Spring 2011 SmartGiving Newsletter

Smart Giving

Spring 2011

a publication of the central new york community foundation

in this issue

Philanthropy Center Put to Good Use page 3

Jenni-Lyn Watson Remembered with Fund page 5

$457,160 in Grants Awarded to Nonprofits page 6

Refugees Support Each Other page 8

Say Yes Announces $5 Million Gift from SRC, Inc. Officials from SRC, Inc. recently announced the company’s pledge of $5 million to the matching pool of the Say Yes to Education Scholarship Fund, housed at the Community Foundation. The announcement was made in front of more than 100 Say Yes supporters on January 22 at the Say Yes to Education Day festivities held at the CNY Philanthropy Center. This generous gift, designated to endow the scholarship effort, will help to ensure that the promise of free college tuition for graduates of the Syracuse City School District is permanently sustainable.

This is the single largest gift ever from an outside donor to Say Yes Syracuse.

SRC’s matching pledge, Robert Behler, President & CEO of SRC, Inc., announces when added to the $2 a $5 million matching gift to the Say Yes to Education million matching pool Scholarship Fund. already pledged by the Community Foundation and the Say Yes to Education Foundation, now means that every donation to the Say Yes to Education Fund will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $7 million.

Mayor Stephanie Miner also announced that the City of Syracuse officially became the first Say Yes to Education City in the country. To recognize this distinction, she unveiled the design of 30 new signs that will be installed around the city marking this great achievement.

Say Yes Syracuse is a landmark collaboration between diverse groups of Syracusearea corporate, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations to organize people, time and resources that support the region’s students. Its main goals are to ensure that all 22,000 Syracuse City School District students have the necessary support from kindergarten through high school to graduate ready for college and to eliminate financial barriers to attending college.

Currently, 964 students are attending college with the assistance of Say Yes to Education. In partnership with various community-based organizations, 4,100 students are enrolled in high-quality, after-school programming and approximately 3,500 are expected to enroll in Say Yes summer camp this year. To donate to the Say Yes to Education Fund, visit www.cnycf.org/sayyes. Your donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar.

Point of View

This is a time of economic stress for the nonprofit sector in Central New York.

While demand for services is up, particularly in the human services sector, many of the typical sources of funding that nonprofits rely upon – corporate support, annual fund campaigns and government grants – have declined significantly. We have heard from nonprofit leaders that the confluence of these events has created a “perfect storm.”

The Community Foundation was created with the notion that a flexible, permanent community endowment would be a value to the local nonprofit community in good times and bad. Our disciplined spending and investment philosophies allow us to carry out our donors’ wishes despite volatile market conditions. I’m pleased to be able to say that, irrespective of the investment market volatility of the last 3 years, our general Community Grants budget has remained roughly constant over this same period.

Peter A. Dunn President & CEO

We hope that the Community Foundation is a leading indicator of better times ahead. In the final quarter of 2010, we saw a 162% increase in donations from the same period in 2009, collecting $5.17 million between October 1 and December 31. That compares with $1.95 million in gifts during the same period in 2009. These new contributions included nearly 800 individual gifts of cash and stock, up from 570 during the same quarter in 2009, and the establishment of 19 new donor-advised, field-of-interest and scholarship funds during this one quarter alone.

Notable among the trends that we experienced this year was an increase in gifts of publicly traded stock to our funds. As our donors now have capital gains from a recovering investment market, we are seeing these gains offset by charitable gifts to donor-advised funds and other funds that we manage. As we went almost a year from 2008 to 2009 with not a single gift of stock, this is a welcome development that will, ultimately, increase our grants to nonprofits over time.

We are on track to close our fiscal year at the end of March 2011 at an all-time high asset level approaching $130 million. All of these positive trends, we think, reflect the growing confidence Central New Yorkers have in the Community Foundation and its ability to help them make a difference in the community during difficult times.

