The Fund for Columbia County, one of nine Area Funds of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, has announced the 2024 recipients of its annual Grants for Community Impact program. The Fund awarded $180,425 in this cycle, funding 40 Columbia County nonprofits.
The grants will support projects that further youth development, services for the elderly, economic equity, civic and community engagement, arts and cultural programming that focuses on community engagement, education, the environment, and health and social services that directly impact the people of Columbia County.
The grantees are:
For the first time, the Fund for Columbia County granted requests for general operating support for previous grantees. Part of a trust-based philanthropy approach, grants for general operating support provide flexible funds for nonprofits to direct as they best see fit, which increases equity within the Fund’s grantmaking.
In addition, the Fund designated $40,000 for Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor initiative, which provides one-time grants to residents in crisis, and $25,000 for Planning and Technical Assistance grants.
Berkshire Taconic established the Fund for Columbia County in 1999 to help strengthen communities and improve the quality of life for the residents of Columbia County, N.Y. The Fund serves as a permanent resource to help organizations create and implement programs that make life safer, healthier and more equitable.
