December 2019
We were awarded a $25,000 grant from Coeur Alaska - Kensington Mine. This enabled us to complete phase three of our three part fundraising plan.
Rosemary Walling stands next to the new digital projector at Marie Drake Planetarium in this Dec. 22, 2019 Photo by Steve Kocsis.
Image from Crello.com
October, 2019 We were awarded a matching grant of $10,000 from the Juneau Community Foundation's Blackwell Fund. In a month, we matched this grant. Three board members had opportunity to visit Matt Blackwell who is the son of the late Mike Blackwell. Matt works at the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences.
The Blackwell Fund continues the legacy of Juneau philanthropist
Mike Blackwell. His two sons, Matthew and Andrew, told us they are “really
excited about this project. It fits very well with our father’s legacy and I
think he would enjoy it”.
Douglas-Dornan Foundation via the Juneau Community Foundation.
2020
We were awarded $1,000 for busing school groups to the planetarium.
2012
We were awarded a matching grant of $2,000 for a new digital projector. Matching funds raised in 2013.
2018 - awarded $2,000
2012 - $500 for a laptop
2015 - Awarded $500
Workshop attendees - A great group of people who are
passionate about teaching astronomy