Nonprofit sustainability
More than 150 nonprofit organizations serving Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence county residents are Community Foundation partners. Partnerships are created at the Foundation through the establishment of agency endowment or sustaining funds to benefit the organization.
The Foundation stewards nearly 200 different charitable funds to benefit our nonprofit partners. Permanent endowment funds provide an additional source of annual income while other agency funds help strengthen nonprofit sustainability.
Effective management of agency funds is one of the most important contributions we make to strengthening Northern New York’s nonprofit agencies and institutions. It is also another meaningful choice for donors who wish to support the future of their favorite charities.
Our Foundation Partners
Click the image below to download a current list of Community Foundation Nonprofit Partners.
School Educational Foundations
In recent years, donors have expressed interest in supporting their favorite local school in either a broad or more directed way, for things other than scholarships. Through educational foundations, alumni, parents, teachers, retirees and others for whom their school holds special meaning can leave a legacy. Donors may also designate a specific use — music, athletics, library, etc. — and fund name.
School Educational Foundations and general endowment funds stewarded at the Community Foundation:
- Adirondack Central School
- Copenhagen Central School
- Hermon-DeKalb Central School
- Immaculate Heart Central School
- Indian River Central School
- Madrid-Waddington Central School
- Massena Central School
- Lowville Academy & Central School
- Potsdam Central School
- Sackets Harbor Central School
- South Jefferson Central School
- St. James School, Gouverneur
- St. Lawrence Central School
- Watertown City Schools
It starts with a conversation
We welcome the opportunity to meet with your nonprofit organization or school and answer questions about nonprofit sustainability and how you can establish a partnership with the Community Foundation. Please be in touch with our team:
Max DelSignore, Vice President, max@nnycf.org
Kraig Everard, Director of Philanthropy, kraig@nnycf.org
Foundation office: 315-782-7110