BRUNSWICK

The Nathaniel Davis Fund Committee chose 10 projects and organizations that will receive $7,500 for the enjoyment of Brunswick residents.

According to committee chair Sande Updegraph, there were 12 applicants seeking a total of $17,680 in grants money available.

The town council voted May 19 to approve the following grants, based on the recommendation by the Nathaniel Davis Fund Committee:

— Merrymeeting Rowing Association, $500: For the purchase of a new dock installed at the Water Street boat ramp, to be owned and maintained by the town;

— Music on the Mall/Brunswick Downtown Association, $1,000: For a series of free concerts Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m. June 25 through Aug. 27 on the Brunswick Mall;

— Tree Lighting/Brunswick Downtown Association, $300: For this year’s tree lighting the Saturday after Thanksgiving at the Brunswick Mall;

— Brunswick Public Art, $500: For the acquisition and installation of a 7.5 foot sculpture to be located at the entrance to Brunswick Station;

— The Theater Project, $950: For the Aug. 8 to 10 outdoor production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at the gazebo on the Brunswick Mall;

— Outdoor Arts Festival/Brunswick Downtown Association, $750: For the Aug. 16 festival on Maine Street and on the Brunswick Mall;

— Northwest Brunswick Neighborhood Association, $1,000: For three free, family film screenings in Nathaniel Davis Park planned for the summer;

— Memorial Day Parade, $1,000: For next year’s annual Memorial Day Parade and observances on the Brunswick Mall;

— Arts Are Elementary, $750: For a oneweek theater production culminating with an Aug. 23 performance for grades 1-5;

— Longfellow Days/Brunswick Downtown Association, $750: For various Longfellow Days events to take place in February 2015.

No funding

Two applicants — Brunswick High School Music Department/Music Boosters, for a sound shell; and the Coastal Youth Orchestra, for string instrument introductory student instruction — did not receive funding.

The committee used the Davis fund’s mission to guide its decision, taking into account the number of people who could benefit from the event or project and the total funds available, according to Updegraph.

All applicants were “worthy organizations,” said Updegraph.

According to the fund’s official summary, the Nathaniel Davis Fund derives its income from a bequest made to the town by Samuel Gross Davis in memory of his father, Nathaniel Davis, born in 1791, “a substantial and useful citizen, the proprietor of a stationery store on Mason Street from 1825 until his death in 1866.”

Each year, the committee distributes funds to Brunswick organizations for the “pleasure of its inhabitants as the government of Brunswick of that year shall decide.”

ACCORDING TO THE fund’s official summary, the Nathaniel Davis Fund derives its income from a bequest made to the town by Samuel Gross Davis in memory of his father, Nathaniel Davis, born in 1791, “a substantial and useful citizen, the proprietor of a stationery store on Mason Street from 1825 until his death in 1866.”

jswinconeck@timesrecord.com