The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund just lately distributed grants totaling $79,450 to seven non-revenue and public security organizations serving the Town of Kirkland and the Village of Clinton.
Three organizations obtained at the least $15,000 this 12 months: Clinton Central Schools, the Clinton Central School Foundation, and the Village of Clinton. Other recipients embody the Kirkland Art Center, the Clinton Fire Department, the Clinton Early Learning Center, and the Country Pantry. [The full list, including amounts and purpose, follows.]
The Town-Gown Fund has awarded greater than $1 million since grants have been first made in 2001.
“For 20 years, the Hamilton Town-Gown Fund has been making grants to native nonprofit and public security organizations that serve residents within the Village of Clinton and the Town of Kirkland,” mentioned Hamilton President David Wippman. “These organizations improve the standard of life in our neighborhood, and we’re happy to help them in fulfilling their respective missions.”
Wippman mentioned a complete of $10,000 was awarded to 5 organizations when grants have been first made in 2001, however the total worth of the awards has averaged about $75,000 in every of the previous 5 years. (The Town-Gown Fund suspended grant-making exercise in 2020 because of the pandemic, however carried over these funds to account for a report whole of $157,000 in 2021.)
The Clinton Central School (CCS) District has been the biggest beneficiary of Town-Gown grants, with 20 awards totaling greater than $248,000. That consists of $15,450 this 12 months for the Science Olympiad Team and Esports Team HQ. CCS additionally obtained the biggest Town-Gown grant ever, $25,000 in 2014, to create a contemporary language studying lab.
Town-Gown committee members additionally introduced that every 12 months the fund will determine a grant in reminiscence of Hamilton alumnus Andy Burns, a local Clintonian and lengthy-time neighborhood chief who died in 2020 and was instrumental within the founding of the Town-Gown Fund in 2001. This 12 months, committee members designated the $15,000 grant to the Village of Clinton in Burns’ reminiscence. A $5,000 grant to the Country Pantry was additionally awarded in Burns’ reminiscence in 2021.
The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund was created in 2001 by nameless donors to foster goodwill and communication among the many College and residents of the Town of Kirkland and the Village of Clinton. Since its founding, the endowed fund has obtained $1.2 million in items. Each 12 months, the earnings earned from investing these donations is used to make grants. As stipulated within the settlement that established the fund, grants can solely be made to organizations and businesses serving the Town of Kirkland and the Village of Clinton, with a major deal with training.
Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund 2022 Grants
Clinton Central Schools: $15,450 for the Science Olympiad Team and ESports Team HQ
Clinton Central School Foundation: $15,000 so as to add a Morning Program for Primary Students and to improve expertise to broadcast morning bulletins
Clinton Early Learning Center: $6,500 to buy 100 yards of playground floor materials
Clinton Fire Department: $10,000 towards the acquisition of battery-operated extrication tools
Kirkland Art Center: $12,500 to replace pc {hardware} and IT infrastructure
Village of Clinton: $15,000 to modernize the Village signal board (in reminiscence of Andy Burns)
The Country Pantry: $5,000 for common operations
Facts in regards to the Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund
Year Established: 2001
Number of Years Making Grants: 20 (grant-making was suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic)
Value of Grants Awarded to Local Organizations: $1,079,994
Number of Organizations which have obtained Town-Gown Grants: 24
Number of Grants Awarded: 161
Town-Gown Committee Members
Catherine Beck, Hamilton College affiliate professor of geosciences
Phyllis Breland, Hamilton College trustee and retired director of Opportunity Programs
Bob Burns, Clinton Fire Department first assistant chief
Chad Davis, Hamilton College alumnus and Oneida County legislator
Mike Debraggio, Hamilton College government author and director of neighborhood relations, ex officio
Carrie Burns Evans, Clinton resident, Hamilton College father or mother, and former village trustee
Amy Owens Goodfriend ’82, Hamilton College trustee and Clinton native
Stephen Grimm, Clinton Central School District superintendent
Dick Tantillo, Hamilton College senior philanthropic advisor, ex officio
Jackie Walters, Clinton Chamber of Commerce government director
David Wippman, Hamilton College president and committee chair
https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/town-gown-fund-2022-grant-recipients-79450
