Raise the region | Thursday, May 29, 2025

Raise the region
Thursday, May 29, 2025

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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Ellen and Wallace Sanderson: A Simple Decision with A Big Impact

By avorio / February 12, 2018 / 0 Comments

Originally printed in the Community Foundation’s 1991 annual report: In many ways, Wallace and Ellen Sanderson were no different than other residents of the Capital Region. Like most of us, … Read more

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B’nai B’rith Gideon Foundation Surpasses $650K in Grants Since 2016; Awards $208K in Recent Round

By avorio / January 16, 2018 / 0 Comments

The B’nai B’rith Gideon Foundation recently held a grant award reception to celebrate the recipients of their newest round of grants. More than 40 nonprofit leaders, B’nai B’rith board members, … Read more

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The McCarthy Charities: 2017 C. Jordan Vail Spirit of Philanthropy Honorees

By avorio / June 22, 2017 / 0 Comments

The McCarthy Charities: 2017 C. Jordan Vail Spirit of Philanthropy Honorees from Community Foundation on Vimeo. The C. Jordan Vail Spirit of Philanthropy Award is presented by the Community Foundation … Read more

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B’nai B’rith Gideon Foundation Awards $300K to Help Low-Income Seniors, the Homeless & People with Disabilities

By avorio / January 31, 2017 / 0 Comments

The B’nai B’rith Gideon Foundation is proud to announce that they have awarded $300,000 in grants to support low-income rental housing and/or related social and recreational facilities and programs for … Read more

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The Power of Opportunity

By avorio / January 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

The Community Foundation awards more than $500,000 in scholarships each year (click here to view current scholarship opportunities). At our 2016 Scholarship Reception, Dhimiter Cobani, an Albany High School student … Read more

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Our new video: Rooted in Community

By avorio / December 16, 2016 / 0 Comments

How do community foundations strengthen their communities through philanthropy? View this short video to see how the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region is helping protect the farms that … Read more

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Community Foundation Receives $7.25 Million Gift for Creation of Rubin Community Health Fund; Gift is one of the largest in Community Foundation’s history

By avorio / November 30, 2016 / 0 Comments

**Nonprofit friends: Interested in receiving notices about grant funding opportunities from the Rubin Community Health Fund? Join our e-mail list by clicking here!** The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital … Read more

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"This Was a Game-Changer: Albany Pro Musica and Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

By avorio / November 2, 2016 / 0 Comments

In 2015, the Community Foundation awarded $17,500 Community Impact grant for a collaboration between Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (TSBMH) and Albany Pro Musica (APM). The goal of the collaboration? … Read more

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