Our Funds

The Tompkins Today and Tomorrow Fund

Supports the unrestricted grant-making and operations of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County.

Arts & Culture Fund

Crime and Sexual Assault Victims Fund

Benefits agencies and organizations that help victims of crime and sexual assault, and provides an annual grant of $5,000

The Children & Youth Fund

This is a Field of Interest Fund that makes grants addressing issues pertaining to Children and Youth in Tompkins County.

The Social Justice Fund

The Women’s Fund

To provide support for the empowerment, education, creativity and transformation of women and to provide a venue for honoring women as philanthropists and leaders

21 Goodwill Street Fund

The 21 Goodwill Street Fund is a family fund established to engage several generations of the Shafer family in supporting a variety of community needs.

Advocacy Center Fund

Supports the programs and services of the Advocacy Center

Betty J. McKnight and Jean C. Smith, MD Environmental Education Fund

Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund

Established with a most generous gift from the estate of Bernard Rosen to promote genuine intellectual curiosity and a lifelong love of reading and learning and to promote greater and easier access by youth to libraries in the Finger Lakes Library System.

Browning Fund

Supports local organizations

Bunny's Medical Education and Health Care Fund

Created in memory of Bunny-O’Brien/Schassburger, a consummate nurse practitioner to enhance the continuing professional education and training of medical personnel, as well as facilitate communication and understanding between medical professionals, aspiring health care providers, patients and their families/care givers and to help provide enhanced quality of life for those undergoing therapy and end of life care.

Carman and Sandra Brink Hill Fund

David J. Kuckuk and Sheila Danko Fund

Dorothy L. Allen Black Gospel Music Fund

Established to support Gospel music in traditional African American congregations

Educational Enrichment Opportunities Fund

Edith W. Showacre Memorial Fund

Established to memorialize Edith W. Showacre (1929-2005), a beloved and admired Ithaca High School English teacher and dedicated community member.

Erin Aljoe Schlather Dedicated Memorial Fund

Supports initiatives that develop leadership, responsibility and confidence in young people, especially young women; Erin believed that it was her responsibility to make the world a better place. She inspired others to believe in themselves and in their ability to make a difference. To Erin , it never was whether the cup was half full or half empty, rather it was that the cup was not big enough.

George B. Bailey Agency Fund

Glenn B. Wilder Fund for Peace & Justice

Hartnett Fund

One of the first funds created by a private individual at the Community Foundation of Tompkins County; supports a broad range of community needs.

Hinchcliff Family Fund

James E. Lawrence Environmental Fund

Established to honor the life of James E. Lawrence, a dedicated conservationist and environmentalist. Grants from the Fund will support his love of the natural world through local and regional conservation projects.

Joe Daley Community Fund

Gives back to the Community through grants to the arts, athletics and the environment

John Semmler Fund

Johnson Graduate School of Management Community Impact Fund

Supports grants to the community by the students of the Johnson Graduate School of Graduate Management

Lane Family Fund

The League of Women Voters of Tompkins County Education Fund

Supports the educational activities of the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County, a nonpartisan organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government

League of Women Voters of Tompkins County Education Fund

Louis Perlgut Memorial Fund

Benefits the biochemistry graduate program at California State University where Dr. Louis Perlgut had a distinguished career as a biochemist and coordinator of the biochemistry department. Begun by his daughter Sue Perlgut, a long-time Ithaca resident and leader in nonprofit and philanthropic activities of Ithaca. Her family joins her in this memorial.

Lynnette Molesky Scofield Fund

Mansoor Family Fund

In gratitude for friends, colleagues and Cornell classmates, the Mansoor Family Fund supports charitable initiatives in the Ithaca and Tompkins County.

Many Hands: Peter D. Wadach Memorial Fund

Established to provide opportunities for individuals and to serve humanity in the diverse and generous ways that Pete Wadach did throughout his life

Myrtle Dee Nash Memorial Fund

North American Rock Garden Society-Adirondacks Chapter (NARGS) Fund

Supports projects to the promote rock gardening

Paul D. Tate Fund

Intended to honor the person named through gifts reflecting his generosity and compassion

Rev. David N. Gramkee Community Fund

In honor of Reverend David N. Gramkee's personal commitment to social ministry and community projects throughout the Ithaca , Elmira , Seneca Falls, Auburn , and Rochester areas, the Fund is dedicated to the support and enhancement of youth ministry programs and activities in our region.

Ridenour Family Fund

Sandy and Jay True Fund

Satya P. Mohanty & Chandra Talpade Mohanty Progressive Fund

Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk Fund

Supports the firm's gifts to the community

Shelley Semmler Fund

Taylor Peck Fund

Tom and Maria Eisner Fund

With this fund, Maria Eisner hopes to support some of the worthy organizations that enrich the life of our community.

Ujeni Grants for Advancing Public Education Fund

Established to provide educational opportunities, this fund encourages life-long learning and promotes quality education that prepares students to become contributing members of our ever-growing and changing society.

White Family Fund

Yarussi Family Fund

Alex Haley Pool Fund

A Network for Grateful Living Fund

Cascadilla Boat Club Fund

Community Dispute Resolution Center (CDRC) “Talk Works” Fund

Friends of Lansing Community Library Fund

The Friends of the Lansing Community Library is a nonprofit organization which supports the programs, activities, and facilities of the Lansing Community Library. To improve the quality of life for the citizens of Lansing by providing access to information, cultural resources, and opportunities for personal enrichment.

Finger Lakes Land Trust Stewardship Fund

Supports the stewardship of land and conservation easements held by the Finger Lakes Land Trust

Groton Educational Fund

Supports the educational and operational needs for programs provided to the children and students of the Groton Central School District

Ithaca Community Chorus Fund

Established by the family of Bill Thayer, who sang tenor in the chorus. This is a designated fund which supports the Ithaca Community Chorus.

Ithaca Health Alliance General Fund

Lenore Coral Fund

Established by a bequest by Lenore Coral, a retired Cornell music librarian, this fund supports the International Repertory of Music Literature, an organization that archives literature and publications on music throughout the world