Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

Field of Interest Funds

Below is a complete list of the field of interest funds housed at Berkshire Taconic.
Grantseekers are encouraged to learn more about competitive grants and scholarships.

Area Specific
Arts and Culture
Designated
Education
Environment
Health and Human Services
Scholarships
Youth Development

Area Specific

Mary Blackwell Memorial Fund
Provides holiday lights in Great Barrington, MA.

George and Lucille Buterbaugh Fund
Provides grants for basic human needs to residents of the Lakeville/Salisbury, CT, area.

Crane Family Fund
Supports programs and projects that demonstrate innovation in health care and the environment in Berkshire County, MA.

First Mass Bank Fund
Supports programs and projects that demonstrate innovation

Fleet Fund
Supports development in downtown Pittsfield, MA.

Carol Hess Memorial Fund
Recognizes women who improve the quality of life in North Adams, MA.

Isringhaus Family Fund
Supports nonprofits in Pittsfield MA.

Kawaler Tri Towns Fund
Supports nonprofits in Millerton, NY, and Sharan and Lakeville/Salisbury, CT.

Tabor Foundation Fund
Supports health-related career development in northwest Litchfield County, CT, and northeast Dutchess County, NY.

Town of Cornwall Endowment Fund
Benefits the town of Cornwall, CT for any of its municipal purposes.

Arts and Culture

ALFEA/Jaffe Fund
Helps expose students in southern Berkshire County to the visual and performing arts to broaden their experience and enhance their lives.

A.R.T. (Artists Resource Trust) Fund
Provides grants to New England mid-career visual artists as well as organizations that support them.
View artwork by 2008 individual grant recipients

Artists Resource Trust Endowment Fund
Supports the A.R.T Fund.

The Amy Clampitt Fund
Supports the study and appreciation of poetry and the literary arts through a poet-in-residency program at Amy Clampitt's house in Lenox, MA.

Friends of Beckley Furnace Fund
Works to preserve the Beckley Furnace in Canaan and other sites on the Northwest Connecticut Iron Heritage Trail and provides educational programs about them.

Stephen Lindner-Lesser Memorial Fund
Supports arts organizations in Berkshire County, MA.

Martha Boschen Porter Fund
Supports artists in the tri-state region as they move to the next stage of their development.

Wassermann-Streit Y’DIYAH Memorial Fund
Fosters an educated understanding of the traditions and culture of Judaism.

Designated

Berkshire Bach Society Endowment Fund
Designated fund for the Berkshire Bach Society

Berkshire Botanical Garden Designated Endowment Fund
Supports the Berkshire Botanical Garden Endowment Fund in Stockbridge, MA.

Robert E. Blum Fund
Supports the operations of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

Christopher Burkhart Memorial Fund
Supports Gould Farm in Monterey, MA.

Andrew Deeg Memorial Fund
Supports the Berkshire County Christian School.

Pamela Sayre Deely Adaptive Fitness Fund
Provides support for adaptive fitness needs at Berkshire South Regional Community Center, Great Barrington, MA

First Congregational Church of Adams
Supports the general operations of the First Congregational Church of Adams, MA.

Haiti Disaster Recovery Fund
Supports disaster recovery in Haiti through donations to Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam America, and Partners in Health.

Lenox Public Library Endowment Fund
Supports the Lenox Library Association

Loomis Fund
Supports selected nonprofit organizations and education enrichment funds.

Patrick Miller Fund
Supports youth substance abuse services of the Brien Center, Pittsfield, MA.

North East Library Fund
Supports the North East-Millerton Library in Millerton, NY.

Northwest Center for Family Service and Mental Health Fund
Supports the Northwest Center for Family Service and Mental Health, Lakeville, CT.

Sara Tenney Osborne Fund (Milne Library)
Supports the Milne Library, Williamstown, MA.

REBY Fund
Supports the MGH Cancer Fund in Boston and Gould Farm, Monterey, MA.

Sharon Cemetery Fund
Repairs and restores gravestones in the Sharon, CT, cemetery.

Violet H. Simmons/First Presbyterian Church of Millerton
Supports the First Presbyterian Church, Millerton, NY.

Violet H. Simmons/North East Millerton Library
Supports the North East–Millerton Library, NY.

Violet H. Simmons Scholarship Fund Inc.
Supports the Violet H. Simmons scholarships.

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Endowment Fund
Supports the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area.

Webutuck High School Summer Enrichment Music Fund
Supports summer music study or programs for students grades 9-11 at Webutuck Central School District.

Eunice Abbot Yoakum Memorial Fund
Supports Latin education at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, CT.

