Horizon Foundation
Grants Made in June 2000
| Addison Gallery of American Art | BJ Larson, Director of Museum Resources |
Andover, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $11,000 to support the Education Outreach Program with Merrimack Valley Public Schools, particularly the program,Culture Works. | ||
| Adelante! Inc./Lawrence Youth Center | Fr. Joachim Lally, Executive Director |
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $8,000 to support Project Adelante/School Success, a program which intends to motivate kids to learn and lead through personal attention, computers and high-school and college role models. | ||
| Children's Museum of Lowell | Nancy Stice, Executive Director |
Lowell, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $8,000 to support the design of curriculum, program development, and program materials for Made in the Shade. | ||
| Club Passim | Betsy Siggins Schmidt, Executive Director |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $6,800 to support Culture for Kids, specifically and exclusively the celebration of four North American events: jazz, blues, folk/rock, Native American and/or Acadian. | ||
| Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association | Al Railsback, Executive Director |
Newcastle, Maine |
| One year grant of $5,000 to support ongoing operational needs. | ||
| Essex Art Center | Leslie Costello, Executive Director |
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $2,000 to support ongoing operational needs. | ||
| Essex County Greenbelt | Ed Becker, Executive Director |
Essex, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $4,000 to support the publication of The Greenbelt Guidebook. | ||
| Franklin County Soil and Water Association | Connie Tibbitts, Administrative Assistant |
Farmington, Maine |
| One year grant of $1,500 to support the production of A Day Activity Booklets. | ||
| Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra | Ryan Losey, Director of Development |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $6,250 to support scholarships for Essex, Middlesex or Barnstable County youth for the two-week seven concert Tour to France in June 2000. | ||
| The Improbable Players | Kate Amory, Development Director |
Watertown, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $2,800 to support Creativity and Addiction, a collaboration with the Harbor School Amesbury-Campus. | ||
| Isles, Inc. | Djenaba Figueroa, Resource Development Coordinator |
Trenton, New Jersey |
| Completed second year grant of $15,000 to support the Environmental Education Program. | ||
| Maine Lakes Conservancy | Ship Bright, Executive Director |
Nobleboro, Maine |
| Three year grant of $20,000 each year for the next three years to support the hiring of the Director of Education to design and implement the experiential environmental education conducted in mobile floating classrooms. | ||
| Maine Lakes Conservancy | Ship Bright, Executive Director |
Nobleboro, Maine |
| One year grant of $4,000 to support the Conservancy's ongoing operations. | ||
| Merrimack River Watershed Association | Beth Handler Brazil, Education Program Manager |
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| Two year grant of $12,000 for year one and $8,000 for year two to support Adopt-A-Salmon Family Program: Providing Teacher Support for Interdisciplinary Watershed Education. | ||
| The Nature Conservancy | Kent Womack, Executive Director |
Brunswick, Maine |
| One year grant of $35,000 to support the St. John River Project for land conservationin Maine. | ||
| New England Forestry Foundation | Keith Ross, Vice-President |
Groton, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $50,000 to support the Pingree Forest Partnership for land conservation in Maine. | ||
| New England String Ensemble | Peter Stickel, Executive Director |
Wakefield, Massachusetts |
| One year met challenge grant of $10,000 to support the program, New England Musical Heritage, Inc. | ||
| New Jersey SEEDS, Inc. | Amy Ziebarth, Executive Director |
Hightstown, New Jersey |
| One year grant of $12,000 to support New Jersey SEEDS Phase III at The Peddie School which will provide opportunities for highly motivated, academically qualified, economically disadvantaged students. | ||
| Peabody Essex Museum | Anne Cademenos, Director of Grants |
Salem, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $12,000 to support the development of Fish and Fisheries exhibit for the Nature Culture Center | ||
| Powow River Watershed Association/Camp Kent | Kathleen Crowley, Town Youth Director |
Amesbury, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $5,000 to support the environmental education programs at Camp Kent. | ||
| Quebec Labrador Foundation | Sally Milliken, Project Coordinator |
Ipswich, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $5,000 to support the hiring of an intern for the final phase of the Carrabassett Valley Rail Trail Project. | ||
| RAW Art Works | Kit Jenkins, Executive Director |
Lynn, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $12,000 to support Women 2 Be at Raw Space. | ||
| Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association | George Hawkins, Executive Director |
Pennington, New Jersey |
| One year grant of $17,000 to support internship training for the Association's environmental education program to protect and preserve the watershed. | ||
| Student Conservation Association | Hugh Montgomery, Development Officer |
Charlestown, New Hampshire |
| Completed third year grant of $15,000 to support student summer trail work and the collaborative efforts in the Stroudwater Trail Project. | ||
| Summer in Greater Lawrence | Betty Beland, Director of the Stevens Foundations |
Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $1,000 to support the coordinated summer process that funds youth programs throughout Greater Lawrence, Massachusetts. | ||
| Three Bays Preservation | Lindsey Counsell, Executive Director |
Osterville, MA |
| One year grant of $3,000 to support ongoing environmental operations. | ||
| Toxics Action Center | Matthew Wilson, Executive Director |
Boston, MA |
| One year grant of $1,000 to support the Recycling Imitative Campaign's local assistance program. | ||
| Wenham Museum | Jacquie Serafino, Project Director |
Wenham, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $6,250 to support the program, Around the World with Miss Columbia-Discovering a World of Change. | ||
| YMCA of Greater Boston/Earth Service Corps | Patty Hession, YESC Regional Director |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| One year grant of $7,000 to support YESC club activity in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | ||
| YWCA Princeton | Mary Jane Barretta, Executive Director |
Princeton, New Jersey |
| One year grant of $10,000 to support the Leadership and Mentoring Program (LAMP) for girls to develop career interests and goals. | ||