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Philanthropy Center Gets Off to the Right Start Since its grand opening on November 29, 2010, the CNY Philanthropy Center has welcomed close to a hundred different community organizations, civic groups, committees, boards and giving circles.

Hundreds of individuals have visited our new permanent home. The Philanthropy Center has become a hub for nonprofits across the region. Organizations as varied as the Onondaga County Bar Association, Say Yes to Education, PEACE, Inc., and the Samaritan Center have utilized the space for meetings and events.

With the capability to host meetings for groups ranging in size from 2 to 120, the Philanthropy Center has been a versatile option for nonprofit organizations in the area. Our convenient downtown location has also been important for the organizations that have chosen the Philanthropy Center as a meeting space.

The Downtown Committee of Syracuse recently held its board of directors meeting at the Philanthropy Center. The organization’s Deputy Director, Merike Treier, said, “We enjoy the opportunity to highlight different neighborhoods in the downtown district when we rotate the location of our meetings. The Philanthropy Center offered a wonderful space to host our event and provided the opportunity to showcase its mission, availability and amenities to a larger audience.”

The building has also been beneficial for the Community Foundation’s affiliate funds, which now have a space they can use for meetings and events. Amy Davis, a co-chair for the Future Fund, said, “Since the Philanthropy Center has opened, I have noticed a marked shift in the energy of the Future Fund of CNY. It is an excellent meeting spot that fosters collaboration. Using the Philanthropy Center has made me feel like I am part of a larger, community-wide effort to give back locally.”

The Philanthropy Center also makes it easier for us to carry out our own initiatives.

Our Grants & Community Initiatives team now utilizes the space to host an expanded array of grant information sessions with our colleagues from other local foundations as well as nonprofit workshops and The Leadership Classroom.

The Philanthropy Center is open from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The second floor Community Room and other smaller conference rooms are available after business hours and on weekends. Requests for room usage can be made online at www.cnyphilanthropycenter.org or by calling 422-9538.

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Access Your Fund Online, Any Time

Giving

Matters

We are pleased to announce the launch of MyGiving, a web-based portal that gives our donor-advised fundholders online access to their personal fund account information and management. There are few aspects of our lives that cannot be managed online these days. We are accustomed to having 24-hour access to information on everything from accessing our checking account balances to booking our next vacation. We heard from our donors that there was growing interest in having this convenience extend to the Community Foundation’s philanthropic services. We listened.

The new portal offers secure access to fund account information day or night.

Donors can request grant distributions to their favorite charities, check a fund’s balance, and see if a recent gift to a fund has been received. Want to see how much you’ve given to XYZ Charity in the past year before requesting a new grant distribution to this charity from your donoradvised fund? This answer and many more are just a click away.

Jennifer L. Owens Vice President, Development & Marketing

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We are proud of the fact that the Community Foundation can offer the convenience of online access but know that many of our donors enjoy having a more personal relationship with members of our staff (and vice versa!). MyGiving does not replace the availability of personalized service for our donors. Community Foundation staff are still available to assist you with a variety of custom services. We can identify issues or organizations that fit your areas of interest, analyze patterns in your charitable giving over time and evaluate charities that you may be considering for support. If you are not interested in accessing your account via the web, fear not: we have no plans to move to onlineonly account management.

The MyGiving platform is currently in use by a few early adopters and will be rolled out in stages over the next several months to our broader donor community. We are incorporating the feedback of the early adopters into system improvements and will continue to make enhancements on an ongoing basis. If you are not currently using MyGiving and would like to take advantage of online account access, please let me know by calling 315-883-5540 or emailing me at JOwens@cnycf.org.

Turning Tragedy into Hope:

Jenni-Lyn Watson

After the tragic passing of 20-year-old college student Jenni-Lyn Watson of Clay, her family was overwhelmed by the tremendous amount of support they received from the Central New York community.

