• Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Northern New York Community Foundation

Northern New York Community Foundation

  • About
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Contact
    • Employment
    • Philanthropy Center
    • Milestones
    • News & Media
      • Recent News
      • News Archive
      • Publications
      • Northern New York Community Podcast
  • Donors
    • Give Online
    • Gift Information “At A Glance”
    • Investment Performance
    • Making A Gift
      • Top 10 Things You Can Do To Leave A Legacy
      • NNYCF vs. A Private Foundation
    • Thoughtful Legacies
  • Students
    • Scholarship Overview
    • Applications
    • Scholarships Available
    • Next Step Education Program
  • Nonprofits
    • Grants for Good
    • Apply for a Grant
    • Nonprofit Partners
    • Partner & Grantee Resources
    • Recent Grant Recipients
    • Glenwood Cemetery Revitalization Campaign
    • CAR-FRESHNER Corporation Charitable Fund
  • Programs
    • Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge
    • Youth Philanthropy Council
    • LEAD Giving Circle

Publications

Newsletters

Thoughtful Giving

Newsletter of the Northern New York Community Foundation

Holiday/Year-End 2025
Annual donors help deliver essential needs

Fall 2025
Foundation donors strengthen the arts across our region

Friends Supporters 2025
Donors help provide opportunities for youth development

Holiday/Year-End 2024
Foundation donors help strengthen our region’s health care

Summer 2024
Foundation donors have broad impact across the region

Friends Supporters 2024
Annual donors help develop critical skills in the next generation

Holiday/Year-End 2023
Donors strengthen our community for children and families

Summer 2023
Giving better together: Potsdam couple partners to maximize impact

Friends Supporters 2023
Annual donors help create opportunities for the region’s future

Holiday/Year-End 2022
Donors help foster love for the arts in the next generation

Summer 2022
Foundation donors invest in changing lives across generations

Friends Supporters 2022
Annual donors support our community in the broadest ways possible

Holiday/Year-End 2021
Foundation donors help nurture, grow a culture of community commitment

Summer 2021
Community Foundation legacy forever impacts St. Lawrence County

Friends Supporters / Spring 2021
Annual donors grow the region’s future leaders

Holiday/Year-End 2020
Developing future generations of community leaders

Summer 2020
Partnering to forever preserve places we love

Spring 2020
A legacy for St. Lawrence County, forever

2020 Special Update
Generous donors fill the hearts of our communities

Holiday/Year-End 2019
Donors help strengthen our region

Summer 2019
Legacy continues in next generation

Spring 2019
An advocate for lasting success

Year-End/Holiday 2018
Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge

Fall/Holiday 2017
Thoughtful Giving

Winter 2011
A Season for Counting Blessings

Holiday 2010

The Joy of Giving

Fall 2010

It All Began with Two Quarters

Summer 2010

Why a Community Foundation?

Spring 2010

Foundation Launches Youth Philanthropy Partnership

Fall 2009

2009 Focus: Basic Human Needs

Nonprofit Link

A Northern New York Community Foundation Publication Connecting the Region’s Nonprofit Organizations

2021 Edition
Preserving our past while preparing for the future

Winter 2020
Connecting nonprofits with opportunities

Giving Together

A Northern New York Community Foundation Publication for Donor Advisors

Year-End 2021
A legacy of helping made possible

Autumn 2020
Wilcox Family Fund ‘brings great joy’

Summer 2020
A legacy for St. Lawrence County

Autumn 2019
Legacies closest to home

Spring 2019
Donor-advised fund a valuable tool

Canton Community Fund

Together we honor our past and imagine our future while strengthening quality of life in the Town and Village of Canton.

