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Foundation Grants
through June, 2006
Following are grants
that have been approved by the Foundation.
Site Preservation Grants
·
2006 - a
$9000 matching grant to the Utah Hang Gliding and Paragliding for the
improvements required by the State of Utah to secure the South side of
the Point of the Mountain in Utah
as a dedicated flight park, (funded - see details on home page to have
your name on a plaque acknowledging major contributions to the
Foundation and the project);
·
2005
- a matching grant of $4500 to Elsignore;
·
2005 - a
standby commitment of $2,000 by an initiative of the Trustees to
support extraordinary expenses that may be incurred by the USHPA in
their response to the Draft 2006 National Park Service Management
Policy (unused as of the close of the response, February 18, 2006);
·
2005
- a
matching grant of $17,500 for the purchase of the Sand Turn LZ in
Wyoming (not yet funded);
·
2005
- a
matching grant of $10,000 for purchase and easement of the West
Rutland launch in Vermont;
·
2005
- legal
assistance grant to the Tennessee Tree Toppers totaling $3,015 for the
establishment of a land trust agreement to protect forever the Henson’s Gap
site in
Tennessee;
·
2004 -
a
stand-by grant commitment to help improver and secure the Point of
the Mountain in
Utah (unused, see new grant for 2006);
·
2004
- a
matching grant of $4,000 to purchase and harvest the landowner’s trees
in front of launch at
Dog
Mountain
in Washington;
·
2004
- a matching grant of $2,400 for a NEPA Biological Assessment required
by the NPS for the
Mt.
Howard
site in Oregon.
·
2004 - two matching fund grants of $2000 each for legal assistance
in preserving the Embreville LZ in Pennsylvania;
·
2003-04 - a matching grant of $10,000 to the Arizona Hang Gliding
Association to secure and develop an exclusive launch and campground
on the top of Mingus Mountain in the Prescott National Forest. The
Foundations first site preservation grant. It was funded as the
project progressed with $5000 in 2003 and the balance in 2004.
Safety and
Education Grants
·
2005 - A
matching grant of $2,000, in association with the USHPA, for the Hang
Gliding Scooter Tow Instructors Clinic in February, 2006, in
Groveland, Florida,
(funded);
·
2005 - A
matching grant of $816 to Nick Davila for a Hang Gliding DVD, (funded),
(funded);
·
2004
- a
matching grant of $1,500 for the production of a cross-country site
guide for King Mountain, Idaho, (funded);
· 2004-05
-a grant underwriting the cost of running a hang gliding Instructor
Certification Program,
(porgram supported itself and required no funding);
· 2004
- $500
grant to train new meet directors, (funded).
·
2003
- a
grant of
$5,000 to the Rogollo Foundation for a trade show display booth for
the 2003
Centennial of
Flight at the Wright Brothers National Memorial,
(this grant funded but was recalled when the booth could not be
delivered on time;
·
2003
- a
grant to
Alan Chuculate for $1000 for paragliding aero towing research and
testing.
Safety and
Education Grants
·
A
grant of $1,150
to the US Hang
Gliding National Team to cover entry fees for the 2006 Class 5 Hang
Gliding Worlds;
·
a grant
of $4,000
to the US
Women's Hang Gliding National Team to cover entry fees for the 2006
Women's World Hang Gliding competition in Groveland, FL;
·
grants
totaling
$7136
to the US Hang Gliding National Team members to cover entry fees for
World Meets in Austria and Australia;
·
a
grant of
$2,675 to the US Paragliding National Team members to cover entry fees
for the Paragliding World Meet; | 
