Grant Award Program
Information [ CLICK HERE ] 2008 DRA Grant Awards (FY2007)

  Organization          Project  Awarded

  ABA Museum Foundation      Provide funding for computers        $2,000.00

Alzheimers Association        Provide funding for Helpline and Early Stage materials   $2,700.00

America River Corporation    Provide funding for fencing and crowd control equipment          $10,000.00

  American Legion Bellevue     Provide funding for new roof          $2,000.00

American Legion Farley        Provide funding for windows, doors and tuck pointing Legion building    $2,000.00

  American Red Cross provide funding for office funiture     $1,000.00

AMVETS Post 13 Dubuque   Provide funding for uniforms for funerals and parades    $1,260.00

AMVETS Post 62 Andrew     Provide funding for paving parking lot           $2,500.00

Andrew Community School District    Provide funding for laptop computers           $4,500.00

Andrew Fire Department       Provide funding for turnout gear      $4,575.00

Apple River Middle School    Provide funding for a security system           $4,000.00

Aquin Early Childhood Center           Provide funding for fire safety regulations upgrade        $5,000.00

Aquin Elementary School      Provide funding for science lab furnishings     $7,500.00

Archbishop Hennessy School New Vienna Center      provide funding for a mobile learning lab        $4,450.00

Archbishop Hennessy School Petersburg Center       Provide funding for shelves and new books for library    $3,500.00

Area Residential Care          Provide funding for a security system           $7,500.00

Asbury City of         Provide funding for a message center         $10,000.00

Asbury Fire Department        Provide funding for rescue air bags  $2,500.00

Association of Fundraising Professionals      Provide funding for fundraising seminar        $5,000.00

Audubon Elementary School FSO     Provide funding for "First In Math" program   $5,400.00

Audubon School       Provide funding for reading program $4,958.75

Baldwin City of         Provide funding for pump house starter         $2,264.50

Baldwin Volunteer Fire Department    Provide funding for new nozzles      $1,000.00

Balltown City of        Provide funding for welcome signs   $4,500.00

Beckman Endowment Corporation     Provide funding for a security system           $8,000.00

Bell Tower Productions         Provide funding for the purchase of a copier and computer          $5,568.00

  Bellevue Ambulance Service Provide funding for defibrillators      $5,000.00

Bellevue Community School District  Provide funding for a sound system at the elementary school    $5,000.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  Benton Fire Department        Provide funding for turnout gear and radio/pagers         $3,500.00

Bernard Community Fire Association Provide funding for SCBA cylinders  $3,900.00

Bernard Elementary School   Provide funding for white boards     $3,952.35

Bethany Home         Provide funding for new geriatric chairs        $1,762.21

Boys and Girls Club of Dubuque       Provide funding for remodeling kitchen         $4,500.00

Briggs Elementary School     Provide funding for a mobile computer lab      $4,000.00

Bryant Family Organization   Provide funding for student desks    $5,000.00

Bryant School          Provide funding for a Native American Arts Project       $2,000.00

Camp Albrecht Acres           Provide funding for wood burning unit to heat swimming pool           $10,000.00

  Camp Courageous of Iowa    Provide funding for a security system         $10,000.00

Cardinal Elementary School Maquoketa        Provide funding for "Scholastic Reading Counts" program          $3,000.00

  Carnegie Stout Public Library Foundation      Provide funding for self check machines      $20,000.00

Cascade City of       Provide funding for automatic door openers at city hall and public library          $6,600.00

  Cascade Elementary School Provide funding for whiteboards      $3,952.35

Cascade Music Boosters      Provide funding for new band equipment        $4,854.00

Cascade Volunteer Fire Department  Provide funding for washer extractor and dryer           $2,500.00

Central Illinois Greyhound Adoption Inc        Provide funding for vet fees         $10,000.00

Clarke College         Provide funding for a laboratory classroom   $10,000.00

Colesburg Public Library       Provide funding to purchase literacy materials    $822.00

Colts           Provide funding for new truck       $15,000.00

Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque   Provide funding to develop a training program for a nonprofit organizations       $4,000.00

  Concerned Church Women of Platteville        Provide funding for new roof          $2,500.00

DAC Inc       Provide funding for a furnace         $4,000.00

Delaware Dubuque Jackson County Regional Authority         Provide funding for conference room furnishings          $6,000.00

