Robert R. Chapman Fund

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.


Past Grant Awards

Fall 2006
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