National Grid Foundation Donates $120,000 to Catholic Charities for Energy Assistance

With another generous grant from the National Grid Foundation, Catholic Charities is able to provide emergency energy assistance to many individuals and families during the winter months. National Grid Foundation announced on Friday a grant of $120,000 for 2018 to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany to help people with heating assistance. Not only has the National Grid Foundation come forward with its 10th successive grant, but the increase in this year’s grant means that over [...]

Read More ›

January 17, 2018

Statement on Cohoes Fire Fund

Catholic Charities received the funds from the Cohoes Fire Fund on Tuesday, January 16th and has begun connecting with the Cohoes fire survivors to start the Disaster Case Management process. This is a comprehensive approach to help disaster survivors rebuild their lives and gain back some of what was lost. Thanks to the experience of our case managers, who will be working one-on-one with the affected people, we will be able to seek out varied resources from state, federal, and local [...]

Read More ›

Catholic Charities Housing Office awarded TJX Foundation Grant

The Catholic Charities Housing Office was recently awarded a TJX Foundation Grant. The $10,000 grant will be used in support of Mercy House. A Shelter for Women and Children located in Albany, Mercy House has 19 shelter beds and 2 transitional (longer stay) shelter beds. 

Read More ›

November 29, 2017

#GivingTuesday a Success!

#GivingTuesday a Success!

Thank You for Making Giving Tuesday A Huge Success!  We are thrilled (Overwhelmed! Humbled! Grateful beyond words!) to say THANK YOU to our community for the incredible response in donating $17,185 for Catholic Charities' Giving Tuesday promotion!   On World Day of the Poor, we asked you to join us on our way to a $10,000 goal in honor of #GivingTuesday - $5,000 raised online, $5,000 matched from other generous donors including Alpin Haus. You came through in ways [...]

Read More ›

October 1, 2017

Charities Volunteers Return

Charities Volunteers Return

Six Catholic Charities employees recently returned home from a voluntary two week deployment in Houston, Texas. There, the team - our very own "Albany Angels"- assisted with Hurricane Recovery efforts. The crew arrived back home on Sunday, October 1st, tired but happy to be back in New York. Several news organizations were on the scene to interview the returning Catholic Charities employees about their experience. Catholic Charities USA had hosted its annual national conference in Houston, [...]

Read More ›