Dara Harper

The Women’s Fund will award up to eight $5,000 grants to support programs and ideas that aim to better serve women and girls in the Central New York community.

The Allen Speiser Memorial Vocational Rehabilitation Fund awarded $4,200 to local nonprofit projects meeting a vocational need for individuals with disabilities.

The Central New York Community Foundation awarded $60,000 in the fourth year of its Cortland County Bright Ideas grants to 12 nonprofit organizations. Each organization received a $5,000 grant toward a program. Applicants were invited to submit a ‘bright idea’ for enhancing their nonprofit and...