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![M&T/Partners Trust Fund Awards $765,000+ to Community Organizations](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/MPT.png)
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund (MTPT) awarded more than $765,000 in grants to 35 local nonprofits in 2019.
![Essay Contest Winner Earns Summer Internship at Utica Public Library](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Give-Back-to-Utica-Alexia-Vo.jpg)
A panel of independent judges have selected Alexia Vo as the winner of the annual Give Back to Utica essay contest.
![Community Foundation Awards Over $965,000 to Nonprofits, Opens Two New Funds](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Young-Scholars-STEAM-Program.jpg)
The Community Foundation announced awards totaling more than $225,000 to 6 nonprofit organizations through its competitive grants process for the first quarter of 2019.
![M&T Bank Fund Awards More than $110,500 to Community Organizations](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/180301_cfhoc_mtpt_015T.jpg)
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund (MTPT) awarded $110,548 in grants to eight local nonprofits in the fourth quarter of 2018.
![MTPT Fund Grantmaking Surpasses $2 Million Milestone](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/MTPT-Web-1-860x573.jpg)
With grants totaling more than $476,000 in the first half of 2018, the M&T Bank/Partners Trust Charitable Fund has surpassed the $2 million milestone.
![Essay Contest Winner Earns Summer Internship at Utica Public Library](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Barringer_Abby-Give-Back-to-Utica-Essay-Winner.jpg)
A panel of independent judges has selected Abigail Barringer as the winner of the annual Give Back to Utica essay contest.