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2007 Grant Payments

Support Services, Neighborhood Initiative*

$269,269

Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park

$200,000

Interfaith Housing*

$100,620

United Way of Central New York

$75,000

Friends of the Central Library

$50,000

Syracuse University - Warehouse

$50,000

The Public Broadcasting Council of CNY-WCNY

$50,000

Upstate Medical University Foundation

$50,000

Miscellaneous Agencies

$38,561

Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society

$30,000

Elmcrest Children's Center

$25,000

Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse & Onondaga County

$35,000

fuse/Syracuse Technology Garden

$30,000

Syracuse Alliance for a New Economy (SANE)*

$25,000

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra*

$25,000

The Institute for Now Culture(ThINC)

$25,000

Heritage House*

$20,000

Metropolitan Development Foundation of CNY-Huntington Workforce Development*

$20,000

Oswego County Opportunities

$20,000

People in Action

$20,000

Syracuse Choice Program*

$20,000

Syracuse University-Department of Geography

$20,000

Cazenovia Area Community Development Association

$18,422

Loretto Heritage Apartment-EDGE Project

$18,400

Onondaga Earth Corps*

$17,500

Bellegrove Missionary Baptist Church - Youth Mentoring*

$15,000

Oswego YMCA

$15,000

SUNY Upstate Medical University*

$15,000

YMCA of Greater Syracuse-Van Duyn Achievers' Club

$15,000

Jowonio School

$14,070

Center for Community Alternatives-REACH

$12,500

Mercy Works*

$12,500

Arc of Onondaga

$10,000

Autism Society of America-CNY

$10,000

Catholic Charities-Southside Resource Center*

$10,000

Central New York Regional Market-Mobile Market*

$10,000

Community Folk Art Center

$10,000

ESF-SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry*

$10,000

Faith Hope Community Center*

$10,000

Friends of Camp Hollis

$10,000

Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community

$10,000

New Justice Conflict Resolution Services

$10,000

New York Agricultural Land Trust

$10,000

Planned Parenthood of Syracuse

$10,000

Rural and Migrant Ministry of Oswego County

$10,000

St. Lucy's Church-Teen Center*

$10,000

Syracuse City School District

$10,000

Syracuse Stage

$10,000

Syracuse Teachers Association-Expanding Horizons

$10,000

Syracuse University-School of Architecture

$10,000

Unity Acres

$10,000

Zen Center of Syracuse*

$9,990

Brown Memorial United Methodist Church- Youth Summer Camp*

$9,882

Donor Family Network

$9,625

Mental Health Association

$8,750

Gone4Ever Committee

$7,500

Interfaith Works

$7,500

Morgan Road Elementary School

$7,500

Professionals of Color Forum

$7,500

Syracuse Poster Project

$7,500

Board Designated Holiday Grants

$7,000

Syracuse City School District-Bellevue Elementary School*

$7,000

West Monroe Historical Society

$7,000

Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, Inc.*

$6,925

School of the heARTS

$6,000

Home Aides of CNY

$5,500

Onondaga County Bar Association

$5,500

CNY Works

$5,000

Cultural Resources Council-Totem Project

$5,000

Dunbar Association, Inc.*

$5,000

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse

$5,000

Metropolitan Development Foundation of CNY-40 Below

$5,000

Partners for Arts Education

$5,000

SAGE/Upstate

$5,000

Signature Band & Choir Camp, Inc.

$5,000

State of New York Department of Health

$5,000

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park

$5,000

Town of Vienna-Summer Concert

$5,000

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center-LINK

$4,931

Madison County Children's Camp

$4,665

The Famous Entrepreneurs Series

$4,050

REACH Tutorial*

$4,000

Sunnycrest Park Association

$3,780

Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music

$3,500

CNY Institute for Aesthetic Education-Summerfame Scholarships*

$3,154

Samaritan Center

$3,015

Cazenovia Forum

$3,000

Northern Onondaga Volunteer Ambulance

$3,000

Paul Robeson Performing Arts Co.

