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Support the Community Foundation today!

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Options for Giving

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Your Giving: Simple, Effective & Fulfilling

Establishing a fund can often be done in less time than it takes to open a bank account. You can give any type of asset – cash, stocks, closely held securities, real estate, or personal property – and receive maximum tax benefits.

We take care of the administrative details and grantmaking activities, keeping your giving flexible.

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Community Impact Funds

How will your gift make an impact?
You get to decide.

Community Impact Funds make a lasting difference, addressing our region’s most urgent and evolving needs. You may choose to:

  • Support our region’s big picture, ever-changing needs,
  • Designate your gift to support your favorite charities, or
  • Choose an interest or geographic area that you would like the Foundation to address with your fund.
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Donor Advised Funds

Simplify your giving while staying actively involved.

With a donor advised fund, you are in the driver’s seat. Your fund can make grants to local, national and global organizations.

If you want help, our team can also help you identify nonprofits that match your charitable interests.

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Scholarship Funds

Invest in the future by helping students achieve their dreams.

The gift of education that a scholarship fund creates is a permanent tribute to the person or organization for which it is named.

You can determine the scholarship purpose and selection criteria, and we manage the details to ensure that awards are disbursed in accordance with your wishes and in compliance with all applicable regulations.

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"Being fiercely independent, we thought we could manage our charitable giving on our own. We have done so for 20 years and have learned much from the experience. We now understand that the value of working with the Community Foundation provides a broader reach and greater impact for our giving."

- Chet and Karen Opalka

Frequently Asked Questions

Portraits of Generosity

Learn how your friends and neighbors are supporting the place they call home.

Living and Giving a Legacy

The Alice P. Kenney Endowed Designated Fund The Alice P. Kenney Endowed Designated Fund is uplifting youth and supporting regional needs by providing a $10 million gift entrusted to the … Read more

A Legacy that Doesn’t Graduate

The Coach Ken Baker Memorial Scholarship For nearly 40 years, Ken Baker stood on the sidelines and in the classrooms of East Greenbush, Hoosick Falls, and Cambridge, shaping generations of … Read more

A Family Business, A Community Legacy

Andrea Crisafulli’s Legacy of Civic Spirit For Andrea Crisafulli, plumbing is the family business, but her passion is our community. Crisafulli, president of Crisafulli Bros. Plumbing and Heating Contractors, Inc., … Read more