Foundation distributes over $100,000 in grants
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- Published on Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Photo by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation and the Youth Advisory Committee gave out over $100,000 in grants to local organizations at their grant presentation luncheon on June 16.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
On June 16, the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation gave out $103,510 in grants at their annual grant presentation luncheon. Community Fund grants totalling $38,700 were made to 12 local organizations. The money for these grants comes from the interest earned each year on the Community Fund. Each year, a group of Foundation board members form the Grants committee, who evaluates the requests and makes a decision regarding allocation of funds.
This year, local organizations requested a total of $181,977 in funding. At the grants luncheon, $59,810 in designated fund grants were also given out. These grants represent the interest earned on accounts that have been set up specifically to fund certain organizations or areas of interest.
This year, the NACI Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) also gave out their grants at the BPCF grants luncheon.
Youth Advisory Committee grants ($2,500 in total)
Beautiful Plains Museum ($500)
Yellowhead Centre ($500)
Neepawa Hospital Chemotherapy Unit ($400)
Neepawa Public Library ($300)
Neepawa Veterinary Clinic ($500)
ArtsForward ($300)
Community Fund grants ($38,700 in total)
Brookdale Community Centre ($3,000)
Budz ‘N Bloom Daycare ($4,000)
Early Learning Neepawa ($8,000)
Franklin Memorial Hall ($4,000)
Kelwood Playground & Wellness Committee ($1,000)
Manitoba Holiday Festival of the Arts ($500)
NACTV ($4,000)
Neepawa Cooperative Play Centre ($1,000)
Neepawa Novas Gymnastics Club ($4,200)
Victoria’s Quilts- Neepawa branch ($1,500)
Viscount Cultural Council Inc./ArtsForward ($500)
Yellowhead Centre ($7,000)
Designated Fund grants ($59,810 in total)
Allan Lytle Memorial Fund ($270)
IOOF & Rebekah– Belles, Beaux and Builders 4-H Club ($75)
Arts Stabilization– ArtsForward ($389)
Kin Club of Neepawa Scholarship ($245)
Arts Stabilization– Burrows Trail ($389)
Contact MB ‘95– Burrows Trail ($177)
Beautiful Plains Museum ($3,930)
Country Meadows Personal Care Home ($5,840)
Country Meadows Personal Care Home courtyard ($135)
Touchwood Park ($1,040)
IOOF & Rebekah– Neepawa Minor Ball ($353)
Neepawa Health Centre ($38,060)
Naomi Chapter– Children’s Ward ($165)
Roadside Park ($40)
NARTA Scholarship– Carberry Collegiate ($200)
Jeff McCannell Memorial Scholarship ($604)
Eden Scholarship ($165)
IOOF & Rebekah– NACI Grade 7 & 8 Most Improved Student ($288)
IOOF & Rebekah– NACI Band ($745)
Mrs. A.K. & Joe Butcher Scholarship ($4,110)
NACI Safe Grad Scholarship ($785)
Whitmore Family Scholarship ($1,682)
NACI Philanthropy Fund ($280)
Total grants of $103,510
