How much funding does Special and Urgent Needs Fund provide?

The listing does not state a funding amount. Check the funder's announcement for specifics.

When is the deadline for Special and Urgent Needs Fund?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Who has received Special and Urgent Needs Fund funding?

Adirondack Foundation's IRS filings list 9 awards under this program (2022–2025). Recent recipients include Adirondack Roots (Elizabethtown, NY), $10,000 in 2025; Tupper Lake Community Food Pantry (Tupper Lake, NY), $17,000 in 2024; Wait House (Glens Falls, NY), $10,000 in 2024.

Special and Urgent Needs Fund

Adirondack Foundation

Foundation Food Security Grants Grants for Food Pantries Hardship Grants Grants for Nonprofits

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

Geographic Scope: Adirondack region

Focus Areas:

Critical emergency grantmaking for urgent community needs
Food security and nutrition assistance
Support for social service organizations and food partners

Program History:

Recently mobilized following federal government shutdown to provide critical grantmaking resources
Provided grants to 36 food partners including:
- 26 food pantries reaching 76,000+ people
- 3 meal sites serving 700+ weekly meals
- Backpack programs for hundreds of families

Contact Information:

Phone: (518) 523-9904
Address: PO Box 288, Lake Placid, NY 12946

Past recipients of this program

Recent awards under this program (from Adirondack Foundation's IRS filings)

Adirondack Roots

Elizabethtown, NY · 2025

$10K
Tupper Lake Community Food Pantry

Tupper Lake, NY · 2024

$17K
Wait House

Glens Falls, NY · 2024

$10K
North Country Community College Foundation

Saranac Lake, NY · 2024

$9,000
Town of Indian Lake

Indian Lake, NY · 2024

$7,500

9 grants in Adirondack Foundation's 2022–2025 filings reference “Special and Urgent Needs Fund” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.

What Adirondack Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 313
Total given: $8.23M
Median grant: $13K
Range: $5,020–$425K

By dollars: New York 90%, Colorado 2%, Massachusetts 2%. Top recipient cities: Lake Placid, NY; Saranac Lake, NY; Plattsburgh, NY.
28% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
40% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (Alca) · Blue Mountain Lake, NY

For the alca building fund

$425K
Adirondack Experience · Blue Mountain Lake, NY

From nancy towards current capital campaign

$250K
Pendragon Theatre · Saranac Lake, NY

To settle pendragon's outstanding mortgage obligation to the cloudsplitter foundation

$225K
Cloudsplitter Foundation · Saranac Lake, NY

For support of the bridge loan fund per the attached grant agreement

$200K
Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc · Elizabethtown, NY

For support of the spring semester 2025 crary awards

$150K