FOUNDATION AWARDS TO HELP OLDER ADULTS

Field Hall Foundation in Cortlandt Manor, New York, recently announced $240,800 in new grants through its Spring 2024 grant cycle. The funds will be used to provide food security, homeless prevention, emergency relief funding, caregiver support and geriatric case management services for older adults. The grant recipients include:

• Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc., $40,000 to provide geriatric case management services to low-income seniors.
• People USA, $30,000 to improve accessibility and provide emergency financial assistance and educational workshops.
• Bridge Fund of New York Inc., $25,000 to provide emergency financial assistance for rent and utility arrears for seniors in Westchester County.
• Hudson River Housing Inc., $25,000 to financially assist seniors who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and provide emergency groceries to the food insecure.
• Port Chester Carver Center, $25,000 to provide case management services to low-income seniors.
• Phelps Memorial Hospital, $20,000 to provide information, workshops and emotional support to family caregivers
• Fareground Community Kitchen Inc., $15,000 to deliver free groceries twice a month to homebound seniors.
• Hudson Valley Justice Center, $15,000 to assist seniors facing eviction due to temporary financial or other hardships.
• United Way of Westchester & Putnam, $15,000 to provide deliveries of food, clothing and essential goods to underserved seniors.
• Furniture Sharehouse, $10,800 to provide beds and basic furnishing for older adults
• Cerebral Palsy of Westchester, $10,000 to protect the health of older adults with cerebral palsy.
• Red Hook Responds, $10,000 to deliver free meals to seniors in need.

The Foundation awards grants through its winter, spring and fall grant cycles. Letters of Inquiry are currently being accepted for the Winter 2024/25 cycle. For more information on the grants awarded or future grantmaking, visit fieldhallfoundation.org or contact Patti Lavan Horvath, program officer, Field Hall Foundation
2302 Catherine St., Cortlandt Manor, New York 10567 or call 914-813-9103 or visit phorvath@fieldhallfdn.org.

Field Hall Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties. It does this by providing grants to nonprofits and local government agencies for programs and projects that directly impact vulnerable seniors and/or their caregivers, with priority given to programs that address their basic needs.