Community Foundation for South Central New York awards $318K in grants to regional nonprofits

JOHNSON CITY — The Community Foundation for South Central New York (SCNY) recently announced it has made grants totaling $318,288 to 17 organizations in the region in its fall grant round.

The successful grant applications, approved through a competitive, volunteer panel and board-review process, are for a variety of capital projects, operations, economic development, and programming, the foundation said in an Oct. 25 news release.

The Community Foundation for SCNY received 70 applications totaling $1.2 million in requests. Organizations and programs that received funding included human-services agencies, libraries, school districts, agricultural programs, shelters, music programs, entrepreneurial support, animal welfare, and recreational programs. The foundation release did not name the grant recipients or detail the amount each nonprofit released.

“Our grant opportunities this fall were fewer than the spring; nonetheless we had a significant number of applicants as organizations, school districts, and municipalities begin to move back toward projects and programs that were on hold or curtailed because of the pandemic,” Diane Brown, executive director of the Community Foundation for SCNY, said.

The Community Foundation for SCNY, a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 and headquartered in Johnson City, says it encourages and facilitates personal and institutional philanthropy throughout the region by managing more than 140 funds established by donors to achieve specific charitable goals. From these funds, the foundation has awarded more than $21 million in grants to the area’s nonprofits, schools, and municipalities to help “address community concerns and improve the quality of life in the region.” The Community Foundation serves donors and nonprofits in five Southern Tier counties: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, and Tioga.                                     ν