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The Directors of the Foundation are authorized and encouraged to award grant funds of $100,000 to appropriate organizations during the year. These Discretionary
Grants do not go through the regular grant process but must be in alignment with the mission statement of the Foundation.
Berkeley Repertory Theater
Berkeley, California
Supporting School Touring program
$5,000
California Historical Society
San Francisco, California
Support for the preparation of educational and informational kits regarding California History for
distribution to California school children.
$15,000
Coast Range Natural Resources
Corvallis, Oregon
Support Forest Camp Outdoor School Project — program that provides hands on experience for students to acquire
knowledge about natural resources.
$2,500
Dance Theatre of Harlem
New York, New York
Support for school dance program in Zellerbach Hall in February 2000.
$10,000
Marin Museum of the American Indian
Novato, California
Support for Educational Symposium scheduled for mid-February 2000.
$3,920
Middletown High School Sober Graduation 2000
Support of Middletown High School parents club program for activities
for high school graduation in June 2000.
$1,000
Nevada Humanities Committee
Reno, Nevada
Funding for five-day course of study, both of content and creative approaches to historical education for teachers in
Reno, Nevada.
$7,000
Oregon Department of Forestry
Tillamook, Oregon
Funds used for transportation, nexting box materials, and field equipment for students to conduct studies.
$1,000
Ponape Agriculture and Trade School
Ponapei, New Mexico
For purchase of three new Micron Millennium desktop computers.
$6,500
Royal National Theatre
London, England
Support of the presentation of Athol Fugard's, The Island.
$3,500
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Contribution towards the purchase of the Anglo-Saxon Jewel.
$3,500
Scottish Community Foundation
Edinborough, Scotland
Grant to assist in expenses for visit from Mr. Alan Hobbett for review and examination of Community Foundation
activities and procedures.
$1,500
Secretary of the Order of the Garter
London, England
Support for publication of the History of the Order of the Garter being prepared by Mr. Hubert
Chesshyre.
$5,000
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
San Francisco, California
Support for the appearance of the Royal Shakespeare Company's performance of The Taming of the Shrew.
$3,500
Tomales Regional History Center
Tomales, California
Support for the main floor tract lighting in the History Center.
$4,000
United States Lighthouse Society
San Francisco, California
Contribution for campaign to establish National Lighthouse Museum.
$5,000
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Support for publication of Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism and the
Politics of War and Alliance, 1939-1945.
$2,500
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Support for the publication of Professor McCurdy's study, The Anti-Rent Era in New
York Law and Politics, 1839-1865.
$3,500
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Support for the publication of Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll
Saga, 1500-1782.
$2,500
Universiity of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Support for publication field studies of the Heptayrgion Project, a study of tree ring dating of timbers
in Greek temple construction.
$5,000
Wiltshire Archeological and Natural History Society
Devizes, England
Support to commission the life-sized replica
of Geve of Calstone for the Museum.
$3,500
The World Without War Council
Berkeley, California
Support to teach the fundamental common ground of American citizenship in Northern California schools and
community colleges.
$4,000
Yerington Theatre for the Arts
Yerington, Nevada
Support for the activities of the Yerington Theatre for the Arts designed for the Smith Valley students during the
1999-2000 school year.
$2,050
Total:
$100,970
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