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Report to the Community: 2020
Report to the Community: 2020
Mark and Reghan wanted to maximize the benefit of their contribution to local organizations and direct the money to where it’ll have the most impact.
Finding safe, lead-free housing in Syracuse was an issue before COVID-19 caused a global upheaval. But now, during a pandemic that has led to financial strain across our community, the risk of childhood lead poisoning is amplified.
An anonymous donor recently left a $2.2 million gift to the Central New York Community Foundation upon her passing.
Donor-advised funds are charitable giving accounts that allow donors to make grants to a wide variety of causes as their interests evolve over time.
We asked our former board member and founder of the Scolaro Law Firm, Rob Scolaro, about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting his work as an estate-planning attorney and for his thoughts on creating and updating wills and estate plans.
If you had asked Joe Horan in February what his summer was going to look like, he wouldn’t have said spending time with 40 Syracuse-area youth in Zoom meetings.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida County (CCEOC) has provided a ray of hope through this stressful time by expanding its programming to address the resulting increased demand for child care.
According to the U.S. Census data from 2016, Central New York is home to over 10,000 minority or women-owned businesses enterprises (MWBE), and yet less than 5% that are certified to contract through New York State.