Grants gratefully received by Friends of the Kaw

 

2009

New Belgiums Brewing Company, Ft. Collins, CO - $3,000 to assist in protection activites on the Kaw.

The Norcross Wildlife Foundation - $1,500 for equipment purchases.

Walmart Foundation, Bentonville, AK - $5,000 to assist in protection activites on the Kaw.

Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Truckee, CA - $1,000 from Patagonia for a fall 2009  presentation of the film festival in Lawrence.

Kingsbury Family Foundation, Charlottesville, VA - $22,180 for Kaw River Inventory Project.

Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund of the Douglas County Community Foundation, Lawrence, KS - $3,000 to design and construct a Kaw River map sign at Lawrence's 8th Street Access Park.

 

2008

Captain Planet Foundation - $500 for "Kids 4 the Kaw"

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - $5,000 to support the protection and preservation of natural resources and the care of Mother Earth.

EPA Education - $19,566 for development of Kids for the Kaw to include a Kids Corner on this web site, two sandbar schools and a portable display to promote project at area watershed festivals.

 

2007

Kansas Health Foundation - $20,200 to develop the “Pollution from Run-off” (non-point pollution) section of the Kansas River Atlas, provide technical assistance for the web site, and upgrade hardware and software equipment for the Kansas Riverkeeper.

Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund of the Douglas County Community Foundation - $4,500 to begin "Kids 4 the Kaw." This grant will include funding for the first "Sandbar School" and intial design of the "KidsCorner" web page.

Norcross Wildlife Foundation - $2,500 to purchase a GPS camera with software and a laptop computer.

Kansas Humanities Council - $9,180.00 to develop the cultural and historic section of the Kansas River Atlas “Life of the Kaw”.

Patagonia - $8,760 to continue our efforts to end in-river sand and gravel mining in the Kansas River.

AT&T - $5,000 to augment the Kansas River Atlas for under served, rural populations of the Kaw River Valley focusing on maintaining healthy watersheds.

Jim Neese, Friends of the Kaw President (2007-2008) 
 receives AT&T grant check from Brett Sayre, AT&T 
 Director-External Affairs. Marci Franciso, Senator 
 from Lawrence is on hand.

New Belgium Brewing Company - $2,271 to assist in great work on the Kaw River for our communities.

 

Clean Water Act Section 19 Grant - $5,000 to fund a Kansas River Valley information and education project.

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - $5,000 to support the protection and preservation of natural resources and the care of Mother Earth.

Patagonia - $4,000 to further assist our organizations fight to end in-river sand and gravel mining in the Kansas River.

New Belgium Brewing Company - $1,992 to assist in great work on the Kaw River for our communities.

 

Patagonia - $4000 to help Kansas Riverkeeper put an end to the practice of dredging sand in the river, in favor of pit operations in the Kansas River valley.

Norcross Wildlife Foundation - $5,000 to assist in the purchase of a Riverkeeper boat.

 

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice Grant - $15,000 to develop the lower Kansas River section of the Kansas River Atlas, promote Friends of the Kaw and the Kansas River Atlas with a billboard, produce a Fish Consumption Brochure and distribute to local fishermen, and conduct a fish consumption survey.

 

Topeka Community Foundation - $13,000 to develop the middle Kansas River section of the Kansas River Atlas, promote Friends of the Kaw and the Kansas River Atlas with a billboard, and to continue to develop positive relations with various user groups in the river basin.

Acorn Foundation - $5,000 to support the grassroots development of Friends of the Kaw.

Patagonia - $3,000 for preservation, rehabilitation and protection of the Kansas River watershed and efforts to abolish sand dredging in the river.

Norcross Wildlife Foundation - $3,000 to purchase digital and video cameras and water testing equipment.

 

The Ethel and Raymond J. Rice Foundation - $7,000 to develop and promote the Kansas River Atlas. 

 

Federation of Fly Fishers - $3,000 to assist in the planning and construction of a recreational boat ramp in St. George, Kansas.