Lee Bank Foundation Awards $48,600 in Grant Funding
LEE, Mass. — Lee Bank Foundation has awarded $48,600 to sixteen Berkshire area organizations for their third-round of 2022 community funding.
Recipients were awarded grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,600 to support their local programming. Included in the awards are a series of Arts Access Grants for arts and culture organizations to expand access to programming for underserved audiences and Food Security Grants for organizations with a program focused on providing food to community members in need.
The following organizations received funding from Lee Bank Foundation:
- Berkshire Innovation Center
- Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
- Center for Peace Through Culture
- Chabad of the Berkshires
- CDCSB
- Dalton CRA
- E for All
- Good Work Institute (Alliance for a Viable Future)
- Housatonic Heritage (The Mastheads)
- Lee Historical Society
- Life Needs Co-Op (Stanton Home)
- Second Street Second Chances
- The Christian Center
- The People’s Pantry
- Volunteers in Medicine
- WAM Theatre
The deadline for the next round of 2022 Foundation funding is December 1st. The application and more information can be found on the Community Impact section of Lee Bank's website (https://www.leebank.com/
To be considered for grant awards, applicants must be a (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Foundation is focused on funding programs that work to bridge income and opportunity gaps in our region. Funding requests should reflect one or more of Lee Bank Foundation’s primary focus areas:
- Education and literacy
- Food security and nutrition
- Economic growth and development
- Health and human services
- Mentorship, internship and “school to work” initiatives
- Arts and culture
Applicants are only eligible for funding once in a 12-month period.
Lee Bank Foundation was established in 2021 to support Lee Bank’s long-standing mission of community reinvestment. In its first year, 2021, the Foundation awarded a total of $228,610 in grants and the Bank contributed an additional $84,000 in sponsorships.
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