They nicknamed their supporters Team Jenni-Lyn, many of whom never knew the Watson family but were moved by the heartbreaking story of a promising life taken far too soon. Hundreds dropped off cards and remembrances at the Watsons’ doorstep and many others asked how they could help.

This amazing outpouring of love and support inspired the Watson family to establish the Jenni-Lyn Watson Memorial Fund at the Community Foundation.

The fund will be used to create opportunities for local children and teens that have a passion for the art of dance but cannot afford specialized training.

Before she began attending Mercyhurst College as a dance major, Jenni-Lyn participated in many Central New York productions including performances with the Syracuse Symphony and Adventures of Rudolph sponsored by the Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondaga County. She loved dance and the arts for as long as her parents can remember.

how to give • Donate online with a credit card at www. cnycf.org/watson.

• Send a check, made out to the Jenni-Lyn Watson Memorial Fund to : Central New York Community Foundation, 431 East Fayette Street, Suite 100, Syracuse, NY 13202 • To donate other assets, contact Jennifer Owens at 315-883-5540 or JOwens@cnycf.org.

“We should all be so lucky to find half of the passion for something in our lives like Jenni-Lyn had for dance,” said Jackie Watson, Jenni-Lyn’s mother. “We will use this fund to ensure that financial barriers don’t stop other girls from achieving their dreams.”

To honor their daughter’s love of Central New York and its arts community, the Watson family chose to establish a fund that supports local dance students and the arts as the best way to memorialize their daughter’s local legacy. They plan to utilize their fund to give back to the same community that supported them.

“This is how Jenni-Lyn would have wanted Jenni-Lyn Watson to be remembered - by helping those in our region who have a love for dance but don’t have the same opportunities she did to attend formal arts schooling,” said Jackie.

“Jenni-Lyn was an extraordinary, nurturing girl who cared strongly for those around her. This fund will help us carry on her love for people, dance and life.”

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Community Impact In December 2010, our board of directors approved grants to 16 nonprofit organizations, totaling $457,260.

Ar ts, Culture & Humanities imagine syracuse - $10,000

To add new music programs that expand the Young Musicians Project and establish Syracuse’s first innercity youth orchestra nosotros radio - $3,500

To create a strategic plan to strengthen and improve its educational and cultural services to the community wacheva cultural arts - $3,000

To purchase software that will track and evaluate the demographic trends of those taking dance classes and use the data to demonstrate its impact to community partners and constituents wcny tv/24 – public broadcasting council of cny - $100,000

To renovate the station’s new broadcast and education center on the Near Westside

Civic and Community/Public Benefit/ Economic Development friends of town of dewitt parks and recreation - $7,000

To purchase playground equipment for the afterschool and pre-school programs at the David G. Klim Learning and Recreation Center at Springfield Gardens near westside initiative - $25,000

To establish a micro-loan program to assist new and existing small businesses on the Near Westside

Education the newland center (formerly the learning place) - $14,000

To work with Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse to implement a new data management system that will align its governance, operations management and outcomes measurement more closely with established standards

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Health st. camillus health & rehabilitation center $62,200

To purchase new equipment for use with rehabilitation patients upstate medical university foundation $22,000

To help refugees and new immigrants access health care facilities by improving signage and producing native language health videos

Human Services camp good days and special times - $5,000

To start a year-long monthly program for campers that will sustain the bonds formed during its summer camp programs catholic charities - $33,000

To renovate and relocate the pre-kindergarten classroom from the basement to the first floor of the Northside CYO center for community alternatives - $22,160

To train JOBSPLUS! staff on the unique challenges to employment faced by individuals with criminal records food bank of cny - $75,000

To renovate and relocate to a larger food distribution center in Syracuse meals on wheels - $15,100

To upgrade software that integrates client records, delivery logistics and volunteer tracking mcmayon/ryan child advocacy site - $50,000

To furnish office and therapeutic spaces with child-friendly furniture at its new downtown child advocacy center - a state of the art investigative, medical, therapeutic, and support facility for abused children person to person citizen advocacy - $10,300

To improve recruitment and reporting of on- and off-site volunteers through a centralized database that will collect, track and share information

Welcome, New Board Members!

