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George W. Neilson Foundation - Schedule of Grants 2006

Name Project Grant Approved
Adult Day Services Help Purchase Van $11,336.58
Bemidji Concert Series Artist Fees/Support $10,000.00
Bemidji Community Food Shelf Venison Donation Program $10,000.00
Bemidji Fire Department Safety Breathing Apparatus $20,000.00
Bemidji Senior Nutrition Program Equipment $1,300.00
Beltrami County 4H Youth Prog. Trapshooting Equipment $6,500.00
Beltrami County Humane Soc. Heating/AC/Misc.Equip $40,124.00
Beltrami County Sheriffs Dept Canine Unit Support $15,000.00
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Building Pledge $235,000.00 ***
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Pre-Pay 2007 Bldg Pledge $80,000.00 ***
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Res.Dev.&Teen Programs Coord* $50,000.00
Cass Lake Comm.Family Ctr Storage Facility Material+20% $8,960.00
Central School PTO Playground Improvements $7,500.00
Concordia Language Villages Russian Language Camp $50,000.00 ****
Headwaters Science Ctr FA for Raptor Programming $7,500.00
ISD#31 Academic & Senior Awards $1,000.00
ISD#31-Gamma Pod Courage Retreat $2,300.00
Lets Go Fishing MN-Bemidji Chp. Pontoon Boat & Trailer $20,000.00
Miss.Hdwtrs Area Dental Ctr Start-up Costs $25,000.00
Neilson Spearhead Center Legal Expense $2,280.25
Neilson Spearhead Center Master-Plan Expense $10,000.00
North Country Health Services KNC Skilled Nursing Facility $400,000.00 **
Northern MN Reg.Science Fair Science Fair $3,000.00
Northwest Indian OIC Out of School Youth Project $40,000.00
NTC-Bemidji Foundation Start-up Costs-NTC Foundation $54,000.00
PATH Minnesota-Bemidji Office Computer/Software $10,000.00
Paul Bunyan Amateur Radio Replace & reinstall antennas $5,000.00
Paul Bunyan Barbershoppers Partial refund of 2003 Grant $(5,396.84)
Region 2 Arts Council Computer/Office Equipment $11,675.00
Upper Miss.Mental Health Ctr Communications Equipment $4,000.00
Wells Academy Start-up Costs-RL Tech.Educ. $30,000.00
Totals   $1,166,078.99

*
Grant of $150,000 to the BG Club of the Bemidji Area to be paid over three years for new program staffing.
**
Grant of $2 Million to NCHS for the Katharine Neilson Cram Skilled Care Facility is to be paid in 5 equal installments of $400,00 per yr through 2006. $2,000,000 has been paid through YE2006. 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), $315,000 in 2006($80,000 was pre-paid for 2007), & $270,000 in 2007.
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Grant of $250,000 to Concordia Language Village for the Russian Language Camp was paid $50,000 in 2005, $50,000 in 2006, & $150,000 in 2007.
   

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