POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro announced the first group of 2022 funding awards, totaling $362,250, as part of the County’s Learn, Play, Create: Supporting Our Kids grant program, which will fund 21 projects for local non-profit organizations that directly benefit children and families. Additional awards will be announced in the coming weeks.
In 2022, $1 million in Learn, Play, Create (LPC) grants are available, and there will be two application rounds this year. In this first round, grants of up to $20,000 were made available to non-profit organizations that directly serve youth in the areas of expanded learning, arts enrichment, and sports engagement that were deprived of fundraising or participation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Application instructions and guidance for 2022’s second round of LPC funding will be available later this year on the Department of Planning and Development’s webpage.
Learn, Play, Create: Supporting Our Kids awards ($362,250 Total)
Abilities First (Wappinger), $10,000
Arlington Hockey Club (LaGrange), $20,000
Beyond the Dream LLC (City of Poughkeepsie), $20,000
Boy Scout Troop 3025 (Town of Poughkeepsie), $20,000
Boy Scouts Of America Cub Scout Pack 3033 (Pleasant Valley), $9,000
Community Based Services, Inc. (Beekman), $18,650
Cub Scout Pack 3223 Hudson Valley Council (Town of Poughkeepsie), $20,000
Dutchess Divas Softball, Inc. (Pleasant Valley), $20,000
FDR Baseball Booster (Hyde Park), $20,000
Girls Scouts Heart of the Hudson Troop 10072 (East Fishkill and Wappinger), $9,000
Hyde Park Rowing Association (Hyde Park), $20,000
Lafayette Lodge No. 18, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (Wappingers Falls), $13,600
Millbrook School (Washington), $20,000
New York State Minorities in Criminal Justice Region 4 (Beacon), $20,000
Save At Risk Children for Corporate America, Inc. (City of Poughkeepsie), $20,000
Stony Kill Foundation (Fishkill), $20,000
The Farm Chef Project (East Fishkill), $20,000
Tighten Ups Precision Drill Team (City of Poughkeepsie), $20,000
United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region, Inc. (City of Poughkeepsie), $10,000
Webutuck Little League (Millerton), $20,000
Young-Morse Historic Site (Town of Poughkeepsie), $12,000
