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COMMUNITY FUND GRANTMAKING > MALONE

The mission of the Greater Malone Community Fund is to support local needs and opportunities and improve the quality of life in the greater Malone region.

The Fund was established to support community needs and opportunities such as community beautification, historic preservation, education, culture and the arts, and programs for youth and senior citizens. The Fund also administers two component funds: the Bev Quenville Art Fund and the Alice Ballard Hospice Fund from which grants are made. 

Grants totaling nearly $10,000 have been made since the fund's inception in 2004. In the early years of grantmaking the fund gave to such organizations as House of History, Malone Revitalization Committee, Foothills Art Society and Hospice of the North Country.

Download the Greater Malone Community Fund grant application.

In 2009 the Greater Malone Community Fund distributed $3,000 to the following organizations

• 4-H Camp Overlook to cover the cost of Camp Overlook's Shooting Sports Program.
• Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Association (ALIWA) for the construction of a replica one room school house being built on the Wilder Homestead site.
• Catholic Charities of Franklin County to expand and update Catholic Charities' educational resources for pregnant and parenting youth.
• FBC Barnabas House Homeless Shelter to purchase supplies needed for Barnabas House's educational/living skills program.
• Mary Claire Sherwin Greater Malone YMCA for a community beautification project.
• Town of Burke Youth Committee for the purchase and construction of a new playground.

Follow Up

The recipients of grants from the Greater Malone Community Fund are asked to provide a six month report on how the funds were used.  This helps Adirondack Community Trust and GMCF administrators to assess the impact of these funds on the community and the people it reaches, in an effort to better serve the region.

Download the Greater Malone Community Fund grantee report