making a difference close to home

Making a Difference Close to Home

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traveling together…

…sharing the journey

We are is a tax-exempt public charity

created in 2000 by and for the people of

Tompkins County to serve as a growing

permanent endowment and information source to support

everyone’s philanthropic action as a means of improving the quality of life for

the Tompkins County community.

The I is a member of

Council on Foundations

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

Grantmakers Forum of New York

Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce

Tompkins County Funders Group

O Mission: to Encourage and Develop Sustainable Philanthropy for a Broad

Range of Community Efforts by

1. Encouraging the growth of a permanent charitable endowment

2. Making strategic grants as community investments

3. Providing donors with vehicles to make giving easy and effective

4. Serving as a community catalyst and convener to solve problems and improve quality of life

Vision

To be recognized as the premier philanthropic partner meeting broad community needs.

• Over $4 million granted from 2000 to December 31, 2012

• Assets are over $11 million held in over 75 different funds

(as of 1/31/2013)

facts

2012grants

1. Arts and Culture = 45%

2. Community Building = 13%

3. Education = 3%

4. Environment/Sustainability = 6%

5. Health and Human Services = 33%

Total Grants in 2012 = $418,363

all grants

1. Arts and Culture = $889,299

2. Community Building = $565,699

3. Education = $714,152

4. Environment/Sustainability = $187,387

5. Health and Human Services = $1,714,861

Total Grants 2000-4Q2012= $4,071,398

• Richard Banks• Mary Berens• Susan Brown• Tom Colbert• Randy Ehrenberg• Ross Feldman• Marcie Finlay• Mariette Geldenhuys• Bob Jewell• Sara Knobel• Tim Little

• Robin Masson• Alan Mathios• Diane McDonough• Bill Murphy• Nancy Potter• Mickie Sanders-Jauquet• David Squires• Carol Travis• Linda Wagenet• Julie Waters• Amy Yale-Loehr

2013 board

today we celebrate

Lisa WhitakerPresident & CEO of CFCU Community Credit Union

“Weaving a Difference”

our speaker

Women’s FundGrantees

2005TC3 Foundation

 2006

Catholic Charities 

2007Better Housing for Tompkins

CountyCatholic Charities

Greater Ithaca Activities Center Foodnet Meals on WheelsNewfield Good Neighbor Fund Women’s Opportunity Center

Tompkins County Office for the Aging

Women’s FundGrantees

2008Catholic Charities

Ithaca College Gerontology Institute

Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes

The Women’s Opportunity CenterTompkins County Office for the

Aging

Women’s FundGrantees

2009 Alternatives Venture FundFoodnet Meals on Wheels

TC3 FoundationThe Women’s Opportunity CenterTompkins County Chapter of the

American Red Cross

Women’s FundGrantees

2010 Advocacy Center

IACC Day Care CenterIthaca Health Alliance

Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes

Tompkins Learning PartnersTC3 Foundation

Women’s FundGrantees

2011Catholic Charities

Tompkins County Office for the Aging

Opportunities, Alternatives, & Resources (O.A.R.)Ithaca Free Clinic

Women’s FundGrantees

2012Catholic CharitiesIthaca Free Clinic

Missionto make a difference in the lives

of women in our community

Strategyto establish an endowment that

will assist women in Tompkins County forever

mission & strategy

• To support organizations and projects that promote educational, economic, social and political equality for women

• To enable women to achieve economic self-sufficiency

• To insure that women have necessary healthcare resources

grant objectives

A record 12 grants to 11 organizations

totaling more than$19,000

2013 grants

Meeting the Most Basic Needs of Women

Tompkins Community ActionMagnolia House Supportive Housing Program

 Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes

Healthy Beauty Workshops and Wigs for Women with Cancer 

Advocacy CenterDomestic Violence Emergency Shelter Rehab

 Ithaca Health Alliance

Ithaca Free Clinic Services for Women

2013 grants

Empowering Women of All Ages 

Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources"Choices" Women's Empowerment Workshops

 Southside Community Center

Girl Empowerment Program - 2013 Enrichment Projectsand

Geared for Change 

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (CCETC) - Natural Leaders Initiative

Peer Leadership Development Internship

2013 grants

Women, Moving Forward

Catholic Charities Tompkins/TiogaImmigrant Services Program

 Finger Lakes Independence Center

Brochures for the Asian Women's Network 

Tompkins Learning PartnersWomen's Basic Math Workshop

 Women's Opportunity Center

Non-Traditional Scholarship Fund

2013 grants

Previous Laura Holmberg Award Recipients

• 2012 Carol Kammen• 2011 Mimi Melegrito• 2010 Jennie Graham• 2009 Rebecca Elgie• 2008 Betsy Darlington• 2007 Sara Pines• 2006 Joan Ormondroyd• 2005 Rachel Siegel

special women

Congratulations to the 2013Laura Holmberg Award

Recipient

Beverly Baker

today’s honoree

•Carol Travis Chair

•Maria Eisner•Perri LoPinto•Carrie Regenstein•Angela Sullivan

•Rachel Siegel Vice Chair

• Jan Hertel•Ann Mathews•Nancy Schuler•Linda Wagenet

advisory committee

•Ann Mathews Chair•Denise Lee

•Lai-Siu Leung•Linda Wagenet•Mary Ziegler•Zucy Ortega

Community Education, Outreach & Grants SubCommittee

•Linda Wagenet Chair

•Denise Lee•Ann Mathews• Judith Pratt• Julie Gorman

•Karen Comstock•Kim Rothman•Lai-Siu Leung•Zucy Ortega

2013 Grants Review Committee

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