Community Foundation Awards Over $1.8 Million to Nonprofits, Opens 8 New Funds
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties announced that more than $1.85 million in grants were awarded during the second quarter of 2024 to support organizations and initiatives benefiting every corner of the community and beyond.
Category: Donors, General, Grants, Nonprofits
October 17, 2024
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties announced that more than $1.85 million in grants were awarded during the second quarter of 2024 to support organizations and initiatives benefiting every corner of the community and beyond.
In April, the Community Foundation held its Equity Grant Round aimed at local nonprofits addressing inequality and inequity that impact marginalized populations in areas such as education, economic stability, housing, healthcare, and food insecurity. Twenty-one organizations received funding totaling $219,700.
The Library Grant Round held in May awarded $35,000 to 21 libraries for program-related expenses, physical structure updates, or technology upgrades that will enhance the services they provide to patrons.
The annual First Responders Grant Round, powered by the Hero Fund America Fund of the Community Foundation, was held in June and awarded over $20,000 to 17 first-responder organizations across the United States. The grant round helps support the education, training, lifesaving equipment and mental health needs of fire, emergency medical services (EMS), and law enforcement agencies.
Donor-advised funds are established at the Community Foundation by community donors and businesses that wish to be actively involved in the grantmaking process and distribute charitable dollars over time and with maximum impact. The Community Foundation’s donor-advised funds awarded 97 grants in the second quarter of 2024 totaling over $510,000 to the following nonprofits:
- All Saints in the Mountains Episcopal Church
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
- American Friends Service Committee
- Anita's Stevens Swan Humane Society
- B Sharp Musical Club
- Baby Monkey Faces
- Boy Scouts of America Leatherstocking Council
- Broadway Theatre League of Utica
- Brothertown Scholarship Fund
- Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center
- Clinton Central School District Foundation
- Clinton Youth Foundation
- Crested Butte Center for the Arts
- Crested Butte Search & Rescue
- Cure Sanfilippo Foundation
- Dartmouth College
- GreenUtica
- Herkimer County College Foundation
- Herkimer County Humane Society
- Hospice & Palliative Care
- Jaime Hawkins George Foundation
- Jewish Community Federation of the Mohawk Valley
- Johnson Park Center
- Kindred Spirits Greyhound Adoption
- Life Transformation International Ministries
- Masonic Medical Research Institute
- Midtown Utica Community Center
- Mohawk Valley Community College Foundation
- Mohawk Valley Health System Foundation
- Munson
- New Hartford Central School District Foundation
- New Hartford Citizens Band
- On Point for College
- Oneida County History Center
- Poland Central School
- Poland District Public Library
- Project Fibonacci Foundation
- Recreation Connections of Old Forge
- Rescue Mission of Utica
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
- Rome Health Foundation
- Rotary Club of Utica
- Salvation Army Utica Citadel Corps
- Sculpture Space
- St. Francis de Sales Church
- St. John the Baptist Church
- St. John the Evangelist Church
- St. Joseph's Church
- St. Mary's/St. Peter's Church
- St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute Foundation
- Susquehanna SPCA
- Syracuse University
- The Everglades Foundation
- Thea Bowman House
- Tides Center – Palestine Legal
- Tip of the Spear Landmine Removal
- UNHS HomeOwnershipCenter
- Unity Hall Foundation
- UNRWA USA
- Upstate Caring Partners
- Uptown Theatre for Creative Arts
- Utica Creative Reuse
- Utica Dollars For Scholars
- Utica Monday Nite Corporation
- Utica Public Library
- Utica R.I.S.E.
- Utica University
- Utica Zoological Society
- View Arts Center
- Woodshill
Grants are made possible through the generosity of donors and organizations that create funds at the Community Foundation. The following new funds were recently created to benefit residents of Herkimer and Oneida counties for years to come:
- Bernice Benson Memorial Scholarship Fund – An agency fund established by Brothertown Scholarship Fund in memory of Bernice Benson.
- Broadway Utica – UticaWorx Fund – An agency fund established by Broadway Utica for UticaWorx, a transformative program dedicated to fostering educational growth through the powerful medium of theater.
- Fred C. Snyder Education Scholarship Fund – An endowed scholarship fund established by the Fred C. Snyder Education Scholarship Trust to benefit graduates of Dolgeville Central School pursuing an engineering degree.
- Herkimer County HealthNet Fund – An agency fund established by Herkimer County HealthNet to administer and invest its charitable assets.
- John H. Sheridan Memorial Fund – A donor-advised fund established by the family of John Sheridan who passed away in June 2023.
- Salerno Catholic Education Fund – The Salerno Catholic Education Fund's mission is to support Catholic education in Utica’s Notre Dame Schools.
- Teresa D. Huggins Memorial Fund – A donor-advised fund created by the Huggins family in memory of Teresa D. Huggins.
- View Board Restricted Fund – An endowed agency fund established by View Arts Center to administer and invest its charitable assets.
In the first two quarters of 2024, the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties announced more than $3.9 million in grants to nonprofits.
