THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER & ONEIDA COUNTIES, INC. ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR TOWN OF WEBB

 

The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. is pleased to announce the third annual grant round for the Town of Webb Fund, which directs its assets exclusively to organizations serving the Town of Webb. The Fund appeals to the charitable interests of part-time (seasonal) residents who represent nearly 75 percent of the Town’s homeowners. The Fund is designed to fill a gap, recognized in most resort communities, where year-round and seasonal residents require more services than the year-round community alone is able to provide.

 

Last year, The Fund awarded more than $30,000 to community organizations to support special projects and ongoing community programs including public parks, youth activities, transportation, building construction and operating funds to support key community services. In recent years grants were awarded to the following organizations:

 

· Arts Guild of Old Forge

· CAP-21

· Community Transportation Services

· Friends of Polar Bears

· Fulton Chain of Lakes Association

· Home Aide Service of the Central Adirondacks, Inc.

· Kommunity Youth and Activity Center

· North Woods Community Center

· Old Forge Library

· Town of Webb Historical Association

 

“We are honored to be able to help share community needs with seasonal residents and visitors to the Town of Webb and offer them a vehicle in which to direct their charitable giving,” said Peggy O’Shea, president and CEO of The Community Foundation. “The local service agencies supported by the fund are the bonds that sustain the health and vibrancy of the community.”

 

Grant applications are now available from The Community Foundation. For more information, contact Jan Squadrito, senior program officer, by calling 315-735-8212. The application deadline for this grant round is May 27, 2009. Grants will be awarded mid-summer and will range from $500-$5,000.

 

Since its inception in 2005, the Town of Webb Fund has awarded 38 grants totaling more than $83,000.

The Community Foundation has been a force for improving lives and promoting philanthropy throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties since 1952. The Foundation has made more than 4,200 grants totaling over $29.5 million in support of causes ranging from education to health care, the arts to the environment. Grants are generated by the more than 260 funds that comprise The Foundation’s endowment, established and advanced by area individuals and families.

 

2009 Town of Webb Fund Cover Letter

2009 Town of Webb Fund Application