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Community