2018

2018 Grant Champions and Their Causes

The Winner of Our 2018 First Place Grant in the amount of $45,000 is… Breast Cancer Alliance!

The Pitch:

Breast Cancer Alliance was awarded the first prize of $45,000 with a matching grant from BCA Board Member, Lisa Walsh.  Together, we funded the first-ever Pitch Your Peers Breast Oncology Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

PYP Grant Champions:

Hillary Corbin and Nina Lindia

The Winner of Our 2018 Second Place Grant in the amount of $17,000 is… Emily Catherine Fedorko Foundation

The Pitch:

Emily Catherine Fedorko Foundation was awarded the second prize of over $17,000. Our grant will help fund the water safety education focus of the Chimes Building Project in cooperation with the Town of Greenwich and Friends of Greenwich Point. 

PYP Grant Champions:

Jessie Clifford, Dara Johnson and Jennifer Worden

The Winner of Our 2018 Third Place Grant in the amount of $2,000 is… Vanishing White Matter Families Foundation!

The Pitch:

Vanishing White Matter Families Foundation was awarded the third prize of $2000.  This grant will help defray costs for families with a child diagnosed with VWM, a devastating disease of the central nervous system. 

PYP Grant Champions:

Brooke Bohnsack and Lauren Hagerty