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![Jef Billings Memorial Scholarship Fund's First Award](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Jef-Billings.jpg)
Ashley Giaccio, a 2020 New Hartford High School graduate, is the first recipient to be awarded a scholarship through the Jef Billings Memorial Scholarship Fund.
![Community Foundation Offering Free Nonprofit Webinars](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/CF_NonProfitTraining_EventBrite2020.jpg)
The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties is offering a series of free webinars for staff and board members of area nonprofit organizations.
![Over $1 Million Awarded | Mohawk Valley COVID-19 Response Fund](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/COVID19-Response-Fund-01-v2.jpg)
Your donation to the Mohawk Valley COVID-19 Response Fund helped us award more than $1 million to support over 60 organizations and thousands of residents.
![Essay Contest Winner Earns Summer Internship at Utica Public Library](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/GBTUBF.png)
Ajla Ademovic, a rising senior at Thomas R. Proctor High School, was selected as the winner of the annual Give Back to Utica essay contest.
![Community Foundation Commits $10 Million to Racial Equity, Social Justice](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Community-Equity-Initiative.png)
The Community Foundation Board of Trustees approved a $10 million plan as an initial 10-year commitment to address racial equity and social justice issues.
![COVID-19 Response Fund Awards $1M, New Funding Opportunity Open to Nonprofits](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/GrantRound_1200x628.jpg)
The Mohawk Valley COVID-19 Response Fund has awarded more than $1 million to over 60 organizations throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties.
![Utica National Group Foundation Awards $250,000 to Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Food-Bank-Donation_6-2020_02-1.jpg)
The Utica National Group Foundation awarded $250,000 to nearly three dozen food pantries and soup kitchens throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties.
![Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund Established](https://foundationhoc.org/assets/News/Fund-for-Racial-Justice-and-Equity-Fund-Announcement.jpg)
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.