YARMOUTH PORT – The Falmouth Fund of The Cape Cod Foundation is pleased to announce that it awarded nearly $80,000 in grants to 26 local organizations at an event hosted by the Falmouth Historical Society recently.
Eileen Miskell, Chair of the Falmouth Fund, said that in eight years of grantmaking, the organization has distributed $360,000 in awards.
She said the fund was started to build a permanent endowment and award grants to nonprofits that are responsive to community needs and opportunities, work in collaboration with others, think innovatively in their solutions and work strategically to enhance the quality of life in Falmouth for all its residents.
“Our 2017 grants recipients will enrich the community with arts experiences, human services, environmental programs and educational opportunities,” Miskell said. “We are so grateful to the generosity of our donors who will help these wonderful organizations realize their goals.”
“The diversity and breadth of the work of this year’s Falmouth Fund grantees is truly inspiring,” stated Kristin O’Malley, Cape Cod Foundation President and CEO. “We are honored to partner with The Falmouth Fund to support such impactful work in the community and congratulate all of this year’s recipients.”
This year’s awards fell into two categories: Strategic Focus Grantees and General Grantees.
Strategic Focus Grantees:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod & the Islands, $5,000 to support expansion of outreach and services to children in Falmouth
Calmer Choice, $5,000, to support expansion of services to students in grades K-2 in Falmouth Public Schools
Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Inc., $5,000 to support Wetland Delineation design for permitting purposes in regards to the larger management plan for the Knob property
General Grantees:
Alzheimer’s Family Caregiver Support Center, Inc. $3,000 to support free, bi-mothly support groups for care givers in Falmouth
Association to Preserve Cape Cod, $2,838 to support Coonamessett River Greenway Video which will photo-document the restoration process for the river
Audible Local Ledger, Inc., $1,000 to support Connect Falmouth by funding the yearly cost of the radio reading service provided free for the blind, visually impaired, and print disabled seniors residing in Falmouth.
Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod, Inc., $4,000 to support the cost of serving over 180 Falmouth children who attend the Boys & Girls Club annually, including providing summer camp scholarships and membership discounts
Buzzards Bay Coalition, $2,565 to support the Get Outside and Learn (GOAL) program to connect fourth grade students to their local environment
Cape Conservatory, $2,000 to support the Access2Arts Scholarship Program which provides full and partial scholarships to school children and allows students to benefit from an arts education that they would otherwise not be able to afford
College Light Opera Company, $3,500 to support the first stage of a larger program: The Chapoquoit Campus Beautification Project for the restoration and improvement of the grounds of the College Light Opera Company’s historic campus located in the heart of West Falmouth
Falmouth Band Parents, Inc., $1,892 to support the purchase of equipment, including microphones and keyboard benches, for the Music Technology classes at Lawrence School and Falmouth High School
Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra, $1,000 to support the sponsorship of a piano solist for a concert in 2017
Falmouth Chorale, $2,250 to support a series of four free concerts called the Alzheimer’s Stories Project
Falmouth Historical Society, Inc., $2,500 to support a collaborative of the The Falmouth Historical Society, the Falmouth Art Center, the Cape Conservatory, Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Falmouth Public Schools and the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Association to do a week-long collaborative project for students ages 9-12 entitled “Inspired by Nature”
Falmouth Historical Society, Inc., $2,000 to support archival-quality exhibit cases that can be used to create a semi-permanent “Timeline History of Falmouth” exhibition in the newly-renovated and restored 1730 Conant House
Falmouth Public Schools, $5,000 to support continuation of the Calmer Choice Program to 5th grade students at Morse Pond School
Falmouth Service Center, $4,500 to support FSC Strategic Planning Pantry Redesign
Falmouth STEM Boosters, Inc., $1,000 to support Falmouth Public School Bus Funds for Local STEM-related Field Trips
Falmouth Theatre Guild, $3,818 to support Highfield Theater Stage Curtains
Falmouth Volunteers in Public Schools, $2,500 to support Phase II of VIPS self-assessment: Board retreat and Strategic Planning
FHS Clippers Sailing Team Boosters Club, Inc., $2,000 to support Sailing Team Equipment
Gosnold on Cape Cod, $5,000 to support a school-based counselor at Mullen Hall Elementary School
Housing Assistance Corporation, $4,000 to support the Falmouth Big Fix – a day of service aimed at making small home improvements for income-eligible veterans, seniors and disabled homeowners
Mass Audubon Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary & the Sanctuaries of the Mid and Upper Cape, $2,183 to support Teaching with Living Labs – A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers
The Woods Hole Film Festival, $2,000 to support Bringing Science to the Screen/Film Falmouth/Community Screenings
WE CAN, $4,000 to support WE CAN programming on the Upper Cape, including 1:1 Legal Consults, Financial Empowerment Sessions, Work Support and the PathMakers Mentoring Program, in collaboration with Falmouth Service Center
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