You know that Uptown Friday Nights is a lot of fun, but did you know that the proceeds are given back to the community? To date, the Cedar Rapids Jaycees have donated more than $330,000 of Uptown profits to local charitable organizations.

And with your help, we hope to give more than ever this summer! Through our Community Development Grants, we will present donations during the Uptown Friday Nights season. Our members have selected several local organizations that will each receive $1,000 at one of our concerts.

List of organizations receiving donations since 2001 (number of donations in parenthesis):

Aid to Women (2)
Alzheimer's Association (4)
American Cancer Society (4)
American Heart Association (3)
American Red Cross (3)
American Red Cross: Hurricane Katrina Relief ($20,000 donation)
Angel Wings
ARC of East Central Iowa (3)
Basket of Hope
Big Brothers, Big Sisters (4)
Boy Scouts (3)
Boys and Girls Club (3)
C.R. Elementary/Middle School Libraries (2)
C.R. Symphony
Camp Courageous (4)
Catherine McAuley Center (2)
Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic (3)
Cedar Rapids Police Dept - Dog vests
Cedar River Shelters (3)
Cedar Valley Humane Society (3)
Central YMCA (3)
Children of Promise, a program of the Community Corrections Improvement Association
Children's Miracle Network (2)
CR Community Schools
CRPD K9 Unit
Dance Marathon, U of I, CMN (2)
Four Oaks (2)
Freedom Festival (2)
Greene Square Park (4)
H.D. Youth Center (4)
Habitat for Humanity (6)
HD Youth Center
Heart Connection (5)
Hospice of Iowa City (2)
Hospice - St Lukes
Humane Society
Iowa Jaycees (Outstanding Young Iowan)
Jane Boyd Community House (4)
Junior Achievement (3)
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (2)
Linn County Trail Association (2)
Madge Phillips Center (5)
Make-A-Wish Foundation (6)
MDA (2)
Metro Youth Football (2)
Multiple Sclerosis
Olivet Neighborhood Mission (2)
Salvation Army (4)
Sheltered Reality
Shriners Children's Hospital
Tanager Place (4)
Theatre of Cedar Rapids (2)
Toys for Tots
Variety Club
Willis Daddy Shelter (3)
Witwer Senior Center (4)
Young Parent Network (3)