Palisades Community Fund Past Grants
2018 - FALL
Hardy Middle School PTO | $5,000
Instruments for music programCommunity Preschool of the Palisades | $3,000
New playground equipmentPalisades Citizens Association| $7,040
Cabinets for Palisades HIstory MuseumPalisades Village| $1,000
Monthly social gatherings for seniors
2018 - Spring
Key School PTA | $1080
Community GreenhouseWilson Crew Boosters | $3,000
New launch/chase boatFriends of Hardy | $463
Q Street Alley Beautification
2017 - fall
Palisades Citizens Association| $8,000
Palisades Call Box Restoration Project
2017 - spring
Key School PTA | $5,000
To support additional children in afterschool program
2016 - fall
Palisades Village| $2,500
Care management services
2016 - spring
Wilson Crew Boosters | $3,000
New launch/chase boatC&O Canal Trust - Friends of Fletcher's Cove| $5,000
Sediment and soil sampling study
2015 - FALL
Girl Scout Troop 6694 | $750
Babysitting course for children ages 10-16Palisades Citizens Assocation | $8,980
50 centennial bannersparkrun - Fletcher's Cove | $2,110
Start up costs for weekly 5K community runSchool Without Walls Robotics Team| $1,000
Funds for Vex robotics competition
2015 - spring
Hardy Middle School PTO | $5,000
Replace 25% of the computer inventoryJubilee Jobs | $1,970
Placement costs of two applicantsWoodrow Wilson High School - Music Booster Club| $5,000
New band instrumentsPalisades Citizens Assocation | $2,500
To fund schematics and photos of possible trail improvements
2014 - fall
Palisades Vilage | $5,000
Moving costs and website re-designKey School | $1,000
Play-aways for libraryWoodrow Wilson Crew | $1,950
Money to be used toward the purchase of a used boatFriends of Palisades Park | $2,675
Partial cost to finish resurfacing tennis courts at Palisades Rec Center
2014 - Spring
Palisades Citizens' Advisory Council | $1,350
Officers' meals for the 2nd District Awards BanquetPalisades Community Church | $2,000
New bench for Hawthorne HillDC Independent Film Fesitval | $1,250
Display material for MacArthur Theater ProjectHardy Middle School | $5,000
New books for libraryPCA | $3,000
New benches along MacArthurPCA | $1,000
Community music festival
2013 - FALL
Friends of Palisades Park | $5,000
Partial cost to resurface tennis courts at Palisades Rec Center
2013 - Spring
Palisades Village | $3,000
Palisades House Tour expensesFriends of Hardy | $276
Portable basketball hoops
2012 - Fall
Canal Stewards | $3,000
Benches and plantings for the Capital Crescent TrailWoodrow Wilson Crew | $2,000
Money to be used toward the purchase of a new boat
2012 - Spring
Key School PTA | $10,000
Playground renovationsC&O Canal Trust | $1,500
Volunteer Project at Fletcher's CoverFillmore Arts Center | $1,425
ipad, printer, supplies, theater staging, educational DVDsPalisades Village | $1,000
Audio and video equipmentThe Potomac Appalachian Trail Club | $400
New trail markers
2011 - Spring
Rec Center | $249
Gas powered leaf blowerJubilee Jobs | $961
Cost to train one applicantKey School | $3,032
Four document cameraBoy Scout Troup 61 | $700
Shelving materials and a vinyl cover for their trailer
2011 - Fall
Mat Thorp | $500
One time research grant to pay for aircraft noise issuesKey School | $3,600
Replacement/supplemental early childhood materials for 12 classroomsHardy Middle School | $4,000
New website for the school and PTA
2010 - spring
Ellen Maxwell | $500
CPR classes in the PalisadesNick Keenan | $300
Weather station at Key School
2010 - Fall
Palisades Library | $1,000
Phase 3 of their landscape planKim Snedden | $520
Four cooking classes for young peoplePalisades Village | $665
L aser printer/scanner/fax/scan machineOLV Church | $1,000
HD format screenPalisades Park | $317
