Our Funds

Ian Bennett

Ian C. Bennett/Situation Cares Memorial Fund
This memorial fund was created by the co-workers, friends and family of Ian Bennett who tragically lost his life in a pedestrian accident. This scholarship is awarded to high school students in Orange County who demonstrate a passion for the arts, in the form of design, music and/or performing arts. Click here to make a donation!

Michelle Renee Bratton

Michelle Renee Bratton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created to celebrate the life of Michelle Renee Bratton who tragically lost her life on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attacks. This fund provides a scholarship to a young woman graduating from Pine Bush High School who, like Michelle, is a member of the National Honor Society and either an athlete on the women’s swimming and diving team or a member of chorus. Click here to make a donation!

The Ronnie Honigsbaum-Caplan-Bensley Fund

The goal of the Ronnie Honigsbaum-Caplan-Bensley Fund is to provide emergency assistance to high achieving individuals who have no other or limited sources of funds. It is the hope of the fund that once the recipients have achieved their educational and financial independence they will raise additional money for the fund or make donations to help self-perpetuate this fund. Click here to make a donation!

Carly Sigelbaum

The Carly Fund
Created to celebrate the life of Carly Marie Sigelbaum who tragically lost her life on October 17, 2008 as a way to keep Carly’s love for others alive and vibrant. This fund provides scholarships to graduating students from Newburgh Free Academy where Carly would have graduated in 2017, and grants to schools or nonprofits organizations that focus on “random acts of kindness.” Click here to make a donation!

Chester Kiwanis Scholarship Fund
Created by Chester Kiwanis for Chester Academy students. Grants will be awarded to college bound students who meet certain GPA, educational and other requirements. Click here to make a donation!

David T. Cocks

NEW! David T. Cocks Walden Savings Bank Scholarship Fund
The David T. Cocks Walden Savings Bank Scholarship Fund has been
established to celebrate the life and honor the memory of David T. Cocks.  On June 19, 2011, David T. Cocks, President of Walden Savings Bank, passed away suddenly.  He was a man of great character, a devoted family man and friend to many, who truly made a difference in the lives of those he touched.   Whether as President of Walden Savings Bank or in his many volunteer roles, he exemplified the definition of character and left a legacy of service and good work.  This scholarship will be awarded to one studen within the Bank’s Branch Territory.  Applications may be picked up in the Guidance Deparment of each of the following schools:  Chapel Field Christian School; Cornwall Central School District; Florida Union Free School District; Goshen Central School District; John S. Burke Catholic High School; Marlboro Central School District; Newburgh Enlarged City School District; New Paltz Central School District; Pine Bush Central School District; Valley Central School District; Wallkill Central School District; Warwick Valley Central School District; Washingtonville Central School District.  Click here to make a donation! 

Scott F. Coen

Scott F. Coen Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created to celebrate the life of Scott F. Coen who tragically lost his life in an automobile accident. This fund provides a scholarship to a graduating student from Pine Bush High School who is planning a two- or four-year college course of study in criminal justice and has participated in an athletic program at Pine Bush High School. Click here to make a donation!

Edward C. Moulton, Jr. Cornwall Alumni Scholarship Fund
Created by former Cornwall Mayor Edward Moulton to provide a scholarship to a graduating student of Cornwall High School who has by his or her conduct exemplified community services. Click here to make a donation!

Justin T. Dimino

NEW! The Justin T. Dimino Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Justin T. Dimino Memorial Scholarship Fund was created by Justin’s family to honor and memorialize Justin who passed away suddenly on January 9, 2011 at the age of 16. Justin was in his junior year and was the starting defensive back for the Championship Crusader Football Team at Monroe-Woodbury High School at the time of his passing. Through The Justin T. Dimino Memorial Scholarship Fund a scholarship will be awarded annually, beginning in June 2012, the year Justin would have graduated from Monroe-Woodbury High School. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduating member of the varsity football team at Monroe-Woodbury High School who has achieved a B average or better. Click here to make a donation!

