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News from your community foundation 
December 2010- Vol 1, Issue 6
In This Issue
2010: The Year That Was
Corporate Partners Program
Community Foundation Grants at Work
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2010: The Year That Was
 
clock with confetti and noisemakersWhere does the time go? Can it really be that we are preparing to bid farewell to 2010?

The year has flown by for those of us here at The Community Foundation, and the dawn of a new year is the perfect time to look back at some highlights of 2010.
  • We partnered with Mohawk Valley EDGE and United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area for a community indicators project.
  • We were humbled to receive the largest single gift - nearly $6 million - in our history with the establishment of the Mele Family Fund.
  • We sponsored educational opportunities for not-for-profit organizations, Certified Public Accountants and attorneys.
  • We got social with Flickr and Twitter accounts.
  • We recognized Dwight E. "Duke" Vicks, Jr. with the Rosamond Childs Award for Community Philanthropy and Young Scholars Liberty Partnerships Program with the Community Impact Award.
  • Our Grants Committee invested $1,145,702 in the community through 39 discretionary grants.

2011 holds exciting prospects that we can hardly wait to announce, but wait we must...it will be worth it.

 

Nothing we have done and nothing we will do would be possible without your support. Thank you.

 

Happy New Year from your friends at The Community Foundation!

 

Community Foundation Corporate Partners
Thank you to our charter Corporate Partners for your support. We look forward to continuing our partnership in 2011 and beyond.
If you would like your business to be part of our Corporate Partners Program in 2011, contact Director of Donor Services Elayne Johnson at (315) 735-8212 or ejohnson@foundationhoc.org.
Community Foundation Grants at Work
 
smiling girl on slide

A $20,900 grant helped Thea Bowman House install outdoor classroom equipment, including a playground for physical education.




 

 

Rust to Green representatives

A $53,200 investment in support of Rust to Green initiatives will allow Hamilton College and Cornell University students and faculty to conduct research projects to benefit the City of Utica.



Vet2Vet coordinator


Compeer received $33,362 to start a Vet2Vet program that matches veterans with other veterans and/or community volunteers for friendship and support.