Hudson River Bank Trust Foundation - HRBT Foundation Supporting charitable causes and community development in Columbia County NY since 1998. Providing philanthropic support for local community goals OUR FOCUS While the Foundation is open to considering any worthy project that meets its basic guidelines it concentrates its grantmaking in the following areasHealth CareCommunity DevelopmentEducation and YouthArts and CultureHistoric PreservationEnvironmental ProtectionAgriculture and Food Security IMPACTS From the beginning HRBT Foundation focused on notforprofitenterprises that themselves engaged the larger community aroundthem. The local hospital and community college were obviousplaces to make dollars work for the general good and to datethey have received the largest single portions of the grant fundsdistributed by the Foundation. Find out more from past recipients how the HRBT Foundation has helped them achieve their goals.