Pictured above: Greater Pulaski Community Endowment Fund advisory council members stand with representatives from the recipient organizations.
October 14, 2025 (Pulaski, NY) – Nine nonprofits serving the Village of Pulaski and Town of Richland received $4,500 grants from the Greater Pulaski Community Endowment Fund. These are general support grants.
The 2025 grant recipients are:
- Fernwood Community Center
- Half-Shire Historical Society
- Preservation Revitalization of Pulaski
- Pulaski Area Pop Warner
- Pulaski Historical Society
- Rural and Migrant Ministry of Oswego County, Inc.
- Salmon River Fine Arts Center
- Salmon River Ice Hockey Association
- United Friends of Homeless Animals
The Greater Pulaski Community Endowment Fund, an affiliate fund of the Central New York Community Foundation, is a union of gifts contributed by the people of the Pulaski community that makes grants to support programs and projects of importance to the area. Established in 1991 with seed funding from the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust and sustained through critical community matching challenge grants, the endowment exists to ensure that the citizens of the Pulaski area have a means of supporting the nonprofit services and resources that are so important to the vitality of a community. The 2025/2026 Leadership Council includes Robin Philips (Chairperson), Kathryn Erhardt, Kimberly Hitchcock, Dawn Holynski, Michelle Hughes, Tina Lane, Brian Leary, Hannah Masuicca. cnycf.org/Pulaski.
The Central New York Community Foundation is a public charity that turns community dollars into community change. Established in 1927, it receives contributions from donors, manages them to grow over time and then distributes funding to address the region’s greatest needs. The foundation has invested more than $320 million in community projects that benefit Central New York. It also serves as a civic leader, convener and sponsor of strategic initiatives that foster a thriving and equitable region and address the most critical issues of our time. cnycf.org
