A PUBLICATION OF THE CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
ELAINE & STEVE JACOBS PG.2
2022 L I V I N G L E GAC I E S - 2022
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EVENTS & OFFERINGS WORKBOOK Our legacy planning workbook includes a series of exercises and writing prompts to help you document your charitable inspirations in your own words. The workbook is available in both digital and print formats.
WORKSHOPS The Community Foundation offers workshops for individuals and community groups interested in engaging with civic-minded peers in a supportive atmosphere. These interactive workshops explore values-based exercises and communal conversation to help participants reflect on their giving stories and giving visions.
DEAR FRIENDS,
MEETINGS
Legacy is less about what
We can meet with you individually, or with your family, to facilitate a conversation about what matters to you most and how we can help preserve your charitable legacy.
is left behind than what lives on. The Community Foundation is built on legacy. In 1927, a small group of thoughtful, committed local residents came together to create a permanent source of charitable support for Central New York. Many of the gifts that helped establish the foundation continue to support the community today. These legacy gifts are endowed to live on for future generations. So, too, are the stories that accompany them. In this issue of Living Legacies, we honor and celebrate the vision of our legacy donors, past and present, with stories of compassion, resilience and inspiration. W I T H G R AT I T U D E ,
PETER A. DUNN PRESIDENT & CEO
02 GIVING FROM THE HEART 03 THE HATCHERS 05 CONNECTING & RESPONDING TO LOCAL NEEDS 06 GEORGE WORTLEY
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CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION
The spirit of generosity that is common
act of kindness from our childhood or
among our donors and nonprofit partners
a long-standing family tradition that
encompasses more than just tangible
influences your current giving.
resources and monetary gifts. When we engage in philanthropy, we are telling the
No matter where you are in your life,
world what is important to us through
telling your story and sharing what matters
the causes we support. Sharing your story
most to you is a valuable exercise. Getting
and giving voice to the life lessons and
started is often the hardest part. Because
experiences that have shaped your own
your story is important to us, we have
generosity is another form of giving back.
devised a series of tools and resources designed to help you find your voice, and
In addition to preserving your charitable
all are available in-person or remotely.
legacy for future generations, telling the story of what motivates your philanthropy
To learn more about Community
can inspire others to take action and effect
Foundation legacy events and offerings,
positive change. Sometimes, shedding light
please contact Jan Lane at
on our memories can help illuminate a
legacy@cnycf.org or (315) 883-5546.
path toward hope and comfort for others
Learn more at cnycf.org.
who have shared a similar experience. Alternatively, we might find that an early
GIVING FROM THE HEART ELAINE & STEVE JACOBS
If you want to make a difference, “Look around
It was through his board service that Steve
The pair married in 2000 at which point
at the community, look around at what you’re
began to see the broad needs of the community
Steve became a proud stepfather to Elaine’s
interested in and just begin to give,” Elaine
and he came to understand the Community
three children and grandfather to six
Jacobs advises. From volunteering to hold
Foundation’s role in addressing those needs.
grandsons. Steve thoughtfully remarked, “Our grandchildren bring immeasurable joy to our
babies at Crouse Hospital to helping create the East Area Family YMCA, Elaine and Steve see
Elaine was born in Pennsylvania and moved
lives.” He added “Our hope is that our giving
the positive impact that their giving has on our
with her family to Syracuse when she was just
will result in a prosperous Central New York for
community.
3 months old. She was raised on Onondaga Hill
them to appreciate for many years to come.”
and was a member of Westhill High School’s The spirit of the Jacobs’ giving is fueled by
first graduating class when its grades ran from
Through their combined families, lives and
their shared and complementary views in
7-12. She is the mom of three children — two
philanthropy, Steve and Elaine have developed
supporting strategic nonprofits and charitable
sons and a daughter — as well as a foster
a deeper understanding of the power of both
organizations. The couple generously gives
mother to several children through Catholic
giving and receiving. Steve commented, “With
time, brainpower and funding to several
Charities.
challenges of both heart disease and breast cancer between us, we are grateful for those
organizations in Syracuse and the surrounding areas.
