Community Leadership 6 - The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region

Giving Creates Community: Join the Foundation in Making a Difference!

By avorio / October 28, 2014 / 0 Comments

Dear friends: The Community Foundation was founded on the idea that “giving creates community.” Nearly 50 years later, the Foundation continues to work to strengthen our community through philanthropy. Your … Read more

Solving The World’s Biggest Problems Takes Ensembles, Not Soloists

By avorio / October 2, 2014 / 0 Comments

From Jeffrey Walker, Vice Chairman, United Nation’s Secretary General’s Envoy for Health Finance and Malaria (via LinkedIn): When I started playing in a jazz band back in the seventh grade, one of … Read more

Building a Stronger Community: 2013 – 2014 Annual Report

By avorio / September 30, 2014 / 0 Comments

In partnership with donors and the Board of Directors, the Community Foundation accomplished great things in the 2013 – 2014 year, such as: Helping local nonprofit organizations build capacity and … Read more

Where We Are, and Where We’re Going

By avorio / September 29, 2014 / 0 Comments

Dear friends: For nearly half a century, the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region has strengthened our community through philanthropy. As the Foundation approaches its’ 50th Anniversary in 2018, … Read more

From the Business Review: Why this BofA exec thinks a board seat is so much more than a resume builder

By avorio / September 26, 2014 / 0 Comments

From the Business Review: Everyone is an equal player on a corporate board. Forget the hierarchies that exist in a corporate setting. In the boardroom, everyone is free to speak … Read more

From the Times Union: Troy’s union history past comes alive

By avorio / July 20, 2014 / 0 Comments

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, and her colleague, Esther … Read more

MiSci and Community Foundation Announce $300,000 Gift

By avorio / May 8, 2014 / 0 Comments

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 Museum of Innovation and … Read more

Capacity Building Initiative for Nonprofit Organizations

By avorio / March 18, 2014 / 0 Comments

This program has been made possible with funding support from: Albany Guardian Society, KeyBank, the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, Pavonia Fund, Standish Family Fund, Linda G. Toohey Donor … Read more

Media: Coverage on grant to NYCON

By avorio / March 18, 2014 / 0 Comments

A nice notice on our grantmaking from our friends at the New York Council on Nonprofits (NYCON) and the New York Nonprofit Press!

Community Foundation Hits New High Point with $4.87 Million in Grants, Scholarships Awarded in 2013

By avorio / January 1, 2014 / 0 Comments

The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region ended 2013 by hitting a new high point in generosity. The Foundation awarded more than $4.87 million in grants to nonprofit organizations … Read more

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