Past Grants Awarded by the Nyquist Foundation

2023

  • Bainville Booster Club, Bainville, MT. $1000 toward construction of a new high jump pit at Bainville Public School.

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $1700 toward a CD and DVD sheliving unit.

  • The Doctor Margaret Wade-Lewis Black History and Cultural Center at the Ann Oliver House, New Paltz, NY. $1800 for promotion of the upcoming center.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $1000 for four more years of books to enhance the “Montana Collection”.

  • Froid Volunteer Fire Department, Froid, MT. $1400 toward repairing the damaged floor in the Froid Community Center.

  • The Maya Gold Foundation, New Paltz, NY. $600 toward a branded tent for the organization to use at various community events.

  • Northern Lights Gia, Froid, MT. $2000 toward the purchase of a wooden gazebo for a picnic area to be built at the playground near the Froid Community Center.

  • Vanaver Caravan, New Paltz, NY. $1479 for a laptop and speakers for use in arts education.

2022

  • Circle Creative Collective, New Paltz, NY. $1600 for supplies, facilitators and marketing for teen workshops for at-risk teens.

  • Culbertson Museum, Culbertson, MT. $2000 toward replacing the roof of the meat room.

  • Culbertson Volunteer Fire Department, Culbertson, MT. $1587 toward handheld radios.

  • Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, NY. $1000 toward the conservation of library documents.

  • Mushroom Shed, New Paltz, NY. $982.26 for tools and cultivation equipment to teach community members to grow mushrooms.

  • Tikkun Olam Ministries, Poplar, MT. $2000 toward the cost of cooking kits for middle school children to cook for their younger siblings at home.

  • Town of Froid, Froid, MT. $2000 toward indoor LED lighting.

2021

  • Froid Senior Citizens, Froid, MT. $2000 toward the purchase of an undercounter dishwasher.

  • Legions Post 49 Bulls Baseball, Froid, MT. $2000 toward the cost of bleachers for the Froid baseball field.

  • Maya Gold Foundation, New Paltz, NY. $1600 for supplies for a program of teen mental health first aid training.

  • New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz, NY. $2000 for community senior citizen meals.

  • Northern Lights Park, Froid, MT. $2000 toward a vault toilet for the park.

  • Open Space Institute, New York, NY. $1400 toward laminate signs to tell the story of indigenous settlement in the Wallkill Valley at the River-to-Ridge Trail in New Paltz.

  • Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz, NY. $2000 for fresh produce for low income families.

  • Roosevelt Medical Center, Culbertson, MT. $2000 toward kitchen appliances for the hospital.

2020

  • Bainville Community Association, Bainville, MT. $2500 toward the purchase of four picnic tables to be used by the Bainville community.

  • Culbertson Lions Club, Culbertson, MT. $2000 toward the installation of a pedestrian bridge as part of Ike’s pond fishing pond and walking path outside Culbertson.

  • Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston, NY. $900 for partial scholarships for New Paltz children to participate in sailing programs.

  • Tikkum Olum Ministries, Wolf Point, MT. $2000 for equipment for items for their daycare center in one of their houses, and a mattress for an incoming kindergarten teacher to live in another of their houses on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

  • Wallkill Valley Land Trust, New Paltz, NY. $1000 toward Bio Blitz, an event focusing on finding and identifying species in the New Paltz area.

2019

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $1077 to replace five chairs to pair with the public computers.

  • Froid Municipality, Froid, MT. $2000 toward the repair and updating of the ground source heating and cooling system for the Froid Community Center.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $1000 over the next four years to continue building the Montana Collection.

  • Mill Brook Preserve, New Paltz, NY, administered through the Village of New Paltz. $1980 to install 40 bog bridges in the Mill Brook Preserve. This includes materials and labor.

  • Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY. $600 toward piloting a new blazing method for the Bonticou Craig trail using medallions affixed to trees as an alternative to painted marks.

