Community Fund
During her lifetime, Cazenovia’s “Toto” Hosmer was a true philanthropist and patron of the arts. After her death in 1981, her will established this permanent fund. Grants are awarded to her favorite charitable causes.
Learn More Donate NowLucy McLean grew up in Utica and pursued a career with the U.S. Customs Agency. She became the first female inspector at the U.S. Port at Alexandria Bay, NY, among other assignments. Neither Lucy nor her sister Ellen married or had children. Fredericka, a third...
Learn More Donate NowAnne Messenger served as a member of the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors from 2002-2009 and served as chair from 2007-2009. During her tenure, the Community Foundation acquired and began renovation of the CNY Philanthropy Center that would become its home. A passionate advocate for...
Learn More Donate NowJim and Aileen Miller, married for more than sixty years, spent the majority of their lives living and working in Central New York. Jim held a great aptitude for all things mechanical and founded the J.E. Miller Corporation. His wife, Aileen, worked as a school...
Learn More Donate NowPauline “Polly” was born April 2, 1931 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Henry and Susanne Monz and was named after her maternal grandmother. Polly was a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree and earned her Doctorate of Philosophy from the University...
Learn More Donate NowThe Newtons maintained a donor-advised fund with the Community Foundation dating back to 1987. Since their deaths it has become a community fund that supports the broad and changing needs of the community.
Learn More Donate NowThis fund was created in 2008 in honor of Margaret “Peggy” Ogden, as an enduring tribute to the impact of her work and dedication to our community after 20 years of service as the Community Foundation’s president and CEO.
Learn More Donate NowDorothy M. Olds was a second grade teacher in the Fayetteville-Manlius school system for almost 30 years. A very generous person throughout her life, she established this fund in 1997 through a bequest to support the broad and changing needs of the community.
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