Field Hall Foundation, a Cortlandt Manor-based philanthropy focused on improving the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, has allocated $264,400 in new grants through its Fall 2023 grant cycle.
The new cycle encompassed 16 grants ranging from $1,800 to $40,000. Grant recipients include:
• Community Resource Center: $40,000 to provide support and emergency funding to immigrant seniors
• VISIONS: $40,000 to provide 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 Home’s walk-in refrigerator/freezer
• Alzheimer’s Association of the Hudson Valley: $15,000 to provide respite care vouchers to caregivers
• Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic: $15,000 to support the replacement of their Center’s nurse call system
• Rebuilding Together Dutchess County: $15,000 – To provide minor home repairs and accessibility modifications for low-income senior homeowners
• Westchester Library System: $15,000 to deliver library materials to homebound seniors
• CancerCare: $10,000 to provide financial assistance for cancer treatment-related expenses
• Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown: $10,000 to address food insecurity among seniors
• Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services: $10,000 to provide emergency financial relief to vulnerable seniors
• Let It Shine: $10,000 to provide healthy food and senior-specific products to older adults
• Putnam County Housing Corporation: $10,000 – To provide small home repairs and maintenance for senior homeowners
• United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region: $10,000 to provide 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
The new grant cycle is the third and final for this year, with Field Hall Foundation awarding more than $795,000 in grants over the course of 2023.