Corinne Feller

Corinne Feller Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created by Corinne’s parents, Ron and Anita Feller, to celebrate the life of Corinne, who passed away at age 18 from ovarian cancer. This fund provides a scholarship to a graduating student from Valley Central High School of high moral character who will be attending an institution of higher learning, and who, like Corinne, was an active member of at least one interscholastic sports team through his/her senior year, demonstrated leadership skills, and actively advocates concern for the less fortunate. Click here to make a donation!

FF Thomas J. Foley

The FF (Firefighter) Thomas J. Foley Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created to celebrate the life of Firefighter Tom Foley who tragically lost his life on September 11, 2001. This fund provides scholarships to dependent children of either active or retired FDNY firefighters or officers. Click here to make a donation!

John D. Garrison

John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship Fund – Walden Savings Bank (WSB)
Established by Walden Savings Bank and friends of John D. Garrison as a lasting tribute to the former President of Walden Savings Bank. This scholarship is awarded to graduating seniors in both Valley Central High School and Wallkill High School to students who are of good character, exhibit community involvement, and be service-oriented who plan to study Business or Finance. Click here to make a donation!

FF Denis P. Germain

The FF (Firefighter) Denis P. Germain Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created by the family of FF Denis P. Germain to honor the this 33 year-old New York City Firefighter with Ladder 2 who perished on September 11, 2001. Although he spent his working hours in the canyons of Mid-town Manhattan, he spent his free time in the winter on the ski slopes training high school racing teams and actively participated in an annual downhill race at Hunter Mountain for teams of firefighters. This fund provides an annual scholarship to a graduating male and female student at Suffern Senior High School who is also a member of the Suffern Senior High School Ski Team. Click here to make a donation!

Susan Gunther

Oscar B. Greenleaf

Oscar B. Greenleaf Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created through a bequest, this fund will memorialize the name of Oscar B. Greenleaf forever through scholarships that are awarded annually at Port Jervis High School. Click here to make a donation!

Caitlin M. Hammaren

Caitlin M. Hammaren Memorial Foundation and Arts Institute Fund
Inspired by Caitlin’s love of the Arts and created following Caitlin’s senseless death on the morning of April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech, this Fund provides an annual scholarship to a graduating student of Minisink High School and makes grants in the areas of arts education, culinary arts, and other cultural programs. Click here to make a donation!

Keith B. Hayes

Keith B. Hayes Foundation
Created by Keith’s family and many friends, this scholarship is awarded to students at Ramapo College of New Jersey who are afflicted with similar medical and physical challenges as Keith. Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations that conduct research related to muscular and skeletal myopathy, muscular dystrophy, as well as heart disease. Grants are also made to support Rockland Independent Living Center in Nanuet and Jawonio in New City. Click here to make a donation!

Hudson Valley Tuskegee Airmen Endowment Fund
This Fund will distribute scholarships to outstanding graduating high school students throughout the region. Recipients will be selected through the Major General Irene Trowell-Harris Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen. Click here to make a donation!

Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz

NEW! The Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz Memorial Fund
Grants from this fund are used to support nonprofit organizations. The fund also awards the Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz Business award and the Dr. Morton I. Blackman Memorial Award at Valley Central High School; and the Edward Edsall Award and the Lillian & Meyer Jacobowitz Award at Wallkill Central High School. Click here to make a donation!

Alison Klepper

NEW! Alison Klepper Memorial Fund
Created by Fred and Mary Ann Klepper as a way to honor and celebrate their daughter Alison. In 2003, at just 23 years old, Alison was killed in an accident caused by a drunk driver. Alison was a talented artist and photographer as well as an accomplished skier, snowboarder, surfer and horsewoman. During her summer breaks from Warwick High School and Alfred University, she worked as a wrangler and trail guide on Montauk Long Island, New York. Alison also raised two seeing eye dogs. Alison faced adversity, namely bi-polar disorder, but she never gave up and always looked forward to her next challenge. Alison’s greatest talent was helping others in distress, both people and animals. This fund awards a scholarship at Warwick Valley High School to a graduating senior and to an Orange-Ulster BOCES student who plans to pursue higher education and major in photography, equine studies, graphic arts or media arts. Click here to make a donation!

