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Thursday, May 29, 2025

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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Building and Sustaining Our Future

By avorio / November 18, 2019 / 0 Comments

Barbara Linell Glaser, Ed.D. Having grown up surrounded by the natural landscapes of Minnesota, Barbara Glaser holds a special place in her heart for the great outdoors. Barbara made her … Read more

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Niskayuna Community Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients

By avorio / October 25, 2019 / 0 Comments

The Niskayuna Community Foundation (NCF) has announced the recipients of the 2019 grant process.  NCF is one of the only philanthropic 501c3 organizations which exclusively serves the Niskayuna community.  The … Read more

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Funds Collaborate to Support Young Abolitionists

By avorio / August 22, 2019 / 0 Comments

Finding programs during the summer for teenagers living in the Arbor Hill and West Hill neighborhoods can be a challenge. Understanding this, the Underground Railroad Project of the Capital Region … 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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An Advocate’s Legacy Continues to Fight for Justice

By avorio / August 22, 2019 / 0 Comments

Community activist Vera “Mike” Michelson devoted her life to fighting for social justice and bridging racial and economic divides while putting her progressive political beliefs into practice with street-level pragmatism. … Read more

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Community Foundation on WAMC – Northeast Public Radio

By avorio / March 12, 2018 / 0 Comments

Our own John Eberle, President & CEO, Jackie Mahoney, Executive Vice President, and Siobhan Kent, APR, Communications Director, enjoyed talking with Joe Donohue, host of WAMC’s Roundtable, about our work, … 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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