2005 grants awarded arts and Humanities >> ToTal: $1,616,691 Typified by introspection and emotion, the Arts and Humanities focus on understanding and interpreting the human experience. Our donors believe that culture and expression are the products of society, and that healthy cultural and economic communities need to support a diverse artistic atmosphere. Through grants in this area, our donors are supporting cultural opportunities. Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge $55,885 Louisiana Association of Museums $1,000 Arts Council of New Orleans $10,000 Louisiana Naval War Memorial Foundation $2,500 Ballet Austin $3,000 Louisiana Preservation Alliance $2,750 Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs $3,000 Louisiana Public Broadcasting $5,750 Baton Rouge Gallery $3,000 LSU Foundation, LSU Museum of Art $43,050 Baton Rouge Little Theater $7,500 LSU Foundation, Patrons of LSU Opera $11,500 Baton Rouge Opera Guild Inc. $7,324 Mid-City Dance Project Inc. $2,000 Baton Rouge Symphony $30,266 Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico $50,000 Baton Rouge Symphony League $350 Musical Arts Society of New Orleans $1,250 Buddy Stewart Memorial Music Foundation $4,000 National D-Day Museum Foundation Inc. $15,125 Children’s Museum of Lake Charles $4,000 National Trust for Historic Preservation $5,000 Community Fund for the Arts $52,500 National Trust for the Historic Preservation, Shadows on the Teche $100 Contemporary Arts Center $5,000 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Institute $5,000 Douglas Manship Sr. Theater Complex LLC $50,600 New Orleans Museum of Art $250 Foundation for Historical Louisiana Inc. $52,015 New Orleans Opera Association $10,000 Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting $10,125 Ninos de la Nueva Esperanza $10,000 Friends of Magnolia Mound Plantation $5,500 Performing Arts Society of Acadiana Inc. $1,000 Friends of Rosedown Inc. $6,000 Pointe Coupée Historical Society Inc. $1,000 Friends of the Rural Life Museum $12,480 Shaw Center for the Arts $45,333 Higher Ground Relief Fund $818,871 Swine Palace Productions $78,500 Highlands Chamber Music Festival $250 The Original Richland Library Imperial Calcasieu Museum $2,500 Restoration Society Inc. $3,173 Jazz at Lincoln Center $5,000 Theatre Development Fund Inc. $500 Julian Poydras Museum and Arts Council $4,746 Tipitina’s Foundation $15,000 Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum $6,500 University of New Orleans, WWNO FM $1,000 Louisiana Arts & Science Museum $114,597 WWOZ FM $1,000 Louisiana Arts & Science Museum, WYES TV $1,000 Louisiana Challenger Center $28,901 2005 grants awarded community development >> ToTal: $1,331,763 In order to maintain community-wide access to crucial facilities and services, our donors support programs that both supplement and complement existing infrastructures. Designed to fill community needs, our donors have sponsored projects to improve the quality of urban life, promote private phi- lanthropy, and increase the responsiveness of nonprofit agencies. Grants issued in this area contribute to the region’s ability to sustain its people. Area Health Education Center, Robert Martin Maillet Memorial Fund $500 Southeast Louisiana $12,750 Siouxland Chamber Foundation $5,000 Baton Rouge Area Foundation Operating Fund $105,100 South Sioux City Community Foundation $2,436 Baton Rouge Economic & Agricultural Southeastern Council of Foundations $300 Development Alliance (BREADA) $41,500 Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation $40,500 BREADA Small Farm Survival Fund $10,000 West Feliciana Community Foundation Inc. $5,000 Church United for Community Development $5,000 Woodbury County Fair Association Inc. $1,000 City of Baton Rouge $15,750 City Year Inc. $351,900 Committee for A Secure Louisiana $25,000 Community Foundation of Acadiana $100 Double Angel Foundation Inc. $100 Fondo Cordoba, A. C. $2,500 Foundation for A Better Louisiana $12,900 Foundation for the Mid South $5,000 Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership Inc. $86,227 Greater New Orleans Inc. $100,000 Greater Oxford Community Foundation $5,000 Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge $21,000 Leave A Legacy $20,000 Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation $200,000 Melrose East Interfaith Corporation $3,000 Mid City Redevelopment Alliance $8,000 Hurricane Katrina Operation Fund $125,000 Public Affairs Research Council $121,200 2005 grants awarded education >> ToTal: $2,627,146 Dedicated to the ideals of equality and opportunity, our donors continue to underscore the importance of quality education, well-furnished learning facilities, and opportunities for continued scholarship. Through the development of strategic partnerships, our donors are raising public awareness, encouraging greater community involvement, and supporting systemic changes in this area. By improving access to quality education, our programs are enhancing individual lives across the community. Academic Distinction Fund $348,984 Community Association for the Welfare of School Children $5,000 Adult Literacy Advocates of Greater Baton Rouge $7,500 The Deck House School $15,000 Advance Baton Rouge $244,925 De La Salle High