Abraham, and Judith, and Jonathan Kopald Scholarship Fund
Created by the Kopald family in memory of Abraham and Judith, and Jonathon Kopald, this fund awards a scholarship to one young man and one young woman at James I. O’Neill High School in the Highland Falls School District. Click here to make a donation!

John Mazur Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created to celebrate and honor the life of John Mazur, this fund provides scholarships to students at Valley Central High School who are taking classes and pursuing an occupation or vocation in the field of agriculture; including horticulture, veterinary medicine, landscape architecture, environmental engineering, forestry, agribusiness, botany, or biology. Click here to make a donation!

Spencer McLaughlin Fund
Created by friends, family, and colleagues of Orange County Legislator Spencer McLaughlin in honor of his long-term commitment to community service in Orange County, this fund awards a scholarship at SUNY Orange annually. Click here to make a donation!

Middletown High School Academy of Finance (A of F)/Academy of Information Technology (A o IT) Scholarship Endowment Fund
This fund will provide support to students attending the Academy of Finance and Academy of Information Technology. Click here to make a donation!

Newburgh Enlarged City School District Fund
This fund is an umbrella fund for anyone who has a charitable interest in establishing a scholarship and program fund that will provide support to students attending any school with the school district. Click here to make a donation!

Jennifer Newton

Jennifer Newton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created to celebrate the life of Jennifer Newton, this fund awards a scholarship at Middletown High School to a student pursuing a career in creative writing at a part-time or full-time accredited college or university. Click here to make a donation!

Erin Ortiz

Erin Ortiz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created by the family and friends of Erin to honor and memorialize her. A scholarship is awarded to a graduate of Goshen High School who plans to pursue higher education and has excelled both academically and athletically. Click here to make a donation!

David E. Phillips Music Scholarship Fund
Created by friends and family to honor the life of David Phillips, this scholarship makes awards to Music students in the Middletown Central School District. Click here to make a donation!

Pine Bush Alumni Scholarship Fund
Created by RJ Smith, an alumnus of Pine Bush High School and 2nd President of the Community Foundation, to provide a scholarship for a graduating student from Pine Bush High School. Click here to make a donation!

Michael Purcell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created by colleagues of Washingtonville teacher Mike Purcell who passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. This fund will award scholarships to each student who is ranked 9th in the graduating class at Washingtonville High School and Valley Central High School, and is planning to pursue higher education. Click here to make a donation!

Anthony C. Quinn

Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Fund
Created by family and friends of Anthony C. Quinn, a beloved teacher, swim coach, and alumnus of the Warwick Valley High School who passed away tragically from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. This fund awards a scholarship to a graduating student from Warwick Valley High School who has demonstrated consistent, outstanding, high school achievements during his/her four consecutive years of high school. Click here to make a donation!

Rescue 3 Fallen Heroes 9/11 Scholarship Fund
Created by September 11th widows and family members in honor and memory of FDNY firefighters Thomas Foley, Thomas Gambino, Ray Meisenheimer, Christopher Blackwell, Don Regan, Gerry Schrang, and Joseph Spor who tragically lost their lives on September 11, 2001. This fund awards a scholarship to children of any Rescue 3 firefighter who are survivors of a qualified disaster, with special consideration given to children of firefighters who were assigned to Rescue 3 on September 11, 2001. Click here to make a donation!

Dorothy Bronson Wicker Re Memorial Art Scholarship Fund
Created in memory of this beloved artist, writer, teacher and historian by her daughter, Sandy Leonard, who is a board member of the Community Foundation. This fund will award a scholarship to a student with artistic talent graduating from Monroe-Woodbury High School. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! The Archie Stewart Rotary Scholarship Fund (Newburgh Rotary Club)
Created to provide scholarships to students graduating from Newburgh Free Academy, applicants must display a high degree of good moral character and community involvement, and must demonstrate an interest in improving the greater Newburgh area following graduation from college in accordance with the wishes of the late Archie Stewart. Click here to make a donation!

