Field Hall Foundation in Cortlandt Manor has announced $264,400 in new grants through its fall 2023 grant cycle. Sixteen grants, ranging from $1,800 to $40,000, have been awarded to organizations that will provide services to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties. Grant recipients include:
• $40,000 –for support and emergency funding to immigrant seniors, VISIONS.
• $40,000 –for services that improve the independence of blind older adults, Yonkers Community Action Program.
• $30,000 – to purchase a mobile food truck to serve food insecure seniors, Vassar-Warner Home.
• $25,000 – to replace the walk-in refrigerator/freezer, Alzheimer’s Association.
• $15,000 –for respite care vouchers to caregivers, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic.
• $15,000 –for the replacement of the center’s nurse call system, Rebuilding Together Dutchess County.
• $15,000 –for minor home repairs and accessibility modifications for low- income senior homeowners, Westchester Library System.
• $15,000 –for delivery of library materials to homebound seniors, CancerCare.
• $10,000 – to provide financial assistance for cancer treatment-related expenses, Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown.
• $10,000 – to address food insecurity among seniors, Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services.
• $10,000 –for emergency financial relief to vulnerable seniors, Let It Shine.
• $10,000 –for healthy food and senior-specific products to older adults, Putnam County Housing Corp.
• $10,000 –for small home repairs and maintenance for senior homeowners, United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region.
• $10,000 –emergency relief funding to low-income seniors, Croton-Cortlandt Food Pantry.
• $7,600 – to address food insecurity among seniors, Interfaith Emergency Food Pantry of Pleasantville.
• $1,800 – to purchase low-sodium, low-sugar and other essential foods.
For more information on the grants awarded or future grantmaking, visit fieldhallfoundation.org or contact Patti Lavan Horvath, program officer, at 914- 813-9103 or phorvath@fieldhallfdn.org.
