{"id":24489,"date":"2013-08-02T22:56:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T03:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=24489"},"modified":"2013-08-06T23:00:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T04:00:29","slug":"midwayusa-foundation-sees-record-grant-cycle-giving-nearly-half-a-million-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/midwayusa-foundation-sees-record-grant-cycle-giving-nearly-half-a-million-dollars\/24489\/","title":{"rendered":"MidwayUSA Foundation sees record grant cycle, giving nearly half a million dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24491\" alt=\"MidwayUSAFoundationLogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MidwayUSAFoundationLogo.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"154\" \/>Columbia, MO \u2013 Checks totaling over $444,000 are in the mail to 163 shooting teams and clubs across the nation as the MidwayUSA Foundation wraps up its latest and most successful grant cycle to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of teams that apply and receive grant money continues to grow. The team applications were double what we saw in January,\u201d explains Dick Leeper, Executive Director of the MidwayUSA Foundation. \u201cThis growth is a result of our fund raising partners and proves that it can be done. Teams are taking advantage of their endowment dollars and that is resulting in more opportunities for young shooters and the future of the shooting sports industry. It\u2019s exciting; it\u2019s what we set out to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MidwayUSA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization which works to provide long term sustainment funding to shooting sports in high schools, colleges and universities, as well as club teams not affiliated with a school, such as 4-H, through its Scholastic Shooting Trust Fund. Founded by MidwayUSA owners, Larry and Brenda Potterfield, the Foundation offers every constituent team the opportunity to apply for a grant that will give them 5% of their total team\u2019s endowment annually. Teams can then use the funds for operational expenses such as the purchase of uniforms, ammunition, targets, competition entry fees, range fees and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetitive shooting teams provide wonderful opportunities for students to make friends, develop confidence, and learn discipline and leadership skills. However, most schools provide little or no funding for shooting teams, so it\u2019s up to us to help,\u201d says Larry Potterfield, MidwayUSA CEO. \u201cBrenda and I are elated to see the tremendous growth of the MidwayUSA Foundation and we are excited to see these teams build their accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the MidwayUSA Foundation, Inc. and its Scholastic Shooting Trust, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwayusafoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.midwayusafoundation.org<\/a> or call 1-877-375-4570.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checks totaling over $444,000 are in the mail to 163 shooting teams and clubs across the nation as the MidwayUSA Foundation wraps up its latest and most successful grant cycle to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2488],"class_list":["post-24489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-the-midwayusa-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}