$8,000 in Funding Will Purchase a Tent for Outdoor Events

     CONSTABLEVILLE — An $8,000 grant from the Kenneth V. and Jeannette Remp Sawyer Community Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation will allow Constable Hall to host a variety of private and community events each year.

     Grant support will be used to purchase a tent for the organization. With limited indoor space at Constable Hall, the outdoor event tent will hold up to 150 people. The organization is hosting several community events through November.

     Cultural and historical education activities have increased in past two years, and the investment will boost capacity for additional events. Visit constablehall.org/events to learn more.

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

     WATERTOWN — Three school districts across Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties were recently named winners of the Community Foundation’s Class of 2026 Scholarship Challenge and earned a share of $5,000 in grant funding.

     The school districts — one in each county the Community Foundation serves — each received a $1,000 grant. One of the three $1,000 winners also was awarded the top Scholarship Challenge grant of $2,000.

     Jefferson County’s Sackets Harbor School District is the top grant winner with 71.4 percent, or 20, of its 28 seniors submitting scholarship applications. Sackets also won a $1,000 Scholarship Challenge grant during this year’s first round of awards.

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Applications for 2026 Grant Support Now Open to Qualified Organizations Serving St. Lawrence County Residents 

     WATERTOWN — The Rock Charitable Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation welcomes representatives from qualified charitable organizations, houses of worship, cemeteries, or municipal and governmental entities that serve St. Lawrence County residents to attend one of four grant application workshops in June.

     Applications for 2026 grant support ar enow being accepted. At least $150,000 in competitive funding is available this year. Completed applications are due Friday, September 4, 2026.

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Up to $100,000 in grant funding available this calendar year

     WATERTOWN — The Community Foundation’s CAR-FRESHNER Corporation Charitable Fund welcomes applications for second-quarter grant support. The deadline to apply for second-quarter consideration is Friday, May 29.

     The CAR-FRESHNER Corporation Charitable Fund is designed to support community programs, projects and initiatives that broadly strengthen communities across Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. Up to $100,000 in funding is available for 2026. Organizations receiving funding in 2025 are not eligible to reapply this year.

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Nearly 80 Seventh-, Eighth-, and Ningh-Grade Students Across Three Counties Participate in Ninth Annual Challenge

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

     Now in its ninth year, the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge was open to all tri-county seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade students. This year’s program committee reviewed 79 entries from seventh and eighth graders in 20 different school districts who recommended grants to nearly 70 different organizations that serve residents across the three counties.

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