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Past grant awards...

Major and Mini-Grants Awarded in February 2008

$10,000.00 to Paper Arts Festival of Appleton
for 2009 Fox Cities Book Festival
$5,496.00 to UW-Barron County
for Sustainable Literature 2009-10 Community Programming for NW Wisconsin
$2,400.00 to Mineral Point Historical Society
for Capturing the Personal and Architectural History of Mineral Point, Wisconsin
$2000.00 to Green County UW Extension
for Stirring the Pot: Dialogue, Discussion and Dinner in Dairyland
$2000.00 to Rock County Historical Society of Janesville
for Working: Celebrate the American Worker
$1,999.00 to Museum of Natural History, UW-Stevens Point
for Rock Art: A Foundation for Healing
$1979.00 to Herman School of Mayville
for Herman School - Exploring Culture
$1866.00 to South Madison Library
for Sarah White's "Meals & Memories" with Odyssey Project
$1,370.00 to UW-Madison, General Library System
for 2009 Wisconsin Oral History Day
$970.00 to Monroe Arts Center, Inc.
for James Monroe and the Promise of America
$625.00 to Fitchburg Senior Center
for The Nostalgia of Radio
$564.00 to Vernon County Historical Society of Viroqua
for Black Hawk Trail Driving Tour Through Vernon County Brochure

Mini-Grants and Others Awarded in November 2008

$1,995.00 to Iowa County Historical Society of Dodgeville
for Collecting Iowa County Cheese Factory Oral Histories
$1,731.00 to Wittenberg Area Historical Society
for Centers of Town
$1,500.00 to St. Croix Falls Public Library for Books
for The Big Read in Northwest Wisconsin
$800.00 to Friends of the Dwight Foster Public Library of Fort Atkinson
for Wisconsin: Making it Home: A Book Discussion Series
$500.00 to City of Marshfield Historic Preservation Committee
for Marshfield Historic District Walking Tour Brochures

Major-Grants and Others Awarded in October 2008

$10,000.00 to Center for Culture, History and Environment, UW-Madison
for Tales from Planet Earth II
$10,000.00 to Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) of Odanah
for Minwaajimo--Telling a Good Story: Preserving Ojibwe Treaty Rights
$10,000.00 to Madison Children's Museum
for Hmong at Heart Field Kit Expansion Project
$6,395.00 to UW-Stevens Point
for Literature Circles Diversity Collaboration

Mini-Grants and Others Awarded in August 2008

$2,000.00 to Marshfield Public Library
for Marshfield Reads Fahrenheit 451
$2,000.00 to Sheboygan County Historical Research Center of Sheboygan Falls
for The Dutch-American Experience in Wisconsin, 1840-present
$2,000.00 to TAPIT/new works of Madison
for Mangia Mangia
$2,000.00 to Theatre in the Woods of Shell Lake
for Crises of Conscience: Crucibles in America
$1,000.00 to Prescott School District
for Ojibwa Lifeways: A Native Cultural Experience
$400.00 to New Berlin Public Library
for A More Perfect Union: Wisconsin Reads

Major Grants Awarded in June 2008

$10,000.00 to Lawrence University of Appleton
for Lawrence University ArtsBridge
$10,000.00 to The Phipps Center for the Arts of Hudson
for The Power of Language: The Natural Step in Pursuit of Sustainable Communities
$10,000.00 to Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) of Madison
for Reinvent the Revolution: The 21st Century Movement to End Domestic Violence
$10,000.00 to UW-Marathon County Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy & Service
for Wealth and Poverty in America: Bridging the Divide
$9,930.00 to University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Humanities
for The Brothers Karamazov in Wisconsi
$5,400.00 to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education
for Milwaukee Celebration of the Wisconsin Book Festival

Mini-grants and Others Awarded in May 2008

$2,000.00 to Latino Historical Society of Wisconsin in Milwaukee
for Immigration 2008: A Community Dialogue
$2,000.00 to Madison Children's Museum
for Polling Place Exhibition
$1,996.00 to Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts of Mineral Point
for Stage and Screen 2008
$1,995.00 to River Falls Community Arts Base
for Poetry on the River 2008
$1,975.00 to Tomorrow River Chautauqua of Amherst
for Creating a Local Food Economy
$1,905.00 to Literary Arts Committee, Eau Claire Regional Arts Council
for Many Lives: Many Voices
$1,000.00 to University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
for Hmong Culture and Language Program
$662.95 to Aram Public Library of Delavan
for A More Perfect Union: Domestic Tranquility


Major Grants Awarded in February 2008

$10,000.00 to Kenosha Public Museums
for Civil War Museum Theatre Program
$10,000.00 to Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association, Inc. of Madison
for The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance
$4,946.00 to Milwaukee County Historical Society
for Interpretive Plan for Milwaukee History Exhibit
$4,683.00 to Kenosha Literacy Council, Inc.
for Project Journey

