2009 Grants
Discretionary Grants by Program Area
Enhancing Education
Madison-Oneida BOCES $12,270
Purchase of communication devices for children with disabilities
Utica City School District $45,724
Watson Williams playground project
Utica College $100,000
Purchase of equipment for biology laboratory
Ensuring Public Health
Abraham House $9,900
Renovation of office space in order to earn rental income
The Kelberman Center $75,000
Research fellow to document the center's programs
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory $100,000
Research equipment purchase
Mohawk Valley Perinatal Network, Inc. $2,728
Technology upgrade to improve staff efficiency and delivery of services
Rome Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc. $40,000
Wireless Local Area Network project
Improving the Quality of Life
Children's Museum $24,800
New interactive science, technology and history exhibits
City of Utica $25,000
Replacement of Parkway Recreation Center's gym floor
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Herkimer County $5,095
Telephone system upgrade
For the Good, Inc. $22,000
Construction of raised beds and sheds for community gardens
Herkimer County Humane Society $19,112
Animal care enhancement project
Little Falls Historical Society $3,500
Summer intern to research and write about notable individuals from Little Falls
Mid-York Library System $8,375
IT audit, review of procedures and document a disaster recovery plan
Millers Mills Grange #581 $15,000
Renovation project
Sherrill Kenwood Free Library $3,930
Boiler replacement
Utica Public Library $31,250
Branding and marketing campaign
Village of Prospect $15,000
Phase II of new playground
Investing in the Arts
Rome Art & Community Center $22,250
Fencing project as part of their grounds master plan
Sculpture Space $40,000
Permanent housing for artists in residence
Nurturing Youth & Families
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mohawk Valley $5,143
Summer program for teens
Little Falls Family YMCA $6,000
Energy conservation project
Mohawk Girls' Youth Softball $20,000
Construction of a softball field in Mohawk
New Hartford Rotary Club of District 7150 $10,000
Marketing campaign to promote fatherhood initiatives
Thea Bowman House, Inc. $11,478
Purchase industrial dishwashers and utensils for their two sites
Strengthening Human Services
Catholic Charities of Herkimer County $50,000
Roof Replacement
Central Association for the Blind and
Visually Impaired $50,000
Employment expansion and training program
DeSales Center, Inc. $21,900
Electrical upgrade
Herkimer Area Resource Center $60,000
Parking lot for new building
JCTOD Outreach, Inc. $40,000
Planning and designing of new "green" buildings
Salvation Army of Rome $4,900
New flooring for community room
Salvation Army of Herkimer $6,398
Replacement of gym/community room flooring
The Utica Center for Development $50,000
Start-up funding for the Veterans' Center of Central New York
Youth Empowerment Project, Inc. $10,000
Emergency sustainability grant
Supporting Older Adults
Parkway Senior Center $7,500
Sustainability project for RSVP's Growing Strong program
Presbyterian Home for Central New York, Inc. $35,000
Telemedicine program for Parkinson clients
Valley Health Services, Inc. $100,000
Renovations to create adult day health care program at Little Falls Hospital
Total Discretionary Grants $1,109,253
Agency
Amicable Masonic Lodge #664 $1,200
Amicable Masonic Lodge #664
Arts Guild General Fund $65,000
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc.
Brothertown Fund for Scholarships $5,196
Brothertown Fund for Scholarships
FORCE/St. Mary's School Fund $5,155
St. Mary's School
Good News Foundation Fund $4,098,387.63
Good New Foundation of Central New York, Inc.
Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement $1,396
Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement
Oneida County Historical Society 2nd Century
Agency Fund $7,786
Oneida County Historical Society
Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties II $35,000
Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
United Way of the Greater Utica Area Endowment
Agency Fund
Utica College $2,000
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area $8,359
Total Agency Fund Grants $4,229,479.63
Designated
Couper Fund $3,855
Oneida County Historical Society
Family Planning and Education Fund
Northern Adirondack Planned Parenthood, Inc. $5,000
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc. $5,000
James K. Clark Fund $3,301
Central Association for the Blind and
Visually Impaired
Stephen Johnson Cancer Fund $2,900
American Cancer Society - Oneida County Ch.
Total Designated Fund Grants $20,056
Donor-Advised
A. Richard Cohen Family Fund $34,000
Arts Guild of Old Forge
CAP-21
Kommunity Youth and Activity Center
North Country Public Radio Endowment Fund
Old Forge Library
Town of Webb Historical Association
Alan and Connie Leist Family Fund $1,500
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley
Albert S. Mazloom Family Fund $18,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mohawk Valley
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Citizens United in Research for Epilepsy
Friends of the ARC Foundation, Inc.
Root Farm Foundation
Sagamore Institute
St. Peter's Catholic School
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area
Utica College
Utica Monday Nite Corporation
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Utica Zoological Society
Blue Mountain Lake Fund $3,500
Paul Smith's College
Charles A. Gaetano Family Fund $2,400
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Inc.
Charles Henry Ide & Georgiana Roberts Ide Fund $2,500
Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc.
