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Shirley M. Aubrey Fund
A generous bequest from Ms. Aubrey created this fund to support programs favoring childre |
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William D. Barnet Memorial Scholarship Fund
After traveling the world as a rubber buyer for his second cousin, tire magnate Harvey Firestone, William D. Barnet settled in Syracuse as a salesman for the J.P. Byrne tire company. A great believer in a solid secondary school education, he established this fund to provide unique educational opportunities not normally covered by school budgets. |
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Walter Brooks Memorial Fund
Walter Brooks, recruited as a baseball player in the major leagues, kept alive his love of the game for many years through younger players. Friends and family sustained his legacy to future ballplayers by establishing this fund for support of youth baseball programs in Syracuse. |
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Carriage House Foundation Fund
After ceasing operation of their Wagon Wheel Senior Center, the Carriage House Foundation transferred its assets to the Community Foundation, thereby assuring future funding for senior programs in the area. |
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Cayuga Community Fund
A philanthropic initiative established in 2008, this fund will work to attract and retain charitable dollars for the benefit of charitable organizations in Cayuga County. |
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Cazenovia School District Student Incentive Fund
Cazenovia Central School District established this fund to support extracurricular activities, scholarships and special programs for the student body. |
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Community Council on Careers Fund
When the Community Council on Careers was dissolved in 1990, its assets were transferred to the Community Foundation. Today, the fund continues to support projects that improve skill training in business and manufacturing industries in Central New York. |
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Community Literacy Fund
The Community Foundation’s board of directors designated this fund to support ongoing community efforts to increase literacy across the lifespan. |
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Coon Fund
Joyce Caroline Coon, a long-time resident of Madison County, established this fund by bequest for the benefit of needy veterans and their families. It was formed in honor of her late brother, Darwin, a Korean War veteran who spent a great deal of time in the Syracuse Veteran’s Hospital when he was alive. Joyce’s determination to help others facing struggles similar to her own family lives on through this fund. |
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J. Henry & Martha E. DeBoer Fund
J. Henry DeBoer was a trailblazer in the early world of furniture making, retailing, packing, moving and shipping. His family business, formed in 1910, produced and distributed 30 patented furniture display and handling accessories. Martha DeBoer was the company’s vice president. This charitable bequest was established in 1977 to help children suffering from vision problems, impaired hearing or kidney disease. |
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Domestic Violence & Support (DoVES)
Created by a caring and enthusiastic group committed to ending violence against women and children, this fund provides aid to victims of domestic violence and the organizations that are dedicated to eradicating this injustice. |
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M. Harold & Frances M. Dwyer Fund
The Community Foundation administers this fund in memory of Frances and “Pete” Dwyer. Dr. Dwyer was a clinical psychologist and published author at Syracuse University and her husband was a partner of the Hancock & Estabrook law firm. Funds help aid the disabled in obtaining assistance in maintaining independence. |
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Education Endowment Fund
In 1999, the Central New York Community Foundation’s Board of Directors designated this endowment to support public education, recognizing the vital importance of public education to the community as a whole. |
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Harold & Marian Edwards Fund/O.M. Edwards Fund
The O.M. Edwards Company, a former important corporate citizen in Syracuse, manufactured aluminum frames and glass windows for trains, telephone booths and other industrial and commercial establishments. In 1998, the O.M. Edwards and Harold & Marian Edwards Funds were combined to form this fund to provide grants benefiting children in need. |
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Environmental Fund
In 2002, the Community Foundation partnered with the Great Lakes Community Foundation Environmental Collaborative and the Joyce Foundation to establish an endowed fund for the environment. |
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The Fenstermacher Fund
Theodore Fenstermacher, a Cortland attorney also noted for his position as Chief Prosecutor in the Nuremberg war crimes trials, established a fund by bequest in 2001 for the general benefit of the Cortland community. Today it supports an annual lecture series in his name. |
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Future Fund of Central New York
The Future Fund is a “giving circle” founded by young professionals in the Central New York area to provide its members an opportunity to pool their charitable gifts and to collaborate with others to have a greater impact with their giving. |
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John M. & Mary L. Gallinger Fund
