School of Arlington
Arlington, Texas
These funds provided general support for the school in memory of Donna Hartwell Wilkie, former head of the school.
$5,000
Cowboy Heritage Association of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds were provided for a scholarship program assisting worthy students to attend college.
$10,000
Education Service Center, Region I
Edinburg, Texas
This grant provided support for the Academic Leadership Alliance, a collaboration among ESC, Region I, the McAllen Economic Development Corporation, and Tech Prep Rio Grande Valley.
$150,000
Education Service Center, Region XI
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the North Central Texas School Leadership Collaborative.
$125,000
First Texas Council of Camp Fire, Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided support for the pilot program for professional development of childcare providers.
$25,000
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds are to be used for the construction of the community/student center and dining hall.
$1,000,000
Fort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided support for the Tarleton Model for Accelerated Teacher Education in the Fort Worth ISD.
$180,000
Fort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided assistance in matching the federal grant for the health and physical education department.
$120,000
Fort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided support for the Questia online library program for students and faculty.
$75,000
The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for the program.
$24,000
I Have a Dream Foundation - Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for the program.
$20,000
ICUT Foundation
Austin, Texas
These funds provided support for the survey of public attitudes toward independent colleges and universities.
$7,500
Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins, Texas
These funds were approved for the Accelerated Alternative Certification Program for secondary school teachers.
$90,000
Just Say Yes - Youth Equipped to Succeed
Dallas, Texas
This grant provided support for the program in the Fort Worth schools.
$50,000
The Learning Center of North Texas, Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided general operating support and/or support for the mentoring program.
$60,000
LeTourneau University
Longview, Texas
This grant provided support for the Postbaccalaureate Accelerated Certification for Teachers program.
$74,000
National Center for Policy Analysis
Dallas, Texas
This grant provides general support for the program in 2006.
$100,000
Opportunity Workshop, Inc.
Monahans, Texas
This grant provided general support for the program.
$10,000
Rally for Education, Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided support for the Community United to Save Our Children program.
$100,000
The Rensselaerville Institute
Rensselaerville, New York
These funds provided support for the School Turnaround program within the Fort Worth Independent School District.
$75,000
River Legacy Foundation
Arlington, Texas
This grant was approved for support of the Living Science Center's distance learning program.
$40,000
The Southwest Texas State University Development Foundation
San Marcos, Texas
This grant provided general support for the Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education.
$120,000
Texas A&M Foundation
College Station, Texas
These funds provided further support for the Center for Mathematics and Science Education.
$190,000
Texas A&M Foundation
College Station, Texas
These funds provided support for the Teachers Networking with Technology Program.
$97,000
Texas A&M University - Texarkana
Texarkana, Texas
This grant provided additional support for the Preparing Educators for Tomorrow program.
$54,000
The Texas A&M University System
College Station, Texas
This grant was provided to support the study entitled "Fifty Texas Teachers," conducted by the Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education.
$225,000
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
These funds provided additional support for the Institute of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.
$50,000
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provides assistance in the renovation of the Bailey Building and construction of the facility to create the new complex for the School of Education.
$500,000
Texas Engineering Foundation
Austin, Texas
This grant provided continued assistance for the MATHCOUNTS program in Texas.
$35,000
Texas Interfaith Education Fund
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for the program to connect neighborhood institutions in improving family and student achievement under the leadership of Allied Communities of Tarrant.
$100,000
Texas Lyceum Association, Inc.
Dallas, Texas
This grant provided support for the Conference on Texas High School Education held in Fort Worth in October 2005.
$10,000
Texas Wesleyan University, College of Education
Fort Worth, Texas
Half of these funds provided for general support of the Courage & Renewal-North Texas program and half for the purchase of equipment and services.
$100,000
Texas Wesleyan University, College of Education
Fort Worth, Texas
This grant provided general support for Tarrant County Courage to Teach.
$50,000
University of Houston, College of Education
Houston, Texas
This grant provided support for the Middle School Mathematics Initiative.
$150,000
University of North Texas, College of Education
Denton, Texas
These funds provided support for the Future Bilingual Teachers Academy.
$150,000
The University of Texas at Austin, Charles A. Dana Center
Austin, Texas
These funds provided continued support for the ThinkFive program and/or the developing work in Algebra II and Precalculus.
$135,000
The University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences
Austin, Texas
These funds provided support for either the first- and second-year math and science teachers or the Master of Arts in Science and Mathematics Education program.
$150,000
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
This grant provided continued assistance for the TexPREP program.
$130,000