Responsive Grants — Spring 2020
Bard College for Civic Engagement: $3,000 for the Pine Plains Citizen Science Program for middle school students
Center of Compassion: $5,000 for the School Backpack Program for children in need of food at home
Clinton Community Library: $5,000 in support of the Optimistic Aging Program for seniors
Engaging People in Change: $3,000 in support of summer programs for EPIC at Grace Church
First Presbyterian Church of Millerton: $3,500 for Caring Community dinners to build community and provide food and basic household essentials for those in need
Comida de Vida / Food of Life Pantry: $12,000 for food pantry operations at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church
Gateway to Entrepreneurial Tomorrows: $10,000 for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Program for immigrants
Hope Rising Farm Therapeutic Riding Center: $3,000 for operational support during COVID-19
Hudson Valley Hospice Foundation: $3,000 to purchase computer tablets for the Telehospice Program
Innisfree Foundation: $3,000 in support of free admission for Northeast Dutchess Days at Innisfree Garden
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley: $6,000 to fund free legal services for northeast Dutchess residents in need
Millerton Adopt-A-Family: $5,000 to provide operational support for the Christmas 2020 giving program
Millbrook Early Childhood Education Center: $5,000 for the Scholarship Assistance Program
North East Community Center: $10,000 in support of Youth Enrichment Programs
NorthEast-Millerton Library: $2,804 to support the Providing Access Program during COVID-19
Pine Plains Central School District: $1,500 for sewing machines for the Family and Consumer Classroom Program
Rebuilding Together Dutchess County: $6,000 to support safe and healthy housing projects for low-income residents
Rock Steady Farm (with the Watershed Center): $3,000 to provide vegetable shares for low-income families
The Susie Reizod Foundation: $3,000 to supply shoes for the New Shoes Donation Program for children in northeast Dutchess
Stanford Free Library: $4,265 to support the Be Big Be Brave self-awareness and safety program for middle school
and high school girls
Town of Stanford: $3,000 to support the expansion of the food pantry in Stanford
Worker Justice Center of New York: $3,000 to purchase devices for virtual outreach and education of low-wage workers
Wassaic Project: $10,000 in support of 2020 artistic programming
White Pine Community Farm: $3,000 to provide locally grown herbs to low-income families
Willow Roots: $3,000 in support of the We Care Food Pantry in Pine Plains
Pivoting to Respond Grants — Fall 2020
The Northeast Dutchess Fund provided nonprofits impacted by COVID-19 with unrestricted general operating support to achieve their missions. These flexible grants support an organization’s ongoing administrative and infrastructure costs and ability to maintain existing, effective programs. Grants focused on benefiting people from historically marginalized, under-served and under-resourced communities or populations.
Pivoting to Respond Grants co-funded by the Northeast Dutchess Fund and Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley*
Center for Compassion: $5,000 in support of reopening their food pantry and thrift shop operations
Cornell Cooperative Extension: $5,000 for the Addressing Community Needs Through Education program in northeast Dutchess
Gateway to Entrepreneurial Tomorrows: $5,000 in support of ABC Latino Media Network operations
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley: $5,000 to ensure the sustainability of their programs in northeast Dutchess
North East Community Center: $5,000 to support Thriving Together programs for community residents
Rebuilding Together Dutchess County: $5,000 to support the restart of their Rebuilding Program in northeast Dutchess
Worker Justice Center of New York: $5,000 to support outreach and education for farm workers in northeast Dutchess as they face COVID-19 related setbacks
Comida de Vida / Food of Life Pantry: $5,000 for infrastructure improvements for cold weather food distribution at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church
*Each organization received a total of $10,000 — $5,000 from NED and $5,000 from CFHV
Pivoting to Respond Grants funded by the Northeast Dutchess Fund
Clinton Community Library: $10,000 to provide devices for employees to work from home and online programming
Grace Immigrant Outreach: $10,000 to support the continuation of the Grace Year Program fellowships
Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association: $10,000 in general operating funds to cover loss of funding support
Rock Steady Farm (with the Watershed Center): $10,000 to supplement operations in providing vegetable shares to low-income residents
Wassaic Project: $10,000 in support of the organization’s fall 2020 recovery plan
Comida de Vida / Food of Life Pantry: $10,000 for food pantry expansion at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church