John and Mary Gallinger were well-known and respected in Central New York both for their highly successful company, Gallinger Real Estate, as well as their commitment to the community at large. After serving in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, John graduated from Syracuse University and went on to start the real estate company that he grew and prospered for many years. Active in the community, John was an elder in First Presbyterian Church, first president of the Eldercare Foundation Board of Directors and a Paul Harris member of the Camillus Rotary Club. Both John and Mary left behind a legacy of excellence in the local community. When he passed away, John’s will directed the formation of this fund in their names to benefit services to the elderly. |
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GLBT Community Fund
This fund was established by Jeff Unaitis in 2006 to benefit the efforts of the gay/lesbian/bi- and trans-sexual community in a widely-defined manner. |
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Joseph C. Georg Estate Fund
A bequest from the estate of Joseph C. Georg, who owned a local snow removal and highway construction equipment dealership, established a permanent fund to award grants for cancer and heart research. |
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Greater Pulaski Community Endowment Fund
In 1991, the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust seeded this fund to strengthen local charities in the Pulaski region. Contributions to this fund provide permanent resources for grants to Pulaski-area not-for-profit agencies. |
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Hearts in the Right Place Fund
Oftentimes, those living with HIV and AIDS struggle to find the affordable housing and support they need to avoid being homeless or living out their lives in hospitals. Concerned citizens established this fund to ensure that adequate housing and support services will be available to this vulnerable population and others far into the future. |
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Flora Mather Hosmer Fund
During her lifetime, Cazenovia’s “Toto” Hosmer was a true philanthropist and patron of the arts. After her death in 1981, her will established this permanent fund, asking the Community Foundation to be receptive to requests from the favorite charitable organizations she named.. Grants are also awarded from this fund to organizations that the Community Foundation believes Flora would support today. |
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Jelly Bean Angel Fund for Innovation
Created by Community Foundation board member Vicki Brackens in honor of her partner, Earlene, this fund will be used to catalyze the development of innovative ideas through the partnership of entrepreneurs and academic institutions. Priority will be given to programs that enhance opportunities for public-private partnerships that have a social and community benefit component as part of the intended collaboration outcome.
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John H. & Mary P. Hughes Fund
This fund was established in 1972 in honor of the former New York State senator and his wife by the Hughes family and his partners at the Syracuse law firm, Mackenzie Hughes LLP. The Community Foundation uses the fund to make grants in the fields of health and developmentally challenged children, the primary charitable interests of John H. Hughes. |
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Jordan-Elbridge Youth Endowment Fund
Projects directed toward youth in the Jordan-Elbridge area will benefit from this fund, which was established with the many memorial gifts from friends and colleagues of D. Paige Gorham, who practiced law in Elbridge. |
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Faith T. Knapp Memorial Fund
Faith Knapp was a Cazenovia preservationist whose charitable legacy supports the arts and environmental conservation throughout Madison County. |
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Lewis-Trinity Fund
Anonymous donors established a donor-advised fund in 1994 that provided regular distributions within the community. In 1996, the donors revised the fund agreement to provide a permanent unrestricted endowment to meet the basic human needs of the less fortunate. |
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Christine S. Nazzaro Memorial Fund
In memory of this young mother and teacher, family and friends established this fund to support special education programs and projects in Central New York. |
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Henry A. Panasci, Jr. Fund for Lewy Body Research
A well-respected and successful businessman and loyal supporter of many local not-for-profits, Henry was diagnosed late in life with Lewy Body disease, about which little is known. Memorial gifts are directed toward finding better methods of diagnosis and treatment of this illness. |
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J. Daniel & Diane Pluff Fund
J. Daniel Pluff, a prominent local financial advisor, established this fund with his wife Diane to benefit a cause that was deeply personal to them – services for children with special needs. When their two daughters, Anna now 13 and Sophie age 11, were born prematurely, they both were found to have moderate to severe hearing loss in both ears. Early intervention services helped both girls to adapt extremely well with therapy and hearing technology. During her quest for answers to help her own children, Diane became very involved with helping other local families who were experiencing similar issues with their newborns. She was struck by the frequency of hearing loss in children. The couple established this fund to do what they can to help special needs children and their families with support, comfort and hope.
