Jan 6, 2021 LAKE PLACID Since March, Adirondack Foundation and its many funding partners have awarded nearly $1.2 million through 175 grants to nonprofits, schools and community-based organizations specifically toward COVID-19 response. This rapid-response community assistance is thanks to a coalition of corporate, philanthropic and nonprofit partners supporting local frontline organizations many of which serve people who are disproportionately affected when crisis strikes. With more than $1.3 million raised, grants are being deployed across the Adirondack region, helping to serve tens of thousands of people experiencing hardship from the social and economic impacts of the pandemic, and supporting a variety of community needs. These emergency-response and longer-term, deeper investment grants fall into the following broad categories.
Dec 23, 2020
Grant assistance from Adirondack Foundation and its funding partners helped AdkAction work with partners to assemble and distribute emergency food packages filled with farm-fresh food to families and individuals whose circumstances made it difficult for them to buy food. In this image, Maeve Brammer is handing off packages assembled at Hub on the Hill in Essex.
(Erika Bailey, courtesy Adirondack Foundation) LAKE PLACID Adirondack Foundation, and its many funding partners, have awarded nearly $1.2 million since March through 175 grants to nonprofits, schools, and community-based organizations specifically toward COVID-19 response. This rapid-response community assistance is thanks to a coalition of corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit partners supporting local front-line organizations many of which serve people who are disproportionately affected when crisis strikes.