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Recent Grants

The following grants were made as of December 31, 2008
Discretionary Grants

Antioch Review: $2,500 for publishing Art Up Front catalog

Antioch School: $600 for database improvements

Chamber Music Yellow Springs: $1,500 matching grant to commission composition by Drew Hemenger

Community Service, Inc.: $1,225 for Local Knowldge program

Coretta Scott King Center: $2,600 for Black History Month activities

Friends Care Community: $2,000 for intergenrational garden

Glen Helen Assn: $1,000 for planned giving brochure

Greene Educational Service Center: $1,000 for Partners for Preschool program

Jafagirls Art Group: $1,593 for monthly public art project

Joy of Heart Folk School: $1,500 for a living local history workshop

Mills Lawn School: $3,850 for All-School Musical

Summer Fest Music & Dance Program: $3,000 to provide music and dance at Summer Fest events

Tecumseh Land Trust: $3,333 toward establishing endowment

Village of Yellow Springs: $7,435 for improving safety and accessibility of village pool

YS Arts Council: $2,500 to match grant from OAC for video about Yellow Springs artists

YS Arts Council: $5,385 for stabilization and expansion

YS Community Council: $600 for Emergency Welfare Fund

YS Friendly Gardeners: $1,000 for redoing garden at north entrance to village

YS High School: $300 to support annual senior citizens’ lunch

YS High School and McKinney Middle School: $5,155 for basketball equipment

YS Home, Inc.: $1,350 for marketing and outreach project

YS Kids Playhouse: $5,000 for theatre arts educational modules at Mills Lawn School

YS Senior Citizens: $2,380 for building maintenance

YS Soccer, Inc: $300 for technical assistance

Saul Young Grants (unsolicited grants made at the suggestion of a trustee):
» $250 to YS Schools for Power of the Pen expenses, in recognition of Aurelia Blake’s excellent work with students in the program
» $250 to First Baptist Church as thank-you for hosting Martin Luther King celebration
» $250 to YS Kids Playhouse in recognition of work with youth in village and in appreciation of their recent alumni showcase
» $300 to YS Theatre Arts Assn. as thank-you for the performances of Fiddler on the Roof and to acknowledge graduating seniors
» $200 to Glen Helen Raptor Center in recognition of their recent owl program

The Charlotte Drake Youth Philanthropy Council recommended three grants, which were ratified by the board:
» $300 for art supplies for a senior project art exhibit
» $300 for senior project to build bikes for low-income children
» $300 for starting a high school computer club.

Total grants through December 31, 2008 :$119,411.15

 

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