Name: Beaver Island Community Center reaches its capital goal and becomes debt-free
Start: 2012-12-14
End: 2012-12-24
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2012-12-14 – 2012-12-24
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingcommunityinfrastructuregovernance
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that donations put the Beaver Island Community Center and Preservation Association capital campaign over its $500,000 goal on December 14, 2012. The Welter Foundation then supplied its promised $1,000,000 match, leaving the Community Center debt-free with an endowment of approximately $165,000.

Evidence limits

The figures and campaign outcome are reported by the newspaper; this record does not independently audit the foundation match, endowment, or Center accounts.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 2013, "Beaver Island's Community Center Receives Special Gifts in 2012."
Reports that donations exceeded the $500,000 capital-campaign goal before the challenge-grant deadline, the Welter Foundation provided its promised $1,000,000 match, and the Community Center became debt-free with an approximately $165,000 endowment. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held January issue scan confirms the campaign outcome.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community Center reaches its capital goal and becomes debt-free”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-center-debt-free-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2013, "Beaver Island's Community Center Receives Special Gifts in 2012." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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