Outdoor film festival costs
2009 - spring
Palisades Village | $2,000
General supportPal Comm Church | $250
Two bricks for their Eternity GardenGeorge Beronio | $287.50
Archive of Palisades photographsKey School | $1,000
Books for new reading programRenaissance Child | $750
Produce a pilot DVD based on the curriculum of Key School teacher Eleanor Palm
2009 - Fall
Palisades Library | $800
Outdoor benchKey School | $2,250
Padding for polesFarmer’s Market | $440
Cones and signs
2008 - Spring
Pal Preschool | $800
Outdoor arts centerRebuilding Together | $7,500
Home modifications for seniorsPCF kiosk | $5,000
Kiosk repair and maintenance
2008 - Fall
Palisades Band | $1,000
S tart-up costs for neighborhood bandWilson Crew | $2,000
Help pay for new boat – Vespoli M-2 shellG’Town Senior Ctr | $500
Gas and maintenance for van
2007 - Spring
PCF kiosk | $500
Kiosk maintenancePal Buddy Project | $5,000
Senior emergency preparedness projectHolland/Lessard Grp | $3,000
Art bench for Palisades Rec CenterPal/Hillcrest Partshp | $800
Palisades-Hillcrest Partnership’s 10th Anniversary eventDuke Ellington | $2,000
Science lab equipment
2007 - Fall
MBG | $10,000
Matching grant moneyPalisades Village | $5,000
S tart-up costs
2006 - Spring
CFNCR | $1,500 annually
(Community Foundation for the National Capital Region – the organization that receives and manages all contributions to the PCF)Wilson Crew | $900
One erg rowing machinePal Rec Center | $2,000
50 new folding chairsPCF kiosk | $500
Kiosk maintenanceDiscovery Creek | $3350
Back to School event
2006 - Fall
Key School | $4,500
Replacement/supplemental materials for six elementary classroomsDiscovery Creek | $1,000
Busing Hillcrest children to Palisades event
2005 - Spring
Alice Stewart | $1,800
Supplies related to the history book she wroteDiscovery Creek | $3,000
Back to School event
2005 - Fall
Friends of Hardy Park | $1,860
LandscapingPalisades Cit Assoc | $1,000
Postcards to advertise meeting
2004 - Spring
Hillcrest/Pal Partshp | $700
Neighbors Through Art event
2004 - Fall
Pal Comm Church | $2,100
Two stair liftsSt. David’s | $736
Two benchesKey School | $4,000
Replacement/supplemental materials for four elementary classroomsVeronica House | $500
10th Anniversary party costsFriends of Hardy | $1,380
Two storage containers
2003 - Spring
Palisades Library | $1,605
Audiobook spinners, tower displaysFriends of Hardy | $1,500
Sand and wood chipsPCA | $1,000
Ida Marion memorial
2003 - Fall
Palisades Library | $1,150
LandscapingHardy PTA | $352
15 dance skirtsHolland/Lessard Grp | $2,800
Art bench for neighborhood
2002 - Spring
Little Red School House | $2,678
Repainting/recarpeting sleeping quarters at fire stationKey School PTA | $1,000
Benches and trash cans for outdoor areasPCA | $650
Martin houses at Palisades and Hardy Rec CentersHillcrest/Pal Partshp | $700
Joint art exhibitPCA History Group | $1,300
Research/archival costs for book
2002 - Fall
Hillcrest/Pal Partshp | $600
Neighbors Through Art Concert costsPalisades Library | $1,461
FurniturePCA History Group | $768
A cid-free storage materials
2001
CCT | $1,000
Restoration and replanting on slope at Manning PlaceCub Scout Pack 61 | $500
Restore and repair two picnic tablesFriends of Hardy | $3,000
New playground equipmentJohn Finney | $542
Plants for triangle median at Loughboro and Dalecarlia
2000
Palisades Library | $1,800
Teak garden bench, matching chair and trash cansPalisades Park | $1,000
Trash receptacles for playing fieldMBG | $1,000
Median plantsLab School | $2,500
Costs to restore cupola at fire stationIrene Sinclair | $1,600
Landscape clean up at libraryLisa Sherman | $225
One 90-minute children’s theater performanceKey School PTA | $1,250
New books for library