Tompkins County Funders Group

This gathering of local philanthropic professionals meets semi-monthly or more often to help coordinate our joint activities, network with one another, and better learn about community needs.

Tompkins County Funders Group is grateful to be awarded the Philanthropist of the Year, Organization in 2022 by the AFP Finger Lakes Chapter in honor of National Philanthropy Day.

We gather information on grant opportunities from other local funders who have interests in investing in the results of the work of Tompkins County non-profits.

Members of the group include

quote George Ferrari, CEO, Community Foundation

Community philanthropy is first and foremost about people not transactions... We offer a different vision of philanthropy embedded in the context of collaborative achievement, uplifting capacity, and fierce self-determination. We think of philanthropy as an expression of hope.