Community Foundation Will Match Gifts to the CVAC Endowment Fund up to $30,000

     CAPE VINCENT — For more than 25 years, the Cape Vincent Arts Council (CVAC) has been providing opportunities for Cape Vincent residents and visitors to enjoy and participate in the arts. With the establishment of two new funds, the CVAC will be able to continue benefiting the community in that way well into the future.

     The Dr. William James Grant Fund and the Cape Vincent Arts Council Endowment Fund were established at the Northern New York Community Foundation (NNYCF) in December 2024. Both funds enable the Cape Vincent Arts Council to support its annual arts programs and to plan for its future.

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Foundation will Match all Gifts up to $10,000 to the TAUNY Endowment Fund

     CANTON — The Northern New York Community Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 matching grant to Traditional Arts in Update New York (TAUNY) to help build charitable support for its endowment fund at the Foundation.

     The Community Foundation will match, dollar-for-dollar, all gifts made to the TAUNY endowment fund up to $10,000. To join in this effort and support the arts in St. Lawrence County and beyond, visit bit.ly/TAUNY-match for secure online giving. Gifts may also be made to the Northern New York Community Foundation, 131 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601 with TAUNY endowment noted in the memo line.

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Four School Districts Earn a Share of $5,000 in Grant Funding for Increasing Student Participation in Scholarship Program

    WATERTOWN — Four school districts across Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties were recently named winners of the Community Foundation’s Class of 2025 Scholarship Challenge and earned a share of $5,000 in grant funding.

     Three school districts — one in each county the Community Foundation serves — each received a $1,000 grant and a fourth was awarded the top Scholarship Challenge grant of $2,000.

     Lewis County’s South Lewis Central School District is the top grant winner with 32 percent, or 15, of its 47 seniors submitting scholarship applications. [Read more…]

Students, Working Professionals Seeking Educational Growth are Encouraged to Apply

     WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its Next Step Education Program to support students and working professionals pursuing career advancement and educational growth.

     Thanks to the generous support of many Community Foundation donors, the Next Step Education Program aims to help individuals as they pursue postsecondary education and training.

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More than 6,000 Food and Hygiene Items Collected will Help Reduce Food Insecurity

     WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation’s LEAD Council is pleased to announce the winners of its third “Canstruction for Northern New York” contest to help reduce food insecurity across the region.

     Nine teams combined to collect more than 6,000 canned goods and other nonperishable food items or hygiene products that will help restock school-based backpack programs and community food pantries in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. Additionally, the winning teams will share $1,500 in grant awards to present to two different school-based backpack programs that participants selected.

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