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George W. Neilson Foundation - Schedule of Grants 2008

Name

Project

Grant Approved

Beltrami Cty Historical Soc. Women Through the Ages Proj. $ 9,500.00
Bemidji Citizen Patrol Equip & Uniform Exp. $ 9,125.00
Bemidji Comm. Arts Center Security/Fire Alarm System $ 9,125.00
Bemidji Middle School-Gamma Youth Frontier Courage Prog. $ 2,098.00
Bemidji Police Department Thermal Imaging Equipment $ 12,641.00
Bemidji Public Library Books for Babies Program $ 2,700.00
Bemidji Public Library Fdn. Remodel Funds $ 16,000.00
Bemidji Senior Nutrition Kitchen Rem/Walk-in Cooler,etc. $ 28,896.00
Bemidji State University Wellness Camp-Child Obesity  $ 4,204.00
Bemidji State Univ.Fdn Fund 25 Scholarships $ 25,000.00 *****
Bemidji Youth Hockey Bal of 2008 Pledge $ 57,000.00  **
Bemidji Youth Hockey 2009 Pledge + $30000 of 2010 $ 160,000.00
Bemidji WELLNESS Childhood Obesity Project $ 25,000.00
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Res.Dev.&Teen Prog.Coord $ 50,000.00   *
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Programming $ 50,000.00
Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji Future funding $ 150,000.00  ****
Boys & Girls Club-Leech Lk Programming $ 45,000.00
Friends of Lk Bem.State Park Playground Equipment $ 5,000.00
Friends of Lk Bem.State Park Certified Mulch for Playground $ 1,845.00
Habitat for Humanity ReStore Purchase Building $ 200,000.00
Headwaters Science Center Camp Invention $ 10,000.00
Headwaters Sch.Music/Arts Lk Bemidji Summer Opera Fest. $ 8,400.00
Headwaters Sch.Music/Arts Remodel Funds $ 15,360.00
HRDC-Bemidji GreenUp Sesquicentennial/Arbor Day $ 14,000.00
ISD#31 Senior & Academic Program $ 1,500.00
JEDC Ec.Dev.Training Program $ 50,000.00
Lakeland Public TV Bemidji 1918-1941:Bet.the Wars $ 49,250.00
Northern Dental Access Ctr Equipment Purchase $ 10,000.00
Northwest Indian OIC Student Supp-Educ.Prog $ 25,000.00
Oak Hills Christian College Small Business Admin Program $ 25,000.00
Old BHS Arch.Preserv.Grp Save Arch Piece from Demolition $ 9,000.00
PATH Office Furniture $ 2,400.00
Shared Vision / HRDC Race Relations-moved to 2008 $ 10,000.00
Wells Academy Expand Program $ 60,000.00 ***
White Earth Res.Trib.Council Youth Treatment Ctr Remodel $ 50,000.00
     
 

 TOTALS        

$1,200,581.00
     
* Grant of $150,000 to the BGC of Bem. Area to be paid over three years for new program staffing through 2009. $50,000 pd in 2007; $50,000 pd in 2008.
 
** Grant of $650,000 to Bemidji Youth Hockey to be paid in five installments, 2007-2011.  $203,000 paid in 2007; $217,000 paid  in 2008.
 
*** Grant of $90,000 to Wells Academy to be paid over two years:  $60,000 in 2008 & $30,000 in 2009
 
**** Grant of $300,00 to Boys & Girls Club-Bemidji paid over three years:  $150,000 pre-pd in 2008; $100,00 in 2010; $50,000 in 2011(payable in Jan.)
 
***** Grant of $25,000 per year for five years to the BSU Fdn to fund 25 $1,000 scholarships each year. Grant may be re-applied for after 2012.

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