The Beaumont Foundation

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The Beaumont Foundation will be giving out almost $400 million in

computer equipment starting in 2003. The grant applications for

schools and community organizations will be available on our website

beginning January 6, 2003, at www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/. The

guidelines explain how we'll be giving out $20 million each in

computer equipment to community organizations and to schools in about

half the country. Information on individual grants is also online

but persons interested in those grants should apply by calling 1-866-

505-COMP(2667). Please note that persons with disabilities and those

who are homebound because of disability or illness are especially

encouraged to apply for these individual grants. Questions about the

school and community grants can also be answered on that line. Our

focus is on delivering equipment where it will directly benefit

underserved citizens. So we do not provide computers for staff. Since

we only give hardware, we make grants to established programs that

have the funding, infrastructure and staffing to maintain their

programs.

Part of my job is to encourage truly innovative and excellent

programs for persons with disabilities. If you know of such a program

that could use $20-200k of brand new, state-of-the-art hardware to

help underserved communities, please drop me a line or give me a

call. I am on the team working on California, Washington, Montana,

Wyoming, Hawaii, and Alaska, but I will also be advising on grants

for disability organizations and schools that serve students with

disabilities. I look forward to receiving many, many grant

applications from the disability community.

Nora

Program Officer

The Beaumont Foundation of America http://www.bmtfoundation.com/

nhernandez@...