2018

  • Culbertson Museum, Culbertson, MT. $1000 toward the installation of a new roof over the Quilt Room area of the museum.

  • Culbertson Public School System, Culbertson, MT. $400 for the Missoula Children’s Theater production.

  • Froid Senior Citizens, sponsored by the Town of Froid, Froid, MT. $2000 toward the purchase of an electric convection oven.

  • Gardens for Nutrition, New Paltz, NY. $2000 toward the installation of a galley.

  • New Paltz Methodist Church, New Paltz, NY. $1000 to extend the food supplement program to include the month of September.

  • Roosevelt Medical Health Care Center, Culbertson, MT. $1600 to purchase three Jerry chairs.

  • Unison Learning Center, New Paltz, NY. $2000 toward the installation of a new water purification system.

2017

  • Culbertson Museum, Culbertson, MT. $1000 for tables and chairs for museum events.

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $488 for a multimedia display 2-piece unit.

  • Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY. $2000 for 15 authentic colonial children’s costumes and a flax brake, a colonial era tool that turns flax into fiber to be spun, for use in school programs.

  • Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY. $933 for 50 compasses for a pilot educational program “Weather and Climate Change” for 5th grade New Paltz student outdoor STEM education.

  • Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, New Paltz, NY. $965 for 5 microscopes, lenses and lens-cleaning paper.

  • Wallkill Valley Land Trust, New Paltz, NY. $2000 for trail cameras.

  • Wild Earth Wilderness School, New Paltz, NY. $2000 for underprivileged children to attend camp.

2016

  • American Legion Post 81, Culbertson, MT. $2000 for fencing to rehabilitate and enhance a 36-acre park.

  • Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection, New Paltz, NY. $930 to transfer old oral history interviews from tape cassettes to CD’s .

  • Northern States Park Committee, Froid, MT. $2000 toward the purchase of a 4-seat single post swing set as part of a playground project for the community of Froid.

  • Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz, NY. $1500 to replace the current chicken yard fence and to provide two information signs that will be attached to the new fence.

  • Roosevelt Medical Center, Culbertson, MT. $1950 to redecorate the sun room which serves as a living room area for the 22 residents of the RMC. This includes an electric fire place, laminated flooring, a hanging picture, and refurbishing 30 wooden table chairs.

2015

  • Boy Scout Troop 173, New Paltz, NY. $2000 to design, plan, and construct cabinets for the troop’s chartering organization.

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $500 to add to the library’s audiobook collection.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $1000 to be spent over 4 years to augment the Montana Collection.

  • Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY. $1044 to add items needed to assure that the Jean Hasbrouck House is fully stocked with material culture and props appropriate to the 1700’s.

  • Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY. $1000 to purchase and install new bridge railings as part of a trail rehabilitation project at Duck Pond.

  • UlsterCorps, Stone Ridge, NY. $600 in support of the organization’s sixth annual Service Summit bringing together over 60 community leaders from the nonprofit, business, higher education and government sectors in Ulster County to address the issue of volunteerism among young people.

  • Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Association, New Paltz, NY. $2000 to repair, replace, and install new signs featuring the trail map, trail rules, and marketing material on the New Paltz section of the 22-mile trail.

2014

  • Culbertson Museum, Culbertson, MT. $382 for a flag, rope, and pulley system.

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $850 to shore up sagging bookcases.

  • New Paltz Rotary Club, New Paltz, NY. $1600 for four carts and plants to be rolled to rooms of residents in Wingate and Mountain View nursing homes as “Healing Gardens”.

  • Unison Learning Center, New Paltz, NY. $1027 for and internal hard drive and network storage server backup security system to archive their digital data and records.

  • Wild Earth Wilderness School, New Paltz, NY. $1500 for scholarships to fund children of needy families to attend a 7-week camp.

2013

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $500 to purchase audiobooks.

  • Culbertson Museum, Culbertson, MT. $656 toward the cost of a computer, technical support and DSL for the five month that the museum will be open to the public in 2013.

  • Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY. $1351 to inventory, catalog, and hose quilts dating from 1809-1970.

  • Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY. $1000 to purchase a Lenova ThinkPad laptop for Exploring New York’s Changing Climate Through STEM program, and two digital wind and temperature meters.

  • Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz, NY. $1509 for a logo entry sign and a nature trail map sign.

  • Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Association, New Paltz, NY. $800 toward payment of a consultant to assist in implementing a strategic plan created in 2011.

  • Wild Earth Wilderness School, New Paltz, NY. $1500 for 10 scholarships to send children to camp who otherwise could not afford the experience.

2012

  • American Legion Auxiliary Unit #81, Culbertson, MT. $1200 for Soldier Care Boxes for Bainville, Culbertson, and Froid area soldiers serving in Afghanistan.

  • Culbertson Museum, Culbertson, MT. $595 for a long-distance telephone line for use during the tourist season, and a fax machine for filing reports.

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $500 for a copper planter under the wall fountain in the reading room.

  • Golden Circle Senior Center, Bainville, MT. $900 to finish two base cabinets in the dining area.

  • Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for a women’s weekend conference.

  • New Paltz Rotary Club, New Paltz, NY. $1000 to expand the Fishes and Loaves program serving local people in need at a time of exceptional economic hardship.

  • Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz, NY. $1335 for educational material to use in farm-based programs for children.

  • Roosevelt Memorial Medical Center, Culbertson, MT. $1500 for new flooring in the Physical Therapy Department.

  • YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, Kingston, NY. $1000 in support of the New Paltz School Adventure Program.

2011

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $1000 over four years to purchase material to augment the Montana Collection.

  • Golden Circle Senior Center, Bainville, MT. $2549 for countertops, lumber, sheet rock, paneling, and labor.

  • Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY. $896 for digital and communication equipment.

  • New Paltz Chamber of Commerce, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for archival materials.

  • New Paltz Rotary Club, New Paltz, NY. $1000 to expand the Fishes and Loaves program serving local people in need at a time of exceptional economic hardship.

  • Roosevelt Memorial Medical Center, Culbertson, MT. $500 toward an X-ray suite.

  • Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, Highland, NY. $1000 to build a digital collection of historical letters.

  • Unison Learning Center, New Paltz, NY. $1199 for a computer.

  • Wellness Committee, New Paltz Central School District, New Paltz, NY. $1000 toward an organic garden at the Middle School.

2010

  • Bainville Rural Responders, Bainville, MT. $2000 for an automatic external defibrillator.

  • Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, NY. $1000 in support of a community learning project.

  • Froid Centennial Committee, Froid, MT. $2000 toward the publication of the 2010 Froid centennial book.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $250 to purchase books for the Montana Collection.

  • Roosevelt Memorial Health Foundation, Culbertson, MT. $1000 for windows in the Alzheimer’s Wing of the Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Center.

  • St. John Bosco Child and Family Service, New Paltz, NY. $750 for the installation of a 3-piece round shower set at the facility in New Paltz.

  • UlsterCorps, Stone Ridge, NY. $1000 for stipends for two interns involved with the hosting of a Service Conference addressing the state and value of volunteerism in Ulster County.

  • Wild Earth Wilderness School, New Paltz, NY. $1443 for an instructor training program.

2009

  • Bainville Museum, Bainville, MT. $1300 toward the installation of a 12-foot overhead door.

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $1675 for three new computer tables/desks.

  • Diana’s Cat Shelter, Accord, NY. $300 to be used by Grace Gehman of New Paltz, NY for food, shelter and medical attention for feral cats.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $250 for books for the Montana Collection.

  • Hudson Valley Playback Theatre, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for a slide projector to be used in their improvisational theatre and music activities.

  • New Paltz Middle School PTA, New Paltz, NY. $1000 toward a scholarship fund for financially disadvantage 7th and 8th grade students to participate in field trips to Boston and Washington, DC.

  • Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz, NY. $1000 toward the purchase of twenty flip top bench kits related to the construction of an open pavilion for educational and storage purposes.

  • Southern Ulster YMCA, New Paltz, NY. $1006 for materials for the construction of a garden/tool shed to be used as part of a school-based vegetable garden program.

2008

  • Culbertson Public Library, Culbertson, MT. $1400 for two book stacks for the new library.

  • Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, NY. $1000 toward the restoration of the 1858 wall map of Ulster County in the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection.

  • Froid Community Center Building Committee, Froid, MT. $1400 for a combination microwave/wall oven for the new Community Center building.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $1000 for a specially designed bookcase to house the Montana Collection, and $250 to buy additional books.

  • Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY. $1500 toward the restoration of the 1721 Jean Hasbrouck House.

  • Northeast Montana Critical Incident Stress Management Team, Culbertson, MT. $1000 to pay for a trainer to provide training required of present and new intervention volunteers involved in addressing traumatic events within emergency response organizations.

  • RC Shooting Club, Culbertson, MT. $1125 for five bows, two dozen arrows, and archer back net, and five archery targets to be used in archery training of boys and girls ages 9 to 17.

  • Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz, NY. $1156 for a video projector, ceiling mount, and screen.

2007

  • Centennial Clovers 4-H Club, Culbertson, MT. $1000 for a sprinkler system at the park adjacent to Roosevelt Medical Center.

  • Culbertson Summer Baseball Program, Culbertson, MT. $1000 toward a scoreboard.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $250 for additional books to augment the “Montana Collection”.

  • Gardens for Nutrition, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for installation of a system to water the plots.

  • Methodist Play School, New Paltz, NY. $1700 for a scholarship for a 4-year-old to attend.

  • Moriello Park Project, New Paltz, NY. $1407 for five 2-swing units.

  • Roosevelt Medical Center Ambulance, Culbertson, MT. $2000 toward a new ambulance for Froid.

  • Shawangunk Regional Partnership, New Paltz, NY. $280 for printing and framing four Scenic Byway maps to be placed at public access sites in the Mohonk Preserve, Sam’s Point visitors Center, and Orange County Chamber of Commerce.

2006

  • Culbertson Museum, Culbertson, MT. $1000 toward updated lighting, security lighting and ceiling fans.

  • Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, NY.  $1000 to develop a children’s collection area for fairy tales.

  • Family of New Paltz, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for the One Bus, One Tour project to finance a Katrina refugee from New Orleans to pursue professional training and licensing in aesthetic care in New Paltz.

  • Froid Commercial Club, Froid, MT. $1000 for Welcome to Froid signage at the north and south entrances of Froid.

  • Froid Public Library, Froid, MT. $1000 toward development of a “Montana Collection” of books, and the purchase of a large display bookcase.

  • Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for the historical research project “Huguenot Street Memories 1940-1960”.

  • Huguenot Street Cooperative Nursery School, New Paltz, NY. $675 for materials to improve a fenced playground area serving the school and the community.

  • Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY. $994 for digital camera equipment for the “Nature Access” initiative for children with disabilities.

  • Wallkill Valley Land Trust, New Paltz, NY. $2000 toward the Two Farms campaign to purchase the development rights and permanent conservation easement for greater than 180 acres along the Wallkill River.

2005

  • Boy Scouts of America Troop 291, Culbertson, MT, serving Bainville, Culbertson and Froid. $2000 for purchase of a canvas tent with rain fly.

  • Culbertson Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, Culbertson, MT. $500 for purchase of a large party tent for community events.

  • Hudson River Playback Theatre, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for a Playback program on bullying at Lenape Elementary School.

  • Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for the 2005 Summer in the Street program for children.

  • Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for an LCD projector to deliver power point presentations to the community.

  • Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz, NY. $1000 for a copy machine.