Later in life, Elaine’s passion for fairness and
who contributed to research. Without them we
social justice led to her pursuing her criminal
might not be alive today.”
Prior to meeting Elaine, Steve opened a donor-
justice degree at Onondaga Community College.
advised fund at the Community Foundation
Following graduation, she was featured in an
The Elaine & Steven Jacobs Fund will continue
when he closed a small private foundation,
advertising campaign to recruit other non-
to support the community, through their
hoping to simplify the management of his
traditional students.
estate, long after they’re gone. “If you give from your estate, you’re communicating values
charitable giving. After selling his business — Stevens Office Interiors — 17 years later, he
Raised as a nurturer and active philanthropist,
for generations to come,” noted Steve. “It’s
contributed to his fund so that he could spend
Elaine found many organizations that needed
important that people consider the values they
the earnings on much more than just himself.
her talents. She volunteers at St. Joseph’s
want their children to have.”
Surgical Center, the Crouse Hospital nursery “When business owners decide to sell their
and at her church. Additionally, as a breast
After their deaths, the Jacobs’ donor-advised
businesses, they often aren’t thinking of where
cancer survivor, Elaine donated many hours to
fund will transition into an endowment which
their wealth came from,” commented Steve.
the Race for the Cure and was appointed the
will support the greatest needs of the Central
“In my case, I realized that the people in this
board chair of the CNY affiliate of the Susan G.
New York region, with a preference to include
community were the same people who helped
Komen Foundation.
human services and education.
successful, therefore I knew I needed to give
Steve and Elaine met each other at Community
“It’s important to entrust your legacy in a place
back to the community that helped me so
General Hospital while Elaine was working
where good people can make good decisions
much.”
as the executive assistant to the hospital’s
about how to utilize your money to create a
president. “I would do all the work to prepare
better future for the community,” added Steve.
Steve’s charitable interests and focus have
the minutes. Steve, who was the secretary on
“We have great confidence that the Community
developed more fully in recent years, but
the Foundation board at the time, would just
Foundation will properly steward our funds for
his connection with several charities spans
sign them and receive all the credit! He would
years to come.”
decades. He is a former board member for
even suggest ‘moving a comma here or a period
Community General Hospital Foundation, Junior
there!’” Elaine noted with a hint of humorous
Achievement of CNY, the Boy Scouts of America,
exasperation.
me build the business and become financially
and Cystic Fibrosis. Steve was also part of a small group of community volunteers that
Grammatical differences aside, Steve was
developed plans and raised funds for the Hal
drawn to Elaine’s warm and generous spirit.
Welsh East Area Family YMCA.
He asked the hospital president about the appropriateness of dating a hospital employee
Steve served on the board of the Community
and the president enthusiastically offered his
Foundation from 2012-2018, during which he
blessing. The rest is history.
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THE HATCHERS
ONEIDA COMMUNITY MANSION HOUSE MUSIC HALL
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CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION
AN 80 YEAROLD LOVE STORY PRESERVED THROUGH PERPETUAL SUPPORT OF ONEIDA COMMUNITY MANSION HOUSE
The story of John Pierrepont Langford Hatcher and Cornelia Wayland Smith began nearly 80 years ago. The couple, known as Lang and Nini, grew up next door to each other, married and happily raised their children while caring for their community. Both were descendants of prominent families of the Oneida Community Mansion House, which later formed Oneida, Ltd., the globally-known manufacturer of Oneida silverware. With the Mansion House central to their lives, Lang created a fund through a bequest which will support it for years to come. Lang was a well-known presence in Oneida. He
Both Lang and Nini loved to read. While Nini
was highly educated and his curiosity led him
preferred works of fiction, Lang enjoyed
to become an expert in subjects ranging from
historical accounts. The Hatchers shared
history to New York state geology, and beyond.
knowledge through the Mansion House
The pair’s son, Joe, noted that he always had
library, where Nini kept abreast of the New
a project. “One time, dad was determined to
York Times Sunday Book Reviews and ordered
re-route a section of Oneida Creek to save a
current affairs magazines for the patrons
black maple on the banks. We must’ve moved
of the Mansion House and the surrounding
hundreds of rocks around to change the water
community.
flow. You know, in the end, it was hopeless,” remembered Joe, laughing.
