2008 Grants, January-August
Discretionary Grants by Program Area
Ensuring Public Health
AIDS Community Resources, Inc. $29,500
Purchase of a Safety First outreach van to be used in Utica
The ARC Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC $24,868
Building upgrades in the dining hall at Charles B. Wolkon Day Camp
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. $10,000.00
Technology upgrade
Improving the Quality of Life
Boonville Black River Canal Museum $20,000.00
Construction of conference center
Didymus Thomas Memorial Library $4,999.00
Interior lighting replacement project
Frankfort Hill Historical Society $9,513.00
Restoration of one-room schoolhouse
Little Falls Historical Society $4,000.00
Second printing of a book about the history of Little Falls
Multi-Cultural Association of Medical Interpreters of Central NY, Inc. $30,000.00
Creation of a medical and court interpreter training
Oneida County Historical Society $2,304
Purchase of a photocopier designated for genealogy
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
Investing in the Arts
Kirkland Art Center $5,000
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
Family Nurturing Center $9,459
Minivan purchase to be used for Evelyn's House
Herkimer County College Foundation $17,000
Renovations to the Johnson Science Lab
Institute of Technology Foundation at $10,000
Utica/Rome, Inc.
Start up costs for the First Lego League Project
Rome Baseball Association, Inc. $25,000.00
Little League field construction
Utica Safe School Healthy Students $24,341
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
GroWest, Inc. $97,500.00
Creation of Utica Culinary Training Center
JCTOD Outreach, Inc. $21,935
Van purchase to serve youth and adult participants
Peacemaker Program $1,535
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"
Total Discretionary Grants $449,693.00
Agency
Amicable Masonic Lodge #664 Fund
Amicable Masonic Lodge #664 $1,200.00
Brothertown Fund for Scholarships
Brothertown Scholarship Fund, Inc. $3,065.00
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
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
Total Agency Grants $16,061.00
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
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley Pool Fund
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley $1,648.00
Total Designated Grants $58,569.00
Donor-Advised
A. Richard Cohen Family Fund $7,000.00
North Country Public Radio Endowment Fund
Sagamore Institute
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albert S. Mazloom Family Fund $77,250.00
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
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
Utica Monday Nite Corporation
Utica Public Library
Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (2)
Charles A. Gaetano Family Fund $950.00
Central New York Conservancy
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Charles Henry Ide & Georgiana Roberts Ide Fund $2,500.00
Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc.
Clark Family Community Fund $10,000.00
Health Science Center Foundation at Syracuse, Inc.
Credit Bureau of Utica Fund $29,630.00
Utica College (2)
Donna & George Herthum Family Fund $10,000.00
New York Mills School District
Doug & Donna Lynch Fund $6,592.00
Salvation Army - Rome
Shawangunk Nature Preserve (2)
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Estate Planning Law Center Charitable Fund $2,000.00
Family Nurturing Center
Giotto Family Fund $8,750.00
ALS of Utica
Robert A. Montesano Memorial Fund at The Community Foundation
Root Farm Foundation
St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation
Upstate Cerebral Palsy
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.
J. Leo and Helen B. Coupe Fund $1,000.00
Herkimer County Community College
J.K. & Hedy Anne Hage Family Fund $5,700.00
Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc. (2)
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
Keller Family Fund $5,500.00
Brown School
Tug Hill Tomorrow Inc.
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund $10,000.00
UNHS NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center
Mary Alberico & Anthony J. Paparella Memorial Family Fund $500.00
North Utica Senior Citizens Community Center
Mohawk Valley Healthcare Foundation, Inc. Fund $500
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
The House of the Good Shepherd
United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc.
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.
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.
Ted & Melva Max Family Fund $5,000.00
Institute of Technology Foundation at Utica/Rome, Inc.
Town of Webb Fund $19,500.00
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc.
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 $5,350.00
Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc.
City of Utica
Food Bank of Central New York
Kirkland Art Center
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Sculpture Space
Utica Public Library
The Wharton Fund
Total Donor-Advised Grants $266,872.00
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
CAP-21 received a grant to fund the Old Forge Farmers' Market.