News
August 27th, 2024
Appalachian Regional Commission Selects Community Foundation of Tompkins County for Special Training, Funding Program
Just two community foundations in New York will participate in a six-week virtual training designed to strengthen our programming, operations, and fundraising capacity. We are proud to announce that your Community Foundation of Tompkins County has been selected.
Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced that Community Foundation of Tompkins County in Ithaca as well as the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation in Olean have been selected to participate in READY Community Foundations, a training and funding opportunity under ARC’s capacity-building initiative, READY Appalachia. These two community foundations will join 28 others across 10 states to participate in a six-week training designed to strengthen our programming, operations, fundraising, and financial capacity.
“ARC remains committed to providing our Appalachian communities with the resources they need to build toward a prosperous future, including training to strengthen community foundation capacity,” said ARC Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin. “Through the training provided by READY Community Foundations, Appalachia’s philanthropic organizations will be better able to respond to community needs and foster economic development in the areas they serve.”
Following completion of the training, participating community foundations can apply for up to $25,000 (no match required) to build internal capacity, helping bolster their philanthropic impact in New York’s Appalachian communities which include all of Tompkins County.
Supported with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, READY Community Foundations in the fourth and final track under ARC’s capacity-building initiative, READY Appalachia. Since July 2022, READY Appalachia has provided training and access to funding to 41 Local Development Districts (LDDs), 75 nonprofits , and 90 local government entities to help them better serve their communities.
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About the Appalachian Regional Commission
The Appalachian Regional Commission is an economic development entity of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 423 counties across the Appalachian Region, including 14 counties in New York. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia to help the Region achieve socioeconomic parity with the nation.