Congratulations to the 2026 Winner!
Easton Youth Baseball League
The Easton Legacy Fund is proud to announce Easton Youth Baseball League as the 2026 Grant Winner. With support from this grant, a new batting cage will be added at the Militia Park complex—an important step toward expanding access to one of the league’s most valuable training resources. For more than two decades, the league’s two existing cages have primarily served older players—just a small portion of the nearly 400 kids who take part each season. This new cage is the first of several planned additions, opening the door for younger players to step up to the plate, build confidence, and develop their skills from the very start. From April through summer, and even into the Fall Ball season, Easton Youth Baseball provides a place where kids learn teamwork, discipline, and a love of the game. This project ensures more of them can fully participate and grow. At its core, this is what the Easton Legacy Fund is all about: investing in local not-for-profits and projects that strengthen our community and enhance the quality of life right here in Easton.
2025 Winners:
Easton Cable Access Television
This year, the Easton Legacy Fund grant was awarded to two local non-profits, Easton Community Access Television (ECAT) and the Natural Resources Trust of Easton (NRT). ECAT will use its grant to purchase a new curtain for its Studio at 50 Oliver Street. A new curtain will enable ECAT to further increase the distinct identity of its different programming. The project builds on ECAT’s recent investments in updating its podcast studio and enhancing its equipment track system, all part of a broader effort to better share Easton’s stories with the community.
Natural Resources Trust of Easton
The other 2025 Easton Legacy Fund grant recipient is the Natural Resources Trust (NRT) of Easton, also known as Sheep Pasture. Under the leadership of Director, Jenn Smith, NRT has been actively re-engaging with the community and reaffirming its mission. With a focus on increasing visibility and collaboration, the organization has launched a new logo and website, strengthened partnerships with other local groups, and ramped up outreach efforts. The grant will support this momentum by funding new street signage to help welcome visitors and increase awareness of a cherished Easton resource.
Watch as the 2025 Legacy Fund Grant is awarded to Easton Cable Access Television and Natural Resources Trust of Easton:
2024 Winner:
Easton Garden Club
The recipient of this year’s Grant is Easton Garden Club. In honor of Easton’s Tricentennial, which will be celebrated throughout 2025, the Easton Garden Club will design, implement, and maintain a Tricentennial Garden on the grounds of the Easton Historical Society. This garden will feature native plants, shrubs, and trees, using historical selections based on plant species growing at the oldest botanical gardens on the East Coast. The garden will be circular in design, incorporating pathways leading to a central hardscape area. Within this central area, the hardscape will contain memorial plaques currently on site, as well as a seating area.
Watch as the Easton Garden Club is awarded the Legacy Fund’s 2024 grant:
2023 Winner:
Children’s Museum Easton
Easton Legacy Fund is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 Grant is Children’s Museum Easton (CME). The grant will go towards replacing 2 exterior doors that are in poor shape: one serves the needs of those with limited ability and the other is an emergency fire exit. CME’s Executive Director, Christine Santoro, plans to have the doors replaced this fall as part of the Museum’s annual spruce-up. Look for updates on the progress in newsletters and on social media.
2022 Winner:
Smith Farm
“Thanks to a generous grant of $3,500 from the Easton Legacy Fund, the Smith Farm has received funding to construct a handicap ramp for the Asahel Smith Farmhouse. Built in 1880 by Dr. Asahel Smith, the Asahel Smith Farmhouse is nestled in what is now Borderland State Park. The renovation is an ongoing project of Smith Farm to preserve the historic farmhouse. Once restored, Smith Farm will be available to the community for a wide range of community wellness activities, particularly as a place of retreat and respite for local veterans.”
Rich Eastman, President
2021 Winner:
Easton Food Pantry
“This year’s Legacy Fund gift will contribute to the cost of a new van to replace one that the Food Pantry now rents at a cost of $400 per week. Over the years we have used trucks and trailers to expand our food storage capacity, as well as to make food pick-ups. The Food Pantry is a not-for-profit, staffed 100% by unpaid volunteers. Every week it distributes food to approximately 100 Easton families from its offices in the basement of the Town Hall. And on holidays or in emergencies like the pandemic, that number can go up to 150 or more.”
Ken Wood, Director
2020 Winner:
Oakes Ames Memorial Hall
