Raise the region | Thursday, May 29, 2025

Raise the region
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Event: Upcoming CFA Trainings & Idea-Sharing Forums

By avorio / June 3, 2015 / 0 Comments

From our friends at the Regional Alliance for a Creative Economy and the Capital Region Economic Development Council: The Capital Region Economic Development Council (CREDC) Arts, Culture and Tourism work … Read more

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Event: Consolidated Funding Application Workshop

By avorio / May 1, 2015 / 0 Comments

From our friends at Empire State Development: The first of three Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) workshops is scheduled to be held on Wednesday,  May 6, 2015 at the Empire State … Read more

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Renowned Speaker Dan Pallotta Challenged Region to Rethink Charitable Giving

By avorio / April 25, 2015 / 0 Comments

From our friends at Saratoga Today: Representatives of nonprofits, businesses, and people interested in philanthropy traveled from as far as Hudson, N.Y. to hear nationally renowned TED Talk speaker Dan … Read more

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Event: Fist to Five Presents Moving Towards a Movement: A Conversation with Gary Dake, President, Stewart’s Shops and Philip Morris, CEO of Proctors Theatre

By avorio / April 20, 2015 / 0 Comments

From our friends at SaxBST and Fist to Five: For-profits becoming more socially conscious? Not-for-Profits thinking more like for-profits? Join SaxBST Partners Todd Polyniak and Ron Guzior as they discuss this movement … Read more

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Event: Dan Pallotta: If We Changed the Way We Think About Charity, Charity Could Change the World

By avorio / March 16, 2015 / 0 Comments

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:30 p.m. Registration | 2:00 p.m. Dan Pallotta 3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway in Saratoga Springs $20 per person Click here … Read more

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Leadership Tech Valley Seeks Nonprofit Proposals

By avorio / January 9, 2015 / 0 Comments

From our friends at the Albany-Colonie and Schenectady Chambers of Commerce: The Leadership Tech Valley (LTV) Class of 2015, a dynamic group of local leaders in various professions, is excited … Read more

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Guest Post: Inclusive Economic Development in Our Emerging High-Tech World

By avorio / December 18, 2014 / 0 Comments

Today’s guest post is the text of a speech given recently by Harris Oberlander, CEO of Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region. Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region is a … Read more

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Building a Stronger Community: 2013 – 2014 Annual Report

By avorio / September 30, 2014 / 0 Comments

In partnership with donors and the Board of Directors, the Community Foundation accomplished great things in the 2013 – 2014 year, such as: Helping local nonprofit organizations build capacity and … Read more

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From the Times Union: Troy’s union history past comes alive

By avorio / July 20, 2014 / 0 Comments

By Paul Bray The nation’s first bona-fide all-female union was formed in Troy 150 years ago under the leadership of a young Irish immigrant, Kate Mullany, and her colleague, Esther … Read more

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