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Connection to the Community<br />

The <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Foundation<br />

James Praley<br />

The <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Foundation was<br />

founded in 1999 with the goals of providing<br />

support and encouragement to amateur<br />

sailors hailing from the mid-Chesapeake Bay region,<br />

supporting sailing instruction for deserving youths who<br />

would otherwise be unable to obtain such instruction,<br />

and supporting other non-profit organizations’<br />

maritime-related charitable and educational activities.<br />

Although the Foundation acts independently from<br />

AYC, it can be viewed as the charitable arm of the<br />

<strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>.<br />

The Foundation is organized as a public foundation<br />

and managed by a Board of a dozen volunteers,<br />

currently all members of the <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>.<br />

AYC's Commodore and Vice-Commodore also serve<br />

as ex officio members of the Board and another 20 or<br />

so members of the <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> community<br />

serve on the Foundation’s Grant Advisory, Marketing,<br />

and Fund Raising Committees, which are critical to the<br />

efforts of AYCF.<br />

The Foundation holds IRS Code Section 501(c)(3)<br />

status and as a result, contributions to the Foundation are<br />

tax deductible. Since its formation, the Foundation has<br />

raised and distributed nearly $400,000 to support amateur<br />

sailors, deserving juniors, and non-profit organizations.<br />

The Foundation’s activities are funded both by<br />

annual donations by generous AYC members and<br />

others, and, more recently, through a fundraising auction<br />

held in conjunction with the AYC Annual Membership<br />

Meeting. Last year, over $50,000 was raised by the<br />

auction of a number of items generously provided by<br />

AYC families.<br />

In its short history, the <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> has<br />

done a great deal to support sailors and worthwhile<br />

charitable organizations in the mid-Chesapeake area. Its<br />

activities, like those of a number of similar foundations<br />

affiliated with other yacht clubs throughout the country,<br />

enables sailors to pursue their dreams and provide an<br />

opportunity for others to have an introduction to the<br />

Chesapeake Bay and sailing. It is the Foundation’s hope<br />

that it will continue to benefit from the generous support<br />

of AYC members to pursue its mission.<br />

An <strong>Annapolis</strong> Police Officer assists a child in freeing a fish from a hook in<br />

this 2007 event funded by the <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Foundation.<br />

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS<br />

THE FOUNDATION HAS MADE GRANTS TO:<br />

• The <strong>Annapolis</strong> High and Broadneck High Sailing teams,<br />

assisting them in attending National Championship<br />

regattas.<br />

• Olympic hopefuls Andrew Campbell and Ian Coleman<br />

(Star), Farah Hall (Board Sailing), Katy Stork and<br />

Lindsay Gibbon-Neff (470), permitting them to compete<br />

and pursue training opportunities internationally.<br />

• Carol Cronin and Annapolitan Kim Couranz, assisting in<br />

attending the Snipe World Championships in Denmark.<br />

• Members of the team representing <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />

in the prestigious New York <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Invitational Cup<br />

regatta.<br />

• Junior Sailors who attended the Easter Regatta (Holland),<br />

U.S. Youth Championships, CISA Youth Clinic, and other<br />

national and international competitions.<br />

• Scholarships to young sailors attending the AYC Junior<br />

and High School sailing programs.<br />

• Box of Rain, which provides opportunities to<br />

disadvantaged <strong>Annapolis</strong> youth.<br />

• Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB),<br />

which provides sailing opportunities for persons with<br />

disabilities.<br />

• <strong>Annapolis</strong> Community Boating, conducting introductory<br />

sailing programs and youth summer camps.<br />

• The Brendan Corporation, which conducts youth sailing<br />

programs in both <strong>Annapolis</strong> and at St. Mary’s College.<br />

VOLUME 3, NO. 2<br />

AYC BEACON<br />

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