- Date
- 1996-11
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagefundraisingcommunitygovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Historical Society established a permanent endowment fund at the Charlevoix County Community Foundation in November 1996. Memorial and life-membership contributions were to be recorded and invested, with earnings available for Historical Society programs and operations while principal was preserved.
Evidence limits
This is an organizational announcement, not a foundation statement, investment record, or complete contribution ledger.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Announces a permanent fund at the Charlevoix County Community Foundation for memorial and life-membership contributions, beginning with $1,000 from the Civic Association’s earlier lighthouse-memorial support and using investment earnings for Historical Society programs and operations. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the endowment-fund announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society establishes a permanent endowment fund in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-endowment-fund-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1996, “New B.I.H.S. Endowment Fund.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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