Spring 2022
Your gifts help strengthen Canton: Matching grant continues to build Community Fund

Clifton-Fine Community Fund

Connecting our communities of Fine, Oswegatchie, Star Lake, Newton Falls, Wanakena and Cranberry Lake to enhance quality of life for all

Summer 2025
Forever Clifton-Fine

Summer 2024
Donors strengthen quality of life across region through annual giving, grantmaking

Summer 2023
Caldwell Family Fund helps strengthen region

Summer 2019
Library brings joy to children

Summer 2018
Community Philanthropy Inspires Meaningful Change in Clifton-Fine Region

Legacy Matters

Your source for planned giving with the Northern New York Community Foundation

Year-End 2025
Give where you live: A better way to support your favorite charities and community, forever

River Legacies
Love the River, For Good … For a River legacy that endures

Spring 2025
Honoring a life through education

Year-End 2024
Your legacy can begin now with a Community Foundation fund

Spring 2024
A love for community continues

Year-End 2023
Her legacy will give in perpetuity

Autumn 2022
Love for community endures

Six Town Community Fund

Linking our communities of Adams, Ellisburg, Henderson, Lorraine, Rodman and Worth to enhance quality of life for all

Autumn 2024
Community Fund grant support helps redevelop playground in village of Adams

Summer 2021
‘Pay It Forward’ comes full circle

Summer 2019
A legacy of giving continues

Summer 2018
Community Fund grants $5,000 to nine projects

2016 Edition
A lasting legacy for Six Town

Building Our Future

Newsletter of the Thousand Islands Foundation, a Northern New York Community Foundation affiliate

Autumn 2020
Scholarships build confidence

 

Annual Reports

2009-2010
Leading by Example

2007-08
A Sense of Place A Passion for Northern New York

2006-07
Supplement: Growing Community Assets

2005-06
Growing Community Assets

2004
Making an Investment in People

2003
A Community Presence, 1929-2004

2002
Opportunities for Children

2001
Meeting Basic Needs

Northern New York Community Foundation

131 Washington Street
Watertown, NY 13601

Phone: 315-782-7110
Fax: 315-782-0047

info@nnycf.org

Comments Box SVG iconsUsed for the like, share, comment, and reaction icons
Northern New York Community Foundation

Northern New York Community Foundation

4,834

Working with donors to benefit the community through grants and scholarships since 1929.

Play

🥁 And the grand prize winner of the Class of 2026 Scholarship Challenge is … ... See MoreSee Less

1 day ago
View on Facebook
· Share
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
View Comments
  • Likes: 50
  • Shares: 5
  • Comments: 5

Comment on Facebook

Hi Tara!

Congratulations to Sackets Harbor School District 😊

Nice to put a face with the voice. Thank you Tara for your help with scholarship questions!

Congratulations ❤️❤️

Hi Tara !!

View more comments

Congratulations to all tri-county schools! Student applications for Community Foundation scholarship support reached a near all-time high this year with 584 student applications submitted by Sunday’s deadline!

Of the 37 school districts across our service area, 20 had 25 percent or greater student participation.

We are grateful for all who helped motivate and inspire the Class of 2026 to apply for Foundation scholarships this year. Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, and students: Thank you!

In Jefferson County, a record eleven schools met or exceeded 25 percent student participation to set a new record of 361 student applications for 32 percent overall student participation! Faith Fellowship Christian School held its lead with 100 percent participation. Sackets Harbor Central handedly secured second place with 71 percent participation and LaFargeville Central ended in third with 53 percent student participation.

Lewis County also posted a new record of 96 student applications for 34 percent overall student participation. Lewis County’s leader is Copenhagen Central, with 54 percent participation. South Lewis Central secured second place with 39 percent participation, and Lowville Academy climbed 10 points in the final 36 hours again this year to take third place with 33 percent student participation.

St. Lawrence County’s leader is Little River Community School with 50 percent student participation! Parishville-Hopkinton Central led an impressive rally to take second place with 41 percent participation and Colton-Pierrepont Central held its ground for third place with 27 percent student participation.

Join us at 1 p.m. tomorrow for a special Facebook Live event to see who wins the grand prize of a $2,000 Community Foundation grant. The winner will be randomly selected from the top three overall schools in each county.

Learn more about this year’s challenge at: nnycf.org/scholarship-challenge-2026

#NNYCF #ScholarshipChallenge #ClassOf2026 #FundingForYourFutureImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

Congratulations to all tri-county schools! Student applications for Community Foundation scholarship support reached a near all-time high this year with 584 student applications submitted by Sunday’s deadline!

Of the 37 school districts across our service area, 20 had 25 percent or greater student participation.

We are grateful for all who helped motivate and inspire the Class of 2026 to apply for Foundation scholarships this year. Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, and students: Thank you!