RJM Superstar Fund
Created by the family and friends of Richard J. Mohl, a “superstar” of a teacher, to honor his life and legacy. This fund makes grants or awards to locally-based arts and education programs and projects or to students attending schools in the Bethel, CT public school system. Click here to make a donation!

Rotary Club of Middletown Golden Gear Education Fund
Created to provide awards to students attending an area high school or college who have overcome a significant obstacle in their life and who have demonstrated real progress in turning their life around. Click here to make a donation!

John Christopher Smith

John Christopher Smith Scholarship Fund
Created by the family of John Christopher Smith, who tragically lost his life in an automobile accident, to celebrate John Christopher’s life and honor his memory. This fund is part of the Pine Bush Alumni Scholarship Fund. The fund awards a scholarship to a graduating student from Pine Bush High School who plans to attend a four-year college, and who, like John, is planning a course of study in Civil Engineering, Land Use Planning, Real Estate, Surveying or Business. Click here to make a donation!

The E. Bash Soderlund and Barbara Soderlund (WUCM) Mentoring Fund
Created by Sandra Soons, Vassar College Class of 1959, and Women’s University Club member to provide an annual mentoring grant to a woman 21 years of age or older returning to the classroom at SUNY Orange. This Fund was established to memorialize Sandra’s mother, E. Bash Soderlund, and her step-mother, Barbara Soderlund, both of whom attended the University of Nebraska. Click here to make a donation!

The Isaac and Ruthe Silberman Legal Profession Scholarship Fund/The Herbert J. Avrutis and Ruthe Silberman Medical Scholarship Fund
Created through a bequest, this scholarship fund will provide tuition assistance to Monticello High School students involved in the district’s “College in the Classroom” Program. Click here to make a donation!

Joshua Stamm

Joshua Stamm Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created by his family and friends to memorialize Joshua who was an Eagle Scout with Troop 63 in Goshen, a member of the 105th Air National Guard’s Young Champions, an avid skier, music fan and baseball player. Joshua participated in countless wheelchair road races, including several Orange Classics and The Special Olympics at West Point. A scholarship is awarded annually to the Goshen High School graduating student who demonstrates qualities of determination, caring, compassion, and an independent spirit, and who, despite a disability, was able to excel and will attend college. Grants may also be issued to nonprofit organizations involved in the delivery of Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) therapy and research. Click here to make a donation!

Sullivan Renaissance Scholarship Fund
Created to provide scholarships for deserving students who engage in Sullivan Renaissance community beautification and revitalization projects throughout Sullivan County. Click here to make a donation!

Timothy J. Sweitzer

NEW! The Timothy J. Sweitzer Memorial Fund
Created to honor the life of John S. Burke Catholic High School student Timothy Sweitzer who passed away in 1996 during his senior year, this fund will offer a scholarship to an incoming freshman or transfer student to John S. Burke Catholic High School. Click here to make a donation!

Jim Taravella Scholarship Fund
Created to celebrate the life of beloved teacher and Coach Jim Taravella, a Monroe-Woodbury teacher who passed away suddenly, the criteria for this scholarship will be finalized when the fund is fully funded. Click here to make a donation!

Rudolph Vallet Memorial Science and Education Scholarship Fund
Created by the family of beloved Rudolph Vallet who was a Chester Union Free School District Science teacher, this fund awards a scholarship at Chester Academy to a student pursuing the field of Science or Education. Click here to make a donation!

Wallkill East Rotary Scholarship Fund
Created to provide awards to students who live in the Town of Wallkill, have an expectation of succeeding in life, and plan to attend an accredited two-year or four-year college or technical school in the United States. Click here to make a donation!

Washingtonville 5 World Trade Center (WTC) Memorial Scholarship Fund
Created by family, friends, neighbors, and fellow firefighters, this scholarship fund was established to honor the five FDNY firefighters who lived in Washingtonville (Dennis Devlin, Glenn Perry, Mark Whitford, Gerald Nevins, and Robert Hamilton) who tragically lost their lives on September 11, 2001. This fund awards scholarships to five (5) students graduating from Washingtonville High School. Click here to make a donation!

