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GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION 2009 GRANTS
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Education
The Foundation also matched 1,926 gifts totaling $1,338,996 to accredited colleges, universities, secondary schools, vocational schools, elementary schools, the American Indian College Fund, the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the United Negro College Fund and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Fund by the employees, retirees, officers, directors and retired directors of General Mills.
This year we provided 107 grants totaling $3,364,473.
| Elementary/Secondary Grants | |
Amount paid in FY 2008: $1,588,350 |  Organization | Description | Location | Amount |
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| 100 Black Men of Los Angeles | YBS Test Preparation Program: Phase II | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | | A Chance to Grow, Inc. | Minnesota Learning Resource Center | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | | Achieve!Minneapolis | Operating Support | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | | Achieve!Minneapolis | Best Practices Trip | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | | Achieve!Minneapolis | Achieve! Career and College Initiative | Minneapolis, MN | $62,500 | | Admission Possible | Operating Support | St. Paul, MN | $50,000 | | African American Heritage Foundation | Children's Oral History Project: 'Adult Voices, Children's Eyes' | Cedar Rapids, IA | $5,000 | | Agricultural & Food Sciences Academy | Operating Support | Vadnais Heights, MN | $10,000 | | American Indian OIC, Inc. | Career Immersion High School | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | | Bessie Owens Primary School | Project Connect After School Program | Bakersfield, CA | $4,000 | | BestPrep | Operating Support and Minnesota Business Venture scholarship support with emphasis on Minneapolis North High School | Brooklyn Park, MN | $25,000 | | Bethany Services | BHC Project Connect After School Program - Science and Crafts Project | Bakersfield, CA | $4,000 | | Boylan Catholic High School | Northern Illinois Red Ribbon | Rockford, IL | $3,500 | | Buffalo City School District | School #33 Bilingual Center/GM Partnership | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | | Bundy Elementary | Bundy Elementary Family Literacy Program | Wellston, OH | $15,000 | | Career Guidance Institute | Albuquerque Reads | Albuquerque, NM | $4,500 | | Center School, Inc | Math Our Way | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | | Chaska High School | POWZA | Chaska, MN | $4,000 | | Circle of Discipline Inc. | Peer Leadership Training (PLT) | Cottage Grove, MN | $10,000 | | Citizen Schools Inc. | After-School Apprenticeship Program | Albuquerque, MN | $10,000 | | Cousins Middle School | Increasing Student Engagement in Science & Health Using Media & Technology | Covington, MN | $5,000 | | Creative Sharp Presentations, Inc. | Operating Support | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | | Dunwoody Academy | Operating Support | Minneapolis, MN | $35,000 | | Eco Education | Urban Stewards | St. Paul, MN | $10,000 | | FIRST | FIRST Robotic Teams at North High and Patrick Henry High Schools | Manchester, NH | $24,000 | | Fulfillment Fund | High School Program | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | | Great Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc. | Learning for Life Hannibal | Columbia, MO | $3,100 | | Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches | YLDP American Indian Math Project | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | | Hannibal Clinic Health Services | Ride Cool 2008 & Ride Cool at the Ramp Park | Hannibal, MO | $2,500 | | Hannibal Public School District #60 | 'Make and Learn Together' | Hannibal, MO | $3,500 | | Hannibal Public School District #60 | Eugene Field Elementary Cooperative Learning | Hannibal, MO | $2,000 | | Harvest Preparatory Charter School, Inc. | Engineering/Science/Technology Initiative (ESTI) for Best Academy | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | | Healthy Schools, Inc., Action for Healthy Kids | Hooked on Health Book Nook for Great Falls | Skokie, IL | $15,000 | | J.H. House Elementary School | Building a Better House | Conyers, GA | $3,000 | | Jackson City School | JHS Reality Project | Jackson, OH | $9,000 | | Jackson City School | Model United Nations & Ohio Future Problem Solving | Jackson, OH | $5,000 | | Joplin Globe Public Activities Association | Newspaper in Education (NIE) | Joplin, MO | $5,000 | | Junior Achievement of Chicago, Inc. | Elementary Economic Education | Chicago, IL | $13,000 | | Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley | Operating Support - exit grant | Whitehall, PA | $5,000 | | Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Inc. | JA Economics for Success Program Sponsorship | Cedar Rapids, IA | $20,000 | | Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc. | Economic and Financial Literacy Education for Floyd County Students | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | | Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley, Inc. | Whole School Initiative | Chesterfield, MO | $5,000 | | Junior Achievement of Rock River Valley, Inc. | South Middle School/General Mills Education Partnership | Rockford, IL | $3,000 | | Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest, Inc. | Operating Support & a Presenting Capstone Sponsorship | Maplewood, MN | $50,000 | | Junior Achievement, Inc. Northern New England | JA P.A.S.S. Program in Lawrence, MA | Boston, MA | $4,000 | | KIPP Foundation | KIPP schools to the Twin Cities | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | | Let's Get Ready! | Lawrence LGR | New York, NY | $2,500 | | Lodi High School | Achieving Academic Excellence | Lodi, CA | $20,000 | | Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. | Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) | Wilkes-Barre, PA | $4,300 | | Main Street School of Performing Arts | Operating Support | Hopkins, MN | $15,000 | | Marion County 4-H Advisory Council | Taft 4-H Robo-Kids | Marion, OH | $2,250 | | Millswood Middle