2018 Festival grants
The Festival board granted $15,000 in savings and proceeds from the 2018 Festival to the following organizations:
- $3565 to Simonds School & PTO toward playground structures
- $3565 to Main Street Warner Inc toward a mix position station at the theater
- $2736 to Simonds School for a pottery kiln for art classes
- $2516 to Pillsbury Free Library for an emergency elevator phone, AED, and shelving stabilizer struts
- $1000 to Warner Youth Sports Association for scholarships for the ski program
- $782 to Warner Parks and Recreation for soccer benches
- $500 to Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail toward an outdoor bicycle repair station
- $339 to Warner Parks and Recreation for pickle ball nets
2017 Festival grants
The Festival board granted $2000 in proceeds from the 2017 Festival to Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail to connect Route 103 near Exit 7 to the Stevens Rail Trail in Hopkinton, and $2700 to Warner Parks and Recreation for security and fence line adjustments at Riverside Park. $5400 was applied to the remaining cost of the festival land / municipal parking and school grounds enhancements completed in 2016.
In 2016, Festival donations went to the establishment of a permanent festival area and town parking behind Foothills and adjacent to Simonds School. Festival funded $10K of this project in total.
2015 Festival grants
- $600 to Kearsarge Sophomore class for their junior prom
- $1100 to Pillsbury Free Library for a chrome book and new projection systems
In prior years, the Festival has also contributed to the following Kearsarge area programs:
- $20,000 for Jim Mitchell Community Park
- Warner Youth Sports Association
- WYSA Soccer
- WYSA Baseball
- Kearsarge High School Dance Team
- Warner Cooperative Pre-School
- Kearsarge Regional High School Band
- The Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail
- The Community Action Program
- Bradford Area Senior Citizen Program-through the CAP affiliation
- The Town of Warner
- The Warner Fire Department
- Warner Parks and Recreation: upgraded playing and athletic facilities for Wildcat Football; community ice hockey rink; snack shack at Bagley field; improved facilities for tennis, basketball, skateboarding, and general recreational use
- Pillsbury Free Library
- The Warner Historical Society
- The Men’s and Women’s Clubs of Warner
- Simonds School - literacy and library programs and updates
- KRMS students participating in WYSA Ski Program
- MainStreet Warner Inc. programs for all area citizens
- MainStreet BookEnds programs for students and literacy
- Simonds School Playground Revitalization Campaign
- United Church of Warner
- Kearsarge Youth Hockey
- New London Outing Club Soccer Tournament Day
Festival grant applications are due prior to the Festival each year. To request funding, you must represent a local organization which participates actively in that year's Festival.