round 5 awardees
Capital Region
Columbia Friends of the Electric Trail
$10,000 to support improvements to communication and website, printing and mailing costs, and membership coordination to promote the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail.
Friends of Moreau Lake State Park
$13,500 to fund a consultant to create promotional materials designed to promote membership in the group.
Friends of Saratoga Spa State Park
$12,000 to fund a consultant, membership management software and promotional materials, digital marketing and Chamber of Commerce membership.
Friends of Schuyler Mansion
$28,256 To purchase historic floor cloth covering for the mansion’s second-floor ballroom, and for photographs of current Brussels carpeting.
Lake George Battlefield Park (Fort George) Alliance
$3,528 to purchase new signage in the park.
The Friends of U.S. Grant Cottage
$48,000 to fund an assessment of current conditions and master plan for potential future improvements including off-site parking, accessible pedestrian pathways, connection to the Palmertown Trail network, a memorial garden and new pavilion.
The Olana Partnership
$14,400 to support planning for a new trailhead from the Hudson River Skywalk to Olana State Historic Site with a new gate, signage, benches and bike racks.
Central Region
Friends of Fillmore Glen State Park
$16,500 to support equipment and expenses for the group’s annual fundraising effort, Fillmore Days.
Winona Forest Recreation Association
$33,386 to improve three miles of trails and purchase cross-country skiing equipment.
Finger Lakes Region
Finger Lakes Trail Conference
$50,000 to hire a communications consultant to promote membership and marketing to increase tourism on the 1,000-mile trail network.
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park
$25,000 to support the collection, transport and storage of the site’s collection of historic furniture, textiles, china and other materials in a new facility.
Rochester Inclusive Community Rowing
$23,934 for purchase of a new accessible dock.
Long Island
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society
$95,822 to hire an Education Coordinator to work with nearby Hallock State Park Preserve.
Planting Fields Foundation
$70,000 to hire an architect for an historic preservation and adaptive reuse of vacant structure at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park.
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
$21,120 for installation of an outdoor video display for increased visibility and marketing.
Mid-Hudson
Bannerman Castle Trust
$63,000 to replace broken sidewalks around the residence and the North Trail.
Friends of Fahnestock and Hudson Highlands State Parks
$7,286 to build a overnight trail shelter along the Appalachian Trail within the parks.
Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain
$45,000 to connect public schools with Hook Mountain, Rockland Lake, Nyack Beach State Park, Haverstraw Beach State Park and the Hudson River by expanding the “Learning in the Park” program.
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
$32,400 to provide trail stewards at Minnewaska State Park Preserve.
Stony Kill Foundation Inc.
$90,000 to hire a new executive director to enhance programming, operations and fundraising.
The Little Stony Point Citizens Association Inc.
$6650 for media equipment and new ceiling fans at the new Volunteer Center.
North Country
John Brown Lives
$11,650 to support expanded programming at the John Brown’s Farm State Historic Site.
Upper Saranac Foundation
$19,000 to support the Fish Creek Aquatic Invasive Species Spread Prevention and Containment Project.
New York City
Friends of Gantry Plaza State Park
$21,600 to replace tree guards in the park and to support enhanced volunteer outreach.
Southern Tier
Friends of Rogers Environmental Education Center
$36,000 to improve the exhibits at the center.
Western
Friends of Allegany State Park
$10,399 to install interpretive kiosks, add a video screen, and repair damage to the Red House Sawmill.
Friends of Knox Farm State Park
$75,000 to repair seven historic barns at the site.
Martin House Restoration Corporation
$10,000 to support a curatorial intern to preserve and display the collections of the Darwin D. Martin House State Historic Site.