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This is a alphabetical list of competitive grant awards made during 2009. Please click on the agency to read about the purpose of the grant and the nature of the project funded.
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AMOUNT AWARDED |
Andrus Children’s Center
To increase mental health services for young adolescents in the City of Peekskill. (TWO YEAR GRANT) |
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$20,000 |
Cancer Support Team, Inc.
To increase medical and supportive services to underserved cancer patients. (TWO YEAR GRANT) |
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$30,000 |
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc.
To support an all-Beethoven program to launch the fall concert series. |
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$5,000 |
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
To support conservation efforts in the Eastern Westchester Biotic Corridor and the Town of Southeast. |
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$25,000 |
Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc.
To improve the business practices of 40 family child care providers. |
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$20,000 |
Children’s Environmental Health Center of the Hudson Valley
To expand education, outreach, advocacy and research about the effects of environmental toxicants and pollutants on children. |
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$30,000 |
CLUSTER Community Services
To provide board training, strategic planning, financial and HR training and technology assistance to this youth serving agency. |
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$75,000 |
Community Resource Exchange, Inc.
To provide consulting services to community based youth serving organizations in Mount Vernon and Yonkers over a three year period. |
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$275,000 |
Community Resource Exchange, Inc.
To provide training to senior nonprofit executives. |
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$20,000 |
Downtown Music at Grace, Inc.
To support a series of concerts of chamber music by German composers. |
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$10,000 |
East Coast Greenway Alliance, Inc.
To promote bicycle-friendly initiatives in Westchester County. |
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$8,000 |
Easy Office, Inc.
To provide financial training and support to small youth serving nonprofit organizations. |
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$15,000 |
Fairfield County Community Foundation
To support communications workshops for Westchester and Fairfield County non-profit agencies. |
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$703 |
Family Services of Westchester
To support a drop-out and pregnancy prevention program to newly arrived immigrant girls at the Port Chester High School. |
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$19,500 |
Family Services of Westchester
To support a parent-teen mediation program in Tarrytown, Mount Vernon, and Yonkers to keep at-risk youth out of the juvenile justice system. |
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$25,000 |
Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers, Inc.
To support a free concert of music by German composers. |
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$10,000 |
Garrison Institute
To provide mental health services for frontline domestic violence caregivers. |
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$2,500 |
Grace Church Community Center, Inc.
To send six homeless/disadvantaged boys to day camp for five weeks. |
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$1,100 |
Greenburgh Nature Center
To facilitate inter-municipal stormwater management in the Town of Greenburgh. |
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$10,000 |
Groundwork Hudson Valley
To support a model stewardship approach for addressing pollution in the Saw Mill River watershed. |
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$24,000 |
Heartsong Inc.
To support a strategic planning process. |
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$8,000 |
Hope’s Door, Inc.
To support a domestic violence shelter’s community programs. |
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$30,000 |
Hudson River Museum
To support a college readiness program for Yonkers students. |
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$25,000 |
Human Development Services of Westchester, Inc.
To increase the availability of bilingual housing services. |
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$20,000 |
Jacob Burns Film Center
To support a film student in the Emerging Artist Fellowship Program. |
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$6,400 |
Jacob Burns Film Center
To teach short film production technique to nonprofits. |
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$4,000 |
Kids’ X-Press, Inc.
To provide a creative writing and magazine publishing program to children ages 7 – 14. |
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$24,500 |
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
To expand civil legal services for low-income residents. |
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$50,000 |
Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Fund, Inc.
To increase the capacity of a revolving loan pool for nonprofit affordable housing developers. |
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$10,000 |
Mental Health Association of Westchester County, Inc.
To help a consortium of Westchester’s behavioral health clinics adapt to new State policies. |
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$50,000 |
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Mental Health Association of Westchester County, Inc.
To determine the feasibility of providing “back office” services to small health and mental health agencies in the county.
