The Community Foundation’s Children and Youth Field of Interest Fund was created to promote the healthy development of children and youth in ways that complement existing services.
CHILDREN & YOUTH FUND GRANT HISTORY:
2008
BJM Afterschool Enrichment: nutritional cooking program
Village at Ithaca: BJM literacy coach
2009
TST BOCES: Evenstart program in Newfield and Groton
2010
Child Development Council: capacity building
Town of Lansing: Parks & Recreation
2011
Cornell Cooperative Extension: Caroline Great Race
Planned Parenthood: LGBT Youth Group
Southern Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project: Green Guerrillas youth media collective
2012
Cornell Cooperative Extension: 4HOURS reading program
Cornell Cooperative Extension: Caroline Youth Services
Cornell Cooperative Extension: Lansing Youth Services
Planned Parenthood: cervical cancer vaccines for uninsured
Town of Ulysses: youth employment program
2013
Groton Public Library: teen programming
Catholic Charities: transportation assistance for school and training
Child Development Council: basic needs for disadvantaged families
Newfield Public Library: college advising program
Groton Youth Commission: youth employment program
Ulysses Philomathic Library: Readers Theatre Showcase
2014
Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca: The Community-Based Counseling Project
2015
Groton Public Library: GPL Teen Thing From Library Grant Cycle
Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca: Rural Outreach Program
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County: Childrens Neighborhood Improvement Mini-Grants
Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes: Pilot Project – CRC Cares About Kids