{"id":9190,"date":"2026-06-08T19:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/?page_id=9190"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:26:59","slug":"friends-of-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nnycf.org\/new\/giving\/friends-of-the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How can I broadly support my community?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A gift to the Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Annual Fund <\/strong>provides broad and far-reaching benefits to the places we work, play, and raise families. Below are a few ways Friends gifts have worked to strengthen our region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arts & Culture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Enable dozens of arts & cultural programs across the region and support for tri-county libraries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Helped to award 1,157 post-secondary scholarships to nearly 750 tri-county students totaling more than $1.5 million in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Recreation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Enabled grant funding for 23 public playgrounds and parks across Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Essential Needs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Provided nearly $60,000 in grant support to 50 food pantries across the region to help address food insecurity.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Community Development<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Helped award $28,000 in grant funding to strengthen child care for tri-county children and families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Next-generation Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Make possible the Youth Philanthropy and LEAD councils and the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Health and Wellness<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Invested in modernization projects at three hospitals \u2014 one in each county \u2014 to improve facilities and patient care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Nonprofit<\/strong>
urgent needs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Enables the Foundation\u2019s Micro-Grants Program to provide rapidly deployed flexible, strategic support.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Friends of the Foundation<\/strong>
2025 Community Betterment Annual Fund Supporters<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Community Foundation donors ensure that Northern New York has a flexible and reliable source of philanthropic resources \u2014 today, tomorrow, and forever. More than 400 individuals, families, and organizations from across Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties and beyond made gifts to help enable our work together in communities across our region. All Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Annual Fund<\/strong> donors between January 1 and December 31, 2025<\/strong>, are gratefully recognized here. Thank you for joining us as a Friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LEADERSHIP GIFTS<\/mark><\/strong>
Harold & Carolyn Anderson
Anonymous
P.J. & Jen Banazek
Stephen & Pamela Can
Car-Freshner Corporation
Margaret C. Couch
William & Kimberly Couch
Paul J. Flynn
John L. Gormley
Jack & Sharon Hammond
Deborah Hirschey
Linda Kenny
Richard & Marilynn Lane
Mart Liinve
Candace & John* Marsellus
Cyril & Marlene Mouaikel
Lee A. Murray
Margot Remington Oman
Loron* & Mary* (Toni) Silliman
Sally Street
Mary Jane Watson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIFTS OVER $1,000<\/mark><\/strong>
Cynthia R. Ahlheim
Anonymous (2)
Kathleen Burgess
Richard Bush
Gregory & Katherine Couch
Andrea & Eric DeLaGarza
Max & Sara DelSignore
Albert Desormeaux
Peter Duffy
Lucy Reed Foltyniak
Trevor & Erica Garlock
Kevin A. Kieff
Joseph & Deborah LaClair
Mark & Joanne Lavarnway
Dr. John F. Lormore
Mary* & Ted Mascott
James & Kimberly Oliver
Bob & Gabi Owens
Dr. Diane Petrowski
Timothy & Luanne Reagan
Jill & Kevin Renshaw
Rande Richardson
Brent & Heidi Sanford
Jill & Tim Savage
Michael & Jacquelyn Schell
Stewart\u2019s Shops
Robert & Julia Storms
James & Abbe Theodore
Jan K. Turcotte
Gail Vant Zelfde
John & Georgia Vose
Kay Woodruff
John McNeely & Robert Woodside<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIFTS OF $1,000<\/mark><\/strong>
Julian & Julia Alteri
