2005 Grant Partners
Window of Joy
Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center
Challenge the public misconception that domestic abuse affects only young women while establishing a core group of mature volunteers to act as mentors and peer educators.
Location/ Region: Fort Dodge/ Surrounding Area/ Central
Amount: $14,230 (total from 2004 and 2005)
Latinas! Stay in School
Young Women's Resource Center
Unite middle school-aged Hispanic girls with successful high school role models to reinforce the importance of staying in school.
Location/ Region: Des Moines/ Central
Amount: $9,628 (total from 2004 and 2005)
KPVL Voices of Women
Radio Postville
Develop women's radio programming to connect with a diverse, multi-lingual, rural population.
Location/ Region: Postville/ Surrounding Area/ North East
Amount: $9,000
Informed Choices: Entrepreneurship for Women and Girls with Disabilities
The Abilities Fund
Expand vocational choices to include entrepreneurship for women and girls with disabilities through focused programming.
Location/ Region: Centerville/ Statewide
Amount: $2,500
Girls on the Move
Northeast Iowa Community College
Expand the 2002 grant project to present a conference and activities on nontraditional career opportunities for 7th and 8th grade girls from rural areas.
Location/ Region: Howard, Allamakee, Winneshiek and Clayton counties/ North East
Amount: $2,800
Girls Bill of Rights Marketing Campaign
Girls Incorporated
Actively involve girls in the planning and implementation of a marketing campaign designed to reach approximately 800 girls with messages empowering girls.
Location/ Region: Sioux City/ West
Amount: $4,000
Act Like A Dreamer
Children and Family Urban Ministries/ The WILD Girls
Encourage 6th- 8th grade girls to explore the power of their creativity by working with a professional actor/director to create an original script about their life experiences.
Location/ Region: Des Moines/ Central
Amount: $5,000