Frederick B. and Dorothy A. Wildfoerster Fund
Created in memory of the Wildfoersters to award scholarships to local honorably discharged veterans interested in pursuing a degree in architecture or a related field. Click here to make a donation!

John P. Williamson Memorial Fund
Created to celebrate the life of John P. Williamson, an FDNY firefighter who tragically lost his life on September 11, 2001. This fund provides a scholarship to one young man and one young woman who are graduating from Warwick Valley High School. Click here to make a donation!

Women’s University Club of Middletown Endowment Fund
Grants from this fund are used to support scholarships and/or Mentoring Grants to female students graduating from Middletown High School and/or attending SUNY Orange. Click here to make a donation!

Isidore and Ethel Wittenberg Memorial Fund
Created by the family of Isidore “Stitch” and Ethel Wittenberg, to honor their memory, this fund provides an award to a graduating student athlete from Pine Bush High School who demonstrates civic duty and responsibility of the highest degree on and off the athletic field. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! The Michael Ryan Zodda Foundation

Michael Ryan Zodda

The Michael Ryan Zodda Foundation was created to honor and memorialize Michael, who passed away on July 2, 2010, at the age of 25. Through the Michael Ryan Zodda Foundation, a research fellowship will be awarded annually to a Columbia University Medical Student. The Michael Ryan Zodda Fellow will exhibit Michael’s talents, ambitions, and drive. This fellowship is intended to provide mentorship, financial support, and an opportunity to advance the fellow’s knowledge in the areas of Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral Vascular Diseases, and Blood Disorders. The Michael Ryan Zodda Fellow will, in turn, carry on this research and provide future mentorship to future fellows. Click here to make a donation!

AGENCY ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Established by nonprofit organizations to serve as a permanent endowment for their programs and operations.

Created by the forward-thinking boards of each agency represented below, agency endowment funds are established to create a vehicle for immediate and planned gifts that will support their programs, operations and provide for their long-term sustainability.

Gifts of cash, bequests, real estate, securities, life insurance, retirement assets, and tangible assets to these funds are encouraged and welcomed by the agencies listed below.

• Allegro Orchestra Fund
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County Fund
• Crystal Run Village Foundation Endowment Fund
• NEW! Bill Devitt’s Dream for Inspire Fund
• Dispute Resolution Center Fund
• Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Endowment Fund
• Independent Living Inc. Fund
• The Inspire Fund (The Orange County Cerebral Palsy Association)
• Museum Village Endowment Fund
• Neversink Valley Area Museum – Leonard Weissman Education Endowment Fund
• Neversink Valley Area Museum – Charles Van I Cuddeback Endowment Fund
• Orange County Citizens Foundation Fund
• Orange County Firefighters Museum Fund
• Orange County Land Trust Endowment Fund
• Orange County United Way Endowment Fund in memory of Marion S. Murphy
• Pine Bush Area Public Library Endowment Fund
• Southwinds Eleanor T. Snow Heritage Club Endowment Fund
• Wallkill Valley Health Coalition Corp.
• NEW!YWCA of Orange County Endowment Fund

DESIGNATED FUNDS

Established to support a specific charity or charities.

John Mazur Endowment Fund for the benefit of the Orange County Arboretum/Ruth & Jim Ottaway Education Center
Created by an anonymous donor in honor and memory of her husband for the creation, maintenance and continuation of gardens and arboretum-related projects. Click here to make a donation!

CFOS Endowment Fund
Income generated by contributions to the CFOS Endowment Fund will eventually provide for the long term financial sustainability of the Community Foundation. Click here to make a donation!

Gumaer Cemetery/Pioneer Knoll Cemetery Fund
Created by Kenneth Gumaer, DVM, to provide a fund that will award an annual grant to the Minisink Historical Society to oversee the perpetual maintenance of Gumaer Cemetery/Pioneer Knoll Cemetery in Cuddebackville. Click here to make a donation!

The Harold and Carol Levine Memorial Fund for the benefit of Orange County Land Trust
Created by the estate of Harold Levine, this fund will make an annual grant to the Orange County Land Trust. Click here to make a donation!

