Where a gift gives forever

 

                                                                                                                              

 

 

Humane societies across the region received

grants to care for companion animals.

 

 

 

 

2007 Grants

 

2007 Discretionary Grants by Program Area       Grant  
Investing in the Arts        
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc.     $100,000.00  
     To support consultants for capital projects and organization expansion        
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, Inc.     $1,586.00  
      Computer upgrade        
           
Enhancing Education        
Children's Museum     $24,995.00  
      Utica elementary school students' field trips to Museum        
Hamilton College     $5,000.00  
      Laptop computers for the Access Project        
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.     $17,000.00  
      "What About Me?" grief within the classroom program        
Utica City School District     $5,000.00  
    Meet the author program at Albany School with Uzo Unobagha        
Volunteer Center of the Mohawk Valley, Inc.     $44,466.00  
 

    Engaging youth in volunteer service to meet career development and

    local community needs

       
         
           
Supporting Older Adults        
Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center Inc.     $75,000.00  
    Challenge grant to assist with fundraising for the Sitrin expansion project        
Parkway Senior Center     $2,075.00  
      Next Chapter Program training and feasibility study        
Presbyterian Home for CNY, Inc.     $75,000.00  

    Funding to build home-like skilled care residence for people with

    Parkinson's Disease

       
Resource Center for Independent Living     $25,138.00  
      Kitchen equipment for Genesee Street building        
Rome Home     $3,658.00  
      Plumbing repairs        
           
Ensuring Public Health        
Bassett Healthcare     $50,000.00  
      Purchase of mobile screening vehicle        
Home Aide Service of the Central Adirondacks, Inc.     $4,557.25  
      Implementation of new home health aide training        
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.     $50,000.00  
      Start-up funding for Hospice medical director        
Little Falls Hospital     $15,000.00  
      Purchase of heart equipment        
Mohawk Valley Council on Alcoholism & Addictions     $4,950.00  
      Technology upgrade        
Rome Memorial Hospital     $75,000.00  
    Challenge grant to assist in fundraising for Women's Imaging Center        
Visiting Nurse Association of Utica and Oneida County     $46,000.00  
      Telehealth expansion project        
           
Strengthening Human Services        
American Red Cross - Utica Chapter     $5,000.00  
   Facility drainage project--gutter and outside drainage improvements        
The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC     $25,000.00  
      Recreational pavilion for Charles B. Wolkon Day Camp        
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired     $50,000.00  
      Equipment for start-up of a green cleaning production line        
Herkimer Area Resource Center     $16,218.00  
      Equipment for computer literacy training center        
Insight House Chemical Dependency Services, Inc.     $55,790.00  
      Energy impact capital project        
JCTOD Outreach, Inc.     $23,320.00  
      Purchase of a new van        
Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc.     $25,000.00  
      Purchase of building for Griffiss Child Development Center        
Root Farm Foundation     $5,000.00  
      Purchase of a tractor        
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley     $65,100.00  
      Renovation and office rental of second floor        
           
Improving the Quality of Life        
Adirondack Railway Preservation Soc., Inc.     $1,300.00  
      Request on behalf of Christmas on Main Street for Christmas lights        
Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc.     $25,000.00  
      Request on behalf of the Garden Club for the Point Park project        
City of Rome     $25,000.00  
      JF Kennedy Civic Arena Renovation Project        
Dolgeville-Manheim Public Library     $5,000.00  
      Roof repair        
Dolgeville-Manheim Public Library     $35,000.00  
      Heating project        
Dunham Public Library     $4,000.00  
      Parking lot expansion        
Hamilton College     $5,000.00  
      Community Garden Project at Utica Municipal Housing facilities        
UNHS NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center     $35,000.00  
      Capital building project        
Landmarks Society of Greater Utica     $125,000.00  
      Purchase of 1 and 3 Rutger Park properties        
Little Falls Historical Society     $5,000.00  
      Publication of a book about the history of Little Falls        
New Hartford Public Library     $20,000.00  
      Replacement and purchase of additional computer equipment        
North Country Public Radio     $4,765.00  
 

    Emergency back-up power and enhanced signal reliability for Old Forge

     and Boonville

       
         
Oneida County Habitat for Humanity, Inc.     $4,000.00  
      Purchase of a construction trailer        
Oneida County Historical Society     $600.00  
      Cabinet to preserve maps        
Oneida County WW II Memorial Trip, Inc.     $15,000.00  
      Oneida County veterans memorial trip        
Remsen - Steuben Historical Society     $10,000.00  
 

    Start up of Remsen Development Corp's Ty Gwaith Crefft yn Remsen

    Welsh development

       
         
United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc.     $36,000.00  
      Merger with Valley United Way        
Utica Public Library     $100,000.00  
      Window restoration        
Utica Zoological Society     $14,350.00  
      Strategic and master plan project        
Village of Yorkville     $5,000.00  
      Village gazebo project        
The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.     $50,000.00  
      Start-up funding        
           