Delhi Fire Department           Provide funding for deck mounted attack nozzle           $2,500.00

Dickeyville Paris Fire Dept    Provide funding for pagers $3,000.00

Dickeyville Rescue Squad    Provide funding for an oxygen delivery system $1,331.77

Divine Word College  Provide funding for handicap restrooms        $5,000.00

Dubuque Arboretum Association       Provide funding to make the English Garden more accessible to wheelchair bound patrons      $10,600.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  Dubuque Area Labor Harvest           Purchase food for give-away and meal program        $12,000.00

Dubuque Area Labor Management Council     Provide funding for promoting "Education to Employment" program         $2,500.00

  Dubuque Arts Council          Provide funding for concerts          $9,000.00

Dubuque Audubon Society    Provide funding for a SeeCoast Scope          $3,593.61

Dubuque Childrens Zoo Boosters      Provide funding for paving entrance road and a portion of the parking lot           $7,000.00

  Dubuque Community School District  Provide funding for a security system at the Forum       $6,000.00

Dubuque Community School District Foundation        Provide funding for the "Heartwood Ethics Curriculum"  $3,000.00

Dubuque Community Y         Provide funding to create a wellness program           $17,500.00

Dubuque Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse   Provide funding for nurturing program and respite care   $3,500.00

Dubuque County Extension   Provide funding for a conference room and computer lab furnishings         $10,000.00

  Dubuque County Fair Association     Provide funding for a security and surveillance system   $5,000.00

Dubuque County Library       Provide funding for a disc repair system        $4,000.00

Dubuque County Safe Youth Coalition          Provide funding for team building curriculum and equipment        $4,000.00

  Dubuque Elks Lodge #297    Provide funding for food and equipment storage room construction    $3,000.00

  Dubuque Food Pantry Inc     Provide funding for food    $4,990.00

Dubuque Girls Independent League   Provide funding for catcher equipment          $1,500.00

Dubuque Humane Society     Purchase "Companion Habitats" for small mammals, reptiles and birds $10,000.00

  Dubuque Jo Daviess County Crime Stoppers Provide funding for one billboard campaign     $4,660.00

Dubuque Kiwanis Club          Provide funding for repairs to the food stand at the fair grounds   $2,000.00

  Dubuque Little League         Provide funding for equipment and clinic        $7,072.00

Dubuque Main Street Ltd      Provide funding for satellite office in warehouse district  $5,000.00

Dubuque Montessori School Inc.      Provide funding for classroom materials for toddler classroom      $2,500.00

  Dubuque Museum of Art       Provide funding for a copier           $3,500.00

Dubuque Regional AIDS Coalition      Provide funding for medical bills and emergency expenses       $10,000.00

  Dubuque Senior High School Music Boosters Provide funding for tympanis         $9,739.00

Dubuque Soccer Alliance      Provide funding for fencing $5,000.00

Dubuque Symphony Orchestra         Provide funding for community concerts      $10,000.00

Dubuque Thunderbirds Booster Club Provide funding for a skate sharpener and stick racks    $5,000.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  Dubuque Youth Hockey Association  Provide funding for jerseys and equipment bags          $2,796.00

Dyersville Commercial Club   Provide funding for exterior of park pavilion    $6,720.00

Dyersville Elementary School           Provide funding for multi-media system        $1,500.00

Dyersville Farmers Community Fire Dept       Provide funding for fire hoses and nozzles      $2,489.50

Dyersville Progress Inc        Provide funding for painting group homes       $2,500.00

Dyersville Rural Community Food Pantry       Provide funding for food    $3,402.00

Earlville Fire & Ambulance Department          Provide funding for SCBA cylinders  $4,000.00

East Central Community Elementary School Sabula   Provide funding for non fiction books $1,471.42

East Central Community High School Miles    Provide funding for a security system           $5,000.00

East Dubuque Volunteer Fire Dept    Provide funding for truck equipment  $2,500.00

East Dubuque Youth Football League           Provide funding for safety equipment $3,500.00

Edgewood City of     Provide funding for a handicapped accessible shelter with restrooms          $3,000.00

  Eisenhower Elementary School         Provide funding for reading materials           $5,000.00

Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School      Provide funding for library books     $3,000.00

Elizabeth Community Ambulance Service      Provide funding for a cardiac monitor           $5,000.00

Epworth Athletic Club Inc     Provide funds for announcer booth and storage building  $7,000.00

