Adelphi University Receives Grants from ILUUF

The Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund (LIUUF) recently awarded $125,000 in grants in six sectors of non-profit work, according to a press release from the organization. The LIUUF is a “field-of-interest” fund within the Long Island Community Foundation (LICF) that supports “progressive social change,” the release said.

Adelphi University was among the recipients, which also included the Five Towns Community Center, Immigration Legal Services of Long Island and  Sepa Mujer and Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

“We are grateful for these grants that recognize both the quality of our programs as well as the University's connectedness to the region,” said Lori Duggan Gold, Vice President for Communications at Adelphi University.

The following is a list of the awards and descriptions, courtesy of ILUUF and LICF:

• Adelphi University Institute for Parenting: $20,000 for advocacy to change judicial practice and improve outcomes for children in the Nassau County child welfare system.
•  Adelphi University School of Social Work/Long Island Center for Non-Profit Leadership: $40,000 to support a new array of organizational capacity-building programs and services for Long Island nonprofits.
•  Five Towns Community Center: $20,000 to strengthen the capacity of the Latino community of Inwood to address education and law enforcement policies that negatively impact parents and children.
• Immigration Legal Services of Long Island: $15,000 to provide legal services to Latinas who are victims of domestic violence.
• Sepa Mujer: $20,000 to expand a leadership education and advocacy center for Latina immigrant women in Suffolk County.
• Tri-State Transportation Campaign: $25,000 to mobilize and empower Nassau County’s diverse bus riders to lead a campaign to fight service cuts to Long Island Bus.

The LIUUF was established by the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, according to the release.

The LICF has been making donations since 1978 in identified areas of need. To date, the fund has dispensed approximately $130 million in grants to organizations throughout Long Island. For additional information, please visit www.licf.org.