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$10,000 |
Mount Vernon Family YMCA
To provide board training, strategic planning, financial and HR training and technology assistance to this youth serving agency. |
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$75,000 |
Music Conservatory of Westchester
To expand music therapy for special needs students attending public schools. |
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$20,000 |
My Sisters’ Place, Inc.
To support a court advocacy program assisting victims of domestic violence. |
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$36,000 |
Neighbors Link, Inc.
To extend health care services to immigrants. |
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$12,000 |
Neighbors Link, Inc.
To support a community organization in Mount Kisco led by the Circle of Giving awardee. |
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$10,000 |
Nepperhan Community Center
To provide board training, strategic planning, financial and HR training and technology assistance to this youth serving agency. |
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$75,000 |
One Region Fund
For a funder’s collaborative to promote strategic transportation reform efforts in the Tri-State region. |
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$30,000 |
Pace University Women’s Justice Center
To increase the delivery of pro bono legal services to low-income domestic violence victims. |
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$15,000 |
Paramount Center for the Arts
To support board development and training. |
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$2,500 |
Parents Place, Inc.
To support a drop-in parent-child program. |
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$25,000 |
Philliber Research Associates
To provide evaluation services to the capacity building initiative. |
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$40,000 |
Port Chester Town of Rye Council of Community Services, Inc.
To support a strategic and succession planning. |
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$2,500 |
Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.
To provide free legal assistance to nonprofit organizations. |
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$20,000 |
Research Foundation of State University of New York
To expand a college readiness program for underserved minority students. |
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$25,000 |
Scenic Hudson, Inc.
To support smart growth strategies for communities along the Hudson River. |
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$25,000 |
Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park
To provide partial scholarships to seven low-income students. |
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$11,000 |
Teatown Lake Reservation, Inc.
To support a regional learning coalition of environmental leaders. |
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$25,000 |
The Bridge Fund of New York, Inc.
To provide financial assistance to those at risk of losing their homes. |
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$50,000 |
The Food Bank for Westchester, Inc.
To enable Westchester’s emergency food network to deliver more food. |
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$70,000 |
The Friends of the Mozartina Musical Arts Conservatory, Inc.
To present a series of silent films by German filmmakers. |
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$1,500 |
The Guidance Center, Inc.
To expand a college readiness program. |
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$25,000 |
Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Teachers
To enhance college preparation program for disadvantaged high school students by helping them to be more computer-savvy. |
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$25,000 |
United Way of Westchester & Putnam
To support the Not-for-Profit Leadership Summit VII. |
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$10,000 |
Westchester Children's Association
To support updating of a children’s database. |
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$30,000 |
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Westchester Jewish Community Services
To extend the services of a mental health worker at Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park elementary school.
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$6,700 |
Westchester Jewish Community Services
To expand a program for families of children with autism. |
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$18,000 |
Westchester Jewish Community Services
To support a home visiting program and educational drop-in playgroup for low-income families with infants and toddlers. |
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$25,000 |
Westchester Land Trust
To support land conservation in central and southern Westchester. |
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$25,000 |
Westchester Library System
To present a series of free performances of Grimm’s fairy tales at ten libraries. |
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$20,000 |
Westchester Philharmonic, Inc.
To help support two concert performances of music by German composers. |
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$10,000 |
Westchester Philharmonic, Inc.
To support database upgrade and conversion. |
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$4,000 |
Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services
To support research on the benefits of computer use for seniors. |
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$16,500 |
Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc.
To increase the technical capacity of a countywide housing agency. |
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$25,000 |
Westhab, Inc.
To support summer youth development programs in two needy communities. |
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$30,000 |
YMCA of Yonkers
To provide board training, strategic planning, financial and HR training and technology assistance to this youth serving agency. |
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$75,000 |
YWCA of Yonkers
To provide board training, strategic planning, financial and HR training and technology assistance to this youth serving agency. |
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$75,000 |
| GRAND TOTAL |
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$1,854,403 |