These grants were made possible through the support of the following funds: • Shirley M. Aubrey Fund • Charles F. Brannock Fund • Community Fund • Harold & Marian Edwards and O.M. Edwards Fund • Education Endowment Fund • John H. & Mary P. Hughes Fund • John F. Marsellus Fund • Jim & Aileen Miller Fund • Durston Sanford & Doris Sanford Fund • Virginia C. Simons & Dr. C. Adele Brown Fund • Syracuse Dispensary Fund To learn more about these funds and many others that help make our grantmaking possible, visit www. cnycf.org and visit the Funds & Donors page.

New Grant Application The Community Foundation introduced a Community Grant Guidelines central new york community foundation new Community Grant Application in March 2011.

This application was piloted with our Performance Management nonprofit grant applicants and then revised based on their comments and input. The new application, in fillable PDF format, features more pointed individual questions in place of a project narrative and an updated evaluation form. As an added benefit, we hope to be eco-friendly by encouraging electronic submissions for all future Community Grant rounds. The new Community Grant application can be found on our website at www.cnycf.org/grants.

The Central New York Community Foundation Community Grant program allows tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations in Onondaga and Madison counties to apply for grants to fund innovative projects in the areas of arts and culture, civic affairs, education, health, human services and the environment.

The following guidelines are designed to furnish you with the information necessary to apply for a Central New York Community Foundation grant. Each proposal is evaluated on its potential value to Onondaga or Madison County; funding available for disbursement; and the quality of planning, leadership, support and vision expressed in the application.

2010-2011 APPLICATION DEADLINES Friday, April 1, 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011

Friday, September 30, 2011

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We are happy to welcome the following community leaders as new members of our Board of Directors.

Richard D. Hole, Esq., Partner Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC Richard Hole is a corporate lawyer at Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC and also serves as Chair of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has more than 30 years of experience counseling a wide range of clients in employee benefit plans. Rich is a frequent lecturer for numerous organizations, including the State Bar Association. He is a 1975 graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Law. David J. Moynihan, CPA, Partner Testone, Marshall & Discenza, CPAs David Moynihan serves as Partner in Charge of the Audit Practice Group for Testone, Marshall & Discenza, CPAs. His experience encompasses a diverse background in audit and management consulting services and he is a frequent lecturer on best practices. David is immediate past president of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and also served as their Peer Review Committee chair and Political Action Committee vice chair. He served as treasurer of both the Spanish Action League and Partners for Education and Business, as well as fiscal advisor to St. Patrick’s Church. David is an accounting graduate of Le Moyne College.

Brian Pollard, D.D.S., President Smile Design, D.D.S., P.C. Brian Pollard practices family and cosmetic dentistry as co-owner and president of Smile Design in Liverpool. He is also a dental consultant for POMCO, Inc. and serves as a provider for the Syracuse Community Health Center’s school-based dental program. Dr. Pollard coaches a junior team tennis league and has been an active fundraiser for the annual American Diabetes Association walk since 1999. He has a Bachelor degree from Georgetown University, a Master’s Degree from Columbia University and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Columbia University.

Judith M. Sayles, Esq., Partner Hiscock & Barclay, LLP Judith Sayles serves as a labor and employment lawyer at Hiscock & Barclay, LLP. She specializes in defending personal injury and property damage claims, insurance coverage disputes and general labor and employment litigation. Judith serves on the Salvation Army Advisory Board and the Syracuse Downtown Committee Board of Directors. She is also a past member of the Onondaga County Bar Association Board of Directors. She is a 1985 graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Law.

