Since 1929, thoughtful and generous people like you have partnered with the Community Foundation to achieve their philanthropic goals. Your work with the Community Foundation is personalized, flexible, and tailored to meet your unique needs.
Plan for your future
Through planned giving, supporting causes that are most meaningful to you continues — even beyond your lifetime. Your enduring gifts help sustain and support nonprofits, allowing organizations throughout our community to survive fluctuations in both the economy and in annual charitable giving.
Your planned gift is invested with the Community Foundation, growing over time to make an ongoing positive impact for as long as you choose.
Planning with purpose
A well-executed estate plan may reduce taxes and probate costs, so that more of your gift goes where you want it to go.
While your estate plan comprises various legal and financial documents, it can also serve as a final message that reflects your personal values and leaves a lasting legacy by which your family and community will remember you.
Your enduring gifts help sustain and support nonprofits, allowing organizations throughout our community to survive fluctuations in both the economy and in annual charitable giving.
Your planned gift is invested with us, growing over time to make an ongoing positive impact for as long as you choose.
Benefits of legacy giving
In partnership with your advisors and family, Foundation staff will craft a plan to maximize your charitable impact and tax efficiencies.
You also gain access to Community Foundation resources, publications, experts, and our knowledge of nonprofits that serve Northern New York.
Private foundations
The Community Foundation offers solutions to address concerns about private foundation management and philanthropic impact.
We are committed to helping you make the greatest positive impact, allowing your contributions to reach further and last longer. Together, we can make a lasting impact in our region for generations to come.
Planned giving newsletter
The Community Foundation publishes a planned giving newsletter twice a year that features stories and examples of how thoughtful donors like you are putting their gifts to work through planned giving. Read past issues here.
River Legacies
Many donors choose to support geographic-specific areas of special interest or deep personal affection. In River Legacies, we feature stories of generosity as examples of wht donors who love the communities along the St. Lawrence River have done to establish permanent legacies that benefit the places they love.
It starts with a conversation
We can help you experience the joy of giving today, and we welcome the opportunity to talk with you and your trusted advisors about including charitable giving in your estate plans. Please be in touch with our team:
Rande Richardson, President & CEO, rande@nnycf.org
Max DelSignore, Vice President, max@nnycf.org
Foundation office: 315-782-7110