In Jefferson County, a record eleven schools met or exceeded 25 percent student participation to set a new record of 361 student applications for 32 percent overall student participation! Faith Fellowship Christian School held its lead with 100 percent participation. Sackets Harbor Central handedly secured second place with 71 percent participation and LaFargeville Central ended in third with 53 percent student participation.

Lewis County also posted a new record of 96 student applications for 34 percent overall student participation. Lewis County’s leader is Copenhagen Central, with 54 percent participation. South Lewis Central secured second place with 39 percent participation, and Lowville Academy climbed 10 points in the final 36 hours again this year to take third place with 33 percent student participation.

St. Lawrence County’s leader is Little River Community School with 50 percent student participation! Parishville-Hopkinton Central led an impressive rally to take second place with 41 percent participation and Colton-Pierrepont Central held its ground for third place with 27 percent student participation.

Join us at 1 p.m. tomorrow for a special Facebook Live event to see who wins the grand prize of a $2,000 Community Foundation grant. The winner will be randomly selected from the top three overall schools in each county.

Learn more about this year’s challenge at: nnycf.org/scholarship-challenge-2026

#NNYCF #ScholarshipChallenge #ClassOf2026 #FundingForYourFuture
... See MoreSee Less

2 days ago
View on Facebook
· Share
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
View Comments
  • Likes: 9
  • Shares: 7
  • Comments: 0

Comment on Facebook

View more comments

We are excited to share the Week 7 Scholarship Challenge Leaderboard! Only TWO DAYS left before this year’s application closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 15.

In Jefferson County, Faith Fellowship Christian School held its lead with 100 percent student participation! Sackets Harbor Central remains a strong second, increasing student participation to 67.86 percent. Eight additional schools have each passed 25 percent student participation.

In Lewis County, Copenhagen Central increased its lead to 45.95 percent student participation. South Lewis Central remains a string second, increasing its student participation to 36.62. 

In St. Lawrence County, Little River Community School took the lead with 50 percent student participation and Parishville-Hopkinton Central moved into a strong second with 33.33 percent participation while Colton-Pierrepont Central held onto third place with 26.92 percent student participation.

Seniors: Do you plan to continue your education in college or trade or technical school? Money for your future is waiting! Complete the Community Foundation’s online Universal Application at bit.ly/nnycf-scholarships today and help your school win!

We will post a final leaderboard on Tuesday. A special Facebook live event to select the Scholarship Challenge grand prize winner will take place at 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 18.

Learn more about this year’s challenge at: nnycf.org/scholarship-challenge-2026

#NNYCF #ScholarshipChallenge #ClassOf2026 #FundingForYourFutureImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

We are excited to share the Week 7 Scholarship Challenge Leaderboard! Only TWO DAYS left before this year’s application closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 15.

In Jefferson County, Faith Fellowship Christian School held its lead with 100 percent student participation! Sackets Harbor Central remains a strong second, increasing student participation to 67.86 percent. Eight additional schools have each passed 25 percent student participation.

In Lewis County, Copenhagen Central increased its lead to 45.95 percent student participation. South Lewis Central remains a string second, increasing its student participation to 36.62.

In St. Lawrence County, Little River Community School took the lead with 50 percent student participation and Parishville-Hopkinton Central moved into a strong second with 33.33 percent participation while Colton-Pierrepont Central held onto third place with 26.92 percent student participation.

Seniors: Do you plan to continue your education in college or trade or technical school? Money for your future is waiting! Complete the Community Foundation’s online Universal Application at bit.ly/nnycf-scholarships today and help your school win!

We will post a final leaderboard on Tuesday. A special Facebook live event to select the Scholarship Challenge grand prize winner will take place at 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 18.

Learn more about this year’s challenge at: nnycf.org/scholarship-challenge-2026

#NNYCF #ScholarshipChallenge #ClassOf2026 #FundingForYourFuture
... See MoreSee Less

6 days ago
View on Facebook
· Share
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
View Comments
  • Likes: 11
  • Shares: 3
  • Comments: 0

Comment on Facebook

View more comments

Load more

Copyright © 2026 · Northern NY Community Foundation · Site Design: Riverside Media, LLC.