Grant Recipients

This list is probably not complete. It was made by searching past Arisia meeting minutes (the online archive is missing old issues).


GroupDateAmountPurpose
Interstitial Arts FoundationJanuary 2010$3,000Funding to assist with publishing Interfictions 2 and supporting their website.
Brookline Public LibraryOctober 2009$3,000Funding to expand their SF&F print and media collections.
Jumpcon Orphans [1]July 2008$1,000Along with United Fan Con, Arisia helped sponsor a day of activities for fans who came to Boston for Jumpcon, which was canceled at the last minute.
PiConAugust 2007$3,000Additional funding for a new science fiction convention in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Friends of the LibraryAugust 2006$2,500To help the Kenai Community Library in Alaska purchase science fiction books, magazines, and DVDs and to host a seminar on science fiction with a local author, Dana Stabenow.
JerseyDevilConJanuary 2003$2,000To help cover their debts.
Boston Tea PartyJanuary 2003$825To assist them to bring a guest speaker to their Smallville Fan Convention.
The Lite Circle, IncJanuary 2002$2,000Assist with publishing "Through A Glass Darkly".
Vassar Non-Human Student Organization (NSO) [2]2001$1,000To help them with running No Such Convention (NonCon)
Harvard Radcliffe Science Fiction AssociationJanuary 2001$800To help them with running Vericon.
Gaylaxicon [3]2001??????
5ConFebruary 1999$1,250, plus $750 matching fundsTo assist with running 5Con
MassFen2000$750 plus $750 matching fundsStarting a fannish newsletter.
EuroConOctober 1999$1,000To promote interaction between the North American and European SF communities.
5CON [3]1998??????
Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA)November 1997$300For publications.
MIT Science Fiction Society[4]1994???First grant funded by Arisia.



Footnotes

  1. This was not an actual grant, because there was not sufficient time to go through the grant process.
  2. The grant application for Vassar/NSO is mentioned in the Mentors, but no mention of it being approved could be found.
  3. Gaylaxicon and 5Con are mentioned in Mentors in the past tense as having received grants , but no mention of when the grants were approved or for how much could be found.
  4. Information came from recollections of Arisia President Joseph Ross, 1992-1994.