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Ithaca Rotary club donates to nonprofits

This year’s recipients of grants from the Rotary Club of Ithaca will use the funds for a range of projects including purchasing equipment, starting a theater residency, and supporting learning opportunities. The Rotary Club awarded nearly $15,000 to 15 different nonprofits. (Photo credit: /Rotary Club of Ithaca)

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Rotary Club of Ithaca has awarded nearly $15,000 in grants to 15 community nonprofits. The funding comes from $10,000 members donated at weekly club meetings along with a $5,000 gift from an anonymous donor.

“These grants help our local agencies meet their missions,” Kelly Buck, a Rotary member who co-chaired the program, said in a press release. “And we try and spread out Rotary grant money across a range of needs.”

The annual program provides grants of up to $1,000 to community organizations evaluated by a six-member committee.

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The 2022 grant recipients are:

Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County, $995 for the purchase of 1,000 fentanyl test strips
Catholic Charities, $1,000 to purchase new shoes for 30 children
Civic Ensemble, $1,000 to partner with the Sciencenter to host a theater residency
Communitas ALC, $1,000 for supplies for the youth Tompkins Magical Carts Collective
Downtown Ithaca Children’s Center, $793 for building improvements
Family Reading Partnership, $1,000 to purchase children’s books
Finger Lakes Independence Center, $1,000 for a modular aluminum ramp for the home of an individual with a disability
Habitat for Humanity, $1,000 to purchase ladders, a saw, and work platforms to equip job sites
Hospice & Palliative Care Services of TC, $1,000 to create a food wishes fund
Ithaca Murals and Southside Community Center, $1,000 to support Black artists working on the Underground Railroad mural on Green Street
Mental Health Association of Tompkins County, $1,000 to purchase a Meeting Owl virtual meeting technology device
Southworth Library Association, $725 for the lunch and learn workshop series
Stablework Corporation, $1,000 to purchase materials to train residents in animal care and create products to sell at the Ithaca Farmers Market
Sustainable Finger Lakes, Inc., $995 to purchase a video camera, tripod, and editing software
Varna Community Association, Inc., $1,000 to create and install signage for a new trail system

The grants are intended to promote the quality of life in Tompkins County and the greater Ithaca area and support organizations with special projects or needs that are not funded by general funding sources.

Traci DeLore