How to Give

Donors are able to make gifts to support the work of the Community Foundation, create new funds, strengthen existing funds, and to direct advised or planned gifts.

Support the Community Foundation

Making a gift to the support the Community Foundation and its activities is a flexible way to make a philanthropic impact on the community.

Contribute to a Fund

Any donor can make a gift of any size to strengthen any existing fund at anytime.

Create a Fund

The Community Foundation of Tompkins County welcomes gifts of any size at or above the minimum requirement for creating a fund, currently $10,000 for an endowed fund or $20,000 for an expendable fund.

Planned Giving

The Legacy Society honors and assists individuals who have communicated that they are making a planned gift to the Community Foundation of Tompkins County.

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quote Paul Wellstone

As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.