School $100 All Saints Episcopal School of Tyler $250 Delta Sigma Theta, Southern University Chapter $1,000 Alpha Kappa Alpha, Southern University Chapter $1,000 The Dunham School $16,891 Alsen/Saint Irma Lee Community Dutchtown High School $100 Enterprise Inc. $10,000 Dyslexia Association of Greater Baton Rouge $7,557 Ann Maxwell Greer Education Initiative Fund $11,000 Eaglebrook School $100 Annunciation Catholic School $1,000 East Baton Rouge Arts and Technology School $250 Archdiocese of New Orleans, East Baton Rouge Parish School System $10,000 Office of Catholic Schools $10,000 Episcopal School $37,316 Ascension Catholic Inter-Parochial Schools $50,000 Fondo Cordoba Educational Fund $2,500 Ascension Fund $95,010 Friends of Rosenwald School Fund $2,500 Baton Rouge Community College Foundation $130,000 Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc. $500 Baton Rouge Magnet High School $14,000 Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership Inc. $40,000 Bosque School $250 Green T. Lindon Elementary School $10,000 C. E. Byrd Alumni Association Memorial Fund $100 Hampshire Country School $1,000 Career Builders of Louisiana $107,400 Harvard University $10,000 Catholic High School $27,735 Iberville Foundation for Academic Excellence $23,621 Centenary College of Louisiana $200 International School of Louisiana $10,400 Chi Omega House Corporation $2,400 Isidore Newman School $10,000 The Children’s Charter School $40,000 Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge $9,400 Children’s Scholarship Fund $10,000 Kappa Alpha Psi, Southern University Chapter $1,000 Christchurch School Foundation $300 League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education $500 New Beginnings Schools Foundation $25,000 Literacy Council of Southwest Louisiana Inc. $500 Newcomb College $2,500 Livonia High School $1,000 NSU Alumni Association Annual Fund $1,000 Louisiana Library Foundation, Louisiana Center $2,000 Paideia School $20,000 Louisiana Resource Center for Educators $161,139 Pensacola Catholic High School $6,000 Louisiana School for the Deaf Foundation $10,000 Phillips Exeter Academy $2,000 Louisiana State University Alumni Association $4,000 Pointe Coupée Parish School Board $14,714 Louisiana Technical College $500 Rev. Ralph F. Howe Jr. Endowment $1,000 LSU Center for Community Engagement $5,000 Reverend Monsignor John A. Weber Seminarian Scholarship Fund $870 LSU College of Arts and Sciences $250 Sacred Heart Cathedral School $4,000 LSU College of Design $1,000 Sapientis Inc. $25,000 LSU College of Engineering $2,010 Southeastern Louisiana University $300 LSU Department of Otolaryngology $1,500 Southern University Foundation $1,500 LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration $1,750 Southfield School $500 LSU Foundation $112,487 St. Aloysius School $3,000 LSU Friends of French Studies $100 St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School $600 LSU Manship School of Mass St. Bonaventure Indian Mission and School $1,000 Communication Excellence Fund $44,600 St. Elizabeth School $20,000 LSU School of Coast and Environment $100 St. George Catholic School $1,250 LSU School of Music $1,500 St. James Episcopal Day School $6,833 LSU Shreveport $1,000 St. John Interparochial School $5,000 Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Community Lecture Series Fund $635 St. John the Evangelist School $1,000 Marietta College $13,000 St. Joseph’s Academy $30,500 McKinley High School Alumni Association $3,500 St. Labre Indian School $300 McNeese State University $1,000 St. Paul Adult Learning Center $6,797 Military Education and Training St. Paul Community Outreach Enhancement Fund Inc. $27,020 Foundation Inc. $3,000 Millsaps College and James Iverson $1,000 St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School $10,000 Milton Academy $25,000 St. Theresa of Avila Catholic School $2,000 Ms. Carla Samuel $500 Stanley Clark School Annual Fund Drive $200,000 Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR) $5,000 Summerbridge of New Orleans Inc. $5,000 Sweet Briar College $15,000 Tabor Academy $100 Teach for America $75,000 Tiger Athletic Foundation $10,000 Tufts University $5,000 Tulane Law School $750 Tulane University $3,100 University Lab School Foundation $144,750 University of Southern Mississippi $10,000 Vanderbilt University/ College of Arts and Sciences $20,000 Vassar College $50,500 Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church $5,500 Volunteers In Public Schools $6,450 Wesley Foundation of Southern University $1,000 West Baton Rouge Foundation for Academic Excellence $24,951 West Feliciana Parish School Board $40,000 WRKF Public Radio Inc. $34,276 Young Leaders’ Academy of Baton Rouge Inc. $21,225 Young Leadership Council (YLC) $5,000 2005 grants awarded environment >> ToTal: $95,509 Realizing that the balance between our environment and human life is delicate, our fund donors are seeking ways to maintain our air, water, and wildlife for future generations. America’s Wetlands Foundation $25,000 Lake Maurepas Society $1,000 Baton Rouge Green $2,159 The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana $27,600 Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council $5,000 Northern Forest Canoe Trail Inc.