George W. Neilson Foundation - Helping the Bemidji Area help itself
 

George W. Neilson Foundation - Schedule of Grants 2004
 

Name

Project

Grant Approved

Academy of Lifelong Learning

Speaker Programming

$4,800.00

Alaska Volunteer Fire Dept

Help Purch Pumper Truck

$6,000.00

American Legion / VFW

Purch."Taps" Bugle

$525.00

Beltrami County 4-H

Summer Intern Program

$2,700.00

Beltrami Cty Historical Society

Computer Equipment

$5,500.00

Bemidji Community Theatre

Holiday Program

$5,000.00

Bemidji Cross Ctry Ski Club

Trailing Grooming Equip

$50,000.00

Bemidji Girls Fastpitch

Restroom Facilities

$77,000.00

Bemidji Green Up!

10,000 Tree Planting

$10,000.00

Bemidji Gymnastics Club

Replace Practice Floor Sys.

$23,000.00

Bemidji Police Department

Fitness Equipment

$11,260.82

Bemidji State University

Wetlands Ecology Chair

$84,000.00*

Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji

Building Pledge

$265,000.00***

Camp Dellwater

Playground Equipment

$7,500.00

Deaf & Hard of Hrg Services

Visual Smoke Detectors

$2,500.00

Headwaters Sch.of Music/Arts

Building Renovation

$37,000.00

Headwaters Science Center

Cons. Vol. in Schools Prog.

$16,042.00

Headwaters Science Center

Cptr & Office Equipment

$5,000.00

ISD#31 Bemidji High School

Academic & Senior Awards

$1,000.00

North Country Health Services

KNC Skilled Nursing Facility

$300,000.00**

NW Indian Opport.Ind. Center

H.Care Trng & Emp.Prog.

$43,000.00

Paul Bunyan Playhouse

Improv/Equip

$50,000.00

St.Mary's Mission School

Building Campaign

$10,000.00

Totals

$1,016,827.82

*

Grant of $1 Million to BSU for the GWN Chair in Wetlands Ecology to be paid in five equal installments.
$800,000 has been paid through YE2004. One year is remaining on this pledge.

**

Grant of $2 Million to NCHS for Neilson Place is to be paid in 5 equal
installments of $400,00 per yr through 2006. $1,200,000 has been paid through YE2004..

***

Grant of $1,050,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Bemidji to be paid in five installments, 2003-2007.
$100,000 pd in 2003, $265,000 pd in 2004.

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George W. Neilson Foundation P O Box 692 Bemidji, MN 56619-0692 Telephone 218-444-GWNF (4963)