2008 Grants
Discretionary Grants by Program Area
Enhancing Education
Colgate University $45,000
Consumer bankruptcy law project
Herkimer County Community College $17,000
Foundation
Johnson Hall Science Lab renovation
Institute of Technology Foundation at $10,000
Utica/Rome, Inc.
SUNYIT first Lego League project
Ensuring Public Health
AIDS Community Resources, Inc. $29,500
Purchase of a Safety First outreach van to be used in Utica
Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare Foundation $50,000
Start-up of Keith A. Fenstemacher Center for Continuous Learning
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. $10,000.00
Technology upgrade
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory $42,500
Purchase of new equipment
Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY $50,000
Capital campaign to build the new CNY Ronald McDonald House
St. Elizabeth Medical Center $50,000
Installation of a wireless local area network
Improving the Quality of Life
Boonville Black River Canal Museum $20,000.00
Construction of conference center
City of Rome $50,000.00
Phase II of JF Kennedy Civic Arena renovation
Didymus Thomas Memorial Library $4,999.00
Interior lighting replacement project
Frank J. Basloe Library $10,000
lighting project to improve quality and increase efficiency
Frankfort Hill Historical Society $9,513.00
Restoration of one-room schoolhouse
Helping Animals Live Organization $10,000
Installation of high-efficiency furnace and venthilation system
Little Falls Historical Society $4,000.00
Second printing of a book about the history of Little Falls
Multi-Cultural Association of Medical $30,000.00
Interpreters of Central NY, Inc.
Creation of a medical and court interpreter training
New Hartford Central School Foundation $10,000.00
To purchase property to creat Higby Park
Oneida County Historical Society $2,304.00
Purchase of a photocopier designated for genealogy
Preserve Our Past, Inc. $1,360.00
Survey and document historic buildings in Little Falls
Town of Webb Historical Association $7,821.00
Preservation of Goodsell Memorial Home Museum's A. Richard Cohen map collection project
WCNY TV/24 $10,000.00
Conversion to digital radio broadcasting
The Wild Center/ $30,025.00
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
River otter critical habitat expansion project
Investing in the Arts
Kirkland Art Center $5,000.00
Assist with electrical repairs
Rome Art & Community Center $9,847.00
Arts and cultural presentation upgrade project
Sculpture Space $6,982.00
Sculpture-making in the 21st century: equipment support
YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley, Inc. $26,800.00
YMCA Center for the Creative Arts recording project
Nurturing Youth & Families
Children's Corner at Rome, Inc. $5,400.00
Playground installation
Family Nurturing Center $9,459.00
Minivan purchase to be used for Evelyn's House
Northern Community Pop Warner Assoc. $25,000.00
To build a multi-purpose building at Perry Field Sports Complex
Rome Baseball Association, Inc. $25,000.00
Little League field construction
Rome Baseball Association, Inc. $10,817.00
Contruction of a maintenance building
Utica Safe School Healthy Students $24,341.00
Partnership, Inc.
Renovations to Westminster Presbyterian Church, where the Underground Cafe is based
Protecting Our Environment
Tug Hill Tomorrow Inc. $4,540.00
Parry Farm Conservation Easement
Strengthening Human Services
The ARC Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC $24,868.00
Building upgrades in the dining hall at Charles B. Wolkon Day Camp
Catholic Charities of Herkimer County $33,600.00
Electrical system upgrade/computer system network project
Catholic Charities of Oneida & Madison Cos. $21,090.00
St. Martin de Porres building improvements
GroWest, Inc. $97,500.00
Creation of Utica Culinary Training Center
Herkimer Area Resource Center $8,294.00
To purchase a baler for the Goodwill-HARC program
Hope House $100,000.00
New building project
JCTOD Outreach, Inc. $21,935.00
Van purchase to serve youth and adult participants
Peacemaker Program $1,535.00
Staff training as part of their strategic plan
St. Joseph and St. Patrick's Church $9,899.00
Walk-in freezer for Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen
Youth Empowerment Project, Inc. $24,850.00
New building renovations
Supporting Older Adults
Senior Network Health, LLC $2,000.00
Expansion needs for "Pilot Your Future"
Community Transportation Services $29,235.00
Purchase of a wheelchair-accessible van
Parkway Senior Center $13,089.00
Fitness center enhancement
Total Discretionary Grants $1,042,314.00
Agency
Amicable Masonic Lodge #664 Fund
Amicable Masonic Lodge #664 $1,200.00
Annie's Fund II
The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida
Counties, Inc. $7,500.00
Arts Guild General Fund
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. $15,000.00
