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.