Nearly 200 Middle School Students in Three Counties Enter Fifth Annual Challenge

    WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to announce $10,000 in Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge grants to 20 nonprofit organizations that serve Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.

     Now in its fifth year, the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge is open to all tri-county middle school students. This year’s program committee reviewed 193 entries from seventh and eighth graders who recommended grants to 93 different organizations that serve residents across the three counties.

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Community Foundation Support Will Strengthen Permanent Library Resource

OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Public Library is delighted to announce that the Northern New York Community Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 challenge grant to help build the library’s permanent endowment.

The library’s campaign, “Building Partnerships and Investing in Our Future,” is now under way to strengthen this resource at the Community Foundation. All gifts to the campaign will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $10,000.

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Graduating Seniors who Have Shown Courage and Character to Achieve Success Despite Extreme Obstacles are Eligible for Scholarship Support

    WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Greenfield Everyday Heroes Foundation and its founders to bring the “Everyday Heroes Award” to Watertown High School. 

    Beginning with the class of 2022, the Greenfield Everyday Heroes Foundation will recognize and award a graduating senior who has shown the courage and character to achieve success regardless of the extreme obstacles placed in front of them. The Everyday Heroes Award is a $5,000 scholarship. In partnership with the Community Foundation, a $5,000 matching grant will enable an additional award.

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Five Nonprofits Will Share Funding to Strengthen Quality of Life Across the Region

    WATERTOWN — A new summer musical production, a community instrument and equipment lending library, emergency responder training, and a pair of programs that provide critical and essential needs for families will each receive a share of $20,000 in grant funding from the LEAD Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation.

    A recent series of LEAD Impact Grant Program awards will support five tri-county nonprofit organizations. After thoughtful evaluation of nearly two-dozen applications for funding, Council members sought to enhance the mission and work of organizations that greatly impact the quality of life in Northern New York but are perhaps less visible.

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Nine Schools Will Receive Funding to Support Student and Building Safety Initiatives

    WATERTOWN — The Safe Schools Endeavor, in partnership with the Northern New York Community Foundation, will award nearly $16,000 in grant support to nine Jefferson County schools for the 2021-2022 school year. 

    The Safe Schools Endeavor Steering Committee evaluated more than a dozen grant applications for programs that empower students, parents, and faculty to create the safest schools possible in Jefferson and Lewis counties. This is the third year the fund has made grant awards. Since its inception, the Safe Schools Endeavor has awarded nearly $62,000 to 35 schools in Jefferson and Lewis counties.

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