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

George W. Neilson Foundation - Schedule of Grants 2005
 

Name

Project

Grant Approved

Am.Red Cross-N.Star Chapter

Equipment repair-Lifeline prog.

$5,000.00

Beltrami Cty Historical Society

Multimedia Projector

$6,395.00

Bemidji Community Arts Council

Computers & Equipment

$10,700.00

Bemidji HS Band Program

Uniforms

$36,838.00

Bemidji State University

Wetlands Ecology Chair

$200,000.00*

Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji

Building Pledge

$100,000.00***

Cass Lake Fire Department

Help w/Purchase Tanker Truck

$15,525.00

Concordia Language Villages

Russian Language Camp

$50,000.00*****

Courage Center

Van for Transport of Campers

$51,500.00

Evergreen House

Transition House Remodel

$23,000.00

Family Advocacy Ctr

Start-up Costs

$29,000.00

Headwaters Science Center

Indian Culture & Science

$7,500.00

Healthy Comm. Healthy Kids

Office Equip/Tele.System

$9,334.00

Hope House-Comm.Supp.Sys.

Phone System

$3,845.00

ISD#31 Academic Awards Prog.

Academic & Senior Awards

$1,000.00

ISD#31 Deaf/Hard of Hearing

The "Deaf Duckling" Play

$1,700.00

Lakeland Public Television

Equipment

$45,000.00

MeritCare Clinic Bemidji

Speaker - Kindness Project

$1,500.00

MHAS-Neilson Spearhead Ctr

Surveying/Fencing, etc.

$75,000.00

North Country Health Services

KNC Skilled Nursing Facility

$400,000.00**

Northern Artists Assn.

Computer System

$2,853.00

Northern Elementary PTO

Playground Equipment

$15,000.00

ODC

Bus Shelter Constr.Materials

$6,846.00

Red Lake Homeless Shelter

Furnishings/Off.Equip

$15,000.00

Senior Nutrition Program

Meals on Wheels/Sr.Meals

$10,000.00

Solway Fire Department

Help w/Purchase Pumper Trk

$24,000.00

Totals

$1,148,536.00

*

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 the Katharine Neilson Cram Skilled Care Facility to be paid in 5 equal installments of $400,00 per yr through 2006. $1,600,000 has been paid through YE2005. Add'l $209,000 was pledged for 2007.

***

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, $100,000 in 2005($65,000 if this was prepaid for 2006), $235,000 in 2006, & $350,000 in 2007.

*****

Grant of $250,000 to Concordia Language Village for the Russian Language Camp will be paid $50,000 in 2005, $50,000 in 2006, & $150,000 in 2007.

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