Funders to approach for Julia Belle Swain Foundation Inc

The mission of the Julia Belle Swain Foundation is to restore and renovate the julia belle swain (preserving its historical authenticity) and to then use the steamboat for primarily charitable educational purposes. To support this mission, like any other museum, the foundation will engage in fund- raising activities through gifts, grants, partnerships, sponsorships and rental of the facility for special usages. The foundation's educational mission is to be realized in primarily two ways: (1) by accommodating the placement in, on and proximate to the boat both static and digital displays of educational materials related and relevant to the boat and its surrounding natural and cultural environments; and (2) by developing partnerships and programs to deliver, both on site and off, innovative educational presentations (in the subjects as hereinbefore described) for such audiences as, but not limited to, schools, service organizations and the general…