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A meaningful life through art and creativity. Created by student Kate Gundersen. A digital story about Arthur Rashap. version 3

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A meaningful life through art and creativity. Created by student Kate Gundersen. A digital story about Arthur Rashap.

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This section addresses the connections between public and private sectors. Hammack begins with questions of community, especially religious communities and the support they provide. Smith adds the idea that the not for profit sector is diverse enough to provide several approaches to problems, and even diverse ways of defining problems. He says that this sector is central to the democratic experiment. Hammack says that the civil rights movement provided a turning point, and led the courts to ...

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Dunn says he has seen several different models, many of which have been done in community foundations, for encouraging the next generation to become engaged in philanthropy. The Central New York Community Foundation focused on the local school district to instill in the students ideas of civic engagement, and recently have taken some time to consider how to restructure the program. oshea often works with parents or grandparents in donor advised funds and encourages them to do site visits as ...

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Dunn says that Central New York has a modest foundation community, with only $400 million in assets and $20 million in annual grants. With those funds, how can we have the most impact. He has seen many encouraging conversations about sustainability in not for profit organizations in the community, and discussions about merging, sharing objectives, and regionalization. oshea says that, as the largest funder in their area, several smaller foundations have come under their umbrella as donor ...

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Dunn says that their discretionary grants have historically been broad, while they have focused on significant issues in the community like literacy. Presently, they are looking at collaborations and partnerships, in order to encourage and help not for profit organizations work toward regionalization, in order to address sustainability. They are also seeing a movement from project based funding to general operating grants, which are similar to venture capital investment. oshea sees change ...

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Dunn says their role is to expand charitable capital in the region, to focus and collaborate with other institutions to impact change collectively, and to assist nonprofits with their own capacity. oshea agrees, and says CF are charged with knowing about the partners, players and issues in their community. They should be the knowledge center in the community, which helps them decide what to do in the leadership role in the community. Brown thinks of CF as community based in every way—grants ...

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Dunn explains that the Central New York Community Foundation receives, distributes and manages charitable funds, and is the largest grantmaking foundation in the region, with assets of about $90 million. Sixty percent of their funds are legacy funds, while the rest are designated for specific purposes or advised by individuals or families who use them as a vehicle for their own philanthropy in their community. oshea says the Community Foundation for Herkimer and Oneida Counties focuses on ...

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This discussion is hosted by Emily Katz, a Class of 2009 graduate of Colgate University, who completed an Upstate Institute fellowship on the effectiveness of the Youth Philanthropy Project at Colgate. She talks with: * Peter A. Dunn, president and CEO, Central New York Community Foundation * Peggy oshea, president and CEO, Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc. * Diane Brown, executive director of the Community Foundation for South Central New York

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