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Durston Sanford & Doris Sanford Fund
Upon their deaths, the remainder of this charitable trust came to the Community Foundation. Distributions from this fund will be used in the fields of education and health. |
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Dorothy R. Shoudy Memorial Hearing Impaired Fund
Dorothy Shoudy, a long-time resident of Central New York who dedicated her life to teaching others, stipulated the formation of this fund in her will to benefit the hearing impaired of Central New York. Programs that will benefit include those providing sign language interpreters in schools and at performing arts events, as well as special programs for hearing impaired students at local school districts. |
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Virginia C. Simons & Dr. C. Adele Brown Fund
This fund was established by a 1998 bequest to meet community needs in the areas of cancer and heart disease research, education and care. |
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Spanfelner Fund
In 1999, John Spanfelner and his wife, Anne, established this fund to support two objectives. John, an ardent fly fisherman, desired to promote the preservation of ecosystems, clean water in Central New York waterways and organizations that care for and train dogs that help humans. |
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Allen Speiser Memorial Vocational Rehabilitation Fund
The C.I.G.S. Foundation board of directors in 2001 chose to direct their assets to the Community Foundation to establish a fund to promote the vocational, educational, health and social needs of people with disabilities subject to social barriers. The fund is named in honor of Dr. Allen Speiser, the first director of Consolidated Industries, a sheltered workshop program for people with disabilities. |
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Staff Advancement Endowment Fund
Michael and Elaine Crough permanently endowed this fund in 2006 to improve opportunities for career development of individual front-line, non-management, human service workers, providing them with professional development and training opportunities. |
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Syracuse Dispensary Fund and Syracuse Dispensary Designated Purpose Fund
Established in 1888 to provide medical and surgical aid for those who could not afford it, the Syracuse Free Dispensary closed its doors in 1964. In 1966, the State’s Supreme Court ordered the Dispensary’s endowment assets transferred to the Community Foundation. The Dispensary’s mission lives on through these two funds, which provide grants for general health purposes. |
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Syracuse SIDS Prevention Fund
Accumulated earnings from the Syracuse SIDS Golf Classic created a permanent fund in 2007 to support the elimination of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome through increased community awareness and medical research as well as parent support programs and risk reduction education. |
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Tiny Rubenstein Animal Welfare Fund
From mucking stalls to riding her horses in top-level dressage competitions, Tiny Rubenstein’s life revolved around her passion and concern for the welfare of all animals. Tiny’s legacy is reflected in the many animals that she rescued, treated and cared for so passionately and generously over her lifetime. Her husband of thirty years, Jeff, established this fund in her memory to support organizations that promote the health, safety, comfort and welfare of animals.
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Walter A. Thayer Fund
Little is known of the life or charitable inclinations of this former carpenter. However, through a charitable bequest in 1992, Mr. Thayer established this fund to provide grants for programs helping battered women and needy teenagers. |
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Women’s Fund of Central New York
The mission of the Women’s Fund of Central New York is to support, empower and recognize the advancement of women and girls in Central New York through a permanent endowment fund. |
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Youth In Philanthropy Fund
A grant award from the John Ben Snow Foundation in 2002 enabled the endowed funding of the Community Foundation’s Youth In Philanthropy program. Begun in 1997, the program introduces high school students to not-for-profit organizations in their community and engages them in the grantmaking experience. |