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Pointing the Way to a College Degree

With $20,000 from LICF, Project Morry, a youth development organization, is working with 55 students in North Amityville and Copiague, giving them the tools and confidence to set and reach goals, including a college degree.
Eat Well and Prosper

LICF is helping home bound seniors stay active, healthy, and well fed through a grant to EAC Network in Hempstead.
Hope for Youth

We’re funding the Espoir (means hope) Youth Program, which helps these students overcome educational, cultural and language barriers.
An Arts Center to Revitalize

Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja received an LICF grant to help bring together diverse ethnic groups together, revitalize neglected commercial space, and spurred economic development.
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Not just a job - A career

Isaiah Smith learns about animal care and volunteer opportunities thanks to a grant we gave to the Viscardi Center's program teaching students how to navigate a career path.
Transformation Through Triathlon

i-tri in East Hampton gets a grant through our AFTEE Fund and helps girls struggling in school or home life to train & compete in triathlons. The group teaches the power of teamwork, healthy relationships, and nutritious eating.
Change not Charity

LI Unitarian Universalist Fund at LICF was created by the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock. Read how they invest millions to advance social change.

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Giving just got easier!

Q&A with Long Island Community Foundation's board member Robert Barnett, CPA, Esq.

LICF Grants $25,000 to Girls, Inc. of Long Island

Courting New Ambassadors

LICF Grants $20,000 to Community Action Southold Town (CAST)

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SHE CARES ABOUT LONG ISLANDERS WITH DISABILITIES

We're putting her fund to work with grants to help the visually and hearing impaired communities.

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PolicyLink releases ‘The Equity Profile of Long Island’, a groundbreaking report on the state of economic inclusion on the Island. Read more...

Long Island's Suburban Poverty

Long Island's Immigrant Children's Fund

How clean is the water in your part of the Sound? We funded a study to find out... read here

Data shows that the Long Island Workforce Housing Act has had little impact on the ground. Read this report from the Center for Popular Democracy...click here.