Announcing our newest fund: Community Memorial Fund
Community Foundation and community stakeholders recognize the need for a fund that will provide an opportunity for everyone to make a difference in our community through honoring the memory of their loved ones.
Memorialize a loved one, colleague, client, or friend and know that your gift will make a real difference here in our communities.
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Celebrations of Life
Our communities include those living, those past, and those yet to come. Celebrate the lives of loved ones and continue the impact of their lives through gifts benefiting the community where they have lived.
Find out more about two new funds and how others choose to honor the memory of a loved one.
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Child of Ithaca; Citizens of the World
We continue to remember a child of Ithaca, after twelve years. More than a single individual, this memorial has expanded to become a celebration of all youth, their hopes, and their aspirations.
The Erin Aljoe Schlather Dedicated Memorial Fund supports the performing arts, sustainability efforts, job training, equitable transportation and Tompkins County Public Library's programming in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM).
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Receiving the Gift, Making Grants, Creating Change
It changes ... over time. -- staying connected while growing, perhaps in new and unexpected ways. Learning to give and giving to learn by bringing people together and making a difference in the world.
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A Loved One's Legacy Helping Others
The Sophie Fund, established in 2016 in memory of Cornell University fine arts student Sophie Hack MacLeod, supports mental health initiatives aiding young people in the Ithaca, New York area.
Read The Sophie Fund blog post Sammus' Story about Ithaca rapper Sammus and her struggle with depression.
"... now the pressure gone but I barely sleep"
1080p (Official Video) l Online video clip. YouTube.
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Some may question, "Do I have other friends who are struggling without my realizing it?" What can we do to help?
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