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GRANT PROGRAM COMMITTEE MINUTES (DRAFT)
September 8, 2024
Members Present: Others Present:
Angelique Albert, Bea Awoniyi, Sherry Salway Black, David Blaikie,
William Corwin, I. King Jordan, Jr., Richard Krause, Robert Krause (non-voting), Malcolm Macleod (via Zoom), Mike Miller (via Zoom)
Lady Hereford, Lisa Loomis, Tommy Pence, Lowell Weiss, Sharon Wood, Hannah Deadman-Arnst (via Zoom), Rick Williams (via Zoom)
Malcolm greeted the Committee. Because he was unable to attend in person, he recused himself as Chair and in accordance with Board policy shared that the CEO would chair the meeting.
1. March 2024 meeting minutes
The minutes of the Committee’s March 2024 meeting had been circulated and were approved with three corrections.
2. Business arising from the minutes
There was no business arising that was not either on the Agenda or in the Program Notes.
3. Update on programs
A year-end report from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) had been circulated. King was asked for his thoughts about FSDB. He commented favorably and noted that the school always provides good reports. A brief discussion took place about FSDB’s use of only $574,484.30 of its $730,000 JSF allocation for the 2023-2024 school year. The balance was transferred to a JSF Contingency Fund. It was mentioned FSDB often places some of its JSF funds in contingency. A question was asked about an LOI from the Centre d’amitié autochtone de Lanaudière in Joliette, Quebec, which focuses on culturally relevant education for Indigenous students. The LOI mentioned that this school learned of JSF through the Martin Family Initiative. The LOI had been declined because the program’s path to a college degree was unclear, but it was marked as a possibility for future investment.
Site visit reports from the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University (LCOOU) also had been circulated. A comment was made that it was good to see the investment CMN has made in its JSF endowment over the years. The LCOOU site visit revealed some areas of deficiency that will take some time to resolve.
4. Discretionary and Matching grants
a. The following Director Discretionary Grants were unanimously approved:
• Florida Baptist Children’s Home
• Nkwusm Salish Language School
• Santa Fe College
• The Academy at Charlemont
• Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech
• Community Foundation of Western Mass.
$25,000 $25,000 $15,000 $ 5,000 $ 5,000 $ 2,000
The following Matching Grant was unanimously approved:
• Education Equalizer $ 500
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