Robert E. Yoakum Endowment Fund
Supports the MGH Cancer Fund in Boston and Gould Farm in Monterey, MA.

Education

21st Century Endowment Fund
Sponsors high impact learning opportunities at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, CT.

Adams Cheshire Educational (ACE) Partnership
Provides grants for educational opportunities in the Adams/Cheshire Regional School District, MA.

John Allen Fund
Supports projects, in conjunction with the SEE Fund, that sustain educational excellence at Mount Greylock Regional High School, MA.

Arts Fund for Region One Endowment
Promotes educational opportunities in the arts for students in the Region One School District, CT.

Artists for Artists
Works to provide studio space at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School, CT, staffed by artists for students' after-school extracurricular experiences.

Berkshire Hills Fund For Excellence
Enhances the educational experience of the students and teachers of the Berkshire Hills Regional School District, MA.

Berkshire Hills Technology Fund
Supports the creative use of technology in the Berkshire Hills Regional School District, MA.

Marlene Brody Literacy Fund
Supports literacy development for young children in Columbia County, particularly within the Hudson City School District, NY.

Chatham Education Foundation
Supports educational enrichment projects for the Chatham Central School District, NY.

Chatham Fund For Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
Supports educational enrichment projects focused on the arts and humanities for the Chatham Central School District, NY.

Conte Leaders Fund
Provides learning and creative opportunites for selected at-risk students who show leadership, vision and resilience.

Cornwall Consolidated School Fund for Excellence
Supports the educational experience of students and teachers in the Cornwall Consolidated School, CT.

Creative Eye
Provides funding for arts-related education for students in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District, MA.

Drury Drama Team Fund
Supports program, faculty and students of the Drury Drama Team of the North Adams Public School District.

Eagle Fund
Supports projects that sustain educational excellence in the Southern Berkshire School District, MA.

Farmington River Initiative for Regional Excellence (FIRE)
Supports projects that enrich the educational experience of the students and teachers in the Farmington River School District, MA.

Gateway Fund for the North Adams School District
Nurtures educational excellence in the North Adams Public Schools, MA.

Germantown Student Education Arts and Humanities Endowment Fund
Nurtures educational excellence through programs in the arts and humanities.

Grand Ambition Endowment Fund
Supports the music program at the Williamstown Elementary School, MA.

H.V.R.H.S. Alumni Association
Provides scholarships and supports capital improvements at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, CT.

Hudson School Arts and Humanities Fund
Nurtures educational excellence through programs in the arts and humanities.

Janet's Fund
Supports creative activities in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District, MA.

Kinderhook Central School District Arts and Humanities Endowment Fund
Nurtures educational excellence through programs in the arts and humanities.

Lanesborough Initiative For Excellence Fund (LIFE)
Supports projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Lanesborough School District, MA.

Lee Educational Enrichment Fund
Supports projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Lee-Tyringham School District.

Lenox Educational Enrichment Fund (LEEF)
Supports projects that enhance the educational experience of students and teachers in the Lenox School District, MA.

Anne Levinson Fund
Promotes arts appreciation by sponsoring trips to New York Citiy for high school students in southern Berkshire County.

New Lebanon Arts and Humanities Fund
Supports education projects in the arts and humanities in the New Lebanon School District, NY.

North Adams School District Music Fund
Cultivates the appreciation and understanding of music among the students in the North Adams District, MA.

Northwest Corner Day Care Initative Fund
Supports an intensive training program for six day-care centers in northwest Litchfield County.

Pittsfield Education Enrichment Fund
Supports the educational experience of students and teachers in the Pittsfield School District, MA.

Region One Athletic Fund
Supports athletics, over and above normally funded activities, for all grades and ages in Region One School District, CT.

Richmond Educational Enrichment Fund
Enhances students' capacity to achieve excellence in Richmond Consolidated School, MA.

SCS Educational Enrichment Fund
Supports enrichment programs at Salisbury Central School, CT.

SEE (Sustaining Educational Excellence) Fund
Supports projects that sustain educational excellence at Mount Greylock Regional High School, MA.

Seven Towns' Educational Enrichment Program
Supportseducational enrichment activities for the students and teachers in the Central Berkshire Regional School District, MA.

Sharon Center School Millennium Fund
Enriches the educational experience of the students and teachers of the Sharon Center School District, CT.

South Berkshire PhilanthroBee Fund
Supports the Berkshire Hills Fund for Excellence and the Eagle Fund.

Taconic Hills Educational Enrichment Fund (the E Fund)
Supports educational enrichment activities at Taconic Hills Central School District, NY.

Taconic Hills Arts & Humanities Fund
Supports educational enrichment in the arts and humanities at Taconic Hills Central School

Webutuck Fund for Excellence in Education
Supports innovative and enriching programs at Webutuck Central School District, NY.

