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Community Grant Program
The Book Across the Bay Community Grant Program is our way of giving something back to our home community, and supporting the values that the Book Across the Bay event was created to promote. Each year, we make grants using proceeds from the previous winter's race. The amount of money we can give varies year by year, depending on the event's success.
Book Across the Bay 2012 Community Grant Program Guidelines:
- Applicants must be located in Ashland, Bayfield or Douglas Counties, and the proposed project must serve the residents of Ashland, Bayfield or Douglas Counties.
- Applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations, or else the proposed project must have the support of a 501(c)3 organization.
- Grant-funded projects should be consistent with Book Across the Bay's mission, which is to encourage physical and mental wellness among residents of the Chequamegon Bay region.
- In general, Book Across the Bay encourages requests to be made for specific projects or items that can be entirely funded from the grant.
- Certain exceptions may be made to these policies under extraordinary circumstances.
To Apply:
- Applicants should submit a letter of no more than one page that describes the proposed project. The letter also should include the following:
- Name, address, phone number and email address of a contact person representing the applicant organization.
- If the applicant is a 501(c)3 organization, provide the organization’s full name and tax-exempt number. If the applicant is not a 501(c)3 organization, provide the name, address and tax-exempt number of the 501(c)3 organization supporting the request. In addition, provide the name and contact numbers for an individual representing that 501(c)3 organization.
In addition to the letter described above, a project budget of no more than one page should be attached to the request.
- Proposals must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2012. Send applications to Book Across the Bay Community Grant Program, P.O. Box 307, Ashland WI 54806.
- Awards will be made by September 15, 2012.
Questions:
Please direct any questions to members of the Book Across the Bay Community Grant Committee:
- Lisa David: la_david@charter.net
- Julia Waggoner: jwaggoner@northland.edu
- Laurence Wiland: laurencewiland@gmail.com
Book Across the Bay 2011 Community Grant Program Recipients
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The BRICK Ministries: $2,500 for a walk-in freezer used for storing perishable food for their food shelf.
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Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center: $1,300 for equipment replacement and repair and event supplies for their annual Kids’ Fishing Day.
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4-H Ashwabay: $1,350 for purchase of hockey helmets and ice skates for use in developing their youth hockey program.
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Faith in Action: $1,000 toward purchase of computer equipment and software that will improve technical support for many of their programs.
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Chequamegon Bay Soccer Club: $750 toward field improvements to the soccer complex in Ashland.
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Friends of Copper Falls State Park, Inc.: $1,100 for purchase of snowshoes to support the addition of snowshoeing to the winter after-school program they run with Mellen Schools.
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Friends of the Washburn Public Library: $2,000 to support public programming.
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Tri-County Medical Society: $2,000 to support health and wellness programming in the community.