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    Give for Today & Tomorrow

    Your gifts provide meaningful resources for generations to come.

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    Click below to learn more about our TTT Initiative.
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    Engage Partners

    Your Community Foundation works with mission driven sector leaders to provide briefings on current issues, challenges and commitments to DEIJ.

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    Click below to view our 2026 calendar of events.
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    Seek Grant Support

    We provide grants to local nonprofits through our Library Grant Cycle, our 2026 Grant Cycle, and by accepting off-cycle grant requests for emergent needs.

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    Click below to find our 2026 grant opportunities.
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    Commit to Social Justice

    At our annual Women's Fund Celebration Luncheon, the Women’s Fund Advisory Committee highlights the invaluable contributions of women in all walks of life, acknowledging their significant impact on society, culture, business, philanthropy, & beyond.

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    Click below to read about the Women's Fund.
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    Design Your Philanthropy

    Many generous people give their time, talent, treasure, testimony (voice) and ties (social networks) to philanthropy. We work closely with donors to clarify what you wish to accomplish for yourself, for your heirs and for your community.

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  • Victor Younger, Community Foundation Board Member, and Tompkins Today & Tomorrow Supporter
  • Ithaca Rotary Club partnering with Finger Lakes ReUse Center
  • A partnership engagement visit to Coddington Road Community Center, a Community Foundation grantee.
  • Schelley Michell-Nunn, Board Member and Holmberg Awardee, Phoebe Brown, Holmberg Awardee, Millie Clarke-Maynard, donor, and Laura Branca, donor
  • Philanthropy Magnified Reception at Greystone, 2025

Off-Cycle Funding Requests

This opportunity is available in 2026 only from January 1 thru March 31 and from July 1 thru October 31. Off-cycle grants are those submitted outside the regular grant application cycles due to urgent or unforeseen needs. More detailed information is available in the Grant Cycles tab to the right. Most off-cycle requests in 2026, if approved, will be funded from donor advised funds.

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Today's Generosity, Tomorrow's Abundance

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Video Spotlight

A special initiative is underway to raise grantmaking funds for the Tompkins Today and Tomorrow Endowment (TTT) Fund, as part of the Foundation’s 25th anniversary celebration.

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Meet a Donor

Learn more about donors and ways we have helped you to achieve philanthropic goals and charitable dreams.

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