Woods Charitable Fund
EDUCATION
Bright Lights, Inc. $20,500
To help support a new Fundraising Coordinator and website updates for this organization that for 22 years has provided inclusive, unique summer learning opportunities for area youth
Informal Educators $3,000
To support efforts of the Informal Educators' network, a membership group comprised of museums, nature centers, libraries and performing arts organizations, to plan and implement Teachers' Night Out, an event for K-12 teachers to network and learn from speakers about informal educational opportunities
Lincoln Children's Zoo $15,000
For organizational technology improvements to allow the Zoo to maintain comprehensive and efficient records of its members, guests, donors and program users
Lincoln Literacy Council  
Second payment of a two-year $90,000 grant for the English Language Academy (ELA) project, to extend the organization's administrative and pedagogical strengths to several collaborating ethnic and faith-based community partners in order to enhance and increase Lincoln's English language services $45,000
First payment of a $74,600 renewal grant for the ELA (see above) $44,600
Madonna Foundation $10,000
Second payment of a two-year $30,000 grant for the expansion of the rehabilitation hospital's on-site learning center for children, which dedicates itself to helping students with acquired disabilities successfully integrate back into their regular school environments
Malaika Foundation $7,500
For financial support of teachers from Title I schools in Lincoln to attend the International Education symposium, Bringing the World to Your Classroom, which offers teachers the knowledge and resources to help students understand and appreciate their own culture in relation to other cultures at home and abroad
Union College $6,500
Toward the planning and development of a program to help transition Lincoln students with disabilities into high school, college and adult life, in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln Public Schools and Nebraska Advocacy Services
YMCA of Lincoln $20,000
Second-payment of a three-year $60,000 grant to support before and after-school programming for low income children in grades K-8 who will be served at the new northwest YMCA to be co-located with the Lincoln Public Schools' new middle school
TOTAL EDUCATION $172,100
Woods Charitable Fund  •  PO Box 81309  •  Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
info@woodscharitable.org  •  (402) 436-5971  •  Fax (402) 742-0123