News
May 7th, 2019
Celebrating 2019 Spring Grant Cycle Grantees and Programs
Congratulating our newest Grantees (listed below) in Aging, Animal Welfare, Environmental Preservation, Women and Youth Services: more than 50 grants to 37 organizations totaling $136,697!
$48,500 from the Howland Foundation and a total of $88,197 from Community Foundation comprised of $27,375 from our Tompkins Today & Tomorrow Fund, $35,326 from different donor advised funds, $5,093 from our Women’s Fund and $5,500 from our Children & Youth Fund. We also raised $14,903 from designated gifts.
Grant recipients in the priority area of aging –
Foodnet Meals on Wheels: Adding Ingredients for Nutritional Health
Hospicare for Hospicare Accessibility Project
Love Living at Home for Scholarship Fund
Lifelong for Database Upgrade
Grant recipients in the priority area of environmental preservation –
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network for Harmful Algal Bloom Detection, Education, and Outreach
Friends of Salt Point Limited for Native Plants at Salt Point: Restoring a Diverse Ecology
Friendship Donations Network for Sustaining FDN: “Operational support to close $7,750 gap in a year when we will be exploring Best Practices in addressing Food Insecurity”
Grant recipients in the priority area of animal welfare –
Broome County Humane Society & Relief Association for Spay/Neuter Clinic Equipment and Medical Expense Support
Southern Tier Zoological Society for Animal Welfare Initiative
SPCA of Tompkins County Capital Improvement for Capital Improvement Project: SPCA Adoption Center Purchase of Commercial Laundry Equipment
Grant recipients in the priority area of women-
Advocacy Center of Tompkins County for Critical Needs Fund
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County – NLI for Natural Leaders Initiative -Creating Ripples of Change: Developing Diverse Grassroots Leadership
Multicultural Resource Center for WIMIN Project for Sustaining Womxn’s Identities, Culture, and Histories Through Film
Grant recipients in the priority area of youth –
Ithaca Underground for Equip Youth Initiative
Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca Open Doors for Services for Runaway and Homeless Youth
Sciencenter for Future Science Leaders
Groton Public Library for Summer Youth Position
Camp Kesem at Cornell University for Camp Kesem at Cornell University Summer 2019
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County for 4H Urban Outreach Northside Free Summer Program
Food Bank of the Southern Tier for Tompkins County BackPack Program
Village at Ithaca for Summer Achievement Program: Program Educator and Program Expansion
Free Science Workshop (Fiscal Sponsor: Physics Factory) for Empowering Youth Through Curiosity
Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau for Summer Camp Inclusion
Discovery Trail, Inc. for Kids Discover the Trail 2019-20
Hangar Theatre for Project 4 Unites Tompkins County
Ithaca Youth Bureau for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ithaca and Tompkins County Neighborhood Saturdays
The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County for Kids First Summer Day Camp 2019
The Youth Farm Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Center for Transformative Action) for The Fresh Snack Program
Family Reading Partnership for Extending Traveling Books to Care Providers and Children in Need
Izzy’s Closet for Read2Grow
Grant recipients in multiple priority areas –
Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Solutions/ Better Housing of Tompkins County for Women Homeowner’s Small Repair Materials Fund
Catholic Charities Tompkins/Tioga for Personal Care Products
Lilypad Puppet Theatre for Lilypad Puppet Shows & Workshops
Empire State Special Needs Experience (ESSNE) for Ice Machine for Lions Camp Badger
Golden Opportunity GO for Tutoring & Mentorship
Just Play Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Alliance For Childhood) for Summer Just Play Days
Discover Cayuga Lake (Fiscal Sponsor: Center for Transformative Action) for Deeper Experiences on Cayuga 2019