A Note from the Miles River Yacht Club

The Miles River Yacht Club Foundation is seeking grant applications from eligible non-profit organizations for its Spring 2014 grants cycle.  The deadline for applications is April 15, 2014.

 Students discover the mysteries of the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Pickering Creek Audubon Center’s Youth Conservation Leadership program supported by the MRYC Foundation.

The MRYC Foundation was founded in 2010 as an independent 501c3 non-profit foundation focused on supporting youth-oriented competitive sailing, rowing and swimming, and other maritime educational programs in the Chesapeake Bay region.  The Foundation carries out its mission through grants of facilities, equipment, scholarships and general support to non-profit organizations whose programs are consistent with its mission.  It makes grants twice a year.

Past grants totaling $101,022 have been given to 18 non-profit organizations including Sultana Projects, Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB), Freedom Rowers, YMCA of the Chesapeake, MRYC Junior Sail Camp, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, MRYC Marlins Swim Team, Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, Easton High School Navy JROTC, Del-Mar-Va Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Critchlow Adkins Children’s Center, Pickering Creek Audubon Center, St. Mary’s College of Maryland sailing team, Horn Point Laboratory, Miles River Sail and Power Squadron, St. Michaels Community Center, and Gunston School rowing crew.

 Students discover the mysteries of the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Pickering Creek Audubon Center’s Youth Conservation Leadership program supported by the MRYC Foundation.

Grant applications can be accessed and downloaded at www.mrycfoundation.org, by telephoning 410-921-6792, or by writing to MRYC Foundation, 606A North Talbot Street, Suite 115, St. Michaels, MD 21663.

The MRYC Foundation receives support from several hundred individuals, businesses, companies and foundations, and from its Spring and Fall annual fundraising events.