Epworth City of        Provide funding for replacement of park shelter           $5,000.00

Epworth Community Fire Department Provide funding for firefighting nozzles          $3,500.00

Epworth Community Volunteer Firemen         Provide funding for training room table and chairs for new firehouse.          $4,000.00

  Farley City of           Provide funding for restrooms for West Side Park        $4,000.00

Farm Safety Just 4 Kids       Provide funding for safety program equipment $1,894.67

Fennimore Area Foundation   Provide funding for picnic tables      $2,844.60

Finley Health Foundation      Provide funding for rehabilitation unit upgrade           $10,000.00

Four Mounds Foundation      Provide funding for renovation of the "White House" at Four Mounds   $5,000.00

  Four Oaks of Dubuque         Provide funding for a Gymnasium Utilization project     $3,000.00

Franciscan Sisters of Dubuque         Provide funding for a handicap accessible bus $7,500.00

Friends of Dubuque Co Conservation Board   Provide funding for projector and screen for media room $1,500.00

  Friends of Mines of Spain     Provide funding for a projector        $5,000.00

Friends of the Bellevue Public Library           Provide funding for creation of a Young Adult area        $4,000.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  Friends of the Carnegie Stout Public Library  Provide funding for a kiosk in the Friends book sale area          $10,800.00

  Friends of the James Kennedy Public Library           Provide funding for the development of a "Early Literacy Station" program $2,500.00

  Fulton Intermediate Center    Provide funding for a book room      $4,800.00

G & G Living Centers           Provide funding for sensory equipment for the Autism Activity Program   $8,000.00

  Galena Unit School District #120      Provide funding for radios  $2,340.00

George Washington Carver Elementary         Provide funding for instructional text $3,000.00

George Washington Middle School PTA        Provide funding for calculators          $701.25

Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois          Provide funding for fencing $2,500.00

Grand Opera House  Provide funding for office technology upgrade  $2,500.00

Grant Regional Health Center           Provide funding for a mammogram tracking program    $5,000.00

Great Midwestern Education Theatre Co       Provide funding for a portable bubble for outdoor venues $1,520.00

  Guttenberg Ambulance Service        Provide funding for hydraulic cots    $5,000.00

Hempstead Senior High School         Provide funding for kilns in art department    $10,000.00

Hillcrest Family Services      Provide funding for safety and sanitation items at various group homes         $10,000.00

  Hills and Dales         Provide funding for a security system at the Early childhood Center      $10,000.00

  Holy Cross North Buena Vista Fire Department         Provide funding for extraction gloves and lighting         $4,000.00

Holy Cross Parish    Provide funding for paving parking lot           $3,000.00

Holy Family Catholic Church  Provide funding for church addition   $5,000.00

Holy Ghost Church Dubuque Provide funding for snow and lawn equipment  $3,500.00

Holy Ghost School Dubuque Provide funding for a security system           $4,999.00

Holy Trinity Catholic Church Dubuque           Provide funding for lighting upgrade  $2,500.00

Hoover Elementary School    Provide funding for non fiction books $4,000.00

Hopkinton Fire Department    Provide funding for an air compressor          $4,000.00

Irving Elementary School      Provide funding for classroom amplification system      $4,515.00

Izaak Walton League-Dubuque         Provide funding for handicap accessible restrooms       $4,600.00

Jackson County Agricultural Extension District         Provide funding for the "Growing in the Garden and Summer Discovery program"      $2,193.00

  Jackson County Historical Society    Provide funding for new windows    $3,000.00

Jamestown Volunteer Fire Department          Provide funding for rescue equipment and nozzle         $2,096.03

Jamison Museum Association Inc     Provide funds for exhibit cases       $1,600.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  Jefferson Middle School       Provide funding for presentation carts           $6,033.75

Jo Daviess County Haz Mat Team    Provide funding for portable multi-gas detection instruments        $1,504.20

  Jones County Conservation Board    Provide funding for renovation of the nature center        $4,000.00

Junior Achievement of the Heartland Provide funding to implement an elementary school program which teaches to basic concepts of business and economics    $10,000.00

  Kennedy Elementary School Provide funding for white boards     $4,000.00

Keystone AEA         Provide funding for assistive devices for students with disabilities   $4,794.55

  LaMotte Fire & Rescue         Provide funding for a stair chair, trauma kits and safety vests  $3,500.00

