Raise the region | Thursday, May 29, 2025

Raise the region
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Changing the Conversation with Matthew Desmond Recap

By avorio / December 3, 2019 / 0 Comments

  Early in 2019, the Community Foundation formed a community partnership with Catholic Charities, Unity House, and the New York State Writers Institute called Changing the Conversation. Our goals are … Read more

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Applications being Accepted for Emerging Nonprofit Leadership Accelerator 2020

By avorio / October 15, 2019 / 0 Comments

The mission of the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Accelerator (ENLA) is to cultivate a robust talent and leadership pipeline for the nonprofit sector in the greater Capital Region. Participants engage in … Read more

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Community Foundation Welcomes New Board Members and new Board Emerita

By avorio / September 26, 2019 / 0 Comments

Community Foundation Welcomes New Board Members and new Board Emerita  The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region welcomed three new board members beginning their first three-year term in September … Read more

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Matthew Desmond coming to Albany for Changing the Conversation Event

By avorio / August 13, 2019 / 0 Comments

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Matthew Desmond coming to Albany for Changing the Conversation Event WHAT: Changing the Conversation: Home is Where the Heart Is, with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Matthew Desmond WHEN: … Read more

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Community Foundation Honors Board Members’ Exemplary Service

By avorio / August 6, 2019 / 0 Comments

The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region honors William Kahn, CPA, Amy O’Connor, Esq., and Jeffrey Rosenbaum, JD, CPA, for completing their third and final term on the board … Read more

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The Community Foundation welcomes two new professional staff: Dorcey L. Applyrs, DrPH, MPH and Jonathan Richardson, MSW, MPA

By avorio / July 30, 2019 / 0 Comments

The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region is happy to welcome Dorcey L. Applyrs, DrPH, MPH as the Vice President, Community Health Initiatives and Jonathan Richardson as the Communications … Read more

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Rubin Community Health Fund Awards $332,000 to Local Nonprofits for Kidney Disease, Preventive Health Programs

By avorio / January 18, 2018 / 0 Comments

The Hortense and Louis Rubin Community Health Fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region has announced the recipients of their first-ever round of grantmaking. The fund focuses … Read more

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Community Foundation Brings Together Mayors, County Officials, Nonprofit Leaders To Form Nation’s First Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Regional Partnership

By avorio / October 19, 2017 / 0 Comments

The mayors of Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, county officials, nonprofit leaders and others joined today to officially create the nation’s first regional Green & Healthy Homes InitiativeTM (GHHI) partnership. The … Read more

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Grant Funding Workshop – April 12

By avorio / March 22, 2017 / 0 Comments

From our friends at the Capital Region Chamber and the Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC): Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) Grant Funding Workshop Wednesday, April 12, 2017 //  Hudson Valley … Read more

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Breathing Lights Finale + Policy Summit: April 7, 2017

By avorio / March 17, 2017 / 0 Comments

Breathing Lights, the unprecedented temporary public art project for which the Community Foundation served as convener and fiscal agent, officially wraps with an afternoon of art and inspiration: Friday, April … Read more

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