Submitted photo Grant Recipients Back Row: Kate Denney, Homelessness Project; Trudy Beranek, New Ulm Area Concert Assn.; Stacy Merkel, Network New Ulm Youth; Peter Roufs, Lafayette Charter School; 2nd Row: Marnie Leist, Brown County Historical Society; Christina Miller, Turner Hall; Nancy Wichmann, Kids X-Cel; Sheldon Reike, Healthy Community Healthy Youth; Third Row: Shannon Hillesheim, Network New Ulm Youth; Paula Anderson, New Ulm Suzuki School of Music; George Glotzbach, Hermann Monument Society; Front Row: Robert Wise, Grants Chairman; Jeff Braegelmann, Director NUAF; Seth Vissar, Bavarian Blast; Virginia Suker Molden, Turner Hall; Kristy Paulson, Bavarian Blast; Kari Berans, Pro Kinship for Kids; Anne Makepeace, Grand Center for Arts and Culture; Dan Hoisington, Turner Hall; Mike Boyle, Director NUAF; Bill Otis, Director NUAF.

NEW ULM — Bob Wise, Chairman of the Grants Committee of the New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF), recently announced the grants awarded for the Spring 2017 grant cycle at a ceremony held at the Grand Center for Arts and Culture in New Ulm.

All grant applications are reviewed by the committee and recommendations are made to the NUAF Advisory Board for the final decision. This grant cycle the Foundation awarded grants totaling $23,100 and another $9,000 in second payments for grants awarded in 2016.

Each grant recipient gave a brief overview of their project. Grants were given in the focus areas of Arts, Education, Economic Development and Historic Preservation.

Applications for the fall 2017 grant cycle are due August 15. See the NUAF website for details: newulmareafoundation.org.

The Spring Grants include:

Grants from the Henry Somsen Fund

Grand Center for Arts and Culture – $800; Initial phase for concepts and proposal for wall mural.

Lafayette Charter School – $2,500; Assistance in launch of robotics technology.

Bavarian Blast – $2,500; 2017 German Festival.

Grants from the

Bill Macklin Fund

Kids X-Cel Center – $1,000; Add arts component to Kids Kamp 2017.

Pro Kinship for Kids – $3,000; New Ulm Academic Mentoring Program.

Grants from the

Nu-Telecom Fund

Healthy Community Healthy Youth – $1,500; S.P.O.T.S. Program.

New Ulm Concert Association – $1,500; Funding for concert series.

New Ulm Turner Hall – $1,000; World War I Remembrance Day.

Grants from the New Ulm Area Foundation

Brown County Historical Society – $4,000; 2nd Installment for Loyalty and Dissent Exhibit.

Hermann Monument Society – $3,000; HermannFest 2017.

New Ulm Battery – $800; 4th of July Event at Riverside Park.

New Ulm Film Society – $2,000; 2017 Minnesota Filmmaker Series.

St. Stephen’s Human Services – $1,500; Reality Road Show on Homelessness

Milford Township – $5,000; 2nd Installment for Milford Township Renovation Project.

New Ulm Suzuki School of Music – $2,000; Summer Pops Camp.