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Philanthropy Magnified
March 2013
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A Message from Our Director
George Ferrari
Less than a quarter of the way into 2013 and your Community Foundation has already concluded two of our four grant cycles and invested over $140,000 of grants in our area's agencies and libraries. The spring brings many events, our annual celebration, and two new Philanthropy Learning Exchanges, one for donor advisors and another for professional advisors, about investing strategies for sustainable gifts. We have also recently completed four Listening Learning sessions hearing from grantees and other agencies about types of grants; program, capital, capacity building, and operating grants. Look for a report from us to our community in early Summer 2013 about the results of these very interesting conversations. As always keep connected by visiting our website at www.cftompkins.org
Philanthropy Magnified every day.
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Rosen Library Grant Cycle
Awards Over $125,000 in 24 Grants
Over $125,000 in 24 Grants to 18 Libraries in 5 Counties was awarded. Grants from the Rosen Library Fund are designated to support the lifelong love of reading and learning and to encourage youth to develop the habit of library use among the 33 public libraries of the Finger Lakes Library System in Cayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.
The Rosen Fund grant cycle awarded over $125,000 in 18 grants to 24 libraries. The Rosen Fund granted $98,853, with more than $25,000 of additional grants from the Community Foundation's Children & Youth field of interest fund as well as from the Ujeni Fund for Advancing Public Education. Support went to summer reading, story time, and youth engagement programs. For a detailed list of grantees, please visit our website by: CLICKING HERE
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9th Annual Women's Fund Luncheon
March 12, 2013
Bevely Baker
2013 Laura Holmberg Awardee
Community Foundation's Women's Fund celebrates the power of women in philanthropy with 11 grantees awarded over $19,000 of grants to achieve powerful results for women in Tompkins County.
See the list of programs and organizations awarded.
CLICK HERE
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TED Talk Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong
Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend - not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world..
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Who We Are
Community foundations are not-for-profit organizations founded and staffed by people who are dedicated to seeking out what is needed in our community and what is valuable about Tompkins County and to helping those valuable assets grow important results. We understand our community's needs and help you to turn your charitable passions into results oriented philanthropy. We show donors how to make your gifts go further and accomplish more.
Contact George Ferrari, Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Executive Director or call 607-272-9333 if you would like to explore ways for the Community Foundation to assist you in making your philanthropic dreams a reality for Tompkins County.
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Join us!
Community Foundation
Annual Celebration
"Passion as a Vehicle for Change"
Tuesday, May 28th
Register Here
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A Special Professional Advisor Session on
Investment Strategies for Sustainable Giving
April 25
Register Here
*********************** Philanthropy Learning Exchange for Donor Advisors & Legacy Society Members Investment Strategies for Sustainable Giving April 25 Register Here ************************ For additional information regarding grant opportunities, please visit us online at www.cftompkins.org/granting |
Marcie Finlay
Nominating & Governance Committee
Marcie is an attorney with the firm of Blumkin, Finlay & Bixler, LLP and has been in private practice in Ithaca since 1997. Her practice is focused primarily in the areas of estate planning and administration, elder law, guardianship and special needs planning. She gives frequent presentations to community groups on topics such as advanced directives, guardianship and special needs planning . Marcie is a current member of the Board of Directors of McGraw House, and a panelist for the New York State Surrogate Decision Making Committee. Marcie lives in the Town of Enfield, where she enjoys gardening and spending time with her husband and two teenage sons.
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Meet the Board
Board Chair
Robin Masson
Vice Board Chair
Secretary
Mary Berens
Treasurer
David Squires
Members
Richard Banks
Susan Brown Tom Colbert
Randy Ehrenberg
Ross Feldman
Marcie Finlay
Mariette Geldenhuys
Bob Jewell
Sara Knobel
Tim Little
Alan Mathios
Diane McDonough
Bill Murphy
Nancy Potter
Carol Travis
Linda Wagenet
Julie Waters
Amy Yale-Loehr
Jeff Furman
Howard Hartnett
Bill Myers
Robert Swieringa
John Semmler
Diane Shafer
Staff
Executive Director
George Ferrari, Jr.
Program Officer
Janet Cotraccia
Donor Relations Officer
Amy LeViere |
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