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​The Community Foundation awarded the following grants as part of its ongoing LeadSafeCNY initiative. Check back often for updates! To explore LeadSafeCNY   grant opportunities, contact Darrell Buckingham at [email protected] or (315)   422-9538.

​View the impact   of our investments so far and a neighborhood map. 

2025 Grants
Blueprint 15 - $16,000

Provide residents with free water filters to ensure they have access to safe drinking water

Clean and Healthy New York - $1,983
Support bus transportation and meals for local representatives to travel to Albany for the lead poisoning prevention track of Earth Day Advocacy Day

Syracuse City School  Distract - $90,000
Install new water fountains with filters in Syracuse schools

2024 Grants
Black Cub Productions - $30,000
Create animated PSAs to raise lead awareness among families and children

Home Headquarters - $20,000 
Offer EPA-certified workforce lead removal training to landlords and contractors

Home Headquarters - $112,699
Continue its window and exterior door replacement program

United Way of CNY - $65,000
Support a Social Navigator position that will meet with families in their homes to provide education and assistance on lead poisoning 


United Way of CNY - $70,000
Matching grant to support LeadSafeCNY Coalition Director position 

2023 Grants
Baby B.A.C.K.  - $50,000
Conduct community outreach for lead testing and lead poisoning prevention awareness; coordinate street-to-street lead testing events

Home HeadQuarters -  $50,000
Continue its window and exterior door replacement program

Home HeadQuarters - $70,000
Hire a LeadSafeCNY Coalition coordinator

The Syracuse Peacemaking Project - $50,000
Screen families' risk for lead poisoning, connect families to lead testing and related aftercare services, and empower residents to lead engagement efforts

United Way of CNY - $30,000

Provide transportation to families visiting the pediatrician's office or blood lab for lead testing

Volunteer Lawyers Project of CNY - $50,000
Support toward the cost of filing lawsuits to force repairs in homes with lead hazards

2022 Grants
Children's Defense Fund - New York: $25,000

Advocate for New York State funding and policy change toward primary and secondary interventions that address childhood lead poisoning

Center for Court Innovation: $56,000
Hire two Community Lead Advocates who will reduce  language and education barriers to  lead poisoning awareness

City of Syracuse: $84,000
Hire a technical product manager that manage case records related to lead ordinance enforcement, lead program implementation and interagency information sharing

Greater Syracuse Landbank: $75,000
Make three previously vacant Syracuse homes lead-safe and ready for sale

Home HeadQuarters: $20,000

Offer EPA-certified workforce lead removal training to landlords and contractors

2021 Grants
CenterState CEO:  $60,000
Train city-based, minority-owned contractors to compete for lead testing and remediation    projects

City of Syracuse: $150,000
Continue HUD city-wide lead remediation program

Central/Eastern NY Lead Poisoning Resource Center: $25,000
Purchase blood lead level testing machines for medical practices that serve neighborhoods where elevated levels are historically high

Hopeprint: $10,000
Create safe & affordable  homes for Northside residents

WCNY: $10,000
Continue public service announcements on the dangers of lead poisoning 

2020 Grants
City of Syracuse: $65,000
Provide workforce training and certifications to code inspectors 

Contact Community Services: $7,000
Develop a Healthy Homes website​

Home HeadQuarters: $75,000
Continue its window and exterior door replacement program
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Home HeadQuarters: $20,000 
Offer EPA-certified workforce lead removal training to landlords and contractors

Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today (TNT): $4,000 
Continue to educate residents on the importance of lead testing and remediation
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Onondaga County Health Department Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: $10,000
Provide relocation assistance to families of children with elevated blood lead levels

2019 Grants
Greater Syracuse Land Bank: $150,000 
Renovate and remediate lead in ten units to provide affordable housing to those forced to move as a result of the I-81 transition

Health & Environmental Funders Network: $1,000
Join other funders for national discussion on best practices in reducing and eliminating lead exposures

Home HeadQuarters: $20,000 
Offer EPA-certified workforce lead removal training to landlords and contractors

Home HeadQuarters: $75,000
Expand its window and exterior door replacement program

Home HeadQuarters: $35,000
Provide assistance to Green & Healthy Homes Greater Syracuse

Lead Poisoning Prevention Statewide Advocacy Network: $50,000
Influence statewide legislation that reduces lead poisoning across New York State

Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today (TNT): $27,500
Educate residents on the importance of lead testing and remediation

WCNY: $15,000
Create public service announcements on the dangers of lead poisoning 

2018 Grants
​Greater Syracuse Land Bank: $43,750
Conduct lead inspections on all of its Syracuse properties
 
​Home HeadQuarters: $45,000
Provide funding assistance to Green & Healthy Homes, Greater Syracuse to assist low- to moderate-income Syracuse households in using less energy and creating homes free of health and safety hazards
 
Home HeadQuarters: $150,000
Pilot a no-cost window and exterior door replacement program for low-income rental property tenants in the high-need neighborhoods in Census Tracts 23 and 54
 
Home HeadQuarters: $20,000
Train contractors and landlords to be EPA certified for properly completing lead safe home renovations 
 
Housing Visions Unlimited: $150,000
Support the construction of new, lead-free affordable rental apartments on Syracuse’s Northside
 
Legal Services of Central New York: $2,500
Conduct public advocacy and community education regarding lead poisoning

PEACE, Inc.: $1,000
Identify weatherization service applicants who fall outside of its income eligibility requirements for referral to Home HeadQuarters’ window and door replacement program
 
Tomorrow’s Neighborhood Today (TNT) and Home HeadQuarters: $31,473
Educate residents on the dangers of lead poisoning and facilitate lead testing and remediation in at-risk homes

Other Investments
Home HeadQuarters: $500,000 Loan Loss Reserve
In early 2020, we   committed $500,000 to form a loan loss reserve that will help Home HeadQuarters provide first mortgages to buyers of new, lead-free homes in the City of Syracuse.

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