Living Legacies | 2022

A PUBLICATION OF THE CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

ELAINE & STEVE JACOBS PG.2

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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.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OPTIONS FOR PRESERVING YOUR CHARITABLE LEGACY, CONTACT: JAN LANE AT LEGACY@CNYCF.ORG OR VISIT 5FORCNY.ORG

served as chair of the Development Committee.

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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

always busy. But Joe recalled she was never too busy to be a great mom.

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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

1948.

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