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• December 18, 2015 *BREAKING NEWS* Tax Incentives for Charitable Giving Made Permanent by Congress, Signed by President
• December 17, 2015 $131,000 of Grants from Community Foundation Fall 2015-16 Collective Impact Grants and Fall 2015 General Letter of Inquiry Grants
• December 10, 2015 Celebrating 15 Years of Philanthropic Excellence with a Community Foundation Video
• December 9, 2015 Private Family Foundation Shift to Donor Advised Fund: Donors Gain Cost, Tax Benefits But Sacrifice Some Control; Leaving Paperwork to Us
• December 3, 2015 Inviting you to take 5 minutes for philanthropy
• December 2, 2015 Community Foundation 2016 Spring Grant Cycle Q&A Session
• December 2, 2015 Community Foundation CEO George Ferrari on WRFI
• December 2, 2015 *UPDATED with Results* Community Foundation Thanks YOU #GivingTuesday on December 1, 2015
• November 18, 2015 Resources from the Women’s Fund Fall Gathering “Issues and Experiences: Women and Poverty”
• November 17, 2015 Philanthropy Resources for Responses to Refugee Crisis and Terror Attacks
• November 12, 2015 Celebrating Community Foundation Week from November 12-18, 2015
• November 4, 2015 *UPDATED with Grantee Info* You are Invited! for our Fall Grant Cycle Awards Celebration
• November 2, 2015 PHOTO GALLERY AND THANK YOU! Corporate Sponsors for making our A Night on the Town: 15th Anniversary Gala such a special event
• November 1, 2015 Can a Non-DAF Transfer Funds to a DAF?
• November 1, 2015 Academics and Philanthropic Stakeholders Debate Donor Advised Funds
• October 20, 2015 3Q15 Grants and Assets Dashboard: $1,542,637 in 241 Grants from Assets of $12.5 million
• October 16, 2015 Charity and Philanthropy: Different Sides of the Same Coin
• September 30, 2015 CommunityForce Online Grant Application Instructions
• September 25, 2015 Former and Current Board Member Odysseus Reception
• September 25, 2015 Donor Advisor Luncheon
• September 25, 2015 HEROES Circle & Legacy Society Philanthropy Magnified Reception
• September 15, 2015 Resources to Guide Giving to Help in the Middle East/European Refugee Crisis
• August 31, 2015 A Community Foundation co-sponsored Listen & Learning event:Taking Collective Impact to the Next Level & Re-Entry Initiative– A Collective Impact Workshop
• August 31, 2015 *UPDATED* with special THANK YOU video, THANKS to the 38 donors contributing $13,852 to the Community Foundation on Giving Is Gorges 24 hour online day of giving
• August 3, 2015 A Night on the Town: 15th Anniversary Gala
• July 30, 2015 *NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION* Information Sessions for 2015 Fall 2 Year Grant Cycle Collective Impact: Building Relationships, Building Our Future
• July 30, 2015 *NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION* Information Sessions for 2015 Fall 2 Year Grant Cycle Collective Impact: Building Relationships, Building Our Future
• July 30, 2015 Information Sessions for 2015 Fall 2 Year Grant Cycle Collective Impact: Building Relationships, Building Our Future
• July 30, 2015 *NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION* Information Sessions for 2015 Fall 2 Year Grant Cycle Collective Impact: Building Relationships, Building Our Future
• July 29, 2015 Information Sessions for 2015 Fall 2 Year Grant Cycle Collective Impact: Building Relationships, Building Our Future
• July 29, 2015 Now with over $5,000 in Prizes: Giving Is Gorges on August 28, 2015 We Love Local, We Live Local, We Give Local
• July 28, 2015 *UPDATED* with CommunityForce online application link for 2015 Fall 2 Year Grant Cycle Collective Impact: Building Relationships, Building Our Future
• July 27, 2015 2Q15 Grants and Assets Dashboard: $1,413,659 in 204 grants/Assets of $13.4 million
• July 22, 2015 Updated List of Fall 2015 Funding Opportunities from other Tompkins County Funders
• June 19, 2015 Resources from our Philanthropy Learning Exchange, PLEx, “Demystifying SRI and Impact Investing”
• June 18, 2015 Photo Album and Resources from 2015 Spring Grant Cycle Awards Reception
• June 15, 2015 Philanthropy Learning Exchange “Financial Planning 101 for Young Professionals”
• June 15, 2015 Philanthropy Learning Exchange “Financial Planning 101” for Professional Advisors. Join us: Lunch and Learn!
• June 10, 2015 Photo Album and Resources from “A Night on the Town Broadway Extravaganza” Concert
• June 8, 2015 Philanthropy Learning Exchange “Demystifying SRI and Impact Investing”
• June 8, 2015 Philanthropy Learning Exchange for Professional Advisors “Demystifying SRI and Impact Investing”
• June 4, 2015 Announcing 2015 Spring Grant Cycle Awards from Howland Foundation and Community Foundation Assets
• June 1, 2015 1Q15 Grants and Assets Dashboard
• May 28, 2015 Resources from our Annual Celebration: 2014 Annual Report, Presenters’ Remarks and Photos
• May 11, 2015 *RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY JUNE 15* A Record $134,580 to be Distributed in 2015 Spring Grant Cycle Grant Awards Reception
• May 10, 2015 A Night on the Town Broadway Extravaganza: Celebrating Community Foundation’s 15 years of Philanthropic Excellence
• May 8, 2015 Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Nepal Earthquake Recovery Fund
• May 6, 2015 The Baltimore Community Foundation’s Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore
• April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 Philanthropy Learning Exchange Resources for Professional Advisors “Matchmaking: How to Create Effective Philanthropy”
• April 20, 2015 NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE for Choral Member Sign Up for A Night on the Town Broadway Extravaganza Community Foundation 15th anniversary celebration concert
• April 17, 2015 Philanthropy Roundtable article on Donor Advised Funds
• April 17, 2015 Community Foundation’s FY14 Independent Financial Audit
• April 1, 2015 Philanthropy Learning Exchange for donors, donor advisors, and all those interested in philanthropy
• March 31, 2015 Diversity Community Roundtable: “Beyond Diversity: Moving to an Inclusive Culture”
• March 23, 2015 Children & Youth Fund hosts Listening & Learning for lawyers working with children
• March 19, 2015 2015 Community Foundation Library Grants from the Rosen Fund and additional Community Foundation Funds
• March 13, 2015 March 2015 Philanthropy Magnified Newsletter
• March 10, 2015 2015 Women’s Fund Keynote Address Text and Grantees
• March 4, 2015 GIAC hosts Call to Action – Meeting in Support of Public Safety & Justice
• February 19, 2015 Community Foundation Welcomes first Chief Development Officer Nancy Massicci
• February 18, 2015 Philanthropy Learning Exchange for Donors: Power of Attorney [POA] and How it Affects Charitable Giving
• January 30, 2015 Women’s Fund 2014 Dashboard for the latest on Assets, Gifts, and Grants
• January 28, 2015 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! 2015 Women’s Fund Luncheon and Grants Award Ceremony, and Joan Barber, 2015 Holmberg Honoree
• January 7, 2015 4Q14 Grants and Assets Dashboard: Community Foundation Achieves New Milestones in 2014: Assets of more than $14.2 million and Grants of more than $1.6 million, a 68% Increase Over 2013
• January 2, 2015 Community Foundation Grants $18,109 in Fall 2014 Letter of Inquiry Process
• January 2, 2015 How America Gives to Charity, Selected Data
• January 2, 2015 “What Would MLK Say Today?” POSTER CONTEST

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