Community Fund
Education and community have always been important to Ron and Luella Krahl. While raising their family in Central New York, both dedicated their lives to the field of education. Luella received her degree in special education from Skidmore College and Ron moved up through the...
Learn MoreMartha Keppler, raised in Mexico, NY, and later a long-time resident of DeWitt, was a graduate of Le Moyne College and had multiple careers throughout her life — as a secretary, a mother, a software engineer and finally as a physician’s assistant. Martha was very...
Learn MoreThe Kienzle Foundation transferred its assets to the Community Foundation in 2005 to continue to serve the community through unrestricted community grantmaking as it did as a private foundation.
Learn MoreFrances was a Women’s Army Air Forces veteran of World War II, serving as an intelligence decoder. She volunteered with the American Red Cross and the United Way. When Frances and her husband Albert passed away, their charitable remainder trusts were converted to a community...
Learn MoreDorothy “Dottie” Retan Irish traveled with her family during World War II because her father was a doctor for the U.S. Army. She recalled having some odd schooling during those years, in which every year her class read Silas Marner. She spent the years after...
Learn MoreEstablished in 1998 by Iaconis, Iaconis, & Baum, Attorneys-at-Law, this fund supports causes that enhance the quality of life for those who live and work in Central New York.
Learn MoreIrving A. “Whitey” Hotze, a Syracuse native and businessman established this fund to make an everlasting impact on the community.
Learn MoreUpon the deaths of Willis and Barbara Hills, this family fund became a permanent unrestricted fund. A portion of its earnings each year supports grantmaking to wide-ranging activities and programs.
Learn MoreDuring her lifetime, Cazenovia’s “Toto” Hosmer was a true philanthropist and patron of the arts. After her death in 1981, her will established this permanent fund. Grants are awarded to her favorite charitable causes.
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