Community Fund
An avid reader as both librarian and local news enthusiast, Frances Thompson established this fund through an unrestricted charitable bequest in 2001 to support the broad and changing needs of the community.
Learn More Donate NowDeVillo Sloan Jr., Ph.D., and Winifred Philben Sloan met in college following World War II. They married and became the parents of one son. During their 64-year marriage, the couple lived in and around the Elbridge area and both held careers in education. This fund...
Learn More Donate NowWhen Levi (Lee) Smith, founder of Thursday Morning Roundtable, passed away in 2007, his donor-advised fund became unrestricted. Now in perpetuity, this fund will honor a man who in his lifetime created dozens of innovative educational programs serving adult learners.
Learn More Donate NowOtis Shuart served as a sergeant and cryptographer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1956, he began a 35-year career with General Electric where he became manager of Advanced Technology Development Planning in the Electronic Systems Division. Otis always had an interest in the...
Learn More Donate NowFrederick Scott, a prominent member of the Syracuse Supply Company family, established this fund in 1969. It is a permanent legacy that continues to support the Community Foundation’s unrestricted grantmaking to support the broad and changing needs of the community.
Learn More Donate NowBorn in Brooklyn, Helene moved to Syracuse as a young woman to work in the offices of the L.C. Smith Typewriter Company. While working there, she met and married Arthur Schroeder, president of A.C. Schroeder Company. Helene and her husband were long-time residents of Skaneateles...
Learn More Donate NowDan and Jeanne Schwartz were mainstays in the Village of Elbridge, where they lived for more than 60 years. Dan served as administrative assistant for business at Jordan-Elbridge Central School District, where Jeanne also served as the District’s first art teacher. The couple was very...
Learn More Donate NowThis fund was established to support the broad and changing needs of the community.
Learn More Donate NowRobert is a lifelong member of the Central New York philanthropic community. His family has roots in Syracuse business development, and his great grandfather was president of Onondaga Pottery Company (later renamed Syracuse China). He was a member of the Williams College Alumni Association of...
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