ITHACA — The Ithaca Rotary Club recently handed out $14,798 to its 2025 Community Grants awardees. From a pool of 41 applications, 11 grant proposals from area nonprofits received funding, the club announced. Awards are made from the Rotary Club’s donor-advised fund held at the Community Foundation of Tompkins County. The Ithaca Rotary Club, in […]
ITHACA — The Ithaca Rotary Club recently handed out $14,798 to its 2025 Community Grants awardees. From a pool of 41 applications, 11 grant proposals from area nonprofits received funding, the club announced.
Awards are made from the Rotary Club’s donor-advised fund held at the Community Foundation of Tompkins County.
The Ithaca Rotary Club, in a Sept. 24 announcement, listed the following local not-for-profit organizations as 2025 grant recipients, with dollar amount and grant purpose included:
• Community Science Institute, $1,500 — Provide discounted water testing through the newly launched Water Testing Assistance Fund program
• Downtown Ithaca Children’s Center, $1,000 — Rechargeable two-way radios for organizational safety and emergency support
• Enfield Food Distribution, $1,500 — Offset the sudden 50-percent reduction in funding received from The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
• Family & Children’s Service, $1,500 — Purchase 30 $50 food gift cards for homeless youth supported by the Open Doors program
• Foodnet Meals on Wheels, $875 — Buy a picnic table and a bike rack for staff use
• Friends of Stewart Park, $1,500 — Match Wegmans’ donation to complete construction of one new accessible picnic table near the Stewart Park playground
• Ithaca Children’s Garden, $1,500 — Install a pond liner, replace deteriorating dock decking, and mount interpretive watercolor panels at its Tadpole Pond Habitat
• Ithaca Community Childcare Center, $1,500 — Purchase weather-resistant play materials that support physical development and integrate into the natural playscape
• Lansing Center Trail, $1,423 — Create a Volunteer Tool Library stocked with gardening and outdoor tools
• Loaves & Fishes, $1,500 — Purchase an ice machine to support daily meal service and enhance food safety
• New Roots Charter School, $1,000 — Expand the free personal-care product pantry and add basic school supplies
The Ithaca Rotary Club said it issues a call for proposals in June of each year. Grants are intended to promote the quality of life in Tompkins County. Small nonprofit organizations are especially encouraged to apply. All grant applications must be for projects completed within Tompkins County.