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. Agency Fund
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. $9,800.00
Brothertown Fund for Scholarships
Brothertown Scholarship Fund, Inc. $3,065.00
FORCE/St. Mary's School Fund
St. Mary's School $28,000.00
FORCE/St. Peter's School Fund
St. Peter's Catholic School $823.41
Good News Foundation Fund
Good News Foundation of
Central New York, Inc. $150,000.00
Insight House Leadership Fund
Insight House Chemical Dependency Services, Inc. $1,000.00
Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement Fund
Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement $1,434.00
Oneida County Historical Society 2nd Century
Agency Fund (2)
Oneida County Historical Society $7,600.00
United Way of the Greater Utica Area Fund
United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc. $7,362.00
Utica College $2,000.00
Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
Annie's Fund $1,000.00
Total Agency Grants $235,784.41
Designated
Couper Fund
Oneida County Historical Society $3,949.00
Dr. Abraham L. & Ruth Shaheen Family Fund
Abraham House $1,240.00
Greater Utica Community Food Resource $1,240.00
Health Friends $1,240.00
Hope House $1,240.00
Resource Center for Independent Living $1,240.00
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley (for New Horizons) $1,240.00
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Fund
Emmanuel Episcopal Church $798.00
Family Planning & Education Fund
Northern Adirondack Planned Parenthood, Inc. $5,000.00
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc. $5,000.00
James K. Clark Fund
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired $3,390.00
John Winter Family Fund
B Sharp Musical Club $600.00
Menotti Family Fund
Chamber Music Society of Utica $550.00
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc. $550.00
Rev. P. Arthur Brindisi Family Fund
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. $391.00
Rev. P.A. & Norma Brindisi - Westminster Church Fund
Westminster Presbyterian Church $374.00
Richard Alexander Fund for the Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc. $374.00
Robert Ablett Memorial Fund
Cosmopolitan Community Center, Inc. $28,505.00
St. Mary's/Marion LaFaro Scholarship Fund
St. Mary's School $25,090.00
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley Pool Fund
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley $1,648.00
Total Designated Grants $83,659.00
Donor-Advised
A. Richard Cohen Family Fund $36,000.00
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc.
CAP-21
North Country Public Radio Endowment Fund (2)
Old Forge Library
Root Farm Foundation
Sagamore Institute
Town of Webb Historical Association
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Accent on Excellence Community Fund $1,500.00
Utica College Young Scholars Program
Albert S. Mazloom Family Fund $80,250.00
The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC
Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc.
Health Friends
Kids Oneida
Notre Dame Junior-Senior High School
Oneida County Historical Society
Root Farm Foundation
Sculpture Space
St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation
Town of Webb Fund at The Community Foundation
Upstate Cerebral Palsy
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, Inc.
Utica College (2)
Utica Monday Nite Corporation
Utica Public Library
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (2)
Alfred and Elizabeth Duffy Fund $2,000.00
New Hartford Public Library
Sculpture Space
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Beatrice Cavaretta Faga Fund $5,000.00
Utica College Young Scholars Program
Utica Public Library
Blue Mountain Lake Fund $3,500.00
Resident's Committee to Protect the Adirondacks
Bull Family Fund $9,000.00
Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare
Herkimer County Community College Foundation
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, Inc.
Charles A. Gaetano Family Fund $2,250.00
Central New York Conservancy
Order of the Holy Sepulchre (2)
St. Peter's Catholic School
Charles Henry Ide & Georgiana Roberts Ide Fund $3,500.00
Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Clark Family Community Fund $10,000.00
Health Science Center Foundation at Syracuse, Inc.
Credit Bureau of Utica Fund $29,630.00
Mohawk Valley Community College Foundation
Utica College (2)
David & Janet Griffith Family Fund $500.00
New Hartford Central School Foundation
Donna & George Herthum Family Fund $15,000.00
Abraham House
New York Mills School District
Doug & Donna Lynch Fund $11,592.00
The House of the Good Shepherd (2)
Salvation Army - Rome
Shawangunk Nature Preserve (2)
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Estate Planning Law Center Charitable Fund $2,000.00
Family Nurturing Center
F.X. Matt II Memorial Fund $3,000.00
Princeton Class of 1955 Foundation, Inc.
