September 29, 2016

Posts Categorized: Community Foundation News

At the June 2016 press conference announcing a new, major partnership with Albany Medical Center, Baby Institute executive director Noelene Smith, MSW, began her remarks byRead more »

September 26, 2016

Posts Categorized: Community Foundation News

The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region remembers with deep gratitude and an even greater sense of loss, our friend J. Spencer Standish who passedRead more »

September 15, 2016

Posts Categorized: Community Foundation News

Join our friends at the Mohawk-Hudson Grant Professionals Association on Friday, October 7, for their Meet the Funders workshop. Senior representatives from high-profile foundations will informRead more »

August 22, 2016

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This program made possible with funding support from Albany Guardian Society  ·  Bender Family Foundation  ·  The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region KeyBank Foundation Read more »

August 08, 2016

Posts Categorized: Community Foundation News

Join the staff and Board of Directors of the Community Foundation in welcoming John Eberle! Click here to leave a welcome message for John on ourRead more »

July 27, 2016

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Bloomberg Philanthropies has released a wonderful new sneak peek at the technology, artists and thoughts behind ‘Breathing Lights,’ a temporary public art project taking place inRead more »

July 20, 2016

Posts Categorized: Community Foundation News

In 2016, the Community Foundation is awarding scholarships totaling more than $503,000 to 278 local students (including scholarships awarded by our two regional affiliates, the Niskayuna CommunityRead more »

Breathing Lights (photo credit Hyers + Mebane)
June 16, 2016

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Breathing Lights, one of four winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, will illuminate hundreds of vacant buildings in Albany, Schenectady and Troy nightly inRead more »

A former convent in Schenectady was lit in March 2016 as part of the beta test for the Breathing Lights art installation. (Photo credit: Hyers + Mebane)
April 08, 2016

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  Public Art Project will Transform Neighborhoods, Highlighting City Revitalization Efforts Mayors Kathy Sheehan (Albany), Gary McCarthy (Schenectady), and Patrick Madden (Troy) gathered today at theRead more »

Karen Bilowith
January 26, 2016

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Karen Bilowith served as President & CEO for the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region from 2009-2015, and will become President & CEO of the IdahoRead more »