Officials with the Council Bluffs-based Iowa West Foundation have announced they are distributing nearly $4.5 million in grants for the third quarter of 2014. The grants will be used to assist 18 non-profit organizations and governmental entities with funding for area projects. Among the grant recipients, was the Griswold Public Library, which is receiving $1,500 toward technology improvements.

Here is the complete list of grant recipients:

• Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Council Bluffs Latino capacity building/leadership program, $25,000.
• Children’s Square U.S.A., Phase II of Kanesville-Tinley Neighborhood Initiative in Council Bluffs, $158,085.
• City of Dedham, baseball field improvements and playground construction, $10,000.
• Council Bluffs Public School District, Iowa West Foundation initiative for School Administrative Managers and summer school programing, $2,957,218.
• Community Education Foundation, grants for improved educational opportunities in Council Bluffs classrooms, $33,500.
• Council Bluffs Senior Center Inc., locker room renovation and equipment upgrades, $150,000.
• Credit Advisors Foundation, financial management counseling for residents in the Council Bluffs region, $10,000.
• Downtown Omaha Inc. Foundation, 2014 Holiday Lights Festival, $15,000.
• Griswold Public Library, technology improvements for patrons of Griswold library, $1,500.
• Heartland Family Service, “Iowa Family Works” residential substance abuse treatment, $175,000.
• Iowa West Foundation, update of Council Bluffs entryway towers on West Broadway to LED lighting, $671,492.
• Iowa Western Community College Foundation, programming at the Arts Center in Council Bluffs, $30,000.
• Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska, expansion of legal services into southwest Iowa, $60,681.
• Lewis Central Community School District With Heartland Family Service, an Iowa West Foundation Initiative for a mental health program, $150,943.
• Live Well Council Bluffs, CURB: “Creating Ultimate Residential Beautification,” $60,000.
• Manning Betterment Foundation, Manning child care center renovation, $12,500.
• Opera Omaha, for season production of Rigolett, A Flowering Tree, and Fidelio, $30,000.
• Pottawattamie County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Network, general operating support, $30,000.