ADIRONDACK FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
ENHANCEMENT FUND
- Eligibility: All Adirondack foreign language teachers are eligible to apply for competitive innovation grants. Priority will be given projects that go beyond a school's budget to: Support immersion in French and Spanish language and culture, open opportunities to explore new teaching technologies, promote collaborative initiatives among schools, creating partnerships with BOCES to maximize efficiency and impact, support career enhancement training for teachers including workshops and conferences.
- Grant Range: $500 to $1,500
- Interest Area: Education
- Deadline: December 15
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CHRISTOPHER EMMET HALLOWELL FUND
- Eligibility: Families or individuals living in Essex, Clinton, or Franklin Counties of New York State, who encounter unexpected expenses while caring for severely ill children or young adults.
- Grant Range: Up to $2,500
- Interest Area: Health
- Application Deadline: None, applications are accepted at anytime
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UIHLEIN-IRONMAN SPORTS FUND – INDIVIDUAL AWARD
- Eligibility: Young, local athletes with regional, national and international promise with financial need to participate in traditional summer and winter sports.
- Grant Range: Up to $2,500
- Interest Area: Youth athletic programs
- Application Deadline: July 15, 2013
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UIHLEIN-IRONMAN SPORTS FUND - NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION GRANT
- Eligibility: Local nonprofit sport organizations that expose area youth to summer and winter sports to foster the next generation of competitive athletes.
- Grant Range: Up to $2,500
- Interest Area: Youth athletic programs
- Application Deadline: July 15, 2013
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SARANAC LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND
- Eligibility: Fund supports students and programs of Saranac Lake Public Schools to recognize the role public education plays in preserving our open society and our freedoms
- Grant Range: Up to $1,500
- Interest Area: Education
- Application Deadline: None, applications are accepted anytime
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SPECIAL AND URGENT NEEDS FUND (SUN)
- Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations that meet a well-documented human service community need (defined as organizations providing food, shelter or healthcare) in the Adirondack Region. We look for proposals that will allow an organization to:
- Take advantage of an unforeseen and time-sensitive opportunity that will enhance the organization's ability to meet its mission with excellence and efficiency
- Provide essential equipment, technology, or resources whose need could not have been anticipated or budgeted, and without which the work of the organization would be severely hampered
- Conduct emergency repairs of building mechanical systems (heating/cooling, water service, etc.) whose sudden and unexpected failure interferes with the provision of services
- Grant Range: Up to $2,000
- Interest Area: Human Services
- Application Deadline: None, applications are accepted anytime
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