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Leaders of the Somali-Bantu Community Association visit the Central Village Community Center where they host multiple tutoring classes for refugees. From left to right: Abdullahi Ibrahim, Lul Hassan and Haji Adan.

mission: To promote Bantu cultural programs intended to inform about Bantu life in the United States and to promote programs directed to assisting and aiding the Bantu community in and around Onondaga County in attaining the necessary skills, language competency and resources to overcome poverty and become functioning members of society.

• Established in 2004 • Currently serves more than 100 families and 500 individuals

the issue: • 12,000 Somali-Bantus have resettled in the United States, seeking freedom from a 12year Civil War. • More than 500 Somali-Bantu refugees currently live in Onondaga County.

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Somali Bantu Community Association of Onondaga County: Creating New Beginnings A child belongs not to one parent or home. This translation of an African proverb is rooted in Somali Bantu culture and beautifully captures the belief that community members should pool their resources to support each other. This conviction has carried over to Somali Bantu communities taking root in Syracuse, seeking asylum from a war-torn nation.

As a teenager, Abdullahi Ibrahim fled his home after his Bantu neighborhood was brutally attacked during Somalia’s civil war. He walked for weeks until he came upon a refugee camp at the country’s border with Kenya. Steadfast in their search for freedom, Abdullahi and his family joined 12,000 other Somali Bantu refugees seeking a new life in America and settled in Syracuse in 2004. He took advantage of Syracuse’s many educational opportunities - graduating from Onondaga Community College and beginning work on a bachelor’s degree at Syracuse University. He now works as a courtroom and hospital interpreter.

Abdullahi’s story is one of many resettlement successes coming from the Central Village complex on Syracuse’s Southside, where a large number of Somali Bantu refugees have put down their roots. It hasn’t come easy. When arriving in Syracuse, most refugees experience culture shock and a significant language barrier, speaking little to no English.

Abdullahi and fellow refugee Haji Adan saw a need for their community to collectively help fellow refugees effectively integrate into their new society. Soon after, they established the Somali Bantu Community Association to assist with the necessary skills, language competencies and resources their community needed to be successful.

Along with the various services the Association provides, such as interpretation, housing assistance, citizenship classes, counseling and referral services, one has stood out as the most important to their community’s future success: student tutoring.

Refugee children, denied access to formal education in their native land and not fluent in English, often struggle to catch up to their peers in our formal education structure.

In 2007, Abdullahi and Haji began a grassroots Community Tutoring Program in a fellow community member’s basement. Starting with 50 students that quickly became more than 100, they outgrew their space and expanded the classes to Dr. King Elementary School and the Boys and Girls Club at Central Village. In the program, students receive one-on-one academic and literacy assistance structured by grade level. Most of the tutors are Somali Bantu or education students from Syracuse University. Many are past students of the program, back to help their peers succeed through the same tough challenges they experienced.

In 2009, the Community Foundation awarded the Association a $7,000 grant to support the tutoring program’s continued growth.

With the grant, they hired a tutoring program coordinator that matches available tutors with each student’s unique needs. In addition to helping the program meet its increasing demand, Abdullahi and Haji credit the Community Foundation’s grant with legitimizing the program in the eyes of other grantmakers, opening the door to other funding opportunities.

In addition to the grant, leaders attribute the program’s success and growth to the dedication of many refugee community members who volunteer their time to drive students to and from the tutoring classes, help improve the children’s fluency in English and facilitate completion of their homework and studying. In 2011, the program reported that more than 150 students registered for its tutoring classes.

The Syracuse City School District is also very pleased with the program’s influence on its refugee students – reporting that many more are progressing to their next grade levels on time.

Also in 2010, Abdullahi and Haji attended the Community Foundation’s community leadership training program – The Leadership Classroom (TLC).

Over the course of eight months, TLC participants enhance their leadership skills in an interactive setting. Abdullahi credits the program as a valuable learning experience which gave them the confidence to write their first full grant application on their own, which was successfully funded. Soon after that, the organization successfully garnered a $7,000 grant from the Women’s Fund of Central New York, a

Students of the Somali Bantu Community Tutoring Program work with tutors on their homework and literacy skills.

component fund of the Community Foundation, to expand the Somali Bantu Community Mothers & Children Program. They have since received funding from a variety of other sources, including New York State.

