Pratt-Northam Foundation

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Contributions

Throughout the history of the Foundation, the directors have held that the Foundation should seek to benefit the Black River Valley area, from Boonville in the South to Carthage in the North, by providing financial support to not-for-profit organizations fulfilling community needs which neither government nor private enterprise could reasonably accomplish. Such needs, the directors have maintained, may be cultural, educational, or civic.

Since its founding in 1962, the Foundation has averaged approximately $100,000 in annual contributions to the following organizations and other activities and causes, and to its scholarship and workership programs. With the prudent management and stewardship of its directors, the Pratt-Northam Foundation should be able to carry on its good works for many years to come.

Some things we've helped to build...

Listed below are the organizations that have received funds from the Pratt-Northam Foundation. If you are interested in applying for grant money, please check out our Grants page.

The Brookhaven House continues to be able to provide its programs for unwed mothers as a result of a Pratt Northam grant which supported the installation of a fire alarm system in its Carthage residence.

Contributions to September 30, 2011

Carthage Area Hospital Foundation	$6,750 – Kresege Foundation Match
Harrrisville Free Library	$10,000 – “A Place for Kids”
Lewis County Community Foundation	$2,000 - Not-for-profit Incorporation for Doubleplay Sports Center $2,000 – Lewis County Leadership Academy
Lewis County Office for the Aging	$500 – Lewis County Services Fair
Mountainview Prevention Services	$4,000 – Summer High School Musical Production
Lyons Falls Alive	$500 – Sponsorship for 2011 Activities
Village of Lyons Falls	$1,000 – Fitness Trail
Erwin Library, Boonville	$6,730 – New Flooring
Boonville Concert Band	$1,000 – 2011 Concert Series
Lewis County Agricultural Society	$5,000 – Sponsorship of Lewis County Fair
Lowville Food Pantry	$600 – Electrical upgrade to new facility
Hand In Hand Early Childhood Center	$726.80 – CPR Training
Village of Port Leyden	$5,000 – Playground Upgrade

Contributions from 1997 to 2010

Adirondack Mennonite Camping Association $7,250
Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Assoc. $7,500.00
American Lung Assoc. $100
American Maple Museum $4,000.00

B.E. Strong Library - Turin $10,000
Beaver River CS $17,500
Big Brothers, Big Sisters $34,500

Boonville Black River Canal Museum $33,000
Boonville Concert Band $17,500
Branaugh Boys Club $55,000
Brookhaven House $5,025

Carthage AYSO $3,000
Carthage Area Hospital Foundation $4,338.00
Carthage Free LIbrary $5,000
Carthage YMCA $48,000
Constable Hall Assoc. $3,312

Constableville Village Library $11,300
Copenhagen CS $6,300
Daydreams, Inc. $2,800
Dispute Resolution Center $5,500
Dodge Pratt Northam Community Center $2,180
Erwin Library (Boonville) $400

Erwin Library Institute $40,000
Explorer Post 122 $800
FFA Foundation $3,000
Food Bank of Central NY $5,000

Friends of Lewis County Hospice $1,440

Good Samaritan Society $1,200
Hand-in-Hand Early Childhood Center, Inc. $65,726.50
Harrisville Little League $10,000
Jefferson Community College $4,100
JCC Center for Community Studies $4,500

Leave A Legacy $5,000
Lewis Co. Ag. Society $20,000

Lewis County Chamber of Commerce $4,350.00
Lewis County General Hospital $25,761

Lewis County Christmas Sharing $500.00
Lewis County Historical Society $20,265

Lewis County General Hospital $200
Lewis County Hospital Foundation $500

Lewis County Historical Society $12,198.00
Lewis County Opportunities $5,850
Lewis County Public Health $12,000
Lewis County Soil and Water $5,000
Lowville Academy $300

Lowville Academy Art Club $3,500

Lowville Council of Churches $1,600

Lowville Little League $8,000

Lyons Falls Library $10,000

Mathew’s Place $800.00

Mountainview Prevention Service $12,100

New Bremen Community Improvement Association $4,310

NIDS Coalition of NNY $2,500

NNY Autism Center $14,062

North Country Public Radio $18,500

North Country Reads $1,000

NYS Old Tyme Fiddlers $11,775

NYS Tug Hill Commission $11,500

Operation Lowville $1,875

Port Leyden Community Library $5,000

Ryder’s Edge Skate Park $10,000

Scholarships $300

Seaway Valley Boy Scouts $1,325

South Lewis Central Schools $19,300

St. Peter’s Home and School Ass. $400.00

Syracuse Symphony $10,000

Thompson Park Conservancy $13,700

TI Girl Scout Council $16,000

TI Habitat for Humanity $5,300

Trilliam Trio $420.

Town of Boonville $20,000

Town of Greig $4,500

Town of Lowville $110,000

Town of Martinsburg $10,00

Troop 61 BSA $915

Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust $2,500

Twin Village Festival $32,500

Watertown Family YMCA $48,000

Village Ecumenical Ministries $1,200

Village of Boonville $5,000

Village of Carthage $17,000

Village of Castorland $5,000

Village of Constableville $37,780

Village of Croghan $61,000

Village of Harrisville $7,000

Village of Lowville $16,724

Village of Lyons Falls $8,000

Village of Turin $5,000

Voices of the River $2,500

Volunteer Center $1,500

SUMMER RECREATION GRANT $38,340

WORKERSHIPS $1,615,274

YAC PROGRAM $143,629

Randall Schell, President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, discusses the Foundation's grant award with the leaders of the 2010 Lewis County Christmas Charities campaign.

Pratt Northam Directors Roy Hammecker, Jim Randall and Gordie Allen enjoy opening day at the 2010 Lewis County Fair. The Foundation sponsors opening day each year.

Pictured here are members of the Board of Directors of the Boonville Black River Canal Museum located in Boonville, NY. The Foundation has made three grant awards to this group as it has built this community resource from the ground up.

Members of the Pratt Northam Foundation Board Directors discuss renovations to be made to the Village of Turin Park with members of the community's Village Board. Renovations were started with a Foundation grant in the summer of 2010.

The new in 20004 Carthage YMCA was renovated and is aided with operating costs as a result of a Pratt Northam Foundation grant.

This is the Constableville Recreation Pavilion. It was built with funds provided in a grant from the Pratt-Northam Foundation. During the winter months it serves as an ice arena, with summer usage being a picnic and gathering place.

The Croghan Recreation Pavilion was built just a couple of years ago. Its existence came about partly to the thanks of the Pratt-Northam Foundation. During the winter, it is used for hockey and open skating, while its summer use is family reunions and the Farmers' Market

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