Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation
"Leave It Better Than You Found It!"
Grants Awarded in 2005
BGM Schools, Brooklyn, IA
Community Wellness Center
$25,000

Bristow Betterment, Bristow, IA
Playground Equipment
$5,500

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Grant Wood Exhibit
$5,000

CIARAD, Prairie City, IA
Playground Equipment
$10,000

City of Schleswig, Schleswig, IA
Playground Equipment
$1,000

DeWitt Area Foundation, DeWitt, IA
Playground Equipment
$7,500

Eddyville PTO, Eddyville, IA
Playground Equipment
$4,000

FINE Foundation, Des Moines, IA
Staff Development for Grinnell Area Teachers
$20,000

Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Grinnell, IA
Grinnell High School Expansion Project
$500,000 (final payment of $1,000,000 pledge)

Grinnell Area Housing, Grinnell, IA
Excercise Equipment
$400

Grinnell Athletic & Recreation Center, Inc., Grinnell, IA
Maintenance & Capital
$456,189

Grinnell Boy Scouts, Troop 347, Grinnell, IA
Equipment for Krumm Preserve
$620Grinnell Area Arts Council, Grinnell, IA
RAKU Workshops
$2,500

Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Mortar Board Project/MICA & Heiffers for Humanity
$5,000

Grinnell Community Daycare & Preschool, Grinnell, IA
Equipment
$5,800

Grinnell Community Daycare & Preschool, Grinnell, IA
Equipment & Staff Development
$5,000

Grinnell Community Daycare & Preschool, Grinnell, IA
"Musik Garten" Program & Staff Raises
$10,000

Grinnell Community Theatre, Grinnell,IA
"Shakespeare in the Park" Production
$250

Grinnell-Newburg Schools, Grinnell, IA
Golf Equipment
$3,000

Grinnell-Newburg Schools, Grinnell, IA
Imagination Destination
$1,000

Grinnell-Newburg Schools, Grinnell, IA
Iowa Children's Museum Transportation
$200

Grinnell-Newburg Schools, Grinnell, IA
Kindergarten Swimming Lessons
$1,272

Grinnell-Newburg Schools, Grinnell,IA
Special Needs Bus
$10,000

Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, IA
Blueprint for Health Capital Campaign for Renovations
$100,000 (3rd payment of 6 year pledge: $800,000)

Grinnell Trees Forever, Grinnell, IA
GIS Equipment
$7,290

Iowa Children's Museum, Coralville, IA
Grinnell-Newburg Elementary Fees
$131

Iowa Transportation Museum, Grinnell, IA
Capital Campaign for Spaulding Center for Transportation
$10,000 (1st payment of 3 year pledge: $30,000)

Learning Garden Preschool, Grinnell, IA
Equipment
$3,000

Marshalltown Schools, Marshalltown, IA
Hoglan Elementary Playground Equipment
$5,000

Mt. Vernon Community Foundation, Mt. Vernon, IA
Playground Equipment
$5,000

North Tama Community Schools, Traer, IA
Playground Equipment
$5,000

Poweshiek County Fair Foundation, Grinnell, IA
Equipment
$5,000

Poweshiek County Healthy Choices Coalition, Grinnell, IA
Respite Care Program
$5,600

Poweshiek Iowa Development, Grinnell, IA
Entrepreneurship Program
$10,000

Searsboro Fire Department, Searsboro, IA
Fire Truck
$8,500

Stewart Library, Grinnell, IA
Youth Programming
$5,000

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Women's Soccer Program
$10,000 (3rd payment of 3 year pledge: $30,000)

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Human Performance Center Capital Campaign
Ahrens Playground Safety Suite
$50,000 (3rd payment of 5 year pledge: $250,000)

Washington Merry Workers 4H Club, Grinnell, IA
2005 Winner of "Leave It Better" Award
$5,000

Total for 2005
$ 1,313,751
Eddyville Elementary PTO
Playground Equipment
Eddyville, IA
Grinnell High School
Expansion Project
CIARAD, Prairie City, IA
Playground Equipment
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Grant Wood Exhibit
Cedar Rapids, IA
Grinnell Community
Daycare & Preschool,
Equipment, Staff Support, Programs
Grinnell Middle School
Destination Imagination Team
Poweshiek Iowa Development
Entrepreneurship Program
Grinnell, IA