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Hope for Youth
An Arts Center to Revitalize
Is LICF in your will?
Not just a job - A career
Transformation Through Triathlon
Change not Charity
Legal Help for Veterans
Special Kind of Healthcare
Arts Education on the East End
  • 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.
  • Is LICF in your will?
    You can set up a permanent fund. We'll make the grants supporting the causes you care about. Forever. Call us today.
  • 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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  • Legal Help for Veterans
    A $20,000 grant helped veterans get legal services and improve their health.
  • Special Kind of Healthcare
    $50,000 funding to Winthrop Pediatric Associates in Hempstead allowed for a Child Life Specialist and provided a very special kind of healthcare to one of Nassau County’s poorest neighborhoods.
  • Arts Education on the East End
    Students examining and exploring works of art at the Parrish Art Museum's program supported by LICF.

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