  LaSalle Catholic School Holy Cross Center    Provide funding for new windows    $3,500.00

LaSalle Catholic School Luxenburg Center    Provide funding for a phone/intercom system  $2,000.00

League of Women Voters of Dubuque           Provide funding for computer and publishing of political directory  $2,500.00

  Lincoln Elementary School    Provide funding for DVD players, camcorders and TVs  $2,500.00

Linwood Cemetery Association         Provide funding for repair and refurbish of 1860 Sexton House  $5,000.00

  Loras College          Provide funding for new observatory/planetarium       $18,838.00

Luther Manor           Provide funding for beds   $4,000.00

Lutheran Services in Iowa    Provide funding for a phone system  $3,000.00

Luxemburg City of    Provide funding for ball diamond equipment    $5,000.00

Make A Wish Foundation of IA Dubuque Committee   Provide a special wish for a child with a life-threatening medical condition in the Dubuque area          $10,000.00

  Manchester Fire Department Provide funding for a emergency power generator.       $5,000.00

Maquoketa Area Community Foundation        Provide funding for grant management software          $2,500.00

Maquoketa City of    Provide funding for surveillance system        $6,000.00

Maquoketa Valley Community School District Provide funding for a surveillance system     $4,000.00

Marquette High School         provide funding for laptop computers $3,000.00

Marshall Elementary School  Provide funding for a document imager         $2,500.00

Mercy Medical Center          Provide funding for playground equipment    $10,000.00

Mississippi Valley Promise    Provide funding for office start-up equipment $10,950.00

Monticello Fire Department    Provide funding for SCBA units       $2,500.00

Monticello High School         Provide funding for digital microscopes         $3,500.00

Mt. Pleasant Home   Provide funding for remodeling showers        $2,500.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  National Alliance on Mental Illness    Provide funding for awareness campaign       $2,000.00

National Education Center for Agricultural Safety      Provide funding for trailer  $3,000.00

National Farm Toy Museum   Provide funding for permanent display in the entrance    $5,000.00

Nativity Parish Dubuque       Provide funding to replace sidewalks and construct a handicap ramp    $6,366.00

  New Vienna Luxemburg Comm Fire Dept       Provide funding for rescue equipment and nozzles        $2,500.00

Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation         Provide funding for a dishwasher and media system     $8,500.00

Northeast Iowa Community College Peosta    Provide funding for videoconferencing equipment and disability equipment and software  $18,856.00

  Northeast Iowa Council Boy Scouts of America         Provide funding for a heavy duty tractor mower           $5,000.00

Ohnward Fine Arts Center     Provide funding for music stands, lights and a ladder.    $3,000.00

Opening Doors         Provide funding for Teresa Shelter upgrades   $3,863.45

Peosta Community Center    Provide funding for safety netting for outdoor fields        $3,500.00

Placid Athletic Association   Provide funding for an electric scoreboard for ball fields and equipment $2,000.00

  Potosi Brewery Foundation   Provide funding for construction and furnishing of the meeting/community room   $17,745.00

  Prescott School       Provide funding for outdoor tables    $4,000.00

Preston Community Schools Provide funding for renovation of the computer lab        $5,000.00

Preston Fire Department       Provide funding for turnout gear      $2,000.00

Project Concern       Provide funding for in-depth survey of all human and social service agencies to determine gaps in service     $2,000.00

  Quad Cities Greyhound Adoption      Provide funding for greyhound adoption         $5,000.00

Resurrection Childrens Center          Provide funding for playground equipment      $5,000.00

Resurrection School Dubuque          Provide funding for exterior doors and access control    $7,500.00

Rickardsville Athletic Club    Provide funding for a new sound system        $5,531.61

Riverview Center      Provide funding for laptop computers           $1,000.00

Sabula Volunteer Fire Department     Provide funding for rescue boat motor          $2,000.00

Sacred Heart Child Care Maquoketa  Provide funding for child care area construction           $2,500.00

Sacred Heart School Maquoketa       Provide funding for a mobile computer lab      $5,000.00

Sageville Elementary School Provide funding for a digital camera center     $2,000.00

Salvation Army        Provide funding for food  $10,000.00

Seton Catholic School Epworth         provide funding for Early Literacy materials    $3,000.00

Seton Catholic School Farley           Provide funding for a security system         $10,000.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  Seton Catholic School Peosta          Provide funding for conference room table and chairs    $2,833.00

