Northern New York Community Foundation
Northern New York Community Foundation
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LOWVILLE — The Northern New York Community Foundation, in partnership with the Dyson Foundation, is pleased to announce $20,000 in grant support to help Snow Belt Housing provide emergency relief to Lewis County residents impacted by summer flooding.
The Community Foundation and the Dyson Foundation will each provide $10,000 to aid residents with documented losses.
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WATERTOWN — Liberty L. Dippel is the Class of 2024 recipient of the Northern New York Community Foundation’s Frances Anderson Luck Foundation Scholarship.
Liberty graduated from Thousand Islands High School in June and recently began her first year at Jefferson Community College where she studies liberal arts. She plans to transfer to SUNY Canton to enroll in the veterinary technician bachelor’s degree program.
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WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation recently named its 2024-2025 Youth Philanthropy Council class, welcoming eight new and 10 returning students to the leadership program.
The Youth Philanthropy Council is an advisory committee of the Northern New York Community Foundation. Chartered in 2010, the program promotes positive youth development and engages young people in meaningful activities that build their skills while deepening their understanding of community needs and educating them about community philanthropy and its impact on Northern New York. Council members grow to become informed critical thinkers and philanthropic leaders as they engage in lessons that may never be taught in a traditional classroom.
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WATERTOWN — The Safe Schools Endeavor, in partnership with the Northern New York Community Foundation, is pleased to announce that applications for 2024-2025 funding are now available. All schools in Jefferson and Lewis counties are eligible and encouraged to seek grant funding for projects, programs, and initiatives that seek to strengthen school safety and improve student and campus culture.
School officials and representatives should complete applications no later than Friday, Nov. 1. All applications must be completed through the Community Foundation’s online Grant Lifecycle Manager, which may be accessed at bit.ly/grant-portal. Grant awards will be determined in December and applicants will be notified with a funding decision no later than early January.
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WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation’s 2024-2025 Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge is now open to tri-county students. The challenge seeks to engage seventh and eighth graders in learning about their communities while they compete for an opportunity to award a $1,000 grant to a local nonprofit organization of their choice.
This is the eighth year of the program, which is made possible by donors to the Community Foundation’s Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund, corporate support from Community Bank and a major gift from an individual donor.