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Union Pacific Foundation Grants $1,140,000 to 153 California Nonprofit Organizations
Roseville, Calif., May 2, 2017
The Union Pacific Foundation is granting $1,140,000 in 2017 to 153 California nonprofit organizations.
“We are proud to support organizations that work to ensure safe, vibrant and prosperous communities,” said Scott Moore, Union Pacific senior vice president of Corporate Relations and the Union Pacific Foundation president. “Union Pacific’s Building America mission extends beyond our railroad network and into enhancing quality of life in the communities we serve – which we achieve in part through our Foundation giving.”
Union Pacific assists nonprofits in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
For more than 55 years, the Union Pacific Foundation has upheld the tradition of helping nonprofits build their capacity by supporting new or existing community, cultural, and health and human services initiatives. The Foundation underwent a strategic review in 2017-2018 and will continue its giving efforts with adjustments to funding priorities, application and schedule for the 2018 grant year. The next application period will open in April 2018, with grants awarded in September 2018. Interested organizations are encouraged to visit the UP Foundation website throughout the summer for official updates.
| 2017 Grants | |
| City | Recipient |
| Alta | Alta Volunteer Firefighters Association |
| Anaheim | Orange Country Conservation Corps |
| Anaheim | Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center Inc |
| Auburn | Insights Counseling Group |
| Auburn | Seniors First Inc |
| Azusa | Azusa City Library |
| Bakersfield | Boys Clubs Of Bakersfield |
| Banning | Soroptimist House Of Hope, Inc. |
| Banning | The Science Experience Inc |
| Benicia | Arts Benicia Inc |
| Benicia | Voices Of Eve ‘N Angels |
| Berkeley | Aurora Theatre Company |
| Berkeley | Habitot Children’s Museum |
| Brawley | Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo Inc |
| Buena Park | Boys Club Of Buena Park |
| Buena Park | Speech and Language Development Center Inc |
| Camarillo | Camarillo Hospice Corp |
| Camarillo | Interface Children Family Services |
| Carpinteria | Girls Incorporated Of Carpentaria |
| Carson | Boys & Girls Club Of Carson |
| Carson | International Trade Education Programs Inc |
| Chico | Northern California Youth and Family Programs |
| Claremont | Crossroads Incorporated |
| Claremont | Foothill Aids Project |
| Claremont | Pomona Valley Community Services |
| Claremont | Shoes That Fit |
| Colfax | Friends Of The Colfax Library |
| Davis | Yolo County Children's Alliance |
| Davis | Yolo Crisis Nursery Inc |
| Dunsmuir | Dunsmuir Botanical Garden |
| Dunsmuir | Friends Of The Dunsmuir Library |
| Dunsmuir | Siskiyou Arts Museum |
| Fontana | New Environmental Leaders Of America Inc |
| Fresno | Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| Fullerton | Family Support Network |
| Fullerton | Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Service |
| Fullerton | Young Women’s Christian Association Of North Orange County |
| Garden Grove | Thomas House Temporary Shelter |
| Grover Beach | 5 Cities Homeless Coalition |
| Hacienda Heights | Youth Science Center |
| Hayward | Be A Mentor Inc |
| Huntington Beach | Patriots And Paws |
| Imperial | Burn Institute |
| Inglewood | Each One - Teach One Alliance For Academic Access, Achievement and Success |
| Irvine | Community Vitalization Council |
| Kingsburg | Friends Of The Historic Kingsburg Depot |
| La Habra | Advancing The Seed Inc |
| La Habra | Boys & Girls Clubs Of La Habra-Brea |
| Lancaster | A Ministry Of The Lancaster First Assembly Of God Church |
| Lincoln | Wildlife Heritage Foundation |
| Live Oak | City of Live Oak |
| Long Beach | Aquarium Of The Pacific |
| Long Beach | Assistance League Of Long Beach |
| Long Beach | Boys And Girls Clubs Of Long Beach |
| Long Beach | Camerata Singers of Long Beach Inc |
| Long Beach | Centro C.H.A Inc |
| Long Beach | Children Today |
| Long Beach | International City Theatre |
| Long Beach | Interval House |
| Long Beach | Ronald McDonald House Charities Of Southern California |
| Loomis | Cowpoke Foundation |
| Loomis | Take Note Troupe Inc |
| Los Angeles | 1736 Family Crisis Center |
| Los Angeles | Alzheimer's Greater Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles | Boy Scouts Of America |
| Los Angeles | Braille Institute Of America Inc |
| Los Angeles | California Latino Leadership Institute |
| Los Angeles | California Science Center Foundation |
| Los Angeles | City Scholars Foundation |
| Los Angeles | East Los Angeles Boys And Girls Club |