Mini Grants Awarded in January 2007

$2,000.00 to the Historic Preservation Association of Marshfield
for The Great Depression
$2,000.00 to the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum of Wausau
for Up in Arms: Exploring the History and Culture of Armor
$2,000.00 to the Montello Historic Preservation Societ
for Looking Back: The Photography of Dr. E. A. Bass
$2,000.00 to New Horizons North of Ashland
for the Triumphof the Human Spirit: Stories of Chequamegon Area Disability Pioneers
$1,685.00 to the Outagamie County Historical Society of Appleton
for Research for a History Museum Exhibition
$1,142.00 to UW-Madison General Library System
for 2008 Wisconsin Oral History Day
$1,029.00 to the Bay Area Film Society of Ashland
for Corn inour Lives: A Community Conversation

Mini Grants Awarded in March 2007

$2,000.00 to Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society of WI, Inc.
for '07 Summer Chamber Music Festival: Sweet Sixteen pre-concert chats and program notes
$2,000.00 to Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center of Madison
for The Wright 3 Book Club Program
$2,000.00 to River Arts, Inc. of Prairie du Sac
for Sauk Prairie Between Fences Expo: Boundary, Space and Place Writers' Workshop
$1,951.00 to Central Middle School Band of Waukesha
for Understanding and Experiencing Multicultural and World Music Through Band Performance

Mini Grants Awarded in May 2007

$2,000.00 to Friends of the Military Ridge Trail of Ridgeway
for Routes Along the Ridge
$2,000.00 to One Book One Community of Green Bay
for One Book One Community—promotion and film events
$2,000.00 to Wormfarm Institute of Reedsburg
for The Re-enchantment of Agriculture
$1,997.00 to Cable Natural History Museum
for Creating Community Conversations
$1,950.00 to River Falls Community Arts Base
for Poetry on the River, 2007: A Children's Poetry Writing Project

Major Grants Awarded in June 2007

$10,000.00 to Lawrence University of Appleton
for Lawrence University ArtsBridge
$10,000.00 to Madison Children's Museum of Madison
for Hmong at Heart
$10,000.00 to UW-M Graduate School Office of Research Services and Administration (for UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education)
for Milwaukee Celebration of the Wisconsin Book Festival
$10,000.00 to UW-Marathon County
for Journeys to American Identities
$9,177.00 to Douglas County Historical Society of Superior
for Superior's Labor Movement Project
$8,373.00 to UW-Extension Cooperative Extension
for Western Wisconsin Rural Immigration Summit
$8,200.00 to National Railroad Museum of Green Bay
for The Pullman Porters: From Service to Civil Rights
$7,150.00 to Edgerton Area Chamber of Commerce (for The Sterling North Society Book & Film Festival Committee)
for Edgerton's Sterling North Book and Film Festival

Mini Grants Awarded in July 2007

$2,000.00 to Clear Lake Area Community Center, Inc.
for Midwestern Regional Wisconsin Photographic History Project
$2,000.00 to Milwaukee Public Television
for The War in Wisconsin
$2,000.00 to University of Wisconsin - Barron County
for Sustainable Literatures 2007-08 Reading Series, Community Seminar & Community Creative Writing Workshops
$1,000.00 to The Center for the Humanities, UW-Madison
for One Hundred Years of Solitude in Wisconsin
$1,000.00 to St. Croix Falls Public Library
for Big Read Book Distribution, Northwest Wisconsin
$750.00 to Waupaca Area Public Library
for Lunch n' Learn with The Surley Surveyor, Rob Nurre (Between Fences Program)

Mini Grants Awarded in September

$2,000.00 to Cable-Namakagon Historical Museum
for Between Fences Companion Exhibit
$2,000.00 to Stahl-Conrad Homestead of Hales Corners
for Between Fences
$2,000.00 to The Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance of Prairie du Sac
for Badger Army Ammunition Plant: Inside the Fence Guided Bus Tours
$1,444.00 to Lawton Memorial Library of La Farge
for A More Perfect Union: Domestic Tranquility

Mini Grants Awarded in October

$10,000.00 to Paper Arts Festival of Appleton
for Fox Cities Book Festival, Connecting Writers and Readers
$10,000.00 to Wild Space Dance Company of Milwaukee
for Map Of Memories
$9,987.00 to Milwaukee County Historical Society
for Milwaukee Outdoors: A Century of the County Parks System
$7,574.00 to The Wisconsin Institute of Public Policy and Service of Wausau
for The Central Wisconsin Ethics of Stem Cell Research Conference

Mini Grants Awarded in November

$2,000.00 to The Cedarburg Cultural Center
for Interpretive Brochure for the Kuhefuss House Museum
$2,000.00 to Friends of the Kickapoo Valley Reserve of La Farge
for "Between Fences" Programs
$2,000.00 to UW-Fond du Lac
for Global Warming in Wisconsin: causes, effects, politics, solutions
$2,000.00 to Viterbo University of La Crosse
for Friendship: The Other Family

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