Accumulated earnings from the Syracuse SIDS Golf Classic established this permanent fund in 2007 to support the elimination of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome through increased community awareness and medical research as well as parent support programs and risk reduction education.

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Walter A. Thayer worked as a carpenter for many years. Through a charitable bequest in 1992, Walter established this fund to provide grants for programs helping women facing domestic violence and teenagers in need.

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Michael and Elaine Crough established this fund in 2006 to improve opportunities for the career development of individual front-line, non-management, human service workers, providing them with professional development and training opportunities. By investing in the skills and competencies of these invaluable staff members, this initiative...

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Established in 1888 to provide medical and surgical aid for those who could not afford it, the Syracuse Free Dispensary closed its doors in 1964. In 1966, the State’s Supreme Court ordered the Dispensary’s endowment assets transferred to establish this fund. The Dispensary’s mission lives...

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The Southern Cayuga Agriculture Program Fund was established by the Southern Cayuga Agricultural Advisory Board to support the priorities of the SCCS Agriculture program and the SCCS Future Farmers of America (FFA) Program — including academic needs and supplies, FFA activities and leadership development.

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In 1999, John Spanfelner and his wife, Anne, established this fund to support two objectives. John, an ardent fly fisherman, desired to promote the preservation of ecosystems, clean Central New York waterways and organizations that care for and train dogs that help humans.

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The C.I.G.S. Foundation board of directors in 2001 chose to direct their assets to the Community Foundation to establish a fund to promote the vocational, educational, health and social needs of people with disabilities subject to social barriers. The fund is named in honor of...

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This fund was established by a 1998 bequest to meet community needs in the areas of cancer and heart disease research, education and care.

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Dorothy Shoudy, a long-time resident of Central New York who dedicated her life to teaching others, stipulated the formation of this fund in her will to benefit the hearing impaired of Central New York. Programs that benefit include those providing sign language interpreters in schools...

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Lynne Ross Scheer studied philosophy at Harvard University before taking her first job at Sperry Rand Corporation. She worked on the Univac, one of the first digital computers, in the early 1950s. She later returned to school to earn a Masters of Education degree from...

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