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Solving The World’s Biggest Problems Takes Ensembles, Not Soloists

By avorio / October 2, 2014 / 0 Comments

From Jeffrey Walker, Vice Chairman, United Nation’s Secretary General’s Envoy for Health Finance and Malaria (via LinkedIn): When I started playing in a jazz band back in the seventh grade, one of … Read more

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New report: 10 lessons on Giving Days

By avorio / September 30, 2014 / 0 Comments

From the Knight Foundation: With #GivingTuesday right around the corner, community foundations and nonprofit organizations of all kinds can benefit from the Knight Foundation’s 10 Lessons on Giving Days. Reasons … Read more

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Where We Are, and Where We’re Going

By avorio / September 29, 2014 / 0 Comments

Dear friends: For nearly half a century, the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region has strengthened our community through philanthropy. As the Foundation approaches its’ 50th Anniversary in 2018, … Read more

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From the WSJ: Tax-Smart Philanthropy Made Easy

By avorio / August 22, 2014 / 0 Comments

From the Wall Street Journal: What do the bull market, booming mergers and acquisitions, and possible changes to the tax laws have in common? They all signal that it is … Read more

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The Power of Local Philanthropy

By avorio / April 9, 2014 / 0 Comments

From Northeastern University:  Rebecca Riccio, director of the Social Impact Lab at North­eastern Uni­ver­sity, was recently asked to jus­tify the prac­tice of local phil­an­thropy in the United States when a dollar can … Read more

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Give More – Tax Free- From Your IRA Before December 31!

By avorio / December 10, 2013 / 0 Comments

This post by Anthony J. Capobianco, ChFC, CLU, Principal, Capobianco Financial Advisors, and Amy S. O’Connor, Esq., Shareholder, McNamee, Lochner, Titus and Williams, P.C. Both Mr. Capobianco and Ms. O’Connor provide leadership to the Community Foundation for … Read more

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Gifts of Appreciated Stock

By avorio / December 10, 2013 / 0 Comments

This post by Anthony J. Capobianco, ChFC, CLU, Principal, Capobianco Financial Advisors, and Amy S. O’Connor, Esq., Shareholder, McNamee, Lochner, Titus and Williams, P.C. Both Mr. Capobianco and Ms. O’Connor provide leadership to the Community Foundation for … Read more

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