$3,000

Lost Boys Foundation

$2,900

Grace Episcopal Church

$2,500

New York Special Olympics

$2,500

Research Foundation of SUNY

$2,500

Syracuse University - College of Arts and Sciences*

$2,500

Syracuse University - Syracuse University Press

$1,716

2006 Grants

Support Services, Neighborhood Initiative* $215,840
Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park $200,000
Interfaith Housing* $100,000
United Way of Central New York $95,000
The Salvation Army - Preventive Services Partnership $88,385
Syracuse University - Warehouse  $50,000
Upstate Medical University Foundation $50,000
West Side Partnership (Huntington, Catholic Charities, La Liga and the Boys and Girls Club)* $45,874
Empire Housing and Development Corp* $35,000
Inter Religious Council - Center for New Americans $30,000
CONTACT Community Services - Bridges Initiative $26,800
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra* $26,000
St. Camillus Foundation $25,775
Syracuse University College of Health and Human Services* $25,223
AIDS Community Resources $25,000
American Farmland Trust $25,000
Baton Rouge Area Foundation $25,000
Crouse Health Foundation $25,000
Partners for Education and Business $25,000
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center $25,000
Syracuse University Dept. of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises* $25,000
Interfaith Housing/SNAG- Onondaga Earth Corps* $24,097
Miscellaneous Agencies $26,356
Syracuse International Film & Video Festival $25,000
YWCA Syracuse and Onondaga County $19,230
Syracuse Choice Program $18,750
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Onondaga Earth Corps* $18,638
Partners for Arts Education $18,500
On Point for College $17,500
Faith Hope Community  Center, Inc.* $15,000
Home Aides of Central New York $14,500
Syracuse City School District - Nottingham Career Center $15,000
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park $12,500
Citizens United to Rebuild Neighborhoods* $12,000
Community Folk Art Center $10,000
Syracuse University - Teen Sexuality Research $10,000
Eastern Farm Workers Association $10,000
Freedom's Call - Documentary Film $10,000
fuse 2006/Syracuse Technology Garden $10,000
Gone4Ever Committee $10,000
Home Headquarters, Inc. $10,000
Manlius Pebble Hill School Parenting Conference $10,000
Northside Community  Center of Syracuse, Inc. $10,000
PEACE, Inc.* $10,000
St. Mark the Evangelist Episcopal Church* $10,000
Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, Inc.* $10,000
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, Inc.-VIPP Program* $10,000
Syracuse Peace Council $9,600
Dewitt Cemetery Association $9,037
Centers for Nature Education, Inc. $9,000
Bellegrove Missionary Baptist Church - Youth Mentoring* $8,800
Music Journeys, Inc $8,500
Brown Memorial United Methodist Church- Youth Summer Camp* $7,765
B&H Community Association $7,500
Syracuse Jazz Fest Productions, Inc. $7,450
SAGE/Upstate $6,195
Southside Neighborhood Arts Council* $8,340
Bethlehem Revival Temple of Syracuse, Inc. - accessibility ramp* $5,000
Dunbar Association* $5,000
Image Initiative - Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference* $5,000
Juneteenth, Inc.* $5,000
Mexico Central Schools - Choir Trip to NYC $5,000
Syracuse Soap Box Derby Inc. $5,000
CNYCOSH - Central NY Council on Occupational Safety and Health $4,900
ThINC (The Institution for a Now Culture) $4,752
Abundant Life Academy $4,500
Professionals of Color Forum $4,400
Young and Talented Youth Trip $4,000
Meals on Wheels of Syracuse $3,500
Southside Innovation Center $3,057
Camps, Conferences & Retreat Ministries $3,000
Syracuse Shakespeare Festival $3,000
Westcott Community Center $3,000
Spanish Action League $2,013
Polish Scholarship Fund $1,500
 
Board Designated Holiday Grants
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority $500
Samaritan Center $500
La Communidad Latino Americana de Syracuse $500
Huntington Family Center $500
IRC - Center for New Americans $500
Cazenovia Area Community Development Association $500
Jail Ministries $500
Unity Kitchen $500
Community Folk Art Center $500
Food Bank $500
University United Methodist - Neighborhood Outreach $500
South Presbyterian Church $500
Francis House $500
MOST Capital Campaign $500
St. Camillus Health & Rehabilitation Center $250
Frank Hiscock Legal Aid Society $250
 
