Horizon Foundation - Grants Made

Horizon Foundation
Grants Made in December 1997

The Arts Council of Princeton	Anne Reeves, Executive Director	Princeton, New Jersey
One year grant of $10,000. to support scholarships for local students in music education programs through the Howard B. Waxwood, Jr. Scholarship Fund.
Essex Art Center	Leslie Costello, Executive Director	Lawrence, Massachusetts
One year grant of $12,000. to support students and underfunded schools participating in Essex Art Center's art and cultural workshops.
Historical Society of Princeton	Gail F. Stern, Executive Director	Princeton, New Jersey
One year grant of $8,000. to expand the educational component for school-age visitors of "The Rose Collection: Exploring History Through Photography."
Kieve Affective Education, Inc.	Henry Kennedy, Executive Director	Nobleboro, Maine
Multi-year grant of $50,000. to support Kieve's on-going research, development and delivery of their character education, leadership training, prevention and resiliency educational programs: Camp Kieve for Boys, Leadership Decisions Institute, and Kieve Science Camp for Girls.
HiTops, Inc.	Bonnie Parker, Executive Director	Princeton, New Jersey
One year grant of $12,000. to support efforts to select and train a group of area teens as mentors who will provide educational outreach programs in the field of prevention education.
The Morris Farm Trust	Deanna E. Bailey, Executive Director	Wiscasset, Maine
One year grant of $12,000. toward the startup and curriculum development costs of "The Farm Experience Field Trip Program," which will build an understanding of how agriculture and the environment interact.
Princeton Outreach Programs: Trenton After School Program	Tina Blackledge, Executive Director (T.A.S.P.)	Princeton & Trenton, New Jersey
One year grant of $7,000. to pay student leaders and learning partners a stipend for their work in the student assistance after school program.
Round Top Center for the Arts	Nancy Freeman, Artistic Director	Damariscotta, Maine
One year grant of $9,000. to support the salaries of personnel involved in planning, writing and directing the "Young People's Environmental Workshop.
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association	George Hawkins, Executive Director	Pennington, New Jersey
One year grant of $12,000. to support funding for four college interns, their work in the Watershed Environmental Education Program, and staff time for curriculum development.
Student Conservation Association	Richard Wizansky, Development Director	Charlestown, New Hampshire
One year grant of $18,000 toward a collaborative effort with Portland (Maine) Trails, L. L. Bean, and SCA. Funds will support an SCA conservation work crew in their efforts to build a multi-use trail section along the Stroudwater River.