The Golisano Foundation has awarded some $416,000 to 11 organizations in Western New York and Southwest Florida in its third round of COVID-19 Response Grants. The foundation has given more than $1.1 million in COVID-19 grants to date. Third-round grants ...

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The Rochester area will receive nearly $4 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding to help its homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Solutions Grants are part of a $4 billion funding allocation nationwide targeted ...

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The Golisano Foundation has awarded some $265,500 to 10 organizations in Western New York and Southwest Florida in its second round of COVID-19 Response Grants. The nonprofit has awarded nearly $700,000 in funding to date. Locally, the grants will help ...

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The Urban League of Rochester N.Y. Inc. has been selected to administer a $100,000 small business stabilization fund provided by the KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program powered by JumpStart. The Small Business Relief and Retooling Grant Program will support ...

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has awarded 10 local organizations with funding from its Community Health Awards. Each of the organizations will receive up to $4,000 to help fund programs that include improved infant care, increased access to food pantries and health ...

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The Rochester Children’s Dyslexia Center has received a $25,000 grant and relocation assistance to support free tutoring. The award, from the Odd Fellow & Rebekah Benefit Fund, will help the center continue to provide free tutoring to children with dyslexia ...

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FuzeHub, the statewide New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership center, has launched a competitive grant program that will award a total of $400,000 in COVID-19 manufacturing grants. “In this program, we have a total of $400,000; $100,000 each for two companies ...

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A number of Rochester area counties will have access to a $4.5 million federal grant for economic and community development, the New York State Department of State announced this week. Eligible local counties include Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wayne counties, ...

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Schools that want to reduce their carbon footprint are eligible for grants, the state announced this week. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said a $4 million fund is available to provide grants to schools to lower their energy use and adopt ...

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The George Eastman Museum has received a $340,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for its Protecting Nitrate Film Heritage project. The funding, which comes from the Division of Preservation and Access, Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program, will ...

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Matching grants of up to $50,000 are available for early-stage farmers who apply to the New York State New Farmers Grant Fund. State officials announced this week that $1 million had been added to the annual fund, which has provided ...

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Boosting his clean energy goals for the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday that the state has $27.5 million available for workforce development and training programs to help expand the number of people working in that area. Cuomo ...

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Foodlink Inc. has received a nearly $500,000 grant for its Curbside Market, the nonprofit’s mobile farmer’s market that visits underserved communities throughout Rochester. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Promotion Program in September announced it would help fund 44 ...

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Five area nonprofits will benefit from General Motors Co. — Rochester Operations’ generosity. United Way of Greater Rochester Inc., Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York, School of the Holy Childhood and the American Cancer Society each will receive $10,000 ...

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The state Office of Mental Health will make up to $75,000 in grant funding available for projects that help reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. The funding represents revenues received through a voluntary tax check-off program launched in 2016. ...

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