| Los Angeles | Girls Today Women Tomorrow Leadership Mentoring Program |
| Los Angeles | Hirshberg Foundation For Pancreatic Cancer Research |
| Los Angeles | Hollenbeck Police Activities League |
| Los Angeles | Korean Health Education Information And Research Center |
| Los Angeles | Military Women In Need |
| Los Angeles | Mujeres De La Tierra |
| Los Angeles | Neighborhood Music School Association |
| Los Angeles | People Assisting The Homeless |
| Los Angeles | Self-Help Graphics And Arts Inc |
| Los Angeles | Southern California Center For Nonprofit Management |
| Los Angeles | St Anne’s Maternity Home |
| Manteca | Boys And Girls Club Of Manteca |
| Menlo Park | JobTrain Inc |
| Montebello | Young Men’s Christian Association Of Metropolitan Los Angeles |
| Moorpark | Boys And Girls Club Of Moorpark Inc |
| Moss Landing | Elkhorn Slough Foundation |
| Mt Shasta | Friends Of The Mt Shasta Branch Library Inc |
| Oakland | Friends Of Oakland Parks And Recreation |
| Oakland | La Clinica De La Raza Inc |
| Oakland | Oakland Public Library |
| Oakland | The Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc |
| Oroville | Oroville Veterans Memorial Committee |
| Palm Desert | Coachella Valley Autism Society of America |
| Palm Desert | Pegasus Riding Academy For The Handicapped |
| Palmdale | Jacob Hefter Foundation |
| Paso Robles | Children’s Museum at the Paso Robles Volunteer Firehouse |
| Phelan | Academy For Grassroots Organizations |
| Pomona | Project Sister Family Services |
| Pomona | Sowing Seeds For Life |
| Portola | City of Portola |
| Rancho Cordova | Sacramento Children's Museum |
| Redding | City of Redding |
| Redding | Shasta County Community Concert Assn |
| Redding | Shasta Women’s Refuge |
| Redlands | Girl Scouts Of San Gorgonio Council |
| Riverside | Feeding America Riverside And San Bernardino Counties |
| Riverside | Operation Safe House Inc |
| Rocklin | Child Advocates Of Placer County |
| Rocklin | Love Olivia |
| Rocklin | Sierra College Foundation |
| Roseville | Keaton Raphael Memorial For Neuroblastoma Inc |
| Roseville | KidsFirst |
| Roseville | Placer Food Bank |
| Roseville | Ride To Walk Inc |
| Roseville | Roseville Home Start Inc |
| Roseville | Roseville Police Activities League Inc |
| Roseville | Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
| Sacramento | Breathe California Of Sacramento Emigrant Trails |
| Sacramento | California Center |
| Sacramento | Nehemiah Community Foundation |
| Sacramento | Rebuilding Together Sacramento |
| Sacramento | Sacramento Loaves And Fishes |
| Sacramento | Saint John’s Program For Real Change |
| Sacramento | Us - China Railroad Friendship Association |
| Salinas | First Mayors House Of Salinas City |
| Salinas | Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast |
| San Bernardino | Families First Inc |
| San Bernardino | San Bernardino Symphony Association |
| San Bernardino | Young Women’s Empowerment Foundation |
| San Francisco | Breathe California Golden Gate Public Health Partnership |
| San Jose | Alum Rock Educational Foundation |
| San Jose | The Tech Museum of Innovation |
| San Luis Obispo | Big Brothers Big Sisters Of San Luis Obispo County |
| San Luis Obispo | Foundation For The Performing Arts Center |
| San Pedro | Los Angeles Maritime Institute |
| San Pedro | Sharefest Community Development Inc |
| San Pedro | Toberman Neighborhood Center Inc |
| Santa Ana | Lutheran Social Services Of Southern California |
| Santa Ana | Mercy House Living Centers |
| Santa Ana | Moms Orange County |
| Santa Ana | T H I N K Together |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara City Library Foundation And Friends |
| Santa Paula | Boys & Girls Club Of Santa Clara Valley |
| Seeley | Seeley Community Church |
| Stockton | Delta Sculling Center-Everybody Sculls Inc |
| Tehama | Tehama County Museum Foundation |
| Temecula | Susan G. Komen Inland Empire |
| Upland | Foothill Family Shelter Inc |
| Weed | Weed Friends Of The Library |
| Whittier | Boys & Girls Club Of Whittier Inc |
| Wilmington | Friends Of Banning Park Corporation |
| Yuba City | Yuba-Sutter Economical Development Corporation |
| Yucaipa | Smiles For Seniors Foundation |
ABOUT THE 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
Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP). One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain. From 2007-2016, Union Pacific invested approximately $34 billion in its network and operations to support America's transportation infrastructure. The railroad's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000 customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
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