Anonymous (2)
Constance Barone
Barbarajean Blodgett
S. Jeffrey Burt
Jim & Allison Chadwick
Brandon J. Dwyer
Juliana Eames
Jeanne Emery
Brian & Katherine Fenlon
John Ferry
Gerry & Daniel Fish, MD
Denny A. Fuller
Jamie & Terri Ganter
Rick & Mena Hansinger
Daniel J. Hayes
Dana Keefer
Knowlton Technologies
Harold & Sally L\u2019Huillier
Roger Johnson & Rachel Lewis
Kenneth & Marion McAuliffe
James J. McQueeny
Nichole M. Moles
Tony & Kay Morgia
Allan P. Newell
Newzjunky
John Nuber & Margaret Hummel
Marvin & Sylvia Reimer
Phyllis H. Schwartz
Robert M. Sligar
Craig S. Snow
Philip J. & Emily G. Sprague
Dave & Mary Stone
Mark W. & Carole Thompson
Philip Waite
Donald & Diana Woodhouse
Peter & Kathy Wyckoff
Sarah Jane Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIFTS OF $500 to $999<\/mark><\/strong>
Anonymous (2)
Jeff & Dori Barnard
Ronald Berry
Kim & Martin Bigelow
Thomas H. Bradley 3rd
Doug & Mary Chmielewski<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Ellen C. Collins
John & Mary Jo Deans
Marty & Sharon DelSignore
Gretchen G. Eysaman
Kenneth J. Eysaman III
Joseph & Jutta Fitzsimmons
Ann D. (Pandy) Goodbody
Douglas & Mary Hanno
John & Lorraine Henderson
Stacy Hickox
Bruce N. Howe
Don & Donna Hunt
Italian American Civic Association
Solomon & Rebecca Jantzi
Donna D. Macsuga
Stephen & Korinna Magovney
Elsa Marsh
Rick Merrill
Thomas H. Neely
Patricia Pastella
Keith & Elizabeth Perry
Laurie Podvin & Adam Brown
Theresa L. Quintin
Michael & Leslie Robare
Heather L. Ross
Gloria Rothschild
Leslie Rowland & Fritz Hager
Tom & Grace Sauter
Louise & Mark Scarlett
Tom & Elizabeth Spaulding \/
xx<\/mark>State Farm
St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union
Edward F. & Cheryl R. Steckly
Dawn Stone
Ronald G. Thomson
Peter & Jeanette Turner
Ms. Cora Walter
Andrew & Sharon Williams
Jack Woodward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIFTS OF $250 TO $499<\/mark><\/strong>
Mary H. Arnot
William & Mary Lynn Barden
Jeff & Dori Barnard
Brooke & Drew Boulter
Don & Wendy Canfield
Michelle L. Capone
Tom & Irene Carman
Shirley Clary
Jessica Clemons
Ben & Peggy Coe
Adam & Victoria Collins
Michael & JoAnne Crowley
Warren & Mary Beth Denny
District Superintendents of
xx<\/mark>New York State
Christopher & Kari Fahrenbach
Joe & Shannon Foy
Bud & Ann Garlock
Sandra Geiss
Jeff & Natalie Ginger
The H.A.C.L.
Ernest & Sue Haffke
Robert & Linda Hagemann
Dr. Kelly R. Huiatt
Michele & Tim Jeican
Marc & Christina Laribee
Roseanne Laverty
Norah & Tony Machia \/
xx<\/mark>Capital Construction Corp.
Julie & Tom Mathien
Mr. & Mrs. James M. McCauley
James & Joanne McClusky
John & Jamie Moesel
Lynn K. Morgan
Burr & Linda Morris
Charles Mouaikel
Fred & Marlene Norfolk
Loretta Lepkowski &
xx<\/mark>Peter Ostrum
Drew & Bri Parisian
Irwin E. Parrotte
Tom Patterson & Linda Griffin
Peter & Laurie Pike
Cathy Pircsuk & James Burr
David Poulin
Alan Reed
Rev. Donald A. Robinson
Elizabeth Scarlett
Brad & Nancy Smith
Robert & Carolyn \u201cCallie\u201d Smith
The Stefanini Family
Tom & Teri Streeter
Laura Teeter
Samuel L. Thomas
Marilyn Trainor
Joan Treadwell Woods
Eric Virkler & Heidi VanZandt
Janet & Bob Wakefield
Thomas U. Walker
Patricia B. Wells
Joseph & Regina Wetterhahn
Roy & Peggy White
Lynn B. Whittier
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Dan & Denise Young
Michael F. & Kathleen L. Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIFTS OF $101 TO $249<\/mark><\/strong>
Anonymous (3)
Waring & Audrey Blackburn
Gerald F. & Michelle Bouchard
Max & Greeta Bovee
David & Polly Brown
Lynn & Scott Brown
Mary G. Colton
Kraig Everard
Alice Fisher
Caroline Dodge Fisher
Travis & Erika Flint
Jennifer Devlin & Sean Gage
Howard Ganter
Albert Gault
Carla W. Haas
Larry & Ginny Hasseler
Travis & Lyndi Hill
Jim & Cindy Intschert
Bruce & Lorraine Irwin
Lou Ann Lange
Lori & Brett Larson
Mary E. Loftus
Bart & Cheryl Mayforth
Daniel & Carolyn Osborne
Marc Piche
John & Jane Pinkerton
Anna Platz
Allison Roselle
Mike & Anne Savage
Bernadine Schwartzentruber
Allison C. Smith
Ed Thompson
Paul Trimper &
xx<\/mark>Sarah Barden-Schantz
Brian Watson
Rosanne Weir
Paige Wiley, MHA
Richard F. & Janet R. Young
Thomas J. Yousey II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIFTS OF $100 AND UNDER<\/strong>
<\/mark>Joanne Ackermann
Michael & Margaret Alteri
Anonymous (6)
Pat Archer
Aubuchon Company
Paul & Debra Backus
Joel & Danielle Bartlett
Berkshire Bank Employees
xx<\/mark>(Rome, NY)
Melinda (Mindy) Boenning
James & Sandra Branski
