Community Foundation of Tompkins County

Give for Today & Tomorrow
Your gifts provide meaningful resources for generations to come.
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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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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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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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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

Today's Generosity, Tomorrow's Abundance

Thank you for joining us for an unforgettable evening at the Community Foundation of Tompkins County’s Annual Celebration, at the historic State Theatre. It was a vibrant gathering that brought together hundreds of community members who are committed to making Tompkins County a great place to live, today and tomorrow.

We announced our Tompkins Today & Tomorrow Initiative, a fundraising effort to raise $4 million dollars for our Tompkins Today & Tomorrow Endowment. We hope you will join us in learning more about this Initiative and helping us reach our goals.

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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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