Philanthropist Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen is energetically waving her hands in the air. Wired on her favorite coffee—hazelnut Taster’s Choice—the Stanford University philanthropy professor says that she’s excited… Read more »
From the Wall Street Journal: What do the bull market, booming mergers and acquisitions, and possible changes to the tax laws have in common? They all… Read more »
Raised Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Lessons from Successful Inheritors on How They Got That Way Coventry Edwards-Pitt (BP Books, 2014); Reviewed by Sara Finkelstein Order from 21/64… Read more »
Click here to view the full e-newsletter online. Dear friends: Summer is flying by at the Community Foundation! Here are just a few things keeping Foundation… Read more »
By Paul Bray The nation’s first bona-fide all-female union was formed in Troy 150 years ago under the leadership of a young Irish immigrant, Kate Mullany,… Read more »
ALBANY, NY (June 3, 2014)— The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region honored John J. Nigro, the Nigro Family and Barbara Linell Glaser at today’s… Read more »
MISCI AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION ANNOUNCE $300,000 GIFT TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER AT MISCI (Schenectady, NY) miSci – the… Read more »
From the Times Union: That old baseball axiom is wrong, Stefan Klein argues: Nice guys don’t finish last. Klein makes his case in “Survival of the… Read more »
From Northeastern University: Rebecca Riccio, director of the Social Impact Lab at Northeastern University, was recently asked to justify the practice of local philanthropy in the United States… Read more »
During the 2004-2005 school year, the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region gave a grant to the Guilderland School District to purchase Miss Lily Sigmund,… Read more »