Shalom Retreat Center         Provide funding for a new roof        $4,000.00

Sherrill Fire Protection Association    Provide funding for rescue equipment           $3,000.00

Southwestern Community School District      Provide funding for a security system           $3,500.00

Special Olympics Iowa         Provide funding for Special Olympics Iowa Winter Games in Dubuque       $20,000.00

  Springbrook Volunteer Fire & EMS    Provide funding for turnout gear      $2,500.00

SS Andrew Thomas School Potosi    Provide funding for math program    $2,500.00

St. Anthony School  Provide funding for enhancements to the music program           $5,000.00

  St. Boniface Church New Vienna      Provide funding for fire rated doors   $3,000.00

St. Catherine Church St. Catherine   Provide funding for upgrading electrical, doors and lighting          $4,000.00

  St. Clement School Lancaster          Provide funding for handicap entrance          $5,000.00

St. Columbkille Church         Provide funding for HVAC units in rectory      $2,500.00

St. Columbkille School         Provide funding for a public address system   $2,500.00

St. Donatus Parish   Provide funding for handrails         $2,475.00

St. Francis Xavier Basilica    Provide funding for street lights       $4,900.00

St. John Lutheran Church Dubuque   Provide funding for sidewalk and flooring       $4,000.00

St. Joseph Church Bellevue  Provide funding for restoration of stain glass windows    $3,000.00

St. Joseph Church Key West           Provide funding for doors  $3,000.00

St. Joseph Parish Hazel Green        Provide funding for new HVAC       $5,000.00

St. Joseph School Bellevue  Provide funding for microscopes     $3,520.00

St. Joseph The Worker Early Childhood Center Dubuque       Provide funding for playground equipment      $5,000.00

St. Joseph The Worker Parish Dubuque        Provide funding for handicap accessible door operators at main entrance          $4,000.00

  St. Mark Community Center  Provide funding for computers and software    $3,000.00

St. Mary Child Care  Provide funding for replacement of windows   $4,000.00

St. Mary Immaculate Conception School Guttenberg  Provide funding for a copy machine  $3,000.00

St. Mary School Manchester Provide funding for fire safety regulations upgrade        $4,000.00

St. Mary School Platteville    Provide funding for a security system           $5,000.00

St. Matthias Parish   Provide funding for a new furnace    $9,375.00

St. Patrick Church Dubuque  Provide funding for Wednesday Night meal program     $5,000.00

        


  Organization          Project  Awarded

  St. Paul School Worthington Provide funding for white boards     $2,000.00

St. Raphael Cathedral          Provide funding for replacement windows      $5,000.00

St. Vincent de Paul  Provide funding for a new truck and box.      $15,000.00

Step By Step           Provide funding for restoration and renovation of Bluff Street to meet ADA requirements  $10,000.00

  Stonehill Benevolent Foundation       Provide funding for equipment in the skilled nursing unit           $10,000.00

Table Mound Elementary School       Provide funding for portable science stations   $3,500.00

Tri State Independent Blind Society  Provide funding for renovation of the Low Vision Center  $5,000.00

Tri State Wind Symphony     Provide funding for percussion equipment      $2,500.00

Trinity Square Daycare         Provide funding for a security system           $4,000.00

United Churches of Galena Food Pantry       Provide funding for food, new freezer and waiting area furniture $10,000.00

  United Way Services Inc      Provide funding for new HVAC system       $10,000.00

Visiting Nurse Association    Provide funding for paving sidewalks and driveways     $5,000.00

Wahlert High School Provide funding for a mobile computer lab.   $10,000.00

Warren Fire Department        Provide funding for rescue tools      $1,250.00

Wayne Drexler Elementary School    provide funding for "Connecting Math and Literacy" program       $4,998.01

  Wayne Drexler Middle School           Provide funding for "Activeexpression" classroom response system       $3,700.00

  West Delaware High School  Provide funding for curriculum redesign        $5,000.00

West Delaware Junior Kindergarten   Provide funding for math and science manipulative       $1,250.00

Western Dubuque High School Epworth        Provide funding for security system  $7,500.00

Western Dubuque School District      Provide funding for classroom library           $3,905.00

Winskill Elemenary School    Provide funding for "SRA Reading Mastery Plus" curriculum        $2,500.00

  Worthington City of   Provide funding for a new park shelter