The Taconic Foundation was established by Audrey and Stephen Currier in 1958. Under their leadership, the Foundation concentrated its first grants in race relations, child welfare and mental health, giving priority to programs that seemed effective in addressing social inequities, encouraging the enablement of those with the fewest options, exerting leverage on public policy and redressing the balance of philanthropy by addressing issues not on most foundation agendas. The Curriers' pioneering philanthropy was tragically cut short by an airplane accident in 1967. The Foundation has responded to changing needs throughout its history, resulting in its current programmatic areas - housing and community development and youth development.
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| | Housing and community development and youth development. (Please see updated materials in the
Application section of this web site.) |
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| | Primarily New York City |
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| | No grants are made for buildings, endowments, higher education, scholarships and fellowships, the elderly, arts and cultural programs, mass media, health and medicine, the environment and international programs. No grants are made to individuals or private foundations or for matching gifts or loans. |
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| | Organizations must be classified by the Internal Revenue Service as public charities and tax-exempt under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. |
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| | The Foundation's Trustees meet three times per year. Proposals should be received by February 1, June 1 and September 1 for consideration during one of the three annual meetings. |
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