Next Generation Entrepreneurs Work to Improve their Community

By avorio / December 7, 2020 / 0 Comments

The Lundy Legacy Foundation Having grown up on multi-generational family farms in Upstate New York and New Jersey, Reid Lundy and Breanna Lundy, CFP, graduated from Cornell University with a … Read more

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The Power of Endowment Supports the Day Ahead

By avorio / November 30, 2020 / 0 Comments

Both veterans of World War II, Virginia and Harry Taylor shared a lifelong commitment to service. Virginia served with the US Naval Reserve, putting her nursing background to good use … Read more

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Dedicated to Equality

By avorio / November 30, 2020 / 0 Comments

Sherry and Barry Gold never took for granted their good fortune. Childhood sweethearts, they shared a commitment to family and community, which was demonstrated in their work and in the … Read more

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The Barnet Family’s Work Continues in Perpetuity

By avorio / November 22, 2020 / 0 Comments

William Barnet II was an early investor and a founding member of the Community Foundation. As his family had done before him, Mr. Barnet served his community as a volunteer, … Read more

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Farewell to our dear friend Matthew Bender, IV

By avorio / February 24, 2020 / 0 Comments

The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region learned yesterday of the passing of our friend Matt Bender. Today, we remember Matt with deep gratitude and an even greater sense … Read more

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Investing in Her Community’s Future

By avorio / November 18, 2019 / 0 Comments

Throughout her childhood, Judith (Judy) Stein’s mother instilled in her and her siblings the idea of fairness through the example she set for them every day. While they never went … Read more

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Partners with a Passion for Their Community

By avorio / November 18, 2019 / 0 Comments

Jim & Cheryl Gold Jim and Cheryl Gold met during their studies at the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the New York State Historical Association and State University College at Oneonta … Read more

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Providing A Safe Place For Kids

By avorio / August 22, 2019 / 0 Comments

Nearly 30 years ago, the Community Foundation worked with the Mechanicville Area Community Service Center in southern Saratoga County to establish the Foundation’s very first agency endowment fund. It was … Read more

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Spreading Sunshine

By avorio / August 22, 2019 / 0 Comments

Dennis and Lynne Crimi established the Jennifer Crimi Sunshine Fund as a way to continue to share the light their daughter brought to each of them and to her global … Read more

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The Greatness of a Community

By avorio / August 22, 2019 / 0 Comments

On a Monday morning in July, I sat down with five Community Foundation supporters at the Rensselaer County Historical Society for a conversation about their commitment to philanthropy at the … Read more

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