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Berkshire Taconic Awards $1.8 Million in Spring Grants Cycle
02:17PM / Monday, May 09, 2016
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SHEFFIELD, Mass. — The board of directors of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation has announced the recipients of the first round of grantmaking for 2016. The foundation distributed a total of $319,245 in grants to individuals and nonprofits in the four-county region it serves, and grants totaling nearly $1.5 million from donors with charitable funds at the foundation.

In Berkshire County, the foundation awarded grants from the Alice and Richard Henriquez Memorial Fund/Youth World Awareness Program, Berkshire Environmental Endowment Fund, Lanesborough Initiative for Excellence Fund and Lee Fund for Educational Excellence.

Education and Enrichment: Grants to regional schools and organizations with educational programs in Berkshire County totaled $4,400. Grants include: $2,000 to purchase tablets and laptops for students at Lanesborough Elementary School; $400 to purchase circuits to teach students at Lanesborough Elementary School about electricity; and $2,000 for Flying Cloud Institute’s science clubs for girls.

Arts and Culture: Grants to artists and arts programs in Berkshire County totaled $8,600. Select grants include: $1,000 to support IS183 Art School of the Berkshires’ “Learning through the Arts” program at Lanesborough Elementary School; $600 for Lee High School to purchase drumming equipment for the band; and $1,500 to support Great Barrington resident and artist Jacob Borden, who will be examining the universal concept of “home” through photography in L’Ane Vert, Morocco.

Health and Human Services: Grants to nonprofits and individuals providing social and human services totaled $13,650. Select grants include: $6,050 to support Berkshire Waldorf High School’s service trip to Cuba, where students will work with orphans and children and adults with Down syndrome; $1,000 to bring Food Play Productions, a nutrition media company, to Lee Elementary School to promote healthy eating and lifestyle choices; and $1,500 to Zenani Santos of Lenox, who is organizing and running a sports day camp for children in Costa Rica.

Environment: Grants to environmental organizations and programs in Berkshire County totaled $25,420. Select grants include: $5,775 for Haiti Plunge youth to build 50 raised gardens for Haitian women; $5,175 for Berkshire Environmental Action Team’s project to protect and restore river and stream connectivity for all species that need to travel to survive; and $1,500 for Nicholas Monteleone of Lenox to provide trail maintenance and restoration at national parks in Costa Rica.

A full list of regional grants can be found at www.berkshiretaconic.org/springgrants.

 

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