捐赠视角:苏珊和迈克尔-米斯

社区基金会的 "5forCNY "倡议邀请社区成员将自己的部分资产捐献给纽约州中部的慈善机构,这立即引起了迈克尔和苏珊-米斯的共鸣。

迈克尔-米斯和苏珊-米斯深知视角的重要性。 虽然他们都在纽约州中部长大–迈克尔在锡拉丘兹,苏珊在科特兰–但他们并不总能意识到附近社区中其他人的需求和差距。 苏珊认为,大学毕业后在海军服役的经历拓宽了她的世界观,让她懂得了服务。 迈克尔则希望自己能更早地参与公民事务。 在担任包括社区基金会在内的众多中北美洲非营利组织董事会成员期间,迈克尔对社区的需求有了更深入的了解。

“北卡罗来纳州拥有丰富的资源和财富,但其贫困程度仍然是美国最严重的地区之一。我们希望,通过社区基金会和其他众多重要组织的努力,能够为有需要的人提供更安全的生活条件、优质教育和支持性服务,从而减少贫困。迈克尔说:”所有这些都会带来工作–让人们从事有意义、高收入的工作是扭转贫困趋势的关键。

苏珊和迈克尔是在 Agway 工作时相识的。 随着许多大公司的倒闭或搬离该地区,该公司也随之关闭,之后,他们又建立并经营了一家成功的咨询公司多年。 现在,苏珊和迈克尔已经退休,他们在特拉华州、巴尔的摩、夏洛特和纽约州北部之间奔波。 但他们与纽约中部的紧密联系依然存在–以家庭和慈善事业的形式。

“纽约中部对我们来说非常重要。我们在这里有很多机会,也很珍惜在这里的时光。苏珊说:”我们感到有责任为我们所享受的福利留下一些东西,社区基金会的 5forCNY 计划似乎非常适合我们的整体遗产计划。

社区基金会的 “5forCNY “倡议邀请社区成员将自己的部分资产捐献给纽约州中部的慈善机构,这立即引起了迈克尔和苏珊的共鸣。

“对我们来说,5forCNY 具有良好的财务和常识意义。当大量财富正从纽约州中部转移出去的时候,对于我们这些因生活在纽约州中部而受益的人来说,这是一个很好的回报方式。迈克尔说:”如果每个在这里长大并从中获益的人都能参与进来(无论他们是否搬走),我们就能为子孙后代积累巨大的资源。

迈克尔和苏珊去世后,他们的部分遗产将通过社区基金会的 5forCNY 基金来支持纽约州中部的最大需求。 通过将他们的遗产捐赠与其他捐赠结合起来,他们与社区成员合作,为今天和未来不断变化的需求和机会提供捐赠并扩大灵活的支持。 迈克尔和苏珊认为,要想在整个社区产生变革性影响,就需要整个社区的参与。 从他们的角度来看,参与其中永远不会太早或太晚。

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