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![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.
![Community Foundation Offering Nonprofit Workshops and Webinars](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Photo-Apr-02-10-06-29-AM-1-v4.jpg)
The Community Foundation is offering the following free workshops and webinars for staff and board members of area nonprofits.
![2018 Record-Breaking Year for Community Foundation Grantmaking, Donations](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/180227_cfhoc_seniorride_092T.jpg)
The Community Foundation marked another year of community impact in 2018, awarding nearly 750 grants totaling more than $6.9 million.
![CABVI-Community Foundation Challenge Exceeds Expectations](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/cabvi.png)
The Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) announced that it raised $1,057,908 as a match to a $500,000 challenge issued in 2018.
![Community Foundation, Town of Webb School District Announce $1.2 Million Scholarship Fund](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Martin-M.-Martin-Scholarship-Fund-Web-Pic.png)
Community Foundation and Town of Webb Union Free School District (UFSD) representatives announced the creation of the Martin M. Martin Scholarship Fund.
![Utica Dollars for Scholars announcing 25 years, partnership expansion with The Community Foundation](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/file-14.png)
Utica Dollars for Scholars (UDFS), announcing its 25th anniversary of distributing scholarship dollars to local students, also is expanding the number of named awards.
![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.
![Cornhill Neighborhood Community Center Feasibility Study](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/UFA.png)
Efforts are underway to breathe new life into the former Utica Free Academy gymnasium in the city’s Cornhill neighborhood.