Nurturing Youth and Families        
Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc.     $15,000.00  
 

    Project COPE--relocation of challenge course from Camp Pioneer to Boy

   Scout camps

       
         
Compassion Coalition     $5,000.00  
      Backpacks and school supplies for underprivileged children        
Root Farm Foundation     $12,500.00  
      Building expansion due to increased programming demands        
Thea Bowman House, Inc.     $5,800.00  
      Emergency grant for bat removal at Agape House        
Utica Municipal Housing Authority     $12,000.00  
      Teens and Dreams Program        
Youth Empowerment Project, Inc.     $25,000.00  
      Building purchase        
           
Total Discretionary Grants
    $1,495,168.25  

 

Agency    
Annie's Fund    
    The Women's Fund of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. $5,000.00  
Amicable Masonic Lodge #664 Fund    
    Amicable Masonic Lodge #664 $1,200.00  
The Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. Fund    
    Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. $9,497.00  
Clinton Central School District Foundation Endowment Agency Fund  
    Clinton Central School District Foundation (2)  $95,000  
FORCE/Lourdes Fund    
    Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School $4,650.00  
FORCE/St. Mary's School Fund    
    St. Mary's School (2) $65,000.00  
Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement Agency Fund    
    Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement $1,275.00  
Oneida County Historical Society 2nd Century Agency Fund    
    Oneida County Historical Society $6,000.00  
Sculpture Space Endowment Fund    
    Sculpture Space $2,911.00  
United Way of the Greater Utica Area Endowment Agency Fund    
    United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc. $6,497.00  
    Utica College $2,000.00  
Total Agency Grants $199,030.00  
   
Designated    
Couper Fund    
    Oneida County Historical Society $3,431.00  
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Fund    
    Emmanuel Episcopal Church $740.00  
James K. Clark Fund    
    Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired $3,145.00  
John Winter Family Fund    
    B Sharp Musical Club $600.00  
Menotti Family Fund    
    Chamber Music Society of Utica (2) $1,636.50  
    Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc. $485.50  
Rev. P. Arthur Brindisi Family Fund    
    Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. $372.00  
Robert Ablett Memorial Fund    
    Cosmopolitan Community Center, Inc. $26,083.00  
St. Mary's/Marion LaFaro Scholarship Fund    
    St. Mary's School $5,000.00  
YWCA of the Mohawk Valley Fund    
    YWCA of the Mohawk Valley (2) $16,587.00  
Total Designated Grants $58,080.00  
     