Looking back over the past seven years, Abdullahi admits he has come a long way since he had to walk for days to reach safety and the promise for a better life. The same can be said for many of the refugees in the Central Village community who are grateful for the promise that America has given them, and have been successful thanks to community support from their peers. The Community Foundation’s grant and leadership training fueled the group’s energy, motivation and perseverance, allowing the program to flourish and the dream of a better life to become a reality.

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New Performance Management Grants: Measuring and Sharing Success

Granting Matters

Through new federal grant programs such as Social Innovation Funds, Promise Neighborhoods and Invest to Innovate, national funding opportunities are available to nonprofit organizations that can demonstrate a significant and meaningful community impact through their programming. These opportunities inspired the Community Foundation to help local nonprofits improve their tracking and reporting on performance success. Ultimately, this helps them to be more competitive for federal grants and assists them in becoming more effective in making an impact on their communities.

In 2010, the Community Foundation piloted a performance management program to award grants to projects that would help an organization better measure its impact. Project examples include the installation of a data management system, the collaboration between two or more organizations and the hiring of an external consultant for statistical analysis. In addition to receiving performance management grants, awardees were invited to participate in a year-long learning community to share their project implementation experiences with each other and eventually with the wider Central New York region.

by Frank Ridzi Program Officer, Community Initiatives

In December, our board of directors approved eight performance management grants totaling $220,000 to help organizations assess their effectiveness through better data collection and measurement: arise child & family services - $20,000

To evaluate their programming using an electronic medical records management system that will also improve scheduling and service delivery consumer credit counseling service $20,000

To evaluate the effectiveness on families of its financial counseling and financial literacy education programs enable - $20,000

To implement an evaluation system for its anti-aggression programming greater syracuse works - $60,000

To implement a web-based workforce development and case management system that will allow providers to share outcome indicators jewish home of cny foundation - $20,000

To collect data on programs benefitting the community’s elderly population through the Institute at Menorah Park for Applied Research and Aging jowonio school - $20,000

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To measure various aspects of the school’s model and its impact on family skills, with the goal of sharing its best practices with other childcare providers salvation army - $40,000

To create a shared evaluation system between agencies in the areas of juvenile justice, foster care and child welfare vera house - $20,000

To expand its database management system to include its emergency shelter services

Sabbatical Offers Personal and Professional Development Opportunities Being an executive at a nonprofit can be challenging. Often, there is no such thing as a 40-hour work week and no way to “leave work at the office.” Executive Directors struggle each day with the delicate balance of carrying out an important social mission while maintaining the daily operations of a business. Yet, they remain some of the most dedicated, passionate and energetic members of our community.

The late John F. Marsellus was keenly aware of the value that Central New York nonprofit leaders provide our community. When he passed away, a gift from his estate established the John F. Marsellus Sabbatical program to underwrite one-month opportunities for executives of Central New York nonprofit organizations to engage in equal parts reflection and professional development. The competitive application process ends with the selection of two nonprofit executives who each receive funding to embark on their 4-week plan for reflection, revitalization and growth.

The program was established with three guiding principles in mind: that a focused period of reflection and renewal refreshes the human spirit and enriches leadership; that life-long learning is essential for creative and effective leadership; and that these concepts combined prove to be a vital investment in an organization. Each recipient of the Sabbatical must take four consecutive weeks John F. Marsellus away from his or her organization, including one week unrestricted personal time, one week at a retreat, one week of professional development relevant to their executive role and one week to document and reflect upon the sabbatical experience.

