2000 Grant Recipients:

Brattleboro Area AIDS Project - $1,500
Brattleboro, Vermont
Continuation of the Bennington County HIV prevention program for men who have sex with men.
http://www.vtbaap.org

Green Mountain Freedom Band - $500
St. Albans, Vermont
Grant toward the purchase of a marching drum set.
gossamer@together.net

Lyndon State College - Gay/Straight Alliance - $625
Lyndonville, Vermont
Organize a December, 2000 conference for Gay/Straight Alliances from around Vermont.
http://www.lsc.vsc.edu

Mountain Pride Media/ Out In The Mountains - $5,000
Richmond, Vermont
Strengthen OITM advertising infrastructure with the goal of sustaining a livable wage for the editor.
http://www.mountainpridemedia.org

Outright Vermont- $4,000
Burlington, Vermont
A Challenge Grant to be used in the 2000 Phone-A-Thon. Serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth of Vermont.
http://www.outrightvt.org

Pride Vermont 2000 - $2,000
Burlington, Vermont
Educational programming for the "30 Days of Pride"
http://www.pridevermont.org

RU12? Community Center - $2,000
Burlington, Vermont
Matching grant for 2000 membership drive.
http://www.ru12.org

Springfield College / Creative Works - $350
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
"Create Change Educational/Support Group" for teens questioning their sexuality.
http://www.springfieldcollege.edu

Vermont CARES - $1,500
Burlington, Vermont
"Genders R Us" - a support group for transgendered people.
http://www.vtcares.org

Vermont Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Rights - $500
Montpelier, Vermont
LGBT Town Meeting
renfrew@sover.net

Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force - $3,500
Middlebury, Vermont
Grassroots organizing and education in support of civil rights for lesbian and gay couples.
http://vtfreetomarry.org

Women's Crisis Center - Windham County - $2,000
Brattleboro, Vermont
Staff training and written materials on same sex domestic violence issues.
wmnscc@together.net

Women's Rape Crisis Center Same Sex Domestic Violence Subcommittee - $2,000
Burlington, Vermont
Creation of a "warmline" to serve victims of same sex domestic and sexual violence.
http://homepages.together.net/~stoprape

The 2000 Samara Foundation grants were made possible through the generous support of our individual and corporate contributors and from the generous bequests of our Founding Benefactors:

• Robert Mundstock (1947 - 1992)
• Douglas C. Howe (1949 - 1996)
• The Douglas C. Howe and Frank E. Shivers Trust