Yates Emergency Relief Fund has awarded $106,035
Yates Community Endowment distributes grants to 18 local nonprofits serving the county
The Yates Community Endowment’s Yates Emergency Relief Fund, launched in early May, has distributed 23 grants totaling $106,035 to nonprofit organizations supporting Yates County residents and businesses adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Launched in early May, the fund has raised more than $140,000 so far with contributions from individuals, businesses, family foundations, and organizations. Every dollar raised is being distributed to nonprofits providing critical services in Yates County.
The Emergency Relief Fund is focused on supporting immediate and urgent needs, recovery as nonprofits return to normal operations, and resiliency relief to help nonprofits most crucial to communities’ ability to thrive. Since grant applications opened eight weeks ago, a committee has been meeting weekly to reviewing the newest requests for funding.
“With each passing week, the depth of the needs in our communities continues to be eye-opening,” says Ann McMullen, a member of the Yates Community Endowment Advisory Board and co-chair of the committee reviewing grants. “This crisis is affecting every person, every organization, and every business, and we are trying to do what we can to support the essential services that people need.”
The Yates Community Endowment’s relief efforts are by no means done. Grant applications from nonprofits continue to be submitted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications can be made by logging into the Community Foundation’s grant portal, which can be found at https://bit.ly/YatesRelief.
More importantly, contributions to the Emergency Relief Fund are still needed, particularly as agencies in Yates County reopen and adapt to new ways of working. Donations can be made online using a credit card at www.racf.org/YatesRelief or mail a check payable to Yates Emergency Relief Fund, c/o Yates Community Endowment, 500 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607.
The recipients of grants from the Emergency Relief Fund so far are:
• Arts Center of Yates County ($5,000) — Helps to cover costs of compliance of local and state health and safety regulations.
• Catholic Charities Community Services ($5,000) — For cleaning equipment upgrades for Yates County homes serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
• Cornell Cooperative Extension-Yates County ($5,000) — To develop and print Yates Farm Update and other COVID-19 special edition newsletters.
• Dundee Central School District ($5,000) — To help the district’s families in crisis with paying utilities, rent, mortgages and other necessities that existing community resources don’t address.
• Dundee Children’s Center ($5,000) — Supports this nonprofit organization that provides child care and nursery school services.
• Dundee Library ($1,935) — To purchase protection and sanitizing equipment for when the library reopens.
• Finger Lakes Health Foundation ($3,000) — For the purchase of personal protective equipment.
• Finger Lakes Museum ($5,000) — To support ongoing operational costs so the museum can continue offering experiential events related to the cultural heritage and ecological evolution of the Finger Lakes region.
• Finger Lakes Economic Development Center of Yates County ($2,500) — To bolster support for local retail businesses through the “Be Local, Buy Local” gift certificate program by adding 20 percent to certificates’ value for purchases of $25 or more.
• Friendship House of Middlesex Inc. ($7,500) — Two separate grants to support the organization’s food pantry and operations.
• Legal Assistance of Western New York ($5,000) — To support the Housing and Public Benefits Hotline and Advocacy Project for local residents.
• The Living Well ($15,000) — Two grants made to assist households with paying utilities (electrical, propane, fuel oil, coal, wood, and kerosene).
• Mozaic, formerly Arc of Yates and Arc of Seneca Cayuga ($10,000) — Two separate grants to support Keuka Lake School in Penn Yan and the cost of adding employees at its residential facilities.
• Penn Yan Central School District Family Support Services ($5,000) — Provides support for the extended school day and child care program in schools after state funding was eliminated.
• Penn Yan Public Library ($6,100) — For equipment and technology upgrades to transition back into serving the public.
• ProAction of Steuben and Yates, Inc. ($7,500) — Two grants made to allow the Hope Center Keuka Food Pantry to continue to help residents dealing with food insecurity during the pandemic.
• Rainbow Junction Ltd. ($5,000) — For technology and classroom upgrades for children ages six weeks to age 12 in this Penn Yan educational childcare center.
• Yates Cultural & Recreational Resources Inc. ($5,000) — To continue operations of the fitness center, ELEVATE Youth, Core Adult programming at the Yates Community Center and its trails and fields.
The Yates Community Endowment is under the guidance of an all-volunteer, all-local Advisory Board. Since its beginning in 2011, Yates Community Endowment has distributed more than $600,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations serving Yates County.
Donor Listing
We are grateful to the following contributors who have supported the Yates Community Endowment since January 2018. Thank you!
