2017 Grant Recipients
Historic Hudson
Hudson, NY
Amount granted: $25,000
Grant year: 2017
Grant category: Historic Preservation
To preserve and protect the original 42 windows in the Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate
Historic Hudson was created to advocate for the preservation and cultural heritage of the historic architecture of the city of Hudson, NY. In 2003, Historic Hudson nominated and received listing for the Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate as the only National Historic Landmark in the city of Hudson. The original Bronson federal-style house was built in 1811 and is the earliest extant example of the “Hudson River Bracketed” style. Funds will be used to preserve and protect the original 42 windows in the home.
Legal Outreach
Long Island City, NY
Amount granted: $15,000
Grant year: 2017
Grant category: Education
To support its Constitutional Law Debate program
Legal Outreach is a college preparatory organization whose mission is to change the educational and career trajectory of students from underserved communities by (1) providing them with vision, inspiration and motivation, (2) equipping them with the academic skills critical to their future, and (3) supplying them with the support necessary to pursue higher education and professional careers. The law is simply a tool for achieving these objectives. The goal is to equip students with the skills necessary to perform well at the collegiate level, the professional level, and in life. Funds will be used to support its Constitutional Law Debate program, but especially the Debater of the Year Program, which will be held at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Courthouse.
Long Table Harvest
Germantown, NY
Amount granted: $22,000
Grant year: 2017
Grant category: Human Services
To support the expansion of its Gleaning Program to include 12 new food pantries and 17 new farms.
Long Table Harvest is a grassroots organization founded in 2015 with the mission to cultivate social and economic equality in the local food system through dynamic, inclusive and creative collaborations across a diverse rural community. Long Table Harvest focuses on gleaning and distributing fresh fruits, vegetables and meats from local farms to food pantries as a way of alleviating the burden hunger plays on the community. In its first year, the Gleaning Program picked up donated produce from 8-15 farms and then distributed it to 15 food pantries and after-school programs in the region. Funds will be used to expand the program.
Resonant Bodies Festival
New York, NY
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2017
Grant category: Visual Arts and Music
To expand to locations outside of New York City
Resonant Bodies Festival was founded in 2013 to support individual artists, to catalyze the creation of new vocal music, to expand the audience for new vocal music, and to challenge and transform the role of the vocal recitalist. Funds will be used to expand, for the first time ever, to locations outside of New York City: Melbourne, Australia (May 2017), Los Angeles, California (February 2018) and Chicago, Illinois (April 2018). By adding these new geographic regions to the Festival they hope to expand the global network created by RBF for artists to inform, inspire, and enrich one another.
The Resource Center
Dacatur, GA
Amount granted: $25,000
Grant year: 2017
Grant categories: Education, Human Services, Women and Girls
To support The Fresh Start Program.
The Resource Center ‘s mission is to empower struggling women and mothers by providing the education, training, access, and support they need to escape the cycle of generational poverty, build brighter futures, and initiate fresh starts for themselves and their families. The Resource Center (TRC) serves residents in the Greater Atlanta Metro Area. Programs include Academic Coaching for Students, Healthy Resource for Children and Families, Little Women Rites of Passage, Moms Run Georgia, and Stand Down for Veterans. TRC’s Fresh Start Program, a new program about to enter its “pilot phase”, will provide expedited, effective job training, career development, and job placement services that transition working mothers from poverty-level jobs, to self-reliant, living wage jobs.
Time and Space Limited
Hudson, NY
Amount granted: $15,000
Grant year: 2017
Grant categories: Education, Visual Arts and Music
To support its Apprentice Program by paying a portion of the salaries of the apprentices.
Time and Space Limited’s (TSL) mission is to educate, enliven, and expand the artistic quality of life in the community and to propose alternatives in art and activism through a community based forum. TSL is committed to using art, advocacy and dialogue to revitalize the community, inspire positive change, and encourage dialogues across the divisions of class, color, gender and ethnicity. TSL provides a range of programming including year round arts education, youth programs, film series, live performance music literary events, live simulcasts from the world’s most renowned opera, ballet and theater companies, art installations and community forums.
Waltham Boys and Girls Club
Waltham, MA
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2017
Grant categories: Education, Human Services
To support the Kids Cooking Green and Power Packs program.
Waltham Boys and Girls Club’s mission to inspire and enable all young people, but especially those who need support the most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. Today the Club serves 6,800 kids through its wide ranging programs, including an after school program, a nationally recognized and supported STEM program called Club Tech, a teen program, a sports and fitness program, a music studio, an aquatics program, and a summer camp. The Waltham Boys & Girls Club Food Program, “Club Café” has been serving a crucial need in the community by addressing both food scarcity and educating youth on how to prepare nutritious meals on a budget. The Food Programs at the Club include an afterschool and summer meal program, a “Healthy Waltham: Healthy Cooking Program”, and a new Kids Cooking Green Program, and a Power Packs program that provides food for kids to take home over the weekend and holidays when schools and the Club are closed.