The Utica National Group Foundation awarded $250,000 to nearly three dozen food pantries and soup kitchens throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties.

The Community Foundation of Herkimer announced the first step in a long-term strategy to challenge and overcome systemic racism and a broad range of longstanding barriers to opportunity for persons of color.

Junior Frontiers of the Mohawk Valley will hold a virtual town hall meeting to help middle and high school students struggling to cope with those issues and the challenges they present in daily life.

The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties is offering a series of free virtual webinars for staff and board members of area nonprofit organizations.

The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities has awarded $310,000 dollars in grants from its Nazareth Community Impact Fund.

The Lead-Free Mohawk Valley (LFMV) Coalition is marking National Healthy Homes Month 2020 in June with an increasing focus on making more Utica homes safer and healthier.

The Mohawk Valley COVID-19 Response Fund will begin to shift its focus from relieving the community’s immediate needs to addressing longer-term recovery.

Hero Fund America Fund (HFA) awarded a total of $18,000 to assist frontline organizations affected by the global pandemic.

Alicia Dicks, president/CEO of the Community Foundation, will represent the region as a member of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board.