Community Corner
Foundation Gives Big Grants to Parrish Museum, SoMAS
Local nonprofits are recipients of Long Island Community Foundation grants, which amount to $607,000 across Nassau and Suffolk.
The Long Island Community Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to make Long Island a better place to live and work, announced sizable grants this month for a number of East End organizations.
In Water Mill, the Parrish Art Museum is the recipient of $20,000 toward arts education and programs for East End students.
The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook Southampton in Shinnecock Hills was granted $15,000 toward the Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program, which includes seeding eelgrass and shellfish beds to improve water quality in the beleaguered bay.
“These grants, generously given by Long Islanders and other New Yorkers, will have an immediate effect on improving schools, the environment, and the arts across the Island,” said David M. Okorn, the executive director of the Syosset-based foundation.
The recent grants total $607,000, distributed all across the region.
Elsewhere on the East End, The Nature Conservancy in East Hampton received $35,000 for an educational campaign to improve water quality, and Peconic Baykeeper in Quogue got $20,000 for advocacy to mitigate coastal hazards and climate change. The East End Arts & Humanities Council received $10,000 for an arts program designed to bolster economic and community development.
North Fork Spanish Apostolate received $10,000 and Amagansett Food Institute was granted $20,000.
