Berkshire Taconic Foundation Awards $2.1M in Winter Grants Cycle
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SHEFFIELD, Mass. — The board of directors of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation has announced the recipients of the final round of grantmaking for 2015.
The foundation distributed a total of $470,170 in grants to individuals and nonprofits in the four-county region it serves and grants totaling over $1.6 million from donors with charitable funds at the foundation.
In Berkshire County, the foundation awarded grants from the Amy Clampitt Fund, Artist's Resource Trust Fund, Berkshire Hills Fund for Excellence, Central Berkshire Fund, Tupelo Award Fund and William and Margery Barrett Fund for Adams, Cheshire and Savoy.
Education and Enrichment: Grants to regional schools, school districts and organizations with educational programs in Berkshire County totaled $42,170. Select grants include: $5,000 for Dalton Cooperative Nursery School's early childhood and literacy programs; $4,000 to offer Berkshire Theatre Group's PLAYS!, a playwriting and performance program, to all fifth grade students at Kittredge Elementary School and Becket Washington School; and $2,150 for Hillcrest Dental Care to provide oral health education to children in day care and elementary school students.
Arts and Culture: Grants to artists and arts programs in Berkshire County totaled $66,983. Select grants include: $10,000 to Kim Faler of Williamstown to purchase equipment and produce a video piece for an upcoming exhibition; $6,150 for Community Access to the Arts' visual arts workshops for the severely disabled; and $1,800 for Nutshell Playhouse to present a series of theater performances at Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter School.
Health and Human Services: Grants to nonprofits providing social and human services totaled $117,151. Select grants: $26,500 for Youth Center, Inc.'s afterschool and leadership programs; $7,000 for Elizabeth Freeman Center's violence prevention programs for middle and high school students; and $6,000 for Porchlight Home Care's "Move In Time" program to reduce emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
Environment: Grants to environmental organizations and programs in Berkshire County totaled $16,304. Grants include: $4,000 for Tamarack Hollow's nature and conservation programs; $3,500 for Housatonic Valley Association for a project to protect cold water fisheries; and $2,844 for Berkshire Environmental Action Team to track wildlife and collect data.
A full list of regional grants can be found at www.berkshiretaconic.org/wintergrants.
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