(Johnsburg, NY October 15, 2021) The trustees of The Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation have announced this year’s awards to area not-for-profits. Of the 53 grant proposals received this year, 38 were funded in whole or in part.
Area not-for-profits that received grants from the Pearsall Adirondack Foundation this year included:
• Lake Placid Sinfonietta to help offset the cost of student musician stipends and performances.
• First Night Saranac Lake to purchase adult and youth admission buttons.
• Adirondack Park Institute, Newcomb NY for speaker program costs at Newcomb and summer naturalists at the Butterfly Project at Paul Smiths.
• Moriah Central School Backpack Program for their food backpack program.
• Fort Ticonderoga Association for their outreach efforts to schools in the North Country.
• Adirondack Engineers 4H, Plattsburgh, NY for competition fees, a new computer and outreach expenses.
• Town of Chester Public Library for furniture in their children’s book area.
• Adirondack North Country Association, Saranac Lake, NY for their zero interest SPIL loan program.
• Volunteer Transportation Center, Watertown, NY to reimburse volunteer mileage.
• Tannery Pond Community Center, North Creek, NY to help underwrite performances.
• Johnsburg Imagination Library for free monthly books to children ages birth to 5 years old.
• Silver Bay YMCA for their Open Pathway program enrollment fees for local children.
• Adirondack Folk School, Lake Luzerne, NY to winterize their blacksmith shop.
• North Creek Railway Depot Preservation Association to digitize historic 16mm films in their collection and reproduce them in a more modern format.
• Historic Saranac Lake for video recording and streaming equipment.
• Mountain Lakes PBS, Plattsburgh NY for their award-winning locally produced program “Spotlight”.
• North Country Public Radio (NCPR), Canton NY for program underwriting.
• Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, Latham, NY for transportation costs in getting food to food banks in the north country.
• Lake George Music Festival for performance equipment in their new LGMF space.
• Town of Minerva for an outdoor pulldown projector and 24 heavy duty chairs.
• Lions Club, Long Lake, NY to offset Covid related fundraising cancellations and a replacement BBQ.
• Craigarden, Elizabethtown, NY to expand their garden share program.
• Tupper Lake Public Library as partial funding for 50 stackable chairs.
• Ticonderoga Festival Guild for artist fees, housing, stage set up, venue and production costs, insurance, and administrative fees.
• Seagle Music Festival, Schroon Lake, NY for singer fees, music director, stage and touring expenses.
• Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub for a breakwall and gardens.
• Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc., Elizabethtown, NY for the purchase of food from the Northeastern NY Food Bank and its distribution locally.
• Adirondack Research Consortium, Paul Smiths, NY for costs associated with student participation and student stipends.
• Tri-County Literacy Center, Glens Falls, NY for adult literacy services in townships of Horicon, Chester and Warrensburg.
• Keene Valley Library for continuing work with the Adirondack Community Story Project and Our Story Bridge.
• Historical Society of the Town of Chester for a computer and monitor.
• Arts Guild of Old Forge, d/b/a View for paper making equipment, supplies, and instructor fees.
• Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance for staff salary for the school programs coordinator.
• Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, Ray Brook, NY for an educational exhibit.
• Ticonderoga Central School for their food backpack program.
• Lake Placid Center for the Arts for visiting artist fees.
• High Peaks Hospice, Glens Falls, NY for educational and marketing material.
At the Pearsall Foundation Annual Meeting held September 23, 2021, the Junior Trustees presented a proposal for their annual special grants. They selected the Adirondack Community Outreach Center in North Creek, NY as their Adirondack not-for-profit, and chose to combine their individual $500 awards into a single $1,000 award supporting programming. The board approved their proposal. Impressed with the presentation of the Junior Trustees, two board trustees allocated their discretionary funds as well to the Outreach Center bringing the total funded to $3,000.
The Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation was established in December of 2000 to help improve the quality of life for the year-round residents of the Adirondack Park. Since its inception it has awarded 593 grants totaling over $1,063,000. The next cycle of accepting grant applications will occur July 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022.
Additional information on past grant recipients and the grant application process is available on the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation website at www.pearsallfoundation.org.