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Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY)

September 25, 2003
Section: Local
Edition: Final
Page: B2

The John Ben Snow Foundation and Memorial Trust will donate more than $1 million this year to about 30 organizations, most of them in Central New York.

As they make donation decisions, the two organizations and the Snow family think about education and improving the lives of students, especially in Snow's native Pulaski, said Marshall Marshall, superintendent of the Pulaski school district. "This funding is significant in its own right. It's real money for kids. It established a culture of giving to our seniors," Marshall said.

Pulaski Junior-Senior High School gave 88 scholarships worth $107,000 last year. About $70,000 came from the John Ben Snow Foundation and Memorial Trust, the superintendent said.

John Ben Snow, an F.W. Woolworth executive and newspaper publisher, established the foundation in 1948 to support his belief in investing in people, particularly young people in Northern and Central New York. In 1975, two years after his death, a memorial trust was developed as a provision of his will. The trust gives money to organizations in New York and across the nation.

Ann Scanlon, program officer since 1991, said the two organizations normally donate to nonprofit groups that have specific programs geared toward education and human services. This year, they also contributed to technology and environmental programs related to education.

The grants usually are distributed among six program areas: arts and culture, community development, education, environment, historic preservation and journalism.

Foundation grants approved for Central New York organizations include:

Food Bank of Central New York, $10,000; Seneca Cayuga ARC, $10,000; Camp Good Days and Special Times, $15,000; Cayuga County Home for Children, $9,000; Town of Pompey Historical Society, $10,000; Clarkson University, $25,000; Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County, $2,000; Onondaga Historical Association, $7,500; Pulaski Academy and Central School, $21,950; Syracuse University's Maxwell School, $30,000; The Nature Conservancy, $5,000; Foundation Historical Association, $7,500; Syracuse University, School Press Institute, $12,000; Canton Free Library, $7,000; Spafford Area Historical Association, $1,000.

The Memorial Trust approved the following grants in Central New York:

Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, $10,000; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, $25,000; Family Reading Partnership, $10,000; Greater Pulaski Community Fund, $7,500; Ithaca Children's Garden, $10,000; Village of Pulaski, $6,000; Pathfinder Village, $25,000; Independent College Fund of New York, $25,000; New York State Historical Association, $20,000; Pulaski Academy and Central School District, $50,000; Pulaski Academy and Central School Alumni Association, $2,000; Rescue Mission of Utica, $5,000; Syracuse University School of Information Studies, $25,000; Wells College, $25,000; Beaver Lake Nature Center, $25,000; Hobart and William Smith Colleges, $20,000; Onondaga Audubon Society, $15,000; Central New York Community Foundation, $25,000; Music Journeys, $15,000; Youth Character Development Foundations, $25,000.

Grants are awarded for one-year terms, but organizations are welcome to apply again the next year. This year, the foundation and memorial trust will distribute $1,394,720 in combined grant money.

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