The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust
		Grants Approved at the 2007 Annual Meeting *Denotes matching grant Arts and Culture ADIRONDACK  MUSEUM – BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY   $ 10,000 Expansion of website ARTOWN - RENO, NV        $  8,000 Monday Night Family Night CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM – ST. MICHAELS, MD.  $ 15,000 Enhance exhibits and educational programs FRIENDS OF THE WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY – RENO, NV   $   7,500 Public art space at the Truckee Memorial Library HAVRE DE GRACE MARITIME MUSEUM – HAVRE DE GRACE, MD  $ 10,000 Exhibit and events pavilion HERITAGE CHRISTIAN HOME, INC. – ROCHESTER, NY    $   5,000 Portable stage for Life Center LINCOLN CENTER INSTITUTE – NEW YORK NY    $ 10,000 Focus School Collaborative NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM – RENO, NV     $ 30,000 Facility renovation NEVADA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY – RENO, NV    $ 12,000 Post-production of “A Single Woman” OPEN HAND THEATRE – SYRACUSE, NY     $ 20,000* Program assessment and capacity building PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE – MILLBURN, NJ     $ 12,000 Program support PRINCE THEATRE FOUNDATION, INC. – CHESTERTOWN, MD   $ 15,000 Sound system    SYRACUSE CHILDREN’S CHORUS – SYRACUSE, NY    $ 10,000 Concert support for 2007-2008 season THE THEATRE LAB SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTS – WASHINGTON, DC $   5,000 After school drama program Community Initiatives BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHERN NEVADA – RENO, NV  $ 13,000 Expansion of school based mentoring program CASA DE VIDA – RENO, NV       $  7,000 Pathways to Success Program CHILDREN’S CABINET OF RENO – RENO, NV     $ 10,000 Family counseling program FAMILY PROMISE OF RENO/SPARKS – RENO, NV    $ 14,000 Transportation services for homeless families FOOD BANK OF NORTHERN NEVADA – SPARKS, NV    $ 30,000 New regional distribution center FRIENDS OF THE RENO COMMUNITY CENTER – RENO, NV   $ 15,000 Facility renovation and expansion FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH COASTAL LIBRARY, INC. –    $  5,000 BETHANY BEACH, DE Building expansion F FROST VALLEY YMCA – CLARYVILLE, NY     $ 10,000 Wellness center GREATER PULASKI COMMUNITY FUND – PULASKI, NY   $   7,500* Community challenge grant JIM MARSHALL FARM FOUNDATION, INC. – CHITTENANGO, NY  $ 20,000 Multi-purpose building LANSING COMMUNITY CENTER LIBRARY – LANSING, NY   $   5,000 Universal access and security project SAINT MARTIN’S MINISTRIES – RIDGLEY, MD     $ 15,000 Program support SAINT MARY’S HEALTH NETWORK – RENO, NV    $ 15,000 Dental aid for children TRU-VISTA FOUNDATION – SPARKS, NV     $   7,500 Family needs program YMCA OF EASTERN UNION COUNTY – ELIZABETH, NJ   $ 15,000 Facilities renovation and aquatics center YOUTH ART WORKS – RENO, NV      $ 10,000 Youth Art Works graffiti artists Disabilities and Universal Access ANGEL KISS FOUNDATION – RENO, NV     $  9,000 Program support for pediatric cancer patients CENTENARY COLLEGE – HACKETTSTOWN, NJ    $ 10,000 Therapeutic riding program CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION-CHENANGO COUNTY –   $  5,000 NORWICH, NY Handicapped accessible restrooms DEAF INDEPENDENT LIVING ASSOCIATION – SALISBURY, MD  $ 15,000 Renovation of independent living units        DOWNTOWN SAILING CENTER, INC. – BALTIMORE, MD   $   6,500* Universally accessible sailing program FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND – CASSVILLE, NY   $  5,000 Van purchase INDEPENDENCE NOW, INC. – RIVERDALE, MD     $  5,000 Nursing facility outreach and community integration RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC, INC. – PRINCETON, NJ  $ 12,000 Expand digital storage capabilities THE NOTE-ABLES – SPARKS, NV      $  8,000 Performance programs by disabled individuals Education COLGATE UNIVERSITY – HAMILTON, NY    ` $ 10,000 Upstate Field School COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION – WILLIAMSBURG, VA  $ 55,000 Teachers’ Institute for 2008 CUMBERLAND COLLEGE – WILLIAMSBURG, KY    $   5,000 Replace dining hall chairs FLEISHMAN PLANETARIUM AND SCIENCE CENTER – RENO, NV  $  5,000 Purchase new large format films HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES – GENEVA, NY   $ 15,000 Water quality research program INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND OF NEW YORK – ALBANY, NY  $ 25,000 Public/private learning collaboration LIVING CLASSROOM FOUNDATION – BALTIMORE, MD   $ 15,000 Educational program for elementary and middle schools MODOC FORUM, INC. – CEDARVILLE, CA   `  $ 10,000 Symposium for Northern California environmental writers NEVADA WOMEN’S HISTORY PROJECT – RENO, NV    $   8,000 Volume II Skirts That Swept the Desert Floor NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN – NEW YORK, NY    $ 10,000 Support for Explainer Program NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION – COOPERSTOWN, NY  $ 20,000 Graduate fellowships in Museum Studies PARTNERS FOR ARTS EDUCATION – SYRACUSE, NY    $ 25,000 School Arts Partnerships Training Initiative PULASKI ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL – PULASKI, NY   $ 50,000 Academic Achievement Scholarships PULASKI ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL – PULASKI, NY   $ 50,000* Community Service Scholarship Endowment SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY-MAXWELL SCHOOL – SYRACUSE, NY  $240,000 John Ben and Vernon Snow MPA Endowment TUNE INTO KIDS LITERACY PROJECT – RENO, NV    $   2,500 Community outreach and fair  WASHINGTON COLLEGE – CHESTERTOWN, MD    $ 25,000 New performing arts center Environment APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY – HARPERS FERRY, WV  $ 15,000 A Trail to Every Classroom CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE – EASTON, MD    $  5,000 Wetland restoration project IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE – GAITHERSBURG, MD    $  5,000* Project Watershed KEEP TRUCKEE MEADOWS BEAUTIFUL – RENO, NV.    $ 12,000 Awareness campaign on illegal dumping SCENIC NEVADA – RENO, NV       $  6,000 Nevada’s Last Chance Scenic Places DVD STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION – CHARLESTOWN, NH  $   5,000 2007 Conservation Service Project Historic Preservation ARIZONA AEROSPACE FOUNDATION – TUCSON, AZ    $25,000 Exhibit of sea and amphibian planes FRANKLIN STAGE COMPANY AT CHAPEL HALL – FRANKLIN, NY ` $ 12,500 Chapel Hall restoration-Phase I SACKETS HARBOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, INC. –  $ 25,000 SACKETS HARBOR, NY Restoration of 1839 Stone Hospital THE WESTFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY – WESTFIELD, NJ   $ 25,000 Restoration of Reeves House Journalism NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE – RENO, NV     $ 25,000* Rollan D. Melton Chair Endowment SUNY-UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION – ALBANY, NY  $  7,500 Summer 2008 journalism internships   UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-REYNOLDS SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM –   $ 50,000 RENO, NV          Support for visiting journalists and book publication Special Grants VILLAGE OF PULASKI – PULASKI, NY      $  12,560 Maintenance of Snow Memorial Building and Window Replacement Youth Programs ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON – HENDERSON, NV    $   2,000 Youth outreach theater teacher and student workshops GIRL SCOUTS OF WASHINGTON ROCK COUNCIL, INC. –    $ 10,000 WESTFIELD, NJ         Air conditioning and window replacement at the Service Center NEVADA OPERA-RENO, NV        $  7,500 Viva Kids TANNERY POND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. –    $   1,500 NORTH CREEK , NY Summer youth program THE VITAMIN L PROJECT – ITHACA, NY     $ 10,000 Character education program
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