Grants

Year Grants Approved 2012

Grants Approved $861,000

American Philatelic Society

Amount
$15,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Bellefonte, PA

Endowment of annual prize in memory of Thomas F. Allen for best article in Philatelic Literature Review.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Amount
$35,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Annapolis, MD

For the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint Campaign.

Community Preparatory School

Amount
$30,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Providence, RI

For scholarship fund of independent, urban, co-educational middle school.

Foundation Center

Amount
$12,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Cleveland, OH

For operating support of the Foundation Center Cleveland.

Gifford Youth Activity Center

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Vero Beach, FL

General operating support of organization providing educational and recreational programs.

Literacy Services of Indian River County

Amount
$90,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
Grants Approved 2012
Location
Vero Beach, FL

For support of a literacy program serving the northern part of Indian River County.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Amount
$75,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
New York, NY

For program to assist the United States military to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency in U.S. Military operations.

Nature Conservancy

Amount
$75,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Nashville, TN

To the Nature Conservancy, Tennessee Chapter for creation of an artificial bat cave.

Poets House Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
New York, NY

For operating support.

Reading Partners

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Oakland, CA

For support of literacy tutoring program in the Washington, D.C. region.

Spoleto Festival USA

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Charleston, NC

For general operating support.

Wings for Kids

Amount
$40,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Charleston, NC

For after-school program that develops life skills.

Yale University

Amount
$99,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
New Haven, CT

For development of exhibits in the Museum of Machu Picchu and Inca Culture in Cusco, Peru.

Young of Heart Workshop, dba Pu’uhonua Society

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Approved
Year
2012
Location
Honolulu, HI

For development of a traveling exhibit of contemporary Hawaiian art.

Total: $861,000