Randolph Organizations receive $12,000 from John Edward McLaughlin Family Fund
The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation recently awarded over $12,000 in grants to organizations in Randolph, NY thanks to the John Edward McLaughlin Family Fund. The endowment fund was established in 2007 to support charitable activities in Randolph, NY.
From left to right are: Julia Niles, CRCF grants manager, Fred Nagle, grant committee member, Mary Johnson, Randolph Free Library, David Senn, Randolph Regional EMS Corp, Liz Jones CRCF community impact officer.
Through an annual grant application, financial assistance from the Fund is made available to nonprofits, churches, municipalities and the Randolph school district. The 2024 grants were awarded to Grace Episcopal Church (office and children’s activities at the annual arts and crafts festival), the East Randolph Cemetery (tree removal), the Town of Randolph (AED units at Town Park), the Randolph Central School (support for their after-prom event), the Randolph Cemetery Association (landscaping the new waterline trenches), Randolph Free Library (updates for the new Junior/Young Adult Library area), the Randolph Regional EMS Corp. for (pediatric restraints), and the annual Ecumenical Vacation Bible School across four area partnering churches.
“The McLaughlin Family Fund continues to support a range of activities and needs across the Randolph community,” noted Liz Jones, Community Impact Officer at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.
“The impact in the community is supporting programs and activities for area youth, the purchase of equipment to assist first responders and ongoing maintenance needs for both cemeteries.”
The John Edward McLaughlin Family Fund was established in 2007 at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, and $150,000 has been awarded to the community since. Jones added, “This year funding requests once again exceeded the amount available to grant – actually coming in at double the amount available, so not all projects were able to be supported or supported in full. That signals the continued need in the community, and presents some urgency in growing the Fund to support more grantmaking in the future.”
Contributions to the McLaughlin Fund can be made online, by visiting crcfonline.org/give, or by check at: Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, 418 Spring St., Jamestown, NY 14701.
The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation administers over 700 endowments in support of emerging community needs, charitable organizations and local students pursuing higher education. For more information visit www.crcfonline.org or contact Lisa Lynde, Donor Services Officer at 716-661-3390 or llynde@crcfonline.org.