Sunset Neighborhood
Transportation Alternatives
Utica Public Library
Giotto Family Fund $73,750.00
ALS of Utica
Hope House
New Hartford Central School Foundation
New Hartford Presbyterian Church
Robert A. Montesano Memorial Fund at The Community Foundation
Root Farm Foundation
St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area
Upstate Cerebral Palsy
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Harry H. & Martha S. Love Fund $4,100.00
United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, Inc.
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Henry & Nancy Morehouse Fund $3,700.00
American Heart Association, Utica Chapter (2)
American Cancer Society - Oneida Co. Chapter
James Agen-Raymond Durr Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Thea Bowman House, Inc.
The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
Hummel Family Fund $11,000.00
Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare
Herkimer County Humane Society
Holy Family Parish
Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.
Salvation Army of Herkimer
J. Leo and Helen B. Coupe Fund $1,250.00
Hamilton College
Herkimer County Community College
J.K. & Hedy Anne Hage Family Fund $25,700.00
Albany Law School
Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc. (2)
Hamilton College
Hartford Players Youth Theater, Inc.
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc.
Players of Utica, Inc.
Upstate Cerebral Palsy
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Jacque & Terry Tolles Fund $10,000.00
St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation
John B. & Margaret T. Stetson Fund $900.00
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Mohawk Valley Community College Foundation
Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.
Keller Family Fund $9,600.00
Boonville Black River Canal Museum
Brown School
George School
LightHawk
Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
North Country Public Radio
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc.
Tug Hill Tomorrow Inc.
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund $50,000.00
Greater Utica Community Food Resource
Health Friends
Hope House
Institute of Technology Foundation at Utica/Rome, Inc.
St. Joseph and St. Patrick's Church
UNHS NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center
Macartney-Wallace Family Fund $1,000.00
Emmaus House
St. Joseph and St. Patrick's Church
Margarets Gaffney & Van Waes Fund $20,000.00
Family Nurturing Center
Mary Alberico & Anthony J. Paparella Memorial Family Fund $500.00
North Utica Senior Citizens Community Center
Mohawk Valley Healthcare Foundation, Inc. Fund $500.00
Herkimer Area Resource Center
Peter J. Adasek, M.D. Little Falls Fund $700.00
Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc.
Little Falls Historical Society
Richard & Kimberly Hanna Fund $13,500.00
Bassett Hospital - Friends of Bassett
Girl Scouts - Foothills Council
The House of the Good Shepherd
Otsego County Conservation Association
United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc.
WRVO Stations
Your Neighbors, Inc.
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley
Rome Rotary Benevolent Fund $5,750.00
American Red Cross - Rome Chapter
Rome City School District
Rome Hospital Foundation, Inc.
Ron & Sheila Cuccaro Family Fund $10,750.00
The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC
Boys & Girls Club of the Mohawk Valley
Greater Utica Community Food Resource
Hope House
Peacemaker Program, Inc.
Utica College
Utica Public Library
Root Family Fund $15,200.00
Root Farm Foundation
Senator James H. Donovan Memorial Fund $1,500.00
Hartford Players Youth Theater, Inc.
New Hartford Little League
Stephen & Judy Sweet Family Fund $8,600.00
Clinton Central School District Foundation
St. James Episcopal Church
Trinity Pawling School
United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc.
Steven D. Smallen Fund $1,500.00
Hamilton College
Kirkland Town Library
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ted & Melva Max Family Fund $5,000.00
Institute of Technology Foundation at Utica/Rome, Inc.
Town of Webb Fund $24,500.00
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. (2)
CAP-21 (2)
Central Adirondack Arts and Science Advocacy, Inc.
Central Adirondack Search and Rescue Team
Community Transportation Services
Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council
Health Friends
Home Aide Service of the Central Adirondacks, Inc.
Khoros Performing Arts Company for Kids
Kommunity Youth and Activity Center (KYAC)
North Country Public Radio
Wolfe-Smith Fund $18,600.00
Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc. (2)
City of Utica (2)
Food Bank of Central New York (2)
Hope House
Kirkland Art Center (2)
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Resource Center for Independent Living
Sculpture Space
Utica Public Library (2)
The Wharton Fund (2)
The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
Total Donor-Advised Grants $583,397.00
Field-of-Interest
Utica Dispensary Fund
Health Friends $5,855.00
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. $5,855.00
The Maude M. Foley Fund (NYSDAR)
Oneida Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution $1,090.00
Rotary District 7150 Dr. Clarke T. & Ruth Case Fund
Rotary District 7150 YE $1,800.00
Total Field of Interest Grants $14,600.00
