Designated Fund
Phyllis M. Newland worked tirelessly to provide literacy training to people with a wide variety of needs. Her great passion for this work and clear vision of how to best serve her students was reflected in her desire to establish this fund in support of...
Learn MoreThe Friends of NOPL at North Syracuse ceased operations and transferred the remainder of its assets to this fund, which is designated to continue supporting the Northern Onondaga Public Library at North Syracuse in perpetuity.
Learn MoreBoth Allan and Helen were born and raised in Auburn. Allan worked in education, holding several teaching and vice/head principal roles at schools in Port Byron and Auburn, including East and West Middle Schools and Auburn Central School during his tenure. For four years, Allan...
Learn MoreThis fund was established to provide general support to the National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum in Peterboro.
Learn MoreThis fund was established in 2007 to honor the memory of Peter Mermer, a math teacher and athletic director at Knox Memorial Central School. Because of his passion for Edwards-Knox Athletics, the fund is used to benefit the Edwards-Knox Central School Cougar Athletic Booster Club.
Learn MoreThe Jim Marshall Farms Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Chittenango, utilizes a beautiful eighty-four acre horse farm to help people through interaction with animals, professionals and other caring people. Exposure to the life-affirming miracle of birth, the unconditional love of animals, the power of...
Learn MoreThis fund was established by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation in order to provide a permanent source of annual funding to Matthew House in Auburn, NY. Matthew House is a two bed, not-for-profit, non-denominational home for people who are terminally ill and who, for a...
Learn MoreIn 1987, one of the community’s most beloved surgeons and civic leaders was murdered. Within months, Dr. Herbert Lourie’s family, friends, patients and colleagues pooled their contributions to establish this fund. Since 1989, this permanent fund, in conjunction with Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship...
Learn MoreLowell Smith’s many friends and colleagues watched the courage with which he fought ALS. This memorial fund, created in 2005, benefits the ALS Association of Central New York, the LEAD New York Program, and Heifer Project International.
Learn MoreTo Adeline Maltzan, responsibility and hard work were the keys to success in both academics and life. Before succumbing to cancer in 1996, she included a bequest in her will that awards annual scholarships to the top ten graduates of Sherburne-Earlville High School. Instead of...
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