 
Total grants paid in 2006 $1,717,277


Total assets at market value in 2006 $27,480,278

2005 Grants

Friends of The Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park



Support Services, Neighborhood Initiative* $179,049

United Way of Central New York $125,000

Boys and Girls Club $53,000

Interfaith Housing* $50,000

Upstate Medical University  Foundation $50,000

Faith Hope Community Center* $41,690

Bellegrove Missionary Baptist Church* $40,000

Syracuse University Department of Geography $40,000

YMCA of Greater Syracuse - East Side  $30,000

On Point for College $29,900

Miscellaneous Agencies $26,855

Friends of Camp Hollis $26,600

Crouse Health Foundation $25,000

Oswego Public Library $25,000

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center $25,000

Syracuse University Dept. of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises* $25,000

Southeast Gateway - Onondaga Earth Corps* $22,200

Learning Disabilities Association $20,000

SU/SUNY-ESF Chapter of Habitat for Humanity* $20,000

Syracuse Stage $20,000

Tully Free Library $20,000

Cornell Cooperative Extension* $17,800

Media Unit $15,050

Everson Museum of Art $15,000

Jowonio School $15,000

Sarah House $15,000

Syracuse City School District  $15,000

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra* $15,000

Friends of Dewitt Parks & Recreation - People in Action $14,363

Oswego College Foundation - Artswego $13,877

City of Syracuse Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs* $12,045

Oswego Opera Theatre $11,000

B&H Community Association $10,000

Cazenovia Area Community Development Association $10,000

Kitchen Table Talk $10,000

Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company $10,000

Senator Hoffman's Civil Rights Connection $10,000

Southwest Community Center - WWII minority veterans wall $10,000

St. James School $10,000

Syracuse Habitat for Humanity Women Build* $10,000

Syracuse International Film & Video Festival $10,000

Syracuse Regional Soap Box Derby $10,000

Syracuse University - WISE conference  $10,000

ThINC $10,000

YMCA of Greater Syracuse - camp scholarships* $10,000

Zen Center of Syracuse*  $9,960

YMCA of Greater Syracuse - Downtown Writers Center $7,900

Syracuse Workforce Development Center $6,111

REACH Tutorial* $6,000

Southwest Community/Central Village Youth Center*  $6,000

East Syracuse Minoa Area Meals on Wheels $5,500

Syracuse University Library Associates - CNY Reads $5,488

CONTACT Community Services $5,400

Dunbar Association* $5,000

Learning Place $5,000

PEACE, Inc. - Dick Gregory* $5,000

Special Olympics New York $5,000

Syracuse Choice $5,000

Abundant Life Academy $4,500

Partners for Arts Education $3,500

PEACE, Inc. $2,500

Native American Arts Development $2,495

American Diabetes Association $2,000

Communities United to Rebuild Neighborhoods* $2,000

Rescue Mission Alliance $2,000

Levy Middle School $1,925

Root Farm Center for Equine Assisted Therapy $1,500

Lost Boys of the Sudan $1,000

Nottingham Lady Bulldogs $1,000

Board Designated Holiday Grants

Baton Rouge Area Foundation $500

Cazenovia Area Community Development Association $500

Community Wide Dialogue $500

Court Appointed Special Advocates Program $500

Faith Hope Community Center $500

Hopps Memorial CME Church $500

Latino American Community of Syracuse $500

Northside Community Police Center $500

On Point for College $500

Rescue Mission Alliance $500

Samaritan Center $500

South Presbyterian Church $500

Unity Kitchen $500

University United Methodist Church $500

Frank Hiscock Legal Aid Society $250

St.Camillus Health & Rehabilitation Center $250







total grants paid in 2005 $1,492,708

total assets at market value in 2005 $27,437,148







* Neighborhood Initiative Grants