Project Me Foundation Inc.

Community Violence Prevention Partner

SNUG / ICAN

SNUG / ICAN works close to the places where tension starts. Their team understands the neighborhood side of prevention, and that lines up with PMFI’s goal of reaching young people before one bad moment becomes the thing that defines them.

The partnership gives PMFI a stronger connection to violence-prevention outreach and conflict mediation. It also helps young people hear the same message from more than one trusted place: there is another way forward, and someone is willing to walk with them while they find it.

Business & Community Network Partner

Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce helps PMFI stay connected to local business leaders and civic partners. For youth work to grow, the foundation needs relationships with people who understand the area and want to see young people included in its future.

That network can lead to support, visibility, volunteers, and practical opportunities. PMFI’s partnership with the Chamber helps keep the work rooted in Greater Utica instead of isolated from the community it serves.

Community Sponsor

MSTA Syracuse

MSTA Syracuse supports values that sit close to PMFI’s work: self-mastery, responsibility, service, and respect for community. Those ideas give young people something steadier to build from when life has been unstable.

Its community-based education and civic-minded work help reinforce the character development PMFI teaches through mentorship and structured programming. The relationship gives PMFI another local partner rooted in service and personal growth.

This support is voluntary and community-based, consistent with charitable and educational purposes. It does not create a joint venture, agency relationship, or expectation of financial compensation or material benefit.

Youth Empowerment Partner

Syracuse Kung Fu

Syracuse Kung Fu gives PMFI’s youth a place to practice discipline in a real, physical way. Martial arts teaches patience and self-control through repetition, which can reach a young person differently than another talk across a table.

Through the Young Shaolin Alternative to Violence Youth Empowerment Program, instructors help participants work through pressure, anger, and leadership from the inside out. The partnership gives PMFI a hands-on path for teaching nonviolence and personal growth.

Film & Media Partner

Finally Focused Films

Finally Focused Films helps PMFI offer young people a creative lane where their stories can become skill, confidence, and finished work. Media training gives participants a reason to pay attention to their own voice and what they want to say with it.

The instruction covers the real process of making visual work, from shaping an idea to completing a project. For PMFI, that creative process fits naturally with helping young people turn lived experience into direction.

Community Violence Prevention Partner

Street Addiction Institute Inc.

Street Addiction Institute Inc. brings a grounded understanding of the pain and survival habits that can sit underneath street conflict. PMFI’s work meets that same reality from the youth-development side, where guidance has to be steady enough to compete with the pull of old patterns.

SAII’s approach adds useful education and community insight to prevention work. Together, the relationship helps make healing feel possible while still holding young people accountable for the choices in front of them.

Public Safety & Accountability Resource

Oneida County Probation Department

The Oneida County Probation Department is part of the accountability system many young people encounter at a difficult point in life. PMFI can help extend the support around that moment by offering mentorship and a place to practice responsibility outside the court setting.

This connection helps young people stay linked to positive community support after supervision or court involvement has entered the picture. The goal is simple: accountability should point toward a better next step, not leave someone standing still.