Saratoga Casino & Racing Foundation, Inc.

 

Grant Application

2014 Grant Awards

  1. Ballston Spa Partnership for Innovation in Education Fund - $1,000
    for the Ballston Spa High School’s Sponsor-A-Scholar program.
     
  2. Best Buddies New York - $1,000
    to provide a program for adolescents with disabilities to give them the skills necessary to succeed in the community and the workplace.
     
  3. Black Horses Booster Club - $1,000
    to purchase two EZ Up Canopies to be used at their outdoor competitions.
     
  4. The Children’s Museum at Saratoga - $1,000
    for educational supplies and aterials for their new hands-on, interactive Pet Vet Exhibit.
     
  5. Code Blue Saratoga - $1,500
    for locking cabinets for storage of donated goods and other supplies used at the shelter.
     
  6. Franklin Community Center, Inc. - $1,000
    to support Franklin Community Center’s Project Lift.
     
  7. Gateway House of Peace, Inc. - $500
    to help provide a dignified, home-like surrounding to terminally ill residents of Saratoga County.
     
  8. Helping Hands School (dba for RD#1 Werner Rd. Ltd.) - $1,000
    for their new Family Welcome Center.
     
  9. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2015 Planning Committee - $750
    will be used for the Martin Luther King Day events and activities in Saratoga Springs from January 15 to January 19, 2015.
     
  10. Mechanicville Area Community Services Center, Inc. - $1,500
    for the continuation of after-school and evening programming for Mechanicville Junior /Senior High Students.
     
  11. Opera Saratoga - $500
    for a free public performance of a children’s opera at the Saratoga Springs Public Library.
     
  12. Race Track Chaplaincy of America Metropolitan New York Division - $750
    to add more variety to the summer camp experience for the children of backstretch workers at Saratoga Race Course.
     
  13. Rebuilding Together Saratoga County, Inc. - $1,500
    to buy building materials to be used on two to three projects that will occur during the spring of 2015.
     
  14. Round Lake House Company  - $1,000
    towards the purchase of a 911 call simulator.
     
  15. Saratoga Center for the Family - $1,110
    to provide a support group for children whose parents are currently going through a separation or divorce.
     
  16. Saratoga Community Health Center/Saratoga Hospital - $2,500
    for the CHC Patient Prescription Relief Fund.
     
  17. Saratoga County Children’s Committee, Inc. - $1,000
    for the Empty Stocking Project.
     
  18. Saratoga Foundation for Innovative Learning - $500
    will be used to subsidize the cost, for lower income families, to participate in Educating Young Engineers (EYE) Saturday Programs.
     
  19. Saratoga Mentoring, A Program of Catholic Charities - $750
    toward their program that provides role models for children who are living in challenging home circumstances.
     
  20. Saratoga Sponsor-A-Scholar - $1,000
    to assist financially disadvantaged Saratoga Springs students.
     
  21. Saratoga Springs History Museum - $500
    to support educational and public programs for school children and adults
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  22. Schuylerville Robotics, Inc. - $1,000
    to provide mentors to work with high school students through all phases of robotics.
     
  23. Shelters of Saratoga, Inc. - $1,000
    to cover the cost of bed-nights for shelter guests who do not qualify for funding support from any source, either public or private.
     
  24. Stillwater Area Community Center - $1,200
    to purchase an interactive learning center for their preschool and School Age Child Care Program.
     
  25. Stillwater Food Pantry - $1,000
    to purchase additional equipment, rolling carts and food supplies to assist the clients that utilize their food pantry.
     
  26. Wellspring (dba for Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services of Saratoga Co. (DVRC)) - $3,500
    for one-on-one assistance to victims of domestic violence.