The Jacques and Florence Levine Charitable Fund
Created by Jacques Levine, in honor and memory of his late wife Florence, this fund will make an annual grant to the Orange County Land Trust and is a sub-fund of the Orange County Land Trust Endowment Fund. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! The Military Appreciation Day Fund
Created by concerned citizens as a vehicle to which the wider community may contribute. The Fund will provide support for “Military Appreciation Day,” a community-wide day of complimentary activities, food, music and fun for local military personnel and their families. Click here to make a donation!

Graham M. Skea Endowment Fund for the benefit of the Orange County Arboretum/Ruth & Jim Ottaway Education Center
Established by retiring Orange County Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Graham M. Skea in 2005 to support the Orange County Arboretum. Click here to make a donation!

The September 11th Anniversary Benefit Fund
This fund will provide grants to the Washingtonville 5 World Trade Center (WTC) Memorial Scholarship Fund, the FDNY VFW, and the New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation. Click here to make a donation!

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS

Established to support different charities each year that the donor may recommend.

Anne F. Bourne Memorial Fund
Originally created through a bequest of Anne F. Bourne, this fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations for “programs for the spiritual, moral and general improvement of economically disadvantaged negro residents of the City of Newburgh.” Click here to make a donation!

Anonymous Donor Advised Fund #1
This fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations. Click here to make a donation!

Christopher and Ellen Byrne Charitable Fund
Created by the Byrne Family to provide grants to local nonprofit organizations. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! The Daniel and Jason Coffey Memorial Fund
Created in honor of Daniel and Jason Coffey who perished in the September 11th World Trade Center attacks, this fund will provide grants to nonprofit organizations. Click here to make a donation!

The Irma Schwinger DeAngele Fund

NEW! The Irma Schwinger DeAngele Fund
Established “to forever celebrate the life of a remarkable woman, a German immigrant who settled in the Hudson Valley in 1950. Despite many personal trials, through hard work, determination, and selflessness she always put her family, friends, and others foremost in her mind and in her actions. Her death on January 20, 2010 was not an ending, but through this fund, a continuance of her thoughtfulness for and generosity to others.” This fund will provide grants to local nonprofit organizations. Click here to make a donation!

Deerpark Heritage Fund
Created by Willard and his wife, former board member Norma Schadt, to support art, music, history, and cultural programs in the Town of Deerpark that are offered or sponsored by the Town of Deerpark Museum. Click here to make a donation!

Empire State Bank Charitable Trust Fund
Created by trustees of Empire State Bank as a way to ‘give back to their community’ through grants distributed on a regular basis to a wide variety of local nonprofits throughout our area. Click here to make a donation!

Eustance and Horowitz Charitable Foundation
Created by Dr. Inder Jit Kumar of Eustance & Horowitz, PC, to give grants to eligible charities or to students in the form of scholarships. Click here to make a donation!

Corinne Feller Memorial Fund
Created to honor and memorialize Corinne Feller, this fund focuses on putting on events to raise awareness about ovarian cancer, and provides grants to organizations that conduct research focused on finding a cure for the disease. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! FF Thomas J. Foley Memorial Foundation
Created to celebrate the life of Firefighter Tom Foley who tragically lost his life on September 11, 2001. This fund will provide grants to nonprofit organizations. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! Forgotten Women and Children’s Relief Fund
Created by the Schlossberg family to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that support projects, plans and programs which focus on educational, vocational and health services for women and children. Click here to make a donation!

Bud & Ruth Kassel Fund
Created by the first President of the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation, Ruth Kassel, and her husband Bud to provide grants to local nonprofit organizations. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! Kidz4Causes Fund
The Kidz4Causes Fund, recently established within the Community Foundation, is a group of high school students and young adults who find ways to give back by fundraising for various charitable causes. Through their efforts Kidz4Causes is cultivating the next generation of philanthropists. The vision of Kidz4Causes is to make the word a better place by educating others about issues that affect children globally, and supporting nonprofit organizations that address those issues. Click here to make a donation!