Later, Lang published his own historical memoir in 2017. Regarding the book and his father’s
Lang graduated from Colgate University in 1954,
legacy, Joe remarked, “He would want to be
joined the U.S. Army and earned his MBA from
remembered as someone who really had the
Wharton School of Business. He later joined the
community and Oneida, Ltd.’s best interests at
family business, Oneida, Ltd., where he held
heart.”
many positions including managing director of UK operations. Lang served as the head
Before his passing in 2020, Lang set plans in
of the Oneida Community Mansion House’s
motion to establish a donor-advised fund as
board of directors and was actively engaged
part of his estate plan to help preserve the
on the boards of the Crouse Community
legacy of the Oneida Community and the
Center in Morrisville, the Oneida City Planning
Mansion House. The fund will be administered
Commission, the Oneida Area Arts Council and
by the couple’s four children, who will be able to
Colgate University.
make meaningful gifts to their parents’ favorite causes in a flexible manner.
Nini was a kind, thoughtful and loving person who never shied away from a charitable
“They were sensationally good parents,” Joe
request. From spending many hours
remarked. Lang and Nini will be remembered
volunteering at the Hazel L. Carpenter Adult
fondly by their family as kind, patient caregivers
Home in Oneida, to serving on the board of
who loved each other, their family and their
Planned Parenthood for over 30 years, Nini was
community with every fiber of their beings.
ABOVE:
Nini Hatcher
TOP LEFT & RIGHT:
Lang Hatcher
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YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION:
CONNECTING & RESPONDING TO LOCAL NEEDS
MERCY WORKS
A century ago, Cleveland banker Frederick Goff had a vision: pool the charitable resources of his community’s philanthropists into a single permanent endowment for the betterment of the city. That vision led to the formation of the Cleveland Foundation and a movement that has transformed philanthropy in the United States and across the world. Today more than 800 U.S. community
students are going to college with the help of
consequences of the pandemic. Altogether, $2.3
foundations collectively grant more than $6.5
scholarships, and much more!
million was raised and distributed in response grants to meet basic needs.
billion each year in their respective regions. The Central New York Community Foundation,
The local value of a community foundation is
established in 1927, has invested more than
never more evident than when a community
Community isn’t just part of our name. It’s
$230 million in community improvement
faces urgent, unexpected adversity. When a
central to who we are and what we do. We
projects that strengthen our local nonprofits
crisis like the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
invest millions each year in improving Central
and address the most critical issues of our
hits, our goal is not to do less because of
New York, while also ensuring that our donors
times.
uncertainty, but to do more because our
will leave a legacy that will make a difference
neighbors need us. Our resources and
for generations to come. As community
The gifts we receive come from those who want
community knowledge allow us to act quickly
connectors, we link donors with the nonprofits
to give back to Central New York in some way
during times like these, raising and deploying
that can help them transform lives. And as
— either during their lifetimes or as a legacy
funds to fill gaps or justify ideas, and supporting
philanthropic first responders, we step up to
that carries on after they are gone. We then
a scaled-up response from the government.
the call when our region needs us. To learn more about the community foundation, visit
turn those dollars into community change — by supporting and mobilizing nonprofit efforts
It should come as no surprise, then, that
around the region’s most critical needs.
in the face of a pandemic that posed an
cnycf.org.
