Initiative Fund

The Black Equity & Excellence Fund supports projects that center, uplift, and serve Black communities in Central New York by addressing economic and social disparities caused by historic marginalization. The fund is dedicated to fostering self-sufficiency, economic development, and community empowerment. This endowment was created...

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The Black Equity & Excellence Fund supports projects that center, uplift, and serve Black communities in Central New York by addressing economic and social disparities caused by historic marginalization. The fund is dedicated to fostering self-sufficiency, economic development, and community empowerment.  Learn More Your contributions...

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This fund was established to support Work Train, a workforce development initiative developed to create job opportunities for low-income residents in Syracuse. This effort was created to help local employers fill gaps in their workforce by identifying their specialized, and sometimes industry-specific, employment needs and...

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Grants from this fund provide financial support for organizations to grow promising ideas to a larger scale.

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This fund is used to support our TLC program for residents or grassroots groups that are or want to be active in improving the quality of life in their neighborhoods. Through intensive and interactive training sessions with other resident leaders, TLC teaches the practical skills...

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The Strategic Partnership Fund supports organizations seeking to create new synergies in and between nonprofits, such as mergers and affiliations, that will enable them to enhance program delivery and achieve more effective and efficient use of limited financial and human resources.

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This fund is used to support anti-poverty efforts in the Central New York community

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This fund is used to support our Performance Management Learning Community (PMLC), which offers grants and learning opportunities to nonprofits looking to improve data measurement, including such things as database management and statistical analysis, to help track efforts and look for trends. This assists organizations...

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This fund is used to award mini-grants to cover the costs of environmental improvement projects in neighborhoods. Learn More

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