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Westchester Community Foundation Announces $506,500 In Grants Westchester Community Foundation Announces $506,500 In Grants
Westchester Community Foundation Announces $506,500 In Grants The Westchester Community Foundation has announced grants totaling $506,500 awarded to 20 local nonprofits. Four of these focus on the health of the county’s rivers and streams.  Awards totaling $126,000 provide continued support for agencies working to protect local watersheds and remediate invasive species in local forests: the Bronx River Alliance will coordinate watershed management efforts for the Bronx River; Groundwork Hudson Valley will revive the Saw Mill River Coalition; the Wildlife Conservation Sociey will improve fresh water passage for American eels in the Hutchinson River; an…