Richard O'Beirne

NEW! The Richard P. O’Beirne Memorial Foundation
This fund was established by family and friends to honor and memorialize the late Richard P. O’Beirne, businessman and philanthropist who left a local legacy. Through this fund, grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations that advance humanitarian need and economic growth in the Hudson Valley. Click here to make a donation!

FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS

Established to support a specific area of need, such as education, health and human services, arts, animal protection, the environment, etc.

NEW! The Jay and Carol Anthony Foundation for Autism Support
This Field of Interest fund, established by Jay and Carol Anthony, was created to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that serve youths with autism who are transitioning to adulthood. Click here to make a donation!

ArtsLEAF
This fund provides grants to develop and maintain the website ArtsLEAF.org which links artists, educators, students and organizations; promotes and facilitates attendance of student groups at arts events, and identifies and supports the educational needs of future artists from all disciplines. Click here to make a donation!

Lt. Gregg Atlas

The Lieutenant Gregg Atlas Foundation
Created to honor and celebrate the life of Lieutenant Gregg Atlas, a New York City Firefigher, who tragically lost his life on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attacks, this fund will provide grants to nonprofit organizations that support programs for adults with autism. Click here to make a donation!

The Gertrude and Scott Dropkin AIDS Treatment & Care Fund
Created in honor and in memory of Gertrude and Scott Dropkin, this fund will make grants to nonprofit agencies that provide care and treatment to those afflicted with AIDS. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! Entertainment Properties Trust/Empire Resorts Fund
This fund was established for the purpose of providing grants to nonprofit organizations that offer assistance to individuals and other nonprofits located in Sullivan County, that suffer damage or injury or are otherwise in distress due to natural causes such as flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake and the like.

The Fund for Senior Services
This fund will provide grants to local nonprofit organizations that promote health and quality of life for senior citizens. Click here to make a donation!

Gerry Health Services Fund
This fund will make grants to nonprofit agencies that provide medical or health services. Click here to make a donation!

Ronald I. Jacobowitz Health/Educational Fund
Created by Gerald N. Jacobowitz in memory of his son Ronald, this fund’s primary purpose is to provide grants for medical or health services, and/or educational programs. Click here to make a donation!

The Jacobowitz Family Charitable Trust
This fund provides an annual grant to the Community Foundation and to local nonprofit organizations that provide medical or health services or educational programs. Click here to make a donation!

The Lake Foundation
Created by Michael and Christine Lake, this fund will provide grants to nonprofit organizations that serve battered women, abused children, and disabled veterans. Click here to make a donation!

The Mike Levine Journalism Education Fund
The Mike Levine Journalism Education Fund has been established to honor and memorialize Mike Levine, the beloved late executive editor and columnist of the Times Herald-Record. The Fund will support an annual writing workshop to help young journalists pursue “the news of the day with the compassion and craft that became the hallmark of Mike’s work.” Click here to make a donation!

NEW! The Kathy McMichael Memorial Foundation
Created by friends and colleagues, this fund was created to honor a devoted colleague, mother, daughter, sister, and loyal friend who was a teacher’s assistant at Sullivan County BOCES for six years and passed away in May 2008 at the age of 41 after a long battle with breast cancer. Grants from this fund will be facilitated through the United Way of Sullivan County to families affected by catastrophic illness. Click here to make a donation!

Sullivan County Bicentennial Fund
Created as a pass-through fund to accept charitable donations for the over 100 pride-filled bicentennial programs and events that took place in 2009 throughout Sullivan County. Click here to make a donation!

NEW! The Valley Central Education Foundation
Welcome to this new fund created by friends of the Valley Central School District. This Foundation will create new opportunities for children and provide a vehicle for giving from the Valley Central community, staff, and alumni. Click here to make a donation!

OTHER FUNDS

Roy D. Parker Education Fund
Created by the Trustees of the Parker Educational Trust, this fund provides “loans to worthy students who are enrolled at and attending, or are about to enroll at and attend, any college, university, two-year college or junior college in Orange County.” Click here to make a donation!