At its most recent meeting in March, 2012, the Foundation’s Board of Directors approved over $3,700,000 in new grants to 101 different organizations.  Major grants included:

 

Bard College

Annadale on Hudson, NY

Grant Amount: $300,000

Project Term: July 2012 – June 2015

Continued multi-year scholarship support for students from the Mid-Hudson Valley counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, and Ulster.

 

Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson

Pleasantville, NY

Grant Amount: $180,000

Project Term: April 2012 – September 2013

Renewed support for non-traditional programming for girls from Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, and Ulster Counties.

 

Hands On! The Hudson Valley

Hyde Park, NY

Grant Amount: $110,000

Project Term: April 2012 – December 2014

Continued support for the long-term care ombudsman program, which trains and certifies volunteers to be advocates for residents of nursing and adult-care homes.

 

Hudson River Housing

Poughkeepsie, NY

Grant Amount: $125,000

Project Term: January 2012 – December 2012

Toward general operating support.

 

Jewish Family Service of Orange County

Middletown, NY

Grant Amount: $130,000

Project Term: May 2012 – December 2013

Multi-year funding towards the SafetyNet program, which provides transportation, home visiting, case management, and home-bound counseling to medically frail adults in Orange County.

 

Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, Inc.

Hawthorne, NY

Grant Amount: $120,000

Project Term: January 2012 – December 2013

Multi-year support for outreach and education programming in Putnam County.

 

Poughkeepsie Farm Project

Poughkeepsie, NY

Grant Amount: $75,000

Project Term: May 2012 – December 2014

Multi-year funding for the Food Share program, through which Poughkeepsie Farm Project distributes its produce to low-income residents.