Alexander M. White Fund
Supports educational enrichment projects in the Chatham Central School District, NY.

Williamstown Elementary School Endowment (WESE)
Supports projects that enhance educational excellence at Williamstown Elementary School, MA.

Environment

Berkshire Environmental Endowment Fund
Supports environmental projects in Berkshire County.

Berkshire-Taconic Forests Fund
Protects forestland in the Berkshire Taconic region through local community resources.

Joan Flood Fund
Supports community health, women, children, education and environmental issues.

Green Pastures Fund
Supports innovative ideas in agriculture in the Berkshire Taconic area.

Oppenheimer Environmental Fund
Enhances appreciation of the environment by students and teachers in the Region One School District, CT.

Dr. Mary Alice White Environmental Fund
Provides a summer internship stipend to environmental organizations in northwest CT and Dutchess County, NY.

Health & Human Services

Berkshire County AIDS Fund
Supports people with AIDS and their caregivers in Berkshire County, MA.

Blue Horizon Health Fund
Provides grants to cover medical and dental expenses of residents of Canaan, Cornwall, North Canaan, Salisbury, and Sharon, CT.

Denise Kaley Fund for Berkshire County Women with Cancer
Supports the day to day living expenses of women with cancer who have financial need in Berkshire County, MA.

The Karebear Foundation
Distributes grants to youth-oriented nonprofit programs in southern Berkshire County.

Kelley Therapeutic Shoe Fund
Provides therapeutic shoes for elderly or disabled residents of Berkshire County, MA.

Jane Lloyd Fund
Provides support to cancer patients and their families in Canaan, Cornwall, Falls Village, Kent, Salisbury and Sharon, CT.

Mount Everett Fund
Supports the Southern Berkshire Elderly Transportation Company and the meal delivery program of the Southern Berkshire Elder Services.

Neighbor–to–Neighbor (N2N)
Aids individuals and families who are in great difficulty and need an emergency financial boost in a particular area of their lives to help stabilize their immediate situation.

New World Endowment Fund of the Berkshires
Provides short-term support for newly-arrived immigrants to the Berkshire area.

Wayne D. Pharmer Fund
Supports programs for food or meal distribution in Berkshire County.

Primary Healthcare Network Fund
Provides health care to uninsured, low-income residents of the tri-state area served by Sharon Hospital.

Jack Rogers Fund
Raises awareness of depression and supports mental health services in Canaan, Cornwall, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon, CT.

Libby Watterson Fund
Supports health-related nonprofit organizations.

W. O. Webb Fund
Supports health care purposes in Litchfield County, CT.

Madeleine B. Wildes Fund
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations serving the needy of Lakeville and Salisbury, CT.

Brock Wilkerson Memorial Cancer Research Fund
Supports the early detection and research of non-small cell lung cancer.

Professional Development

Professional Development Fund
Helps strengthen nonprofit organizations within the Berkshire Taconic region, currently by providing an annual series of affordable, high-quality seminars for excellence in nonprofit management.

Scholarships

Charles and Elinor Agar Fund
Provides scholarships to Monument Mountain and Mt. Everett high school graduates planning to study engineering, history or creative writing.

John D. Barrett Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors of Lenox Memorial High School pursuing a career in teaching science.

Linnea Bell Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to students who are residents of the Chatham School District, NY, and planning to pursue a career in music.

George H. and Lucille E. Buterbaugh Scholarship
Provides scholarships to graduates of Housatonic Valley Regional High School, CT.

Caligari Family Scholarship Fund
Supports high school seniors from Monument Mountain Regional High School, MA, who plan to study art or design.

Cha-Nel Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to students graduating from Chatham and New Lebanon, NY high schools.

Winthrop Crane Scholarship Fund for Graduate Studies
Endowed scholarship fund to provide annual scholarships to graduates of Wahconah Regional High School for graduate study.

Zenas Crane Scholarship Fund
Endowed scholarship fund to provide annual scholarships to graduates of Wahconah Regional High School.

J. Edward Dery Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors from Pitttsfield or Dalton, MA high schools who are enrolled at Berkshire Community College.

Honorable James P. Dohoney Scholarship Fund
Supports graduating high school seniors from southern Berkshire County, MA.

Teddy Lee Drumm Memorial Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Sharon, CT.

Susan Fillman Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Arts
Provides scholarships to students and teachers in Connecticut's Region One School District for programs in the arts.

Sean Patrick French Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors of Chatham High School who exemplify community service and good sportsmanship; provides awards for athletes from section II schools, excluding Chatham High School, for their first year of college.