Ms. Sue K. Andersen
Tom & Carolyn Argust
Mr. Stephen Moeller & Ms. Vivian Arias
Mr. Thomas H. Bailey & Mrs. Hannelore Wolcott-Bailey
Ms. Michele P. Howland & Mr. William A. Banaszewski
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barney
Mr. & Mrs. James Barre
Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc.
Joanne Searle & Bruce G. Borglum
Ms. Amy Borglum
Ms. Christina Bour
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bowles
Ms. Marianne Rosica-Brand & Mr. Allyn M. Brand
Ms. Deborah A. Burns-Henry
Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Calkins
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Church
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Close
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Clouser
Mr. Paul S. Coon
Mrs. Donald J. Corbett
Robert & Sharon Corcoran
Dr. & Mrs. Russell D. Cranston
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Darrow
Dundee Area Historical Society
Mr. & Mrs. Gary K. Emmick
Mr. & Mrs. David English
Mr. & Mrs. Alan T. Eusden
H. Taylor & Lyn Fitch
Caryl A. Flickinger
Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. Flickinger
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Flickinger
Mr. Jason Flickinger
Ms. Nancy Flickinger
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Flynn
Ms. Elizabeth P. Freese
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Galusha
Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gilchrist
Mr. & Mrs. Ira L. Goldman
Rita & Michael Gow
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Griffin
Norman & Dianne Hansen
Peg S. & Fred Havens
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Heller
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Henry
Mr. Lee L. Beaulac & Ms. Margaret A. Hinton
Hough Builder Inc.
Howard Hanna Lake Group
Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Johnstone
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Kinyoun Jr.
Ms. Deb Koen
Ms. Catharina W. Kranenburg
Mrs. Adele Lanahan
Mr. & Mrs. Norm Lindenmuth
Longs’ Cards & Books
Mr. & Mrs. Thom Love
Lyons National Bank
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. MacAlpine
Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Malcolm II
Mr. & Mrs. James R. McMullen
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher McNinch
Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher McTaggart
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Meisch
George R. Michaels
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Monago
Mr. Allen Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Nahorniak
Mr. Robert J. Narde
Ms. Barbara T. Nielsen
Nord Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Osborn
Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Osgood
Mr. & Mrs. David H. Payne
Mr. Jack Payne
Katie and Scott Peterson
Mr. David H. Phillips
Mr. Michael Plunkett
Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Reynolds
Dr. & Mrs. Lester L. Rosenbloom
Dr. Stephen and Elise Rosenfeld
Ms. Theresa Rossettie
Mr. Rolf Zerges & Mrs. Lynda Rummel
Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Kent Salisbury
Mr. & Mrs. Dana Schillinger
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schneider
Ms. Carol Worth & Mr. Robert Schwarting
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Spike
Mr. & Mrs. Daunt I. Stenzel Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Stork
Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Stork
Mrs. Corinne Stork
Stork Insurance
Mr. Ahmet Terzioglu
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Vail Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Armin K. Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell J. Wilber
William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
Ms. Joan Winters
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Worden
Ms. Mary Worth
Yates County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
UPDATE:
The list of donors thanked in last week's print article, omitted these contributors who have also generously donated to the Yates Community Endowment since January 2018. Thank you!
Ms. Jeannine H. Andersen
Mr. & Mrs. Philip L. Bailey
Rev. Anne Barden Waasdorp
Beaumont & Stork Inc.
Boston Private Bank & Trust Company
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Carnell
Coach & Equipment
Mr. Robert H. Cole & Mrs. E. Marie McKee
Mr. James O. Crevelling
Mr. & Ms. Paul Danielson
Mr. & Mrs. Joe DeGeorge
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Denero
Mrs. Patricia Denison
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Deschamps
Mr. & Mrs. Steve DiFrancesco
East Lake Consulting Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Foerster
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Gifford
Ms. Sue Goodrich
Mr. & Mrs. David Hartney
Mr. & Mrs. Murray Hestley
Mr. & Mrs. David Kahl
Mr. Robert E. King & Ms. Jamie King
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth F. Lerch
Ms. Judith Marsh
The McMullen Family Fund of RACF
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Peck Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Priem
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Rees
Ms. Annette M. Schaff
Schneider & Ledgerwood
Ms. Carol Worth & Mr. Robert Schwarting
Joanne Searle
Dr. & Mrs. Harris Silver
State Street Corporation
Ms. Gloria Stoneham
Willie Taaffe Memorial Fund
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Travis
Ms. Ginny Turner & Mr. Jamie Sisson
Ms. Sally S. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Willmott
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Wright