We congratulate previous recipients for all of their accomplishments, and look forward to hearing about the experiences of this year’s recipients: Barbara Henderson, Executive Director of Cazenovia Area Community Development Association and Patricia Hoffman, Executive Director of the Oneida Community Mansion House.

what people are saying Twenty-one nonprofit executives have participated in the Sabbatical program since its creation in 2000. Feedback has affirmed that the goals of the Sabbatical are being met and exceeded.

“The Sabbatical offers the opportunity for recalibrating, refueling and regaining a sense of vision, as well as receiving excellent leadership training.”

- Chasz Parker, Executive Director, Rescue Mission, 2002 Sabbatical recipient “My hope for this Sabbatical experience was to be reenergized, and to return with a focus on increasing the vitality of my organization…I can unequivocally state that this desire was fulfilled.”

- Barbara McDermott, Director of Quality Management, Madison Cortland ARC, 2009 Sabbatical Recipient

by Danielle Gill Grants Manager

how to apply Now is the time for board leaders and executive directors to discuss the possibility of applying for this unique opportunity!

• Applications are due at the end of October each year • Applicants must receive approval from their board of directors • Applicants must have held a senior management position at a nonprofit organization in Onondaga or Madison counties for at least 5 years

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board of directors Edward J. Audi Warren W. Bader, Esq. Vicki R. Brackens, ChFC William C. Brod Calvin L. Corriders Raymond W. Cross, Ph.D. Christine Woodcock Dettor, Esq. Chair Kenneth J. Entenmann Ray T. Forbes, MD Linda Dickerson Hartsock Ellen Percy Kraly, Ph.D. Madelyn H. Hornstein, CPA Joseph B. Lee Melanie Littlejohn Rita L. Reicher, Ph.D. Maria P. Russell Corinne R. Smith, Ph.D. Stephanie R. Threatte Michael J. Wamp legal counsel Gay M. Pomeroy, Esq. Mackenzie Hughes LLP

staff

Peter A. Dunn, J.D., President & CEO

finance and operations

Mary C. Meyer, Esq., Senior Vice President Liz Cavallaro, Controller Dottie DeSimone, Accountant Kathleen Deaver, Grants Coordinator Nicole Robinson, Administrative Assistant

development and marketing

Jennifer L. Owens, Vice President Katrina Crocker, Communications Manager Stephanie J. Parzych, Development & Operations Coordinator Ivy Biswas, Development Associate

grants and community initiatives

John G. Eberle, Vice President Frank Ridzi, Program Officer Olive Sephuma, Program Officer Danielle M. Gill, Grants Manager David A. Kilpatrick, Grants Associate

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Where the Smart Money Gives.

Nonprofit Workshops Take Off The last six months were a flurry of activities as we completed our transition into the CNY Philanthropy Center. The ability to hold events and workshops in our new home has expanded our opportunities for dialogue with Central New York’s nonprofit community.

A key element of this expansion is providing a higher level of support to nonprofit organizations through more learning and networking opportunities. With this in mind, we launched the first Nonprofit Essentials Workshop Series (NEWS) to offer a variety of tools for professional and organizational development to the nonprofit community. The first series was a major success, with about 75 individuals from 55 organizations attending 3 workshops.

The first workshop, Business Planning for Nonprofits, was led by Tom Kruczek, Executive Director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management. It was followed by our second workshop, Getting Started with Grantwriting, led by Sara Wason, author of Webster’s “New World Grant Writing Handbook.” Our final workshop in this series, Strategic Partnerships, featured past Strategic Partnership Fund grantees. This event highlighted the lessons learned from strategic partnerships, mergers and restructuring activities.

Feedback from workshop attendees has been very positive, with participants reporting that they appreciate presenters’ openness to comments and questions, enjoy the friendly and relaxed atmosphere, and find presenters to be engaging, clear and helpful. With such positive feedback, we are excited about the future of NEWS, which we plan to offer every spring and fall. With the help of our nonprofit partners, we can continue to wear out the floors of the CNY Philanthropy Center with valuable community based activities.