Housatonic Child Care Financial Aid Fund
Provides tuition assistance to students eligible for financial aid.

Housatonic School Scholarship Fund
Provides annual scholarships to graduates of the Housatonic School, their descendants and residents of Housatonic, MA.

Isringhaus Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships Berkshire Community College students who are enrolled in the nursing or fine arts programs.

Dr. Luis A. Jacome Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to student athletes of the Ichabod Crane (Kinderhook) school district planning to study health or science in college.

James C. Kapteyn Fund
Awards prizes to public or private school teachers at the secondary school level who exemplify excellence in teaching, mentoring or coaching.

Kathleen Kelley Memorial Fund
Provides scholarships for the study of choral music.

Kinderhof Scholarship Fund
Provide scholarships to the Kinderhof School in North Egremont, MA.

Karen Kisslinger Fund
Supports students who show creativity in community health, well-being, and/or contemplative practices such as yoga, meditation or organic agriculture.

Rhoda Lubalin Arts Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors of Webutuck high School, NY, who plan to pursue a career in the visual arts.

Guido Masiero Scholarship Fund
Awards scholarships to graduating serniors of Monument Mountain Regiona High School and Manchester Essex Regional High School, MA.

Louis N. Massery PHS Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating Pittsfield High School, MA, seniors who exhibit class leadership and service.

McLaughlin-Wilson Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to residents of Monterey, MA.

Millerton Grange Fund
Provides scholarships to high school seniors from the town of North East, NY, who are planning to study agribusiness or agriculture.

Myrtle and Raymond Mercier Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships for residents of the town of Stockbridge, MA

William J. Newton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships for Berkshire County residents pursuing studies in trade and industrial fields at college, technical, vocational or trade school.

Michael P. O'Brien Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors from Mount Greylock Regional High School for studies in aeronautics, aviation or engineering, particularly if the student’s goal is to become a pilot.

Quailwood Scholarship Fund for Students
Provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Red Rock, NY.

Quailwood Scholarship Fund for Adult Students
Provides scholarships for Red Rock, NY, adults wishing to attain a colege, graduate or professional degree.

Quality Printing Scholarship Fund
Provides annual scholarships to children of employees of the Quality Printing Company.

Rhoda Rubin Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Provides scholarships to Berkshire County residents who are pursuing a degree in nursing at Berkshire Community College.

Esther Samuels and Mabel Cornman Educational Scholarship Fund
Provides annual scholarships to graduating seniors of Lenox Memorial High School.

Violet H. Simmons Summer Enrichment Scholarship Fund
Supports enriching educational experiences for Webutuck Central School Graduates enrolled in college.

Daniel S. & Evelyn F. Smith Scholarship Fund
Benefits graduating high school students from Sutton High School, Sutton, MA, who have demonstrated substantive service to the community.

William Stanley Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to high school seniors or college students from Berkshire County, MA.

Sweet Brook Scholarship Fund
Provides support for Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, MA, to further their education in the field of health care.

Jeannine Triau Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to New Lebanon High School,NY, graduating seniors.

West Stockbridge Grange Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Great Barrington, Richmond, West Stockbridge or Stockbridge, MA, who intend to pursue careers that will benefit thair communities.

Williams Academy Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating Stockbridge, MA, seniors at Monument Mountain Regional High School.

Williams High School Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors of Monument Mountain High School or residents of Stockbridge or West Stockbridge, MA.

Charles Wilson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships to graduating seniors at Mount Greylock Regional High School who were members of the high school pole-vaulting squad or ski team.

Youth Development

Spencer Akers Memorial Fund
Supports students seeking to challenge themselves in ways that are kindred with Spencer's spirit, through innovation, travel, and greater awareness of the world.

EGGS Foundation for Foster Children Fund
Promotes education opportunities and community programs to benefit foster children.

Erbe Charitable Trust
Gives an annual award to an outstanding eighth grade student in Otis, MA.

Sean Patrick French Memorial Run/Walk Fund
Supports youth organizations that encourage teens to have healthy lifestyles and make safe choices.

Alice and Richard Henriquez Memorial Fund
Provides grants to young people ages 12-22 engaged in international community service projects.

Ireland Cultural Exchange Fund
Supports American students studyting Irish literature, history, and culture.

Adams Redd Johnson Fund
Provides supplementary monies to African-American or Latino students of Hotchkiss School, CT, to enhance their education.

Fran Kelsey Fund for Young Photographers
Supports photography education in northwest Connecticut.

Simple Gifts Fund
Supports the participation of young people in cultural or creative summer enrichment programs.

Youth World Awareness Program Fund
Supports and exapnds the work of the Alice and Richard Henriquez Memorial Fund.