Foundation Grants: Northwest Area Foundation, 1958-1986

Grants from Northwest Area Foundation: Louis and Maud Hill Foundation, 1972-1974 In 1974 it was renamed the Northwest Area Foundation Hill Foundation Grant for proposal for Tri-College Great Issues Course--1958 ($25,000 initial grant funded, option for more) Hill foundation Grant for proposal to upgrade el and jr.-high schools science curriculum [S. Paschal Otto's project] 1967-69 ---- directed by S. Margaret VanKempen upon S. Paschal's death Hill Grant to tri-college proposal for East Asian Area Studies Program 1968 and renewed in 1973 Hill Foundation Grant, [kept in AC 06.01.F01 Box 05 as grant for Study Committee on Cooperation]: The first grant for this project was in August 1967 for $40,200, together with information to public on this grant which describes the cooperation between CSB and SJU since 1962 with the appointment of a joint committee] See also: "The Benet" October 1967 announcement of this gift: Hill Family Foundation supports Study of Cooperation with a grant of $40,200 Phase I completed with preliminary cooperative ventures, faculty and student exchange, joint use of libraries, food service, bus service Phase 2 began in 1967-1968 with a combined curriculum and a common calendar and bulletin as well cooperative admissions, developments and convo- cation programs are being tried Phase 3: cooperation will be extended to the administrative level for more efficiency Committee: Sisters Mary Grell, Firmin Escher, Dunstan Plantenberg, Terrence McKenna, and Fathers Colman Barry, Hilary Thimmesh, Gordon Tavis, and John Lange Hill Foundation Grant for Summer Music Center---co-sponsored by CSB and St. Paul Philharmonic Society 1970 (into 1971) Information on the second grant for CSB/SJU Cooperation is also kept in AC 06.01.F01 Box 05: Documents on CSB/SJU Coordinate Relations: Proposal to the Hill Family Foundation, March 1, 1972 and Letter from Michael Blecker announcing the approval of the grant, May 5, 1972: Correspondence on CSB-SJU Consultants for plan of Two-Clustered, Federated College Model" October 27, 1972 November 3, 1972: Letter to John Taylor thanking the Hill Foundation for check for $9,600 to support the study by consultants of interinstitutional cooperation December 28, 1972 January 5, 1973 January 10, 1975 February 17, 1976 January 30 1973 Proposal to Northwest Foundation CSB Proposal to the Louis and Maud Hill Family Foundation, 1973 In October 1973 Hill Family Foundation approved $54,700: for students to earn both credit and money for duties like tutoring, handling small group discussions, and freshman laboratories for semester of service internship in Benedictine-sponsored elementary and secondary schools, health care facilities, and social work centers in their missions in Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Salt Lake City, Japan, Formosa, and Minnesota Progress Report on Productivity Programs Funded October 9, 1974: Hill Family Foundation awards CSB $44,730 as part of grants to several MN private colleges as assistance in solving some of the problems threatening their survival CSB Proposal and correspondence are included Our proposal dealt with improvement in recruitment and retention programs 1976-1977: July 17, 1976: $200,000 grant from Northwest Area Foundation for a three-year period to fund: a competency-based program in the general education component of the curriculum; Faculty to 30 high school programs; Continuing Education Program Peer Counseling Program Career Education Program Correspondence with the Foundation on this grant, from August to November 1977 Northwest Area Foundation: On July 1976 the Foundation. awarded CSB a three-year grant to implement a college-sponsored outreach program for area high schools and competency-based program Grant Proposal, April 1, 1976: Competence-based general education program; Faculty to 30 High Schools Program; Continuing Education Program Career Education Program Evaluation Plan Expenditures, 1976-1978 Activity Planning and Report Chart Summary of program activities aimed to make faculty, performing groups and other events available to area high schools December 1978 September 1978 to March 1979: Activity Planning and Reporting Chart on Continuing Education Report on Goals and Objectives, Proposal to Northwest Area Foundation, January 12, 1979 for professional development of the faculty (no evidence of having been funded). Northwest Area Foundation Proposals and Grants, 1981 Proposal to bring together the CSB and SJU general education programs, March 1981 Award of $21,878 on June 22, 1981 Awarded $75,000 in July 1982 Northwest Area Foundation Grant for proposal : To Shape a Com- mon Core Curriculum--1983 (received a planning grant in 1981 and a 3-year implementation grant of $75,0000 in 1982) (see AC 07.45.F04 Box 01 and 02 for the reports to the Northwest Area Foundation on this grant from 1982 to 1986) Northwest Area Foundation Grant for new library ---1984 Northwest Area Foundation Proposal on Computer use awarded to CSB and SJU for $76,000 over two years, 1986-1988 Proposals that don't give any evidence of having been funded, 1979, 1982,