Grant awards ranged from $1,000 to $20,000. Recipients are broken out and listed according to the following needs and opportunities:

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Equitable access to food

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Fresh, local food (Provided photo — Erika Bailey)

Generous Acts grants are helping respond to urgent food needs as well as support long-term efforts to improve access to local, healthy food for people of all ages and income levels.

Grant recipients: Adirondack Community Outreach Center, Adirondack Health Institute, AdkAction.org, ARISE of Northern New York, Cornell Cooperative Extension for Essex County, Craigardan, Essex County Public Health, Essex Farm Institute, Hub on the Hill, Joint Council for Economic Opportunity in Clinton and Franklin Counties, Moriah Central School, Peru Central School District, Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, Saranac Lake Youth Center, Schroon Lake Backpack Program, the Salvation Army-Empire State Division-Plattsburgh and Ticonderoga Central School District.

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Educational pathways

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Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club is a Adirondack Foundation grant recipient. (Provided photo — Lisa Godfrey)

Generous Acts grants are helping to improve educational pathways through literacy programs for adults and families, summer enrichment programs for teens, community college recruitment efforts for non-traditional students, improving resources for preschoolers and more.

Grant recipients: Adirondack Sky Center, Akwesasne Boy & Girls Club, AuSable Valley Central School District, Bing Bang Boom (Saranac Lake Rotary Foundation), Bluseed Studios, CFES Brilliant Pathways, Champlain Children’s Learning Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension for Franklin County, Crown Point Central School, CVES/Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES, Depot Theatre, Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES, Lake Placid Central School District, Literacy Volunteers of Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties, Mountain Lake PBS, North Country Community College Foundation, Northwood School, Plattsburgh Family YMCA, Play ADK, Ready4Real, Saranac Lake Central School District, Small Tales Day Care Center, St. Agnes School, Thomas A. Shipman Memorial Youth Center, Town of Chester Public Library and Tri-County Literacy Center.

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Economic and civic engagement

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Generous Acts grants are supporting community improvements in towns and villages, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Grant recipients: Adirondack Diversity Initiative, AuSable River Association, Barkeater Trails Alliance, Champlain Area Trails, Goff-Nelson Memorial Library, John Brown Lives!, Johnsburg Historical Society, Lake Placid NY Rotary Foundation, Little Peaks, North Country Public Radio, Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Northern Forest Center, Point Positive Fund at Adirondack Foundation, The Outdoor Emergency Services Group, Protect the Adirondacks!, Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance, town of Jay, town of Keene, town of Long Lake, Tupper Arts and the village of Tupper Lake.

The Lake Placid NY Rotary Foundation’s grant award, for instance, will help it work with partners to install bus shelters in Lake Placid to provide protection from wind, rain and snow.

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Housing and other essentials

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Generous Acts grants are helping to overcome social and economic barriers that stifle upward economic mobility.

Grant recipients: Adirondack Community Action Programs, AIDS Council of NENY, Behavioral Health Services North, Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country, Ecumenical Council of Saranac Lake (Samaritan House), High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care, Family Services Association of Glens Falls, Family YMCA of the Glens Falls Area, Hudson Headwaters Health Foundation, Keeseville Country Gardens — National Church Residences Foundation, Lakeside House, Lifeway Church, Mercy Care for the Adirondacks, Mountain Lake Services, North Country Life Flight, North Country Ministry, Open Door Mission, Saranac Lake Voluntary Health Association, Silver Bay YMCA and the Tri-Lakes Center for Independent Living.

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Funders

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In addition to hundreds of Generous Acts donors, Adirondack Foundation thanks the following funders for awarding grants to Generous Acts applicants: anonymous (5), Adirondack for Kids Fund, Allison Family Fund, Aseel Legacy Fund, Asgaard Fund, Cloudsplitter Foundation, Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region, Dignified Death Fund, Hudson Headwaters Health Foundation (Upstream Fund), Joan Grabe Family Fund, Judge Tim & Barbara Murphy Family Fund, Kevin Broderick Fund, Magnus Family Fund, Rhoades Family Fund, Rockledge Fund, SJK Adk Fund, Special and Urgent Needs Fund, Sybil A. Pickett Fund, Treetop Family Fund, Tupper Opportunities for Youth Fund, Uihlein-Ironman Sports Fund of Lake Placid.

Since 2014, Generous Acts has awarded nearly $1.7 million in grants. For more information, visit www.adirondackfoundation.org or call 518-523-9904.