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The Rowley Family Foundation Fund for Women and Children grants more than half a million dollars to organizations in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties

24 organizations received grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000

Posted 1/21/22

MONTGOMERY – The Rowley Family Foundation Fund for Women and Children has announced the recipients of its 2022 grants. In total, $539,716.14 was awarded to 24 organizations in Orange, Sullivan, …

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The Rowley Family Foundation Fund for Women and Children grants more than half a million dollars to organizations in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties

24 organizations received grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000

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MONTGOMERY – The Rowley Family Foundation Fund for Women and Children has announced the recipients of its 2022 grants. In total, $539,716.14 was awarded to 24 organizations in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties, in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. A full list of recipients and funded programs is attached.

A component fund of the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, the Rowley Family Foundation Fund for Women and Children distributes grants to support innovative projects or programs geared towards the empowerment of women and children.

The family acknowledged the pandemic among adverse childhood experiences and considered its impacts while reviewing this year’s applications.

“The devastating impacts of the pandemic on women and children have been difficult to quantify,” noted Rich Rowley. “But upon reading the quality and quantity of applications we received for grants, it’s clear that support is needed now and by many.”

The Selection Committee, led by Marianne Murray, reviewed 59 applications totaling nearly $2M in requests.

“The grantees selected are varied but all represent marginalized groups of women and children from migrant farm families to people of color and those who have been incarcerated, as well as those who face obstacles ranging from emotional or physical disabilities to financial insecurity,” added Marianne Murray. “The programs we are funding aim to bridge gaps and give a hand up through valuable services which again are diverse; but whether food, literacy, legal services, or the arts deliver hope to those struggling each and every day.”

Among the grant recipients is Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) which provides resources, education, and peer support to kinship families in Orange County.

“These past two pandemic years have been challenging for all of us but have weighed particularly heavy on our RAPP/ kinship families,” said RAPP program manager Caitlin O’Brien. “We are so overwhelmed with gratitude for this opportunity and look forward to putting this grant to good work in our community.”

Another recipient, Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc., is a youth empowerment program in Sullivan County whose members created a rural youth-led cooperative business, Bags for Justice. Members create designs based on themes of social injustice for artisanal shoulder bags and t-shirts.

“We’re truly grateful to the fund for partnering with Rural Migrant Ministry to support the development of isolated and often underestimated young people in Sullivan County,” said Rev. Richard Witt.

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