The Board of Directors of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of a grant program to fund skier development in the Central Region. Initial grant requests must be limited to two paragraphs and include a brief description of the project, the organization or individual making the request, and the amount requested. The maximum amount of any one request is $3,000. The Foundation can at anytime change or eliminate the grant application program.

Those projects that fall within the Foundation's geographic and population focus, program areas, and those which meet appropriate objectives related to skier development will receive a grant request packet by return mail. Grant requests will be considered only when all of the grant application information is completed. There are no deadlines for submitting applications. The Foundation Skier Development Committee reviews grant applications four times each year, generally in March, June, September, and November. Commonly, three months is needed to process completed grant applications.

Please send one copy of the grant request to:

American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation
Attention: Skier Development Committee
PO Box 911
Hayward, WI 54843

Fax copies will not be accepted.

For additional information regarding the grant application process please go to http://birkie.com/placed/story/02-07-2003Grant.html