Foundation Awards $389,336 in Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2011
Rochester, NY — Rochester Area Community Foundation is awarding 54 grants totaling $389,336 to organizations and programs in the areas of arts and culture, environment, health, historical preservation, women and girls, and more.
Grant amounts range from $769 to enhance visual arts opportunities at School of the Arts to $28,500 to design an urban agricultural plan in southwest Rochester.
This round of competitive grants, one of the Community Foundation’s largest, drew 98 proposals seeking more than $1 million in funding.
“Local philanthropists have made possible every one of these grants, which are especially needed by organizations in today’s still-difficult climate,” says Jennifer Leonard, president and executive director of the Community Foundation.
Here are the details on the grant recipients and their programs:
ARTS & CULTURE ($30,826*)
Baobab Cultural Center: To upgrade the organization’s space to allow for performances to be held in their facilities. $2,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Rochester: To provide hands-on opportunities for children to make music. $3,000
Friends of School of the Arts: To enhance the visual arts opportunities available to students. $769
Gateways Music Festival: For the biennial festival of classical music with musicians of African descent. $2,573
Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus: To provide three concerts to the community. Performances will incorporate both orchestral and choral elements. $1,986
Hochstein School of Music and Dance: To support the Honors Ensemble Program where students in grades 9 through 12 are trained by professional musicians and perform at local events. $5,000
Pegasus Early Music: To bring guest artists to perform a concert. $2,000
PUSH Physical Theatre: To develop a theatre piece that will explore the dynamics of human interactions that lead to conflict. $1,000
Rochester Children’s Theatre: To bring literature- and curriculum-based theatrical productions into area schools. $2,000
Rochester City Ballet: To add a new ballet to their collection of contemporary dance pieces. $2,500
Rochester Contemporary: For program support and to expand this arts center’s reach in the community. $2,498
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra: To bring the orchestra into direct contact with the community at outreach concerts. $3,000
Young Audiences of Rochester: To expose students to a wide range of arts and diverse cultural experiences. $2,500
*These grants were made possible, in part, by the Castle Fund for Music Education, the Anne McQuay Arts and Cultural Fund II, the Fund for the Fine and Performing Arts, the Loma Moyer Allen Arts for Youth, the Dorothy Kitzing and Elizabeth Kitzing Fund, and the Clara T. Wolfard Fund.
ENVIRONMENT ($56,720**)
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orleans County: To purchase a livestock scale for use by the 4-H Club. $2,400
Cracker Box Palace: To enhance their animal rescue mission and to preserve a scenic and historic landscape. $5,000
EquiCenter: To purchase three covered hay feeding stations for therapy horses. $5,000
Genesee Valley Conservancy: For a bus excursion to Livingston County farms and for educational presentations designed to create a more open dialog between policy makers and farmers. $1,820
Heritage Christian Services: For a saddle and fitting services for therapeutic riding horses. $4,000
Humane Society at Lollypop Farm: To help save farm animals from cruelty, neglect, or slaughter while providing humane educational experiences for area families. $5,000
Rochester Roots: To design an urban agricultural plan in the southwest part of Rochester. $28,500
Seneca Park Zoo Society: For a representative Maasai Village and livestock enclosure. $5,000
**These grants were made possible by the Environmental Endowment Fund, the Olga Berg Memorial Fund, the Walter A. and Shirley B. Fallon Fund, and the Gonsenhauser Family Fund.
HEALTH ($75,868***)
American Diabetes Association: For scholarships at a residential camp for children with diabetes. $5,000
American Red Cross in the Finger Lakes: To reduce the transmission of infections in settings such as day care centers, elementary schools, and hospitals. $5,000
Arthritis Foundation, Upstate New York Chapter: For people with arthritis to better manage their disease. $5,000
Catholic Charities of Livingston County: For Faith in Action, to help people who may be isolated and living with chronic health conditions or disabilities. $5,000
Catholic Charities of Livingston County: For Mentor Moms, to assist at-risk pregnant women with transportation to medical appointments and to create supportive relationships for the women. $5,000
CP Rochester: To help overcome the challenges resulting from acquired disabilities so that individuals with these conditions may remain independent and safe in their homes.