unprecedented threat, more than 400 Our impact is most notable when you hear how
community foundations in every U.S. state
residents’ lives have been changed thanks to
immediately set up COVID-19 response funds. In
the generosity of our fundholders: affordable
the early stages of the pandemic, we committed
rental apartments have been made lead-safe
initial funding and management services to
and families of children with elevated blood
create a series of COVID-19 support funds
lead levels have been relocated for their
across our region in partnership with local
safety; visitors to food pantries are finding
government and regional funders. These new
fresh, healthy produce to choose from; low-
coalitions resulted in stronger collaborations,
income residents are being connected to job
streamlined resource deployment and, most
opportunities in high-need industries; young
importantly, responsive grants to nonprofits
children are receiving a steady stream of new
working with communities that were
books to read with their families; high-achieving
disproportionately impacted by economic
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CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION
PRAGYA MURPHY
Development Officer
GEORGE WORTLEY FROM NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER TO CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, GEORGE WORTLEY WAS A MAN FOR THE PEOPLE
GEORGE WORTLEY ON INAUGURATION DAY IN 1985
George Wortley was known to run up the
That year he attended the Republican National
stairs two at a time. He moved quickly and
Convention, where he met his future business
smiled brightly. Even during the busiest times,
partner, T. Elmer Bogardus. That same year,
he attended Catholic Mass nearly every day.
he met his future wife, Barbara Hennessy, an
His younger brother, Ed, remembers George
expert papermaker. In 1949, George and his
whisking him away to baseball games and
business partner bought the Manlius Publishing
watching George grab one or two, sometimes
Corporation, now known as Eagle Newspapers.
three, Heath toffee bars at the family pharmacy.
“We have only two policies,” the publishers wrote in their first publication, “to be friendly
George, a longtime Fayetteville resident
and to participate wholeheartedly and
who served in the U.S. Congress 1981-1989,
intelligently in every worthwhile civic endeavor
loved his country, his family, his faith and
in the communities served by this paper.”
Syracuse University sports. He cared about
George kept true to his promise and took care
his constituents and his dedicated employees
of his employees for 40 years.
at Manlius Publishing Corporation. “He never did anything halfway,” his youngest daughter,
As the Wortleys grew their family and careers,
Betsy, reflected in her eulogy at his 2014
George felt called to politics and was elected to
funeral. “He worked hard and in his spare time,
Congress in 1980. Cathy Bertini, his campaign
he worked harder.”
manager, later a United Nations official and current Community Foundation board member,
In the late 1970s, George recognized the
grew close to the family. “George is genuine.
importance of a comfortable space for older
There’s not a fake bone in his body. He was
adults. He helped obtain funding to buy a
very practical, sensible and pragmatic,” Bertini
building to create the Fayetteville Senior
recalled. “And he knew the art of compromise.”
Center. The center opened June 1, 1980, and currently serves more than 500 community
In Congress he served on the Committee on
members.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, helping to write legislation to improve public housing and
He created The Congressman George C. Wortley
outlaw money laundering. He also loved giving
Foundation, which held fundraisers for the
tours of the U.S. Capitol building.
center. His foundation recently found a new home at the Community Foundation.
George’s impact will forever be remembered by his family, his country and the many senior
Wortley was born in Syracuse in 1926 and
citizens who benefit from his generosity. As his
attended St. Lucy’s Parish school before his
daughter Betsy noted, “It was a very good thing
family moved to Tully. His father, a pharmacist,
to be loved by George Wortley.”
opened a drug store and soda fountain where George worked many afternoons. He graduated from Tully Central High School in 1944, then joined the Merchant Marines. After the war, he attended Syracuse University, graduating in
PHOTO TOP:
George and Barbara Wortley with George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush at the White House
PHOTO MIDDLE:
George Wortley with his parents in Bermuda in 1938
PHOTO BOTTOM:
George and Barbara Wortley
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Vice President, Development
MONICA M. MERANTE, CAP ®
Senior Director, Philanthropic Services
JAN L. LANE, CAP ®
Development Officer
PRAGYA S. MURPHY, MBA, CAP ®
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FRANK M. RIDZI, PHD
Vice President, Community Investment
DANIELLE M. JOHNSON
Senior Director, Grants and Programs
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QIANA WILLIAMS
Program Officer
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Events & Communications Associate
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Executive Director
DANA E. LYONS-CANTY
Manager, Post-secondary Scholarship Access and Completion
Development Officer
JENNY E. GREEN
Philanthropic Services Officer
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