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Publications

Newsletters

Thoughtful Giving

Newsletter of the Northern New York Community Foundation

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 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 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

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

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Meet Finley Swartz, a Watertown High School junior and first-year member of the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation. Finley is the daughter of Tricia and Christopher Swartz, Watertown.

“YPC Wednesday” is a weekly feature on our Instagram channel that highlights Council members and what inspires them to serve and learn about community philanthropy.

Follow us on Instagram — @nnycommunityfoundation — to see new stories as they premiere each Wednesday. We’ll post them to this page after they appear on Instagram.

The Youth Philanthropy Council and its grant program is made possible by gifts from donors who make contributions to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund and generous support from Watertown Savings Bank, RBC Wealth Management Watertown, the Renzi Family Charitable Foundation, and the Mart Liinve Family Charitable Fund.

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Meet Finley Swartz, a Watertown High School junior and first-year member of the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation. Finley is the daughter of Tricia and Christopher Swartz, Watertown.

“YPC Wednesday” is a weekly feature on our Instagram channel that highlights Council members and what inspires them to serve and learn about community philanthropy.

Follow us on Instagram — @nnycommunityfoundation — to see new stories as they premiere each Wednesday. We’ll post them to this page after they appear on Instagram.

The Youth Philanthropy Council and its grant program is made possible by gifts from donors who make contributions to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund and generous support from Watertown Savings Bank, RBC Wealth Management Watertown, the Renzi Family Charitable Foundation, and the Mart Liinve Family Charitable Fund.

#ThisIsYPC #Leadership #YPCWednesday #YouthPhilanthropyCouncil
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The Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation invites tri-county nonprofit organizations of all types to attend a student-led virtual Grant Information Session at 4 p.m., Monday, Dec. 11.

Attendees will learn from Youth Philanthropy Council members about the Council’s competitive grant program. Nonprofits may apply for a share of up to $20,000 in available grant funding for 2024 to fund programs, projects, or initiatives that strengthen the quality of life across the region.

Visit bit.ly/YPCinfosession23 to register today!

The Youth Philanthropy Council and its grant program is made possible by annual gifts to the Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Fund and underwriting from Watertown Savings Bank, the Renzi Family Charitable Foundation of the Northern New York Community Foundation, the Mart Liinve Family Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation, and RBC Wealth Management Watertown.

#YPC #NNYCF #Leadership #YouthPhilanthriopyCouncil #Nonprofits #NNY #TriCounty

The Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation invites tri-county nonprofit organizations of all types to attend a student-led virtual Grant Information Session at 4 p.m., Monday, Dec. 11.

Attendees will learn from Youth Philanthropy Council members about the Council’s competitive grant program. Nonprofits may apply for a share of up to $20,000 in available grant funding for 2024 to fund programs, projects, or initiatives that strengthen the quality of life across the region.

Visit bit.ly/YPCinfosession23 to register today!

The Youth Philanthropy Council and its grant program is made possible by annual gifts to the Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Fund and underwriting from Watertown Savings Bank, the Renzi Family Charitable Foundation of the Northern New York Community Foundation, the Mart Liinve Family Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation, and RBC Wealth Management Watertown.

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Meet Kinley Lalonde, an eighth grader at Morristown Central School.

For Kinley, “community is St. Joseph’s Home. What I love is the feeling you get when you make someone there happy. I love to have someone know they are appreciated in this world.” 

As a 2022-2023 Northern New York Community Foundation Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge winner, Kinley had a chance to present a grant to the St. Joseph’s Foundation in Ogdensburg, an organization she chose for its work to support St. Joseph’s Home and strengthen the quality of life in her community. 

“St. Joseph’s Home is such a great asset in our community. It is a rewarding feeling to make people happy and let the residents know that even if they don’t have family nearby, there is always someone there for them,” Kinley wrote in her winning essay. “I want them to know that someone cares about them and always supports them to have the best life for as long as they possibly can.”

Kinley recently met with St. Joseph’s Home Administrator Colleen Steele and her team to present a $1,000 Youth Giving Challenge grant that will help the St. Joseph’s Foundation continue its work and mission. The grant is supported by donors to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund, a partnership with Community Bank, N.A., and a leadership gift from an anonymous donor. 

Pictured, from left, Colleen Steele, St. Joseph’s Home administrator; Donna Luckie St. Joseph’s Home business manager; Kinley Lalonde Morristown Central School student and Youth Giving Challenge winner; and Lisa O’Brien, Kinley’s mother.

Kinley is one of dozens of thoughtful youths who looked inside her community to recognize an organization that works to improve quality of life locally. The 2022-2023 Youth Giving Challenge asked students from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties to explain in an essay what community means to them and to choose a nonprofit that embodies their definition of community. Kinley’s essay is one of 10 chosen from 124 submissions that came from 11 different tri-county schools.

Look for more photos and stories behind the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge in the coming weeks.

#NNYCF #ThoughtfulGiving #YouthGivingChallenge #CommunitySpirit

Meet Kinley Lalonde, an eighth grader at Morristown Central School.

For Kinley, “community is St. Joseph’s Home. What I love is the feeling you get when you make someone there happy. I love to have someone know they are appreciated in this world.”

As a 2022-2023 Northern New York Community Foundation Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge winner, Kinley had a chance to present a grant to the St. Joseph’s Foundation in Ogdensburg, an organization she chose for its work to support St. Joseph’s Home and strengthen the quality of life in her community.

“St. Joseph’s Home is such a great asset in our community. It is a rewarding feeling to make people happy and let the residents know that even if they don’t have family nearby, there is always someone there for them,” Kinley wrote in her winning essay. “I want them to know that someone cares about them and always supports them to have the best life for as long as they possibly can.”

Kinley recently met with St. Joseph’s Home Administrator Colleen Steele and her team to present a $1,000 Youth Giving Challenge grant that will help the St. Joseph’s Foundation continue its work and mission. The grant is supported by donors to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund, a partnership with Community Bank, N.A., and a leadership gift from an anonymous donor.

Pictured, from left, Colleen Steele, St. Joseph’s Home administrator; Donna Luckie St. Joseph’s Home business manager; Kinley Lalonde Morristown Central School student and Youth Giving Challenge winner; and Lisa O’Brien, Kinley’s mother.

Kinley is one of dozens of thoughtful youths who looked inside her community to recognize an organization that works to improve quality of life locally. The 2022-2023 Youth Giving Challenge asked students from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties to explain in an essay what community means to them and to choose a nonprofit that embodies their definition of community. Kinley’s essay is one of 10 chosen from 124 submissions that came from 11 different tri-county schools.

Look for more photos and stories behind the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge in the coming weeks.

#NNYCF #ThoughtfulGiving #YouthGivingChallenge #CommunitySpirit
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