Field Hall Foundation Announces
More Than $300,000 in Summer Grants
Now Accepting Letters of Inquiry for the Winter Grant Cycle
CORTLANDT MANOR, NY, AUGUST 16, 2021 – Field Hall Foundation announces $305,081 in grants for its Summer cycle. The 11 grantees will use their funding to provide services that directly improve the lives of vulnerable, low-income older adults and their caregivers in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester Counties.
Summer 2021 grant recipients include:
VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
$75,000 – To expand their vision therapy program for older adults and their families to Dutchess and Putnam Counties
Alzheimer’s Association of the Hudson Valley
$40,000 – To provide free, high-quality care and support services to underserved families impacted by dementia
CAREERS Support Solutions, Inc.
$40,000 – To provide workforce readiness skills, job placement, and continued support to seniors with developmental disabilities, and expand its services to seniors without disabilities
Family Service Society of Yonkers
$35,000 – To sustain and expand their Kinship program, with a focus on eviction prevention and advocacy for affordable housing policy changes
Cabrini of Westchester
$30,000 – To provide frail, older adults living at home up to one week of respite care at the skilled nursing facility, and thereby giving a much-needed break to the spousal/relative caregivers
Cancer Support Team
$25,000 – To provide critical in-home nursing, counseling and case management services for low-income, elderly cancer patients
CancerCare
$15,000 – To provide direct emergency financial assistance to cancer patients and their caregivers for treatment-related expenses
Greystone Programs
$15,000 – To replace the roof for a group home in Dutchess County for seniors with developmental disabilities
HOPE Community Services
$15,000 – To provide and deliver groceries to low-income, homebound seniors in New Rochelle
Human Development Services of Westchester
$10,081 – To provide an accessible, safe place for seniors experiencing a mental health crisis
Pawling Resource Center
$5,000 – To address and relieve food insecurity for seniors in the Pawling community
Field Hall Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties. The Foundation awards grants quarterly and is currently accepting Letters of Inquiry for its Winter 2021/22 grant cycle; the deadline for submittals is October 4, 2021. Priority will be given to collaborative programs addressing seniors’ most basic needs. For submission instructions, visit the Foundation’s website, http://www.fieldhallfoundation.org. For more information and to discuss a potential submittal, contact:
Patti Lavan Horvath, Program Officer
Field Hall Foundation
2302 Catherine Street, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567
(914) 813-9103 phorvath@fieldhallfdn.org
