Grant Recipients
2009 Summer Grants Awarded
Tagged in:The Board of Trustees of The Portland Foundation has approved grants totaling $20,743 for six Jay County projects for the summer grant cycle of 2009.
Community and Family Services
$2,574 for support of the organization's Heartlite energy assistance program.
Jay Community Center
$1,800 for upgrade of the Center's website.
Jay-Randolph Developmental Services
$3,969 for renovation of the organization's Community Fitness Walk.
2010 Teacher Creativity Mini-Grant Recipients
Tagged in:The Board of Trustees of The Portland Foundation has approved Teacher Creativity Mini-Grants totaling $726 for 3 projects for the Winter Grant cycle of 2010.
Teacher Creativity Mini-Grants are to help cover the costs ($250 or less) of learning experiences which teachers feel are important to their students, yet are outside the budget of their school. This program is funded by the Virgil and Josephine Thomas Educational Fund, a component fund of The Portland Foundation, as a way to increase funding for educational projects and programs.
2010 Recipients
Tagged in:The Portland Foundation has approved grants totaling $84,945 for 9 Jay County organizations for the Winter Grant cycle of 2010. Those grants are as follows:
Arts Place, Inc.
$28,875 for operating support and $10,000 in support of the James & Marian Abromson Memorial Visual Arts Chair funded through the Abromson-Fleming Memorial Trust.
Dunkirk Beautification Committee
$1,450 to underwrite three concerts in the Webster Park Depot Concert Series.