Five Dutchess County nonprofit organizations have been awarded grants from the Robert R. Chapman Fund totaling $6,100.   Funding priority is given to organizations that promote and/or help provide international and cultural learning experiences for youth.  The committee reviewed 11 grant requests totaling $39,235.

Fall 2007 Grant Awards

Catharine Street Community Center
$2,600

To offer language instruction in French, Spanish and German in the After School program.

Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson
$500

To assist with travel and registration fees to attend a four day instructional dance and drumming camp.

Mill Street Loft
$1,500

Scholarship funds to be used for the April 2008 trip to Florence, Italy.

Rhinebeck-Rheinbach Exchange Program
$500

To support hosting German youth in the summer of 2008.

Stissing Mountain High School
$1,000

Support for the China Exchange Program that will be used to defray expenses for students from Pine Plains who are unable to afford the expenses to travel to China.