Casey’s General Stores, through its Cash for Classrooms program, is awarding $900,000 in grants to 80 public and nonprofit private schools in 17 states. The annual Cash for Classrooms program provides grants of up to $50,000 to support physical improvements to school buildings and playgrounds, requests for books and educational materials, and community engagement and extracurricular activities. Since 2020, more than 400 grants totaling nearly $5 million have been awarded to schools by Casey’s, whose headquarters is in Ankeny. Included in this year’s grants is one for $40,000 to West Branch High School in eastern Iowa. The grant will be used to buy band instruments for students without the resources to do so. Cash for Classrooms grant applications will reopen in the fall of 2025.