School | Challenge U Program | Lodi, CA | $5,000 | | Minneapolis Public Schools, Special School District #1 | Olson Middlle 2007-08 Challenge U Innovation Grant | Minneapolis, MN | $4,000 | | Minneapolis Public Schools, Special School District #1 | Walls to Bridges | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | | Minnesota Academy of Science | Operating Support | St. Louis Park, MN | $7,500 | | Minnesota Early Learning Foundation | Operating Support | St Paul, MN | $300,000 | | Minnesota Early Learning Foundation | Operating Support | St Paul, MN | $350,000 | | Minnesota Humanities Center | Global Studies and International Issues Teacher Institute Series | St. Paul, MN | $15,000 | | Minnesota Humanities Center | Multicultural Professional Develoment for Teachers Initiative | St. Paul, MN | $10,000 | | Minnesota Independent School Forum, Inc. | Operating Support | St. Paul, MN | $15,000 | | Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc. | 'New Tools for a New Age in Education Equity: Convenings and Advocacy that Address the Achievement Gap' | St Paul, MN | $15,000 | | Minnesota Planetarium Society | ExploraDome Program at Patrick Henry High School | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | | Minnesota State Council on Economic Education | Operating Expenses | St. Paul, MN | $20,000 | | Namaste Charter School, Inc. | Operating Support | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | | National Council of Jewish Women, Inc. | Stuff for School | St. Louis Park, MN | $10,000 | | Nellie Stone Johnson School | Student Programs | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | | New Albany Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. | Reading is Fundamental/Running Start | New Albany, IN | $8,000 | | Oakland High School | Opening Doors through Virtual Enterprise | Murfreesboro, TN | $4,500 | | Osiris Organization | Osiris Organization Computer Program | Eden Prairie, MN | $10,000 | | Owens Intermediate School | After School Education and Safety Program | Bakersfield, CA | $4,000 | | Page Education Foundation | Operating Support | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | | Page Education Foundation | 20th Anniversary | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | | Petway Elementary School | Programs for Petway Patriots | Vineland, NJ | $2,700 | | Project Adventure, Inc. | Operating Support | Covington, GA | $5,000 | | Read to Succeed, Inc. | Express Yourself Program for Young Writers and Artists and Imagination Center | Murfreesboro, TN | $12,000 | | Ready 4 K | Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) program | St. Paul, MN | $20,000 | | Saint Paul Public Schools | African American Culture Camp | St. Paul, MN | $10,000 | | Southside Family Charter School | Operating Support | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | | The Works | Adventures in Engineering for Minneapolis Kids: Kaleidoscopes and Lap Harps | Edina, MN | $10,000 | | Trinity Lutheran School | Trinity Curriculum Enhancement | Reed City, MI | $8,000 | | University of New Mexico Foundation, Inc. | Central NM Science & Engineering Research Challenge, Central NM Region Science Olympiad, NM State Academic Decathlon | Albuquerque, NM | $6,500 | | Wayzata Public Schools | Young Scientist Roundtable | Wayzata, MN | $5,000 | | | | Higher Education Grants | |
Amount paid in FY 2008: $533,000 | | Organization | Description | Location | Amount |
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| College of St. Scholastica | Increasing Diversity of the Teaching Force in MN | Duluth, MN | $82,500 | | Cumberland County College Foundation | School Counts! | Vineland, NJ | $5,000 | | Dunwoody College of Technology | Youth Career Awareness Program | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | | Kirkwood Community College Foundation | Student of Color Scholarship, Diversity Services Support | Cedar Rapids, IA | $10,000 | | Marion Technical College Development Fund, Inc. | Reality Store | Marion, OH | $8,000 | | Michigan State University Extension | Growing Readers | Reed City, MI | $8,500 | | Missouri Colleges Fund | Teachers First Scholarship Program | Jefferson City, MO | $2,000 | | National Black MBA Association, Twin Cities Chapter | Leadership Camp | Minneapolis, MN | $3,000 | | Northern Essex Community College Foundation, Inc. | Childcare Scholarship Fund | Haverhill, MA | $4,000 | | Northwestern Health Sciences University | Summer Science Academy | Bloomington, MN | $10,000 | | St. Olaf College | Summer Bridge at St. Olaf College | Northfield, MN | $10,000 | | University of Minnesota Foundation | Global Food Safety Systems Initiative | St. Paul, MN | $300,000 | | University of St. Thomas | ThreeSixty | St. Paul, MN | $10,000 | | Wells Academy, Inc. | Apprentice Program | Bemidji, MN | $10,000 | | Youthrive | PeaceJam Day of Service Project | St. Paul, MN | $50,000 | | | | Student Financial Aid Grants | |
Amount paid in FY 2008: $1,243,123 | | Organization | Description | Location | Amount |
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| American Indian College Fund | Tribal College Scholarship Program | Denver, CO | $57,000 | | Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund | Operating Support | Washington, DC | $25,000 | | Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Inc. | Operating Support | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | | Minneapolis Community and Technical College Foundation | The Power of YOU project | Minneapolis, MN | $83,334 | | Minneapolis Community and Technical College Foundation | Power of YOU | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | | National Merit Scholarship Corporation | GMI Scholarship Program | Chicago, IL | $29,780 | | Scholarship America, Inc. | Post High School Scholarship Program 2008 | Saint Peter, MN | $499,375 | | Scholarship America, Inc. | Challenge U - first half payment $177,028 scholarships and $59,606 Management fees | Saint Peter, MN | $236,634 | | United Negro College Fund, Inc. | 2008 MLK Holiday Breakfast Speaker | Minneapolis, MN | $37,000 | | United Negro College Fund, Inc. | Operating Support, MLK Breakfast and Scholarship Support | Minneapolis, MN | $175,000 |
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