The Junior League of Westchester on the Sound (JLWOS) recently announced the winners of its 2025 Community Grants. The JLWOS Community Grant program is open to nonprofit community organizations in New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye Brook, Rye Neck, Rye, Harrison and Port Chester that are addressing the needs of women and children in this community. This year, in a nod to the JLWOS’ 75th Anniversary, the League was able to award a total of $75,000 to 13 different organizations across its service area. 

“We are proud to be able to contribute to the efforts of these dedicated organizations to bring critical and high-quality services to members of the Sound Shore community. This area is home to so many excellent organizations with impressive projects seeking funding to fill opportunity and service gaps for our neighbors,” said Caroline Vance, outgoing JLWOS President.

Organizations receiving 2025 JLWOS Community Grants are:

· Community Resource Center to support the Building Our Future Program, supporting domestic workers as they receive training and develop leadership skills.

· Don Bosco Community Center of Port Chester Inc. to provide summer camp scholarships.

· Family Services of Westchester (FSW) to equip a dedicated speech therapy room for special-needs, preschool children enrolled in FSW’s new Prime Time program in New Rochelle.

· Friends of New Rochelle Public Library to expand the library’s vacation week programming for children and families, providing free educational and recreational opportunities during school breaks.

· Furniture Sharehouse to furnish the homes of 15 female-headed households with children.

· Harrison Public Library to launch and operate a Baby & Me – Moms Connect initiative.

· Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Counseling Center to launch a fellowship program, allowing Master’s level Social Work interns to serve approximately 20 to 30 individual/family cases and 50 to 75 students in prevention programs per year.

· New Rochelle Youth Bureau to expand the impactful Mommy & Me Program that a previous JLWOS grant launched and to support the launch of a Father & Me program pilot.

· Songcatchers, Inc. to support the Early Childhood Music Program, which serves children ages 1½ to 6 years.

· STEER for Student Athletes to onboard an additional Port Chester high school student to STEER’s impactful Pathlete program that provides one-on-one mentoring support for participating students. 

· The STEM Alliance of Larchmont-Mamaroneck, Inc. to support the Co-Op Summer Enrichment Program, a successful public-private partnership since 2017 between The STEM Alliance and the Mamaroneck Union Free School District. 

· Trifecta Steppers & Co., Inc. to support the continued growth and development of the program, which empowers middle and high school girls through the art of stepping.

· Westchester Children’s Museum to continue its successful Westchester Wednesday mornings for community partners to share resources and build relationships with new target constituents. A JLWOS grant funded the initial pilot of this program last year.

The JLWOS is an educational and charitable organization of women with a mission to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. JLWOS’ volunteer and outreach activities are funded primarily by the sales of its thrift shop, the Golden Shoestring, located in Larchmont. The 2026 Community Grant program will open in early 2026. Read more about the JLWOS Community Grant program at https://westchesteronthesound.jl.org/grants/.