Giving topped $10 million in 2005 for the Tom and Frances Leach Foundation.

The foundation is partially responsible for seniors meals, bringing music to the community and providing summer youth camps through numerous grants it gives each year.

It awarded its newest grant recipients at a luncheon Dec. 19 at the Bismarck-Mandan ElksBanquet Hall.

The grants are awarded to organizations that promote arts and humanities, education, human services, medical science and health, and social services. The foundation began in 1955.

Among the 2005 grant recipients were:

Abused Adult Resource Center, Bismarck, $5,000; Burleigh- Morton County American Red Cross, Bismarck, $2,500; Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Bismarck, $5,000; Bismarck Mandan Civic Chorus, $3,500; Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association, Bismarck, $15,000; Bismarck Art and Galleries Association Inc., $3,000; Bismarck Gymnastics Academy Inc., $1,500; Bismarck Law Enforcement Chaplaincy, $2,500; Bismarck Meals on Wheels inc., $9,000; Bismarck Recreation Council, $10,000; Bismarck Recreation Council, $70,000; Bismarck State College Foundation, $3,500; Boy Scouts of America Northern Lights Council No. 429, Bismarck, $5,000; Bridging the Dental Gap inc. Bismarck, $5,000;

Central Dakota Children's Choir, Bismarck, $1,000; Central Dakota Humane Society, Mandan, $2,500; Charles Hall Youth Services, Bismarck, $15,000; Child's Hope Learning Center Inc., Bismarck, $12,000; Crosby Blue-Line Hockey Club, $2,000; Dacotah Foundation, Bismarck, $1,000;

Dakota Stage Limited, Bismarck, $5,000; Fairview Cemetery Association Inc., Bismarck, $3,000; Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Bismarck, $4,000; Fire Youth Rally, Bismarck, $1,500; Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, Mandan, $15,000; Gateway to Science Center Inc., Bismarck, $5,000; Girl Scouts of America Sakakawea Girls Scouts Council, Bismarck, $5,000; Girl Scouts of Northwest North Dakota, Minot, $2,000; International Music Camp, Minot, $43,750;

Jamestown College, $5,000; Jamestown College, $20,000; Mandan Golden Age Services Inc., $4,000; Medcenter One Inc, Bismarck, $68,750; Minot State University, $3,500; Minot State University, $2,000; Missouri River Community Band, Bismarck, $2,000; Missouri Slope Areawide United Way, Bismarck, $20,000; Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra, Bismarck, $1,000;

North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame, Medora, $50,000; North Dakota Elks Charitable Trust, Jamestown, $5,000; North Dakota FFA Foundation Inc., Bismarck, $5,000; North Dakota Community Foundation, Bismarck, $7,500; Northern Plains Ballet, Bismarck, $5,000; Prairie Learning Center Inc., Raleigh, $5,000; Pride Industries inc., Bismarck, $2,500; Ruth Meiers Hospitality House, Bismarck, $12,000;

Salvation Army of Bismarck, $12,500; Scottish Rite Speech Therapy Center, Bismarck, $5,000; Sleepy Hollow Summer Theatre, Bismarck, $10,000; Sleepy Hollow Summer Theatre, Bismarck, $5,000; Solen Cannon Ball School District, Solen, $3,200;

Teen Court, Bismarck, $2,500; THEO Art School of Bismarck, $4,000; Towner Senior Citizens VIP Club Inc., $2,300;

United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, $1,500; Volunteer Caregivers Exchange, Bismarck, $2,500;

Williston State College Foundation, $95,000; Young Life of Bismarck-Mandan, Bismarck, $20,000.