Alice and Murray Giddings Foundatio

About Alice and Murray Giddings Foundatio

Alice and Murray Giddings Foundatio centers its giving on merit-based college scholarships for graduating public high school seniors in Columbia County, New York. The program is designed to recognize students who show high academic achievement, leadership, and service to their communities, and it supports accredited two-year and four-year postsecondary paths, including vocational programs and community colleges. The funder’s recent grants show that this is not a broad discretionary portfolio but a tightly defined scholarship program with awards reaching $6,000. Recent recipients include Lily Strattman and Riley Robertson, each awarded $6,000 in 2025, reflecting the foundation’s continued support for individual students entering postsecondary education. Other scholarship recipients in the recent record include Marilyn Roque Velasquez and Rafia Tasnim, both awarded in 2024. The foundation also funds individuals directly rather than institutions, aligning its grantmaking with student-level tuition support. Its stated purpose is to acknowledge and foster young adults who meet the scholarship criteria, and the recent awards indicate that the foundation uses its resources to help local public-school graduates move into accredited higher education and vocational training.

What Alice and Murray Giddings Foundatio Funds

The foundation’s giving is concentrated in scholarships and higher education access. In one recent award, it gave $3,784 to Winter Exley for college scholarship support, and another grant of $3,000 went to Anna Carroll for the same purpose. These awards fit a pattern of individual educational assistance rather than institutional grants. Leadership and community service are also part of the scholarship criteria. The program description states that recipients are selected for strong leadership qualities and involvement in service to their communities, so the academic award is tied to broader student development. The scholarship can be used at accredited two-year or four-year postsecondary programs, including vocational programs and community colleges, which places postsecondary choice at the center of the funder’s education strategy. The recent grants list also shows awards to students such as Larry Walker and Osman Gofram, indicating repeated support for students from the same local community across multiple years.

How Alice and Murray Giddings Foundatio Gives