Credit Bureau of Utica Fund $46,330
Credit Bureau of Utica/Utica Dollars for Scholars Fund
Credit Bureau of Utica/RomeCollege Foundation Fund
USC Foundation
Utica College
Danny Adams Fund $1,000
Amos House
David & Janet Griffith Family Fund $2,000
Hope House
New Hartford Public Library
Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.
Doug & Donna Lynch Fund $3,055.65
Shawangunk Nature Preserve
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Springfield, MA
Earle C. Reed Fund $4,000
Grace Church
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory
New Hartford Public Library
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area
Estate Planning Law Center Charitable Fund $1,000
Family Nurturing Center
F.X. Matt II Memorial Fund $2,000
For the Good, Inc.
Historic Old St. John's
The House of the Good Shepherd
Sculpture Space
Utica Public Library
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
George and Jane Rossi Fund $1,000
Michelle Adey Memorial Fund
Giotto Family Fund $13,500
ALS of Utica
Casting for Recovery, Inc.
Root Farm Foundation
Upstate Cerebral Palsy
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area
Utica College
Harry H. & Martha S. Love Fund $12,050
Health Friends
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
New Hartford Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Homes Foundation
Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Mohawk Valley
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Henry & Nancy Morehouse Fund $1,850
American Cancer Society - Oneida County Ch.
American Heart Association, Utica Chapter
Hope House
James Agen-Raymond Durr Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Thea Bowman House, Inc.
Hummel Family Fund $1,000
Catholic Charities of Herkimer County
Greater Utica Community Food Resource
Herkimer County Humane Society
Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
J.K. & Hedy Anne Hage Family Fund $4,200
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
Hartford Players Youth Theater, Inc.
Players of Utica, Inc.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
Upstate Cerebral Palsy
Jacque & Terry Tolles Fund $2,300
The House of the Good Shepherd
Kristen Ann Carr Fund
Root Farm Foundation
The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
James C. O'Shea Family Fund $1,000
Trenton Falls Association, Inc.
Joan B. & William F. O'Shea Family Fund $2,500
Trenton Falls Association, Inc.
John B. & Margaret T. Stetson Fund $500
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.
Keller Family Fund $9,600
Boonville Black River Canal Museum
George School
LightHawk
Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
North Country Public Radio
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc.
Tug Hill Tomorrow, Inc.
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund $11,068
Utica Public Library
Madeline & Joseph Hobika Family Fund $5,000
Church of the Transfiguration
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
St. Louis Gonzaga Church
Richard & Kimberly Hanna Fund $38,940
American Heart Association, Utica Chapter
American Red Cross of the Mohawk Valley
Bassett Hospital - Friends of Bassett
Brookwood School
Casting for Recovery, Inc.
Cato Institute
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, Inc.
Family Nurturing Center
Farmers' Museum, Inc.
For the Good, Inc.
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
Otsego 2000
Otsego County Conservation Association
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc.
Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.
Root Farm Foundation
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Mohawk Valley
Stevens-Swan Humane Society
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Trenton Falls Association, Inc.
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, Inc.
Utica Public Library
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
WRVO Stations
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley
Rome Rotary Benevolent Fund $5,000
Rotary International Foundation, HPCPB
Ronald & Sheila Cuccaro Family Fund $13,000
American Heart Association, Utica Chapter
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mohawk Valley
Central New York Conservancy
Compassion Coalition
Hope House
JCTOD Outreach, Inc.
Mohawk Valley Ballet
Peacemaker Program, Inc.
The ARC, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC
Upstate Cerebral Palsy
Utica College
Utica Public Library
Root Family Fund $15,000
Root Farm Foundation
Senator James H. Donovan Memorial Fund $500
Health Friends
Staffworks Charitable Fund $68,150
Stevens-Swan Humane Society
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, Inc.
The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley
Steven D. Smallen Fund $1,500
Kirkland Town Library
Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Town of Webb Fund $18,000
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc.
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. Garden Club
CAP-21
Central Adirondack Search and Rescue Team
Community Transportation Services
Friends of Polar Bears, Inc.
Fulton Chain of Lakes Association
Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council
Home Aide Service of the Central Adirondacks, Inc.
Kommunity Youth and Activity Center
Mountain Theatre Company
North Woods Community Center of Old Forge, Inc.
Old Forge Library
Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corp., Inc.
St. Bartholomew's Church of Old Forge
Town of Webb Historical Association
Wolfe-Smith Fund $1,700
Hope House
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc.
St. Matthew's Temple Church of God in Christ
Total Donor-Advised Fund Grants $349,143.65
Field-of-Interest
John Winter Family Fund
B Sharp Musical Club $600
Robert Ablett Memorial Fund
Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. $17,025
Rotary District 7150 Dr. Clarke T. & Ruth Case Fund
Rotary District 7150 YE $1,800
The Maude M. Foley Fund
Oneida Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution $1,062
Utica Dispensary Fund
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. $5,373
Health Friends $6,500
Total Field-of-Interest Fund Grants $32,360
