Raised Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Lessons from Successful Inheritors on How They Got That Way Coventry Edwards-Pitt (BP Books, 2014);Â Reviewed by Sara Finkelstein Order from 21/64 and Amazon. At 21/64, … Read more
Click here to view the full e-newsletter online. Dear friends: Summer is flying by at the Community Foundation! Here are just a few things keeping Foundation staff busy right now: … Read more
ALBANY, NY (June 3, 2014)— The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region honored John J. Nigro, the Nigro Family and Barbara Linell Glaser at today’s 2014 Celebration of Philanthropy. … Read more
From the Times Union: That old baseball axiom is wrong, Stefan Klein argues: Nice guys don’t finish last. Klein makes his case in “Survival of the Nicest: How Altruism Made … Read more
From Northeastern University: Rebecca Riccio, director of the Social Impact Lab at NorthÂeastern UniÂverÂsity, was recently asked to jusÂtify the pracÂtice of local philÂanÂthropy in the United States when a dollar can … Read more
During the 2004-2005 school year, the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region gave a grant to the Guilderland School District to purchase Miss Lily Sigmund, a.k.a. Miss Siggy, a … Read more
Right now, over 200 leaders from across the philanthropic sector are uniting in Washington, D.C. to tell their lawmakers that thriving philanthropy builds thriving communities. As lawmakers contemplate comprehensive tax … Read more
From the New York Times: According to the most recent statistics, the number of family foundations like the Cordes Foundation has exploded since 2001. There are now over 40,000 family … Read more
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
