Philanthropy fuels investment in foreign language education
Students from Indian Lake Central School visit Montreal with support from the Adirondack Foreign Language Enhancement Fund.
Author: fellow2@adkcommunityfoundation.org
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Adirondack Foundation, ESD, AEDC partner to establish Adirondack Small Business Opportunity Fund
Cali Brooks, Adirondack Foundation president and CEO, announces the Adirondack Small Business Opportunity Fund in Saranac Lake Monday morning. Behind her, left to right, are: Lee Keet, chair of Cloudsplitter…
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A Place to Start: Adirondack Housing Resources
This resource, created in partnership with Northern Forest Center, is a compilation existing best practices and resources to address our communities’ housing needs. This resource provides a starting point to…
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A Comprehensive Fiscal Analysis of the Prenatal to Five System in the Adirondack Region of New York State
This Fiscal Analysis focuses on multiple services and elements of financing the prenatal to five system, including understanding available service capacity, current funding, the true cost of services and infrastructure,…
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Doing Well and Doing Good
From the ease of making grants to the guidance provided by the community foundation’s knowledgeable staff, Dave and Holly Wolff have discovered that a donor advised fund is the best…
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Retirement Benefits
Bill and Dale Creighton knew giving back to their home in Lake George and the broader Adirondack region would be a key part of their retirement. Learn how Bill is…
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Foundation CEO appointed to NY Federal Reserve Bank Community Advisory Group
LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Foundation President & CEO Cali Brooks has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Community Advisory Group. The New York Fed oversees…
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Economic Impact of Adirondack Nonprofits
Read an economic impact study, which combines financial information from 36 nonprofit organizations to demonstrate how nonprofits help to drive the regional economy.  You can also view an interactive summary of…
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COVID-19 Impacts on Nonprofits in the Adirondacks
Two surveys, completed in partnership with the Cloudsplitter Foundation, are helping us track the impacts of COVID-19 on nonprofits in the region. Read our latest findings from fall 2020 here.…
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Food Backpack Programming in the Adirondacks
This report looks at public school-based food backpack programs to better understand their scale, scope, and scaffolding. The average per-child cost for these programs, which provide more than 1,100 students…
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Meeting the Needs of Adirondack Communities
This report identifies critical needs and highlights existing efforts and new initiatives seeking to improve the quality of life in our region. Each section makes daunting social issues feel more…
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