$5,000
CURE Childhood Cancer: To help children with cancer achieve academic success despite their diagnosis. $5,000
Heritage Christian Services: For people with development disabilities who also have financial need to participate in therapeutic horseback riding. $4,000
Lakeside Health System: To increase awareness of diabetes and the role of nutrition and exercise in promoting healthy living. $3,368
Lifetime Care: To address the gaps between the health status of minorities and non-minorities. $5,000
National Alliance on Mental Illness Rochester: To provide support, education, advocacy, and “community” for people 16-25 years of age who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. $3,500
Pluta Cancer Center: To provide families with support for their day-to-day living expenses. $10,000
Spiritus Christi Mental Health Center: To improve access to mental health care for uninsured and underinsured individuals. $5,000
St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center: To provide last-resort emergency assistance for individuals and families facing loss of housing or utility shut-off. $10,000
*** These grants were made possible by the W.R. and Dorothy Brogan Fund, the William P. and Abigail Roberts Van Wagenen Fund II, the Tin Mountain Fund, the Lucile B. Kesel Fund, the Raymond P. Eckert Fund II, the Marion Gleason Medical Education and Accident Research Fund, the Rogerson Fund for Handicapped Children, and the Claire Brewster Castle Fund II.
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION ($168,922)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society: To restore the exterior of the Keeper’s House. $20,000
City of Rochester, Department of Environmental Services: To design and install way-finding elements to assist visitors in locating the graves of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. $15,000
Clarkson Historical Society: For restoration of the Clarkson Academy, an 1853 school building. $12,000
Corn Hill Navigation: To support the Erie Canal field studies program for Rochester City School District 4th grade students. $20,000
Finger Lakes Cultural & Natural History Museum: For first-year museum’s start-up expenses. $15,000
Friends of Ganondagan: For a historically accurate re-enactment of early contact between Seneca people and Europeans. $14,422
Genesee Country Village & Museum: To allow more participatory activities for visitors of all ages. $20,000
Kentucky’s Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Project: For operating support. This organization received support from Lloyd E. Klos while he was living and will receive a grant of $5,000 every other year. Seashore Trolley Museum, also an organization Mr. Klos supported while living, will receive a grant of $5,000 in alternate years. $5,000
Landmark Society of Western New York: To complete a condition report for the oldest building in Monroe County, the Stone-Tolan House (circa 1792) and for the 1880s Tolan Barn. $15,000
Rochester Historical Society: To complete a history of Rochester people who served in World War I. $10,500
Rundel Library Foundation: To preserve two oral history collections recorded between 1970 and 2009. $10,000
South Wedge Planning Committee: For a building survey of residential and commercial sections of the neighborhood to identify justifiable boundaries of the potential historic district. $12,000
WOMEN & GIRLS ($43,000****)
Catholic Family Center: To provide employment training, work experience, and support services to women in recovery from drug abuse. $10,000
Girl Scouts of Western New York: For an after-school scouting program for girls living in subsidized housing. $6,500
Safe Journey: For counseling and support services for suburban women who are victims of domestic violence. $10,000
Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach: To provide safe, stable housing to women leaving jail and to reunite children and mothers in a supportive environment. $10,000
University of Rochester: To support an after-school program for urban middle school girls where the students conduct science experiments of their choosing. $6,500
**** These grants were made possible by the Ruth Ericksen Andrews Fund, the Greater Rochester Women’s Fund, the Gloria Westphal Haynie Fund, and the Margaret and Herbert Paaschen Fund.
OTHER ($14,000)
Chorus America: To help chorus leaders gain effective management skills. $10,000
Greater Rochester After-School Alliance: To hire a consultant who will address the future of GRASA on the eve of its 10th anniversary. $4,000
As one of greater Rochester’s largest grant-making foundations, the Community Foundation has awarded more than $277 million in grants since 1972.