Grants

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**Arts and Culture:** Grants to nonprofits providing art programs.
	Amount	Organization	Reason
	$8,900	CNY Community Arts Center	Awarded a grant to revamp its website and develop a user-friendly online registration system.
	$10,000	Ontario Center for Performing Arts	Received a grant award to conduct targeted marketing with the goal of increasing its membership and audience.
	$53,690	Symphoria	Awarded a multi-year grant to expand its Music for Oswego programming throughout Oswego County.

**Civic Benefit:** Grants to nonprofits that foster community participation and engagement.
	Amount	Organization	Reason
	$74,600	Fulton Family YMCA	To support its Camp and Outdoor Recreation for Youth – designed as an outdoor recreation space – that provides summer and after-school programming to local youth.

**Education:** Grants to schools and organizations with educational programs.
	Amount	Organization	Reason
	$20,000	Central New York Lyme & Disease Alliance	Awarded a Disease Prevention Education Outreach grant for Oswego County services and programming.
	$7,000	Friends of Rosamond Gifford Zoo	Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo partner with the Fulton YMCA to provide field trips to the zoo and environmental/wildlife conservation education to students in Oswego County. The project will include field trips to the zoo for 90 Fulton YMCA campers in the summer of 2024 and a six-session learning series for the YMCA’s Girls Rock 7th and 8th graders during the 2024-2025 school year.
	$25,000	H Lee White Museum	Awarded a matching grant to support its Educational Tall Ship Project.
	$60,000	On Point for College, Inc.	To support college-bound students with comprehensive support that includes the college application process, college visits, and needed resources to ensure their success.

**Health and Human Services:** Grants to nonprofits providing social and human services.
	Amount	Organization	Reason
	$3,000	Blessings in a Backpack	Provide supplemental nutrition to 260 students during the school year.
	$9,792	David's Refuge	Provided a grant to support Respite, Wellness, and Community Programming for Oswego County residents.
	$35,000	Farnham Foundation, Inc.	Provides funding to conduct a feasibility study and strategic capacity building.
	$200,000	Food Bank of Central New York	A capital project for a 33,920 SF capacity expansion for their existing facility that includes 20,800 SF of dedicated space for volunteers to sort and pack food, 6,970 SF of warehouse storage, and 6,330 SF of office space to accommodate staff increases.
	$75,000	Oswego City Police Department	The Oswego City Police Department’s (OPD) embedded mental health clinician will work with local officers and develop crisis response plans to assist those within the community living with mental health disorders (MHDs) and co-occurring mental health substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who have high rates of contact with emergency services.
	$2,000	Oswego County Pioneer Search & Rescue	To create compelling educational materials that will be shared with partner agencies to inform Oswego County residents about the life-changing benefits of Project Lifesaver International (https://projectlifesaver.org).
	$5,000	Oswego Industries	Awarded a mini-grant to support a redesign of its website.
	$3,750	Peaceful Remedies	Awarded a mini-grant to support Circle Talk for Men programming and technology upgrades.
	$2,000	State Street United Methodist Church	Awarded a mini-grant for its Helping Hands Program, which provides under-resourced community members with toiletries and paper products.
	$25,000	The Desens House	The grant's intent is for seed funding of operational expenses for one year.
	$52,000	Victory Transformation, Inc.	To remodel, repair, and restructure the prior Victory Shelter in Oswego, NY.

**Historic Preservation:** Grants to nonprofits seeking to preserve and protect artifacts of historical significance.
	Amount	Organization	Reason
	$13,000	Oswego County Historical Society	Dr. Mary Walker's Medal of Honor display.
	$9,150	St. Mary of the Assumption Parish & Shrine	Matching grant for stained glass window preservation.

**Economic/Workforce Development:** Economic well-being and quality of life of individuals and the local community are improved according to targeted goals and objectives.
	Amount	Organization	Reason
	$125,000	Centerstate CEO	Fulton Block Builders: Awarded a matching grant up to $125,000 payable in May 2023 following completion of fundraising in support of the seventh year of its very successful Healthy Neighborhoods revitalization program.
	$125,000	Research Foundation for SUNY	Oswego Renaissance: Awarded a matching grant up to $125,000 payable in May 2023 following completion of fundraising in support of its tenth year of growing the momentum of reinvestment and vibrancy in the city of Oswego's neighborhoods.
	$34,292	SUNY Oswego School of Business	Develop a program to assist local nonprofit capacity-building.