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Union Pacific Foundation Grants More Than $1 Million to 170 California Nonprofit Organizations
Omaha, Neb., April 23, 2015
The Union Pacific Foundation is granting more than $1 million in 2015 to 170 California nonprofit organizations.
"These important organizations play a vital role in their respective communities," said Robert W. Turner, Union Pacific senior vice president of Corporate Relations and Union Pacific Foundation president. "Union Pacific is proud to support these groups as they work to enhance the quality of life for communities where many of our employees live and work."
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 50 years, the Union Pacific Foundation has upheld the tradition of supporting community and civic programs. Grants to nonprofit organizations support community, cultural, and health and human services.
To apply for a 2016 grant, visit the Union Pacific Foundation website beginning May 1, 2015, and follow the online application instructions. The application deadline is August 15, 2015.
2015 Foundation Grants | |
City | Recipient |
Auburn | Auburn Symphony |
Auburn | Center for Visually Impaired Adults of Placer County Inc. |
Auburn | Friends of the Auburn Area Recreation And Parks Inc. |
Auburn | Placer Nature Center |
Auburn | Seniors First Inc. |
Bakersfield | San Joaquin Community Hospital Corporation |
Banning | Banning Science And Technology Center Inc. |
Benicia | Benicia Community Action Council |
Benicia | Benicia First Corporation |
Benicia | Benicia Historical Society Inc. |
Benicia | Voices of Eve 'N Angels |
Brawley | Clinicas De Salud Del Pueblo Inc. |
Buena Park | Boys Club of Buena Park |
Burbank | Alisa Ann Ruch California Burn Foundation |
Calexico | Marine Toys for Tots Foundation |
Camarillo | Camarillo Hospice Corp. |
Camarillo | Casa of Ventura County Inc. |
Carson | Habitat for Humanity International Inc. |
Chico | Boys and Girls Clubs of the North Valley |
Chico | Handi-Riders |
Chico | Independent Living Services of Northern California Inc. |
Chino | The Let It Be Foundation Inc. |
Citrus Heights | Lilliput Children Services |
Claremont | Foothill AIDS Project |
Claremont | Shoes That Fit |
Colfax | Friends of the Colfax Library |
Colton | Colton Parks & Recreation Foundation |
Colton | Lords Holiness Resource Center Inc |
Davis | California Center for Public Health Advocacy |
Desert Hot Springs | Soroptimist House of Hope Inc. |
Dunsmuir | City of Dunsmuir |
Dunsmuir | Friends of the Dunsmuir Library |
Dunsmuir | Siskiyou Arts Museum |
Fontana | Volunteers for Veterans Foundation |
Fresno | Fresno Rescue Mission |
Fullerton | Young Women's Christian Association of North Orange County' |
Garden Grove | Thomas House Temporary Shelter |
Glendale | International Trade Education Programs Inc. |
Goleta | Goleta Valley Community Center |
Grover Beach | 5 Cities Homeless Coalition |
Hayward | Be A Mentor Inc. |
Imperial | Burn Institute |
Indio | Science Math And Robotic Technology Education |
Inglewood | Each One Teach One |
La Verne | Sowing Seeds for Life |
Ladera Ranch | Laura's House |
Lancaster | A Ministry of the Lancaster First Assembly Of God Church |
Lathrop | Marine Toys for Tots Foundation |
Lincoln | Lighthouse Counseling and Family Resource Center |
Lincoln | Marine Toys for Tots Foundation |
Live Oak | City of Live Oak |
Lomita | Lomita Railroad Foundation Inc. |
Long Beach | Aquarium of the Pacific |
Long Beach | Assistance League of Long Beach |
Long Beach | Boys and Girls Clubs of Long Beach |
Long Beach | Centro CHA Inc. |
Long Beach | Children Today |
Long Beach | International City Theatre |
Long Beach | Interval House |
Long Beach | Museum of Latin America Art |
Loomis | First United Methodist Church of Loomis |
Loomis | South Placer Heritage Foundation Inc. |
Los Angeles | 1736 Family Crisis Center |
Los Angeles | AIDS Project Los Angeles Inc. |
Los Angeles | All Peoples Christian Center |
Los Angeles | Alliance for Housing And Healing |
Los Angeles | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc. |
Los Angeles | Beyond Shelter |
Los Angeles | Braille Institute of America Inc. |
Los Angeles | California Science Center Foundation |
Los Angeles | Centro Latino For Literacy |
Los Angeles | Challengers Boys & Girls Club |
Los Angeles | City Scholars Foundation |
Los Angeles | Convent of the Good Shepherd Shelter |
Los Angeles | Downtown Women's Center |
Los Angeles | East Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club |
Los Angeles | Fire Family Foundation |
