Mt. Kisco Child Care Center Receives More Than $130G in Grants
The Mount Kisco Child Care Center (MKCCC) recently announced the gift of eight recent major grants totaling $131,200. The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), Bari Lipp Foundation, Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Westchester Community Foundation (WCF), The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation, The Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Rusticus Garden Club and Ronald McDonald House Charities were the generous donors.
The center raises more than $700,000 annually to meet the need for child care support in northern Westchester. It is able to provide significant scholarships for more than half of the 160 children enrolled throughout the year. Without this critical foundation support, MKCCC would be unable to accomplish its mission to make this important care available to those who seek it.
A $50,000 grant was awarded by the IICF for need-based scholarship support of working families. The IICF Northeast division makes its grants in the focus areas of education, children at risk, disaster preparedness and the environment across the tri-state area. It was established in 1994 and is completely directed and funded by the insurance industry. Since its inception, IICF has contributed more than $18 million in grants to charities and 163,000 volunteer hours to hundreds of community nonprofit organizations.
The Bari Lipp Foundation and the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation each bestowed a $20,000 grant for need-based scholarship support. Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) presented MKCCC with a $20,000 award to be administered over two years to promote the award-winning Joining Elders With Early Learners Intergenerational Program. WCF’s mission is to develop and manage philanthropic resources and to distribute them in a way that is responsive to donor interests and community needs. It is a division of The New York Community Trust, one of the largest community foundations in the country with assets of about $2.4 billion.
The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation awarded $10,000 to support the MKCCC’s Feed Me Fresh Program and JEWEL Intergenerational Program while the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation contributed $5,000 to MKCCC’s Children’s Fund Spring Challenge.
The Rusticus Garden Club gave a $3,700 environmental grant for a new herb garden and herb IQ curriculum, which was introduced this year, and an additional $2,500 was received from Ronald McDonald House Charities for MKCCC’s Summer Camp Enrichment Program.
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