Environmental/Natural Resources Grants Awarded FY 2004-2005

June 1, 2004 – May 31, 2005

ORGANIZATION AMOUNT   DESCRIPTION OF GRANT
Central Florida Zoological Society, Inc.
$ 150,000   Capital campaign grant (5th / final payment)
Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc. $ 20,000   2005 Educational Alliance for a Sustainable FL project
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute $ 78,000   Sea turtle tracking project
Lobster Conservancy $ 40,000   Juvenile lobster monitoring program
Nature Conservancy $ 25,000   Coral reefs project support
New England Aquarium
$ 39,200   Lobster research
Perry Institute for Marine Science $ 46,750   Research projects in Bahamas and Belize
Student Conservation Association $ 20,000   Support for environmental program
Texas Tech University
$ 35,000   Swine welfare sensory research
University of Maine Foundation / Friends of Lobster Institute $ 18,750   Endowment campaign support for Lobster Institute (3rd payment)
TOTAL Environmental/Natural Resources  
$ 472,700    
Other      
Volunteer Florida Foundation
$ 1,000,000   Hurricane relief (monies drawn from corpus)
Darden Dimes $ 500,000   Match to employee campaign
Heart of Florida United Way
$ 310,000   Match for employees’ campaign plus hurricane support
Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Greater Orlando $ 15,000   Support for Hispanic business initiatives
Florida Tax Watch $ 37,500   Florida Educational System project support
Univ. of Central FL Disney/SBA Entrepreneur Center $ 25,000   Individual and Small Business Initiative project
National Hispana Leadership Institute $ 10,000   Executive and Youth Leadership project support
TOTAL Other  
$ 1,897,500    

 

Total for FY 04-05 $ 4,121,893  
Special Funds from Corpus for Volunteer Florida Foundation $ 1,000,000  
Total for FY 03-04 $ 3,160,986  
Total for FY 02-03 $ 3,999,763  
Special Funds from Corpus for University of Central Florida – Rosen Hospitality School $ 2,100,001  
Total for FY 01-02 $ 3,400,464  
Total for FY 00-01 $ 2,661,639  
Total for FY 99-00 $ 2,130,500  
Special Funds from Corpus for Orlando Science Center $ 300,000  
Total for FY 98-99 $ 1,903,425  
Total for FY 97-98 $ 1,600,588  
Total for FY 96-97 $ 1,836,913 *
Total for FY 95-96 $ 2,281,754 **
Total for FY 88-95 (as part of General MilIs, Inc) $ 7,515,147 ***
Total Foundation Grants (Including Corpus Funding) Awarded FY 88-05  
$ 38,013,073  

* Includes $20,000 carryover from GMI
** Includes $136,743 carryovers from GMI
*** Includes $699,743 carryovers from GMI