Los Angeles | Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research |
Los Angeles | Jovenes Inc. |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles Music and Art School |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles Regional Food Bank |
Los Angeles | Midnight Mission |
Los Angeles | Military Women in Need |
Los Angeles | Museum of Contemporary Art |
Los Angeles | Neighborhood Music School Association |
Los Angeles | New Economics for Women |
Los Angeles | PATH Ventures |
Los Angeles | Plaza Community Center |
Los Angeles | Plaza De La Raza Inc. |
Los Angeles | Puente Learning Center |
Los Angeles | Self-Help Graphics and Arts Inc. |
Los Angeles | St. Francis Center |
Modesto | National Ag Science Center |
Montebello | Students Soldiers Justice Memorial Foundation |
Montebello | Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles |
Monterey | Independent Transportation Network Monterey County |
Morro Bay | Morro Bay Community Foundation Inc. |
Moss Landing | Elkhorn Slough Foundation |
Mount Shasta | Mt. Shasta Museum Association Inc. |
Mount Shasta | Mt. Shasta Recreation and Parks District |
Mount Shasta | Siskiyou Land Trust |
Oakland | La Clinica De La Raza Inc. |
Oakland | Oakland Public Library |
Oakland | The Alameda County Community Food Bank Inc. |
Palmdale | Jacob Hefter Foundation |
Palmdale | Marine Toys for Tots Foundation |
Pasadena | Women at Work |
Paso Robles | Pacific Coast Conservation Alliance |
Phelan | Academy for Grassroots Organizations |
Pismo Beach | Children's Resource Network of the Central Coast |
Pomona | Project Sister Family Services |
Portola | City of Portola |
Quincy | Feather River Land Trust |
Rancho Cucamonga | Hope Through Housing Foundation |
Redding | Mercy Foundation North |
Redding | Northern California Educational Television Association Inc. |
Rialto | Child Advocates of San Bernardino County |
Riverside | Operation Safe House Inc. |
Rocklin | Friends of the Library Rocklin |
Rocklin | Sierra College Foundation |
Roseville | City of Roseville Parks, Recreation & Libraries Department |
Roseville | Kidsfirst |
Roseville | Lazarus Project Inc. |
Roseville | Placer Care Coalition Inc. |
Roseville | Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
Roseville | Pride Industries |
Roseville | Ride to Walk Inc. |
Roseville | Roseville Arts |
Roseville | Roseville Historical Society |
Roseville | Roseville Home Start Inc. |
Roseville | Roseville Police Activities League Inc. |
Roseville | Supporting the Taylor House |
Roseville | Sutter Roseville Medical Center Foundation |
Sacramento | Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Greater Sacramento Area Inc. |
Sacramento | California Center |
Sacramento | California State Parks Foundation |
Sacramento | California State University, Sacramento |
Sacramento | Council for Cross Cultural Affairs Inc. |
Sacramento | Families First Inc. |
Sacramento | KVIE Inc. |
Sacramento | Sacramento Ballet Association |
Sacramento | Sierra Forever Families |
Salinas | Ag Against Hunger |
Salinas | First Mayors House of Salinas City |
San Bernardino | Families First Inc. |
San Francisco | Project Open Hand |
San Jose | Santa Clara Fire Safe Council |
San Luis Obispo | Assistance League of San Luis Obispo County |
San Luis Obispo | Big Brothers-Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County |
San Luis Obispo | Family Care Network Inc. |
San Luis Obispo | Foundation for the Performing Arts Center |
San Pedro | Boys and Girls Club of the Los Angeles Harbor |
San Pedro | Harbor Area Gang Alternatives |
San Pedro | Los Angeles Maritime Institute |
San Pedro | Shakespeare by the Sea |
San Pedro | Toberman Neighborhood Center Inc. |
Santa Barbara | Food Bank of Santa Barbara County |
Santa Paula | Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley |
Seeley | Seeley Community Church |
Soda Springs | Learning Bridge of the Sierra |
Tehama | Tehama County Museum Foundation |
Truckee | Family Resource Center of Truckee |
Truckee | Truckee Donner Railroad Society |
Twentynine Palms | Marine Toys for Tots Foundation |
Ventura | Assistance League of Ventura County |
Weed | Great Northern Corporation |
Weed | Weed Friends of the Library |
Whittier | Boys & Girls Club of Whittier Inc. |
Whittier | Whittier Area Literacy Council |
Wilmington | Friends of Banning Park Corporation |
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 2005-2014, Union Pacific invested more than $31 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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