Donor-Advised    
A. Richard Cohen Family Fund $48,500.00  
    Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. (2)    
    CAP-21 (2)    
    Old Forge Library    
    St. Elizabeth Medical Center    
    Town of Webb Historical Association    
Albert S. Mazloom Family Fund $117,000.00  
    Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc.    
    Boys & Girls Club of Utica, Inc. (2)    
    Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired    
    Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center Inc.    
    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy    
    Friends of the ARC Foundation, Inc.    
    Girl Scouts-Foothills Council, Inc.    
    Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.    
    The House of the Good Shepherd    
    Oneida County Historical Society    
    Resource Center for Independent Living    
    Root Farm Foundation    
    Sagamore Institute    
    Samaritan Counseling Center of the Mohawk Valley    
    Sculpture Space    
    St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation (2)    
    United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc.    
    Upstate Cerebral Palsy    
    Utica College (2)    
    Utica Monday Nite Corporation    
Alfred & Elizabeth Duffy Fund $2,000.00  
    Sculpture Space    
    Sunset Neighborhood    
Anne M. & Carl A. Panasci Family Fund $5,100.00  
    Ft. Stanwix Elementary School PTG    
    Jervis Public Library    
    Rome Art & Community Center    
    Rome Catholic School    
    Rome Colts Pop Warner Football Organization    
    Rome Girls Softball    
    St. John's  Evangelical Lutheran Church    
    YMCA of Greater Rochester    
    YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley, Inc.    
Beatrice Cavaretta Faga Fund $1,250.00  
    Utica City School District    
    Utica College    
    Utica Public Library    
Blue Mountain Lake Fund $7,500.00  
    Paul Smith's College    
    Resident's Committee to Protect the Adirondacks    
Bull Family Fund $10,000.00  
    Landmarks Society of Greater Utica    
    St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation  
Charles A. Gaetano Family Fund $2,000.00  
    Family Nurturing Center    
    Sunset Neighborhood    
    Utica College    
Charles Henry Ide & Georgiana Roberts Ide Fund $2,300.00  
    Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute    
    Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.    
    The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC    
Credit Bureau of Utica Fund $18,078.00  
    Utica College (2)  
Donna & George Herthum Family Fund $1,000.00  
    St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation  
F.X. Matt II Memorial Fund $2,050.00  
    Family Nurturing Center    
    Transportation Alternatives    
    Utica City School District    
Giotto Family Fund $65,810.00  
    ALS of Utica (2)    
    Boy Scouts of America-Revolutionary Trails Council, Inc.    
    Central New York Conservancy    
    Hope House    
    New Hartford Presbyterian Church (4)    
    St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation (2)    
    United Way of the Valley and the Greater Utica Area, Inc.    
    Upstate Cerebral Palsy    
    Utica College (2)    
    Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.    
Henry & Nancy Morehouse Fund $700.00  
    James Agen-Raymond Durr Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc.    
    National Center for Missing & Exploited Children    
J. Leo and Helen B. Coupe Fund $2,000.00  
    Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute    
    Sculpture Space    
J.K. & Hedy Anne Hage Family Fund $31,000.00  
    Albany Law School    
    Hamilton College    
    The Women's Fund     
Jacque & Terry Tolles Fund $2,750.00  
    Clinton ABC Program, Inc.    
    Kristen Ann Carr Fund    
    Root Farm Foundation    
    The Women's Fund     
    Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.    
James C. O'Shea Family Fund $1,000.00  
    The Nature Conservancy Central NY Chapter    
John R. Tenney Memorial Fund $2,500.00  
    Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center, Inc.    
    Citizen's Equal Rights Foundation    
Keller Family Fund $5,900.00  
    Boonville Black River Canal Museum    
    George School (2)    
    LightHawk    
    North Country Public Radio    
    Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc    
    Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust    
Macartney-Wallace Family Fund $1,000.00  
    Stevens-Swan Humane Society  
Margarets Gaffney & Van Waes Fund $15,000.00  
    Family Nurturing Center  
Mary Alberico & Anthony J. Paparella Memorial Family Fund $1,100.00  
    Family Services of the Mohawk Valley, Inc.    
    Health Friends    
    Martin Luther King School    
    Our Lady Of The Rosary Church    
    Rescue Mission of Utica, Inc.    
Max, DeTraglia, Max & Sullivan MD, PC Fund $4,700.00  
    Masonic Medical Research Laboratory  
Mohawk Valley Healthcare Foundation, Inc. Fund $9,000.00  
    Herkimer County HealthNet    
Richard & Kimberly Hanna Fund $56,250.00  
    Annie's Fund    
    Bassett Hospital - Friends of Bassett (2)    
    Casting For Recovery, Inc.    
    Cato Institute    
    Children's Hospital Found. at Westchester Medical Center, Inc.    
    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy    
    Compassion Coalition    
    Cornell University Hospital for Animals    
    Family Nurturing Center (2)    
    For the Good, Inc.    
    Girl Scouts-Foothills Council, Inc.    
    Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute    
    New York State Historical Association    
    Oneida County WW II Memorial Trip, Inc.    
    Otsego 2000    
    Otsego County Conservation Association    
    Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, Inc    
    Resource Center for Independent Living    
    Samaritan Counseling Center of the Mohawk Valley    
    STRIDE    
    Utica Public Library    
    Utica Symphony Orchestra, Inc.    
    YWCA of the Mohawk Valley    
    YWCA of the Mohawk Valley Pool Fund    
Ronald & Sheila Cuccaro Family Fund $11,000.00  
    Abraham House    
    American Heart Association, Utica Chapter    
    Boys & Girls Club of Utica, Inc.    
    Greater Utica Community Food Resource    
    Hope House    
    Peacemaker Program, Inc.    
    The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC    
    Utica College    
    Utica Public Library    
Root Family Fund $25,392.00  
    Root Farm Foundation    
     Valley View Vaulters    
Senator James H. Donovan Memorial Fund $9,750.00  
    Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc.    
    FORCE Fund-Our Lady of Lourdes    
    Friends of St. Mary's    
    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    
Talley Fund $10,600.00  
    Capitol Theatre    
    Humane Society of Rome    
    Rome Art & Community Center    
    Rome Community Theater    
Ted & Melva Max Family Fund $5,000.00  
    Landmarks Society of Greater Utica    
Thomas M. Lindsey Memorial Fund $3,000.00  
    Boys & Girls Club of Utica, Inc.    
    Kids Oneida    
    Toys for Tots    
Town of Webb Fund $30,500.00  
    Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. (2)     
    CAP-21 (2)    
    Community Transportation Services    
    Friends of Polar Bears, Inc.    
    Fulton Chain of Lakes Association    
    Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council    
    Home Aide Service of the Central Adirondacks, Inc.    
    Khoros Performing Arts Company for Kids    
    Kommunity Youth and Activity Center (KYAC)    
    North Woods Community Center    
    Old Forge Library    
    Town of Webb Historical Association    
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