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National Marine Life Center Campaign
Foundations
If you are a member of a grant-making organization with interests
in animal welfare, marine animal conservation, education, community
development, or any of the other categories this project is involved
in, please contact us.
The NMLC has earned grants from the following foundations:
· Elinor Patterson Baker Trust Fund, Greenwich, CT
· Community Foundation of Cape Cod, Yarmouthport, MA
· Stephen Casey / Carlotta Casey Coyne Fund, Cape Cod, MA
· Dolphin Trust, Boston, MA
· Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation, Worchester,
MA
· Francis A. and Jaquelyn H. Harrington Foundation, Worchester,
MA
· Horizon Foundation Ipswich, MA
· Island Foundation, Marion, MA
· Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation, Inc., Hyannis,
MA
· Osceola Foundation Inc., New York, NY
· Panaphil Foundation, New York, NY
· Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, New
York, NY
Information for Foundations:
NMLC Federal ID No. 04-3290276
Original IRS Ruling: 1996. confirmed as a publicly supported organization
described in sections 509 (a)(1) and 170 (b)(1) (A)(vi).
Government
The NMLC is working with government
at all levels.
1. The Town of Bourne invited the NMLC to locate on their land on
the Cape Cod Canal. The NMLC has a 50-year lease with the town at
$1 per year.
2. The NMLC has earned grants from Barnstable County through the
county's economic development corporation competitive grant program,
known as the License Plate Grant Program, and an allocation from
the County Commissioners and the Assembly of Delegates to help care
for the animals in the interim facility.
3. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has allocated $250,000 in the
FY01 budget for NMLC construction and $50,000 in FY05 to help care
for the animals in the interim facility.
4. The state's Ready Resource Fund has awarded the NMLC, in partnership
with the Town of Bourne, a grant of $50,000 to support permitting
activities and expenses.
5. Congress included an $800,000 allocation in the FYOI for NMLC
construction. This is the first time the federal government has
provided funds for a facility to help meet the federal mandate of
The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
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