Katherine & Bill Brown
Elizabeth B. Burdick
Fay Cambridge
Victor V. Carambia
Judith A. Chase
Carol Coakley
Margaret J. Cook
Claire Cox
Joyce & David Crossley
Karen Crowley
Grace & Mike Danboise
Bill & Debbie Dermady
Bill & Carol Doe
Steven & Juanita Duffany
Darian Eagle
Edward & Mary Earl
William Ebersbach
Barbara Eldridge
Connie Elliott
Jerri-Lynn Emerton
Cindy Eyler
Janice & Carl Falstrom
Mary & James Fulkerson
John J. Gaffney
David Gahr
Barbara Gehring
Janet J. George
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Eddy Gnip
Chuck & Linda Goolden
Cindy & Stanley Graham
Jay & Michelle Graham
Jayn Maxon Graves
Dwight & Barbara Greene
Nancy & Michael P. Griffin
Jan DeWaters & Stefan Grimberg
Sally B. Grzesiak
Richard L. Halpin
Theresa Harvie
James & Susan Hert
Dan & Tara Hess
Marie A. Hess
Heuvelton Teachers Association
Alma H. Hild
Mary M. Hoffman
Mark & Connie Holberg
Joey Marie Horton
Nikki Intschert
J. W. Burns & Company<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Martha B. Jablonski
RoseAnn Jakubowitch
Kayla & John Jamieson
Mary Jarvis
Michele Jenkins
Manny & Vicki Jerome
Michael & Nancy Johnson
Richard W. Johnson II &
xx<\/mark>Carolyn H. Johnson
Judy Jones
John Kamide
Jim & Marcia Kettrick
Evelyn Kormanik
Elizabeth A. Kuhl
Austen LaBarge
Richard & Donna LaLonde
Tim & Mary LaLonde
The Family of Carleton &
xx<\/mark>Beverly Lamica
George & Wendy Laribee
Kay S. Laribee
Jenna Lauraine
Susan & Tim Lauraine
Donna & Phil Lavarnway
Kathy & Joe Leskoske
Karen Loftus & Family
Richard & Dianne Loonan
Mike & Dawn Ludovici
McKailey Lyndaker
William & Beth Maguire
Carolyn Marlowe
Jeff & Claudia Marsh
Aileen & Joe Martin
Rachael S. McConnell
Jim & Stevie Michaelson
Bilkey L. Moore
Judith Morley
Kara Richardson Morris
Noah Murrock
David & Nancy Navarra
Claudia C. Newkofsky
David Nisley
O.D. Greene Lumber & Hardware
Ron & June O\u2019Neill
Charles Owens
Lena Parker
Richard & Cindy Parker
Madeline Pennington
Mary Perrine
Emily Pfeil
Jessica K. Piatt Walczyk
Gary & Susan Pilon
Lei Lani Post
David & Susan Puccia
William & Catherine Quencer
Mary Lou Reed
Braeden S. Richardson
Janet S. Richardson
Glenn & Michele Richter
David C. & Donna R. Rider
Joel Robare
Ronald R. Roberts
Beth Robinson
Adam D. Ruppe
Vera & Gary Rushmer
Robin Russell
Dr. Robert Saidel
Brett Shippee
Ron Shoemaker
Vaughn & Debbie Shoen
Melissa Shova
Deb & Mike Simser
Bernard E. Slate
Andy & Susan Smith
Linda & Jim Smith
Jeanne Snow
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Soto & Family
Kayleigh Rae Stampfler
Daniel E. Stern
Karen Stowell
Carol M. Svendsen
Martin & Jean Szkotak
Taylor Brothers Team
Autumn Thompson
Leo & Sonja Thompson
Dr. Lisa Scrivani-Tidd &
xx<\/mark>Mr. Roderick Tidd
Michael & Betsy Tracy
Drs. Mandy & Sam Vassallo
Emil Verrey
Robert & Betty Lou Vrooman
Bob & Carol Wardwell
Joseph & Laurie Weekes
Marie Western
Nancy B. Whitley
Erin Wiggins
Gary & Thadine Wight
Brooke Wills-Thomas
James & Vicki Wilson
R. Matthew & Michele Young
Tom & Suella Young
Jane Zimmerman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foundation Business Partners<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Community Foundation gratefully acknowledges gifts of businesses and organizations in support of Foundation leadership programs and initiatives. Those that directly supported the Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Annual Fund<\/strong>, and\/or the Youth<\/strong> Philanthropy<\/strong> Council<\/strong>, LEAD<\/strong> Giving<\/strong> Circle<\/strong>, Community<\/strong> Spirit<\/strong> Youth<\/strong> Giving<\/strong> Challenge<\/strong>, or Operation<\/strong> Snowstorm<\/strong> between January 1 and December 31, 2025<\/strong>, are gratefully recognized here. Their gifts help make our work together possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join others in supporting your community<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

To join others in supporting your community with a gift to the Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Annual Fund<\/strong>, make gifts to: Northern New York Community Foundation, 131 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601<\/strong>. You may designate your Friends gift to strengthen Jefferson, Lewis, or St. Lawrence county, or the entire region.Click the button below to become a Friend of the Foundation today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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