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Grants Approved for 2007

George W. Neilson Foundation - Schedule of Grants 2007

Name Project Grant Approved
American Leg.Post#14 Vietnam Veterans Trav.Exh.  $6,000.00
Beltrami Cty 4-H After-School Programming $9,050.00
Beltrami Cty Historical Society Downtown Walking Tour $11,505.00
Beltrami Cty Sheriff's Dept. Two Passive Alert Canines $28,000.00
Bemidji Fire Department Equipment $11,980.00
Bemidji Comm.Food Shelf Venison Donation Program $10,000.00
Bemidji Comm.Soup Kitchen Remodel Kitchen Facilities $11,331.00
Bemidji Comm.Theater Kiss Me Kate Production $2,250.00
Bemidji Symphony Orchestra Sponsor Orig.Music 70th $11,000.00
Bemidji Youth Hockey Arena Area A&B Constr. $130,000.00 **
Bemidji Youth Hockey Partial Pre-pay 2008 Pledge $73,000.00 **
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Building Pledge $270,000.00
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Res.Dev.&Teen Prog.Coord $50,000.00 *
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Programming $50,000.00
Boys & Girls Club-Leech Lake Programming $45,000.00 ***
Cass Lake Fire Department Equipment Purchases $16,500.00
Concordia Language Villages Russian Language Camp $150,000.00
Evergreen House Used Van Purchase $15,000.00
Freedom Defenders Mem. Veterans Memorial $50,000.00
Headwaters Science Center Reg.Science Fair Assistance $800.00
Headwaters Science Center B.Schwartz Raptor Program $7,900.00
Headwaters Sch.of Music & Grand Piano Fund $4,740.00
Healthy Comm.Healthy Kids Student Life Survey $11,276.00
Healthy Comm.Healthy Kids Family Asset Bldg Program $15,000.00
ISD#31 Senior/Academic Awards $1,000.00
JEDC Office furniture/equipment $7,000.00
Lakeland Public TV Early Bemidji History Program $10,775.00
Leech Lake Tribal College Building Pledge $50,000.00
Leech Lake Tribal College Pre-pay 2008 Pledge $50,000.00
MeritCare Clinic of Bemidji Kindness Campaign $2,500.00
Minn.Finlandia Comm.Sports Equipment $10,000.00
North Country Health Services KNC Skilled Nursing Facility $209,000.00
Northwest Indian OIC Stud.Support-Educ.Programs $25,000.00
Trout Unltd-Hdwtrs Chap#82 Equipment Purchase  $1,400.00
Totals   $1,357.007.00

*
Grant of $150,000 to the BG Club of the Bemidji Area to be paid over three years for new program staffing through 2009.
**
Grant of $650,000 to Bemidji Youth Hockey to be paid in five installments, 2007-2011.
***
Grant of $90,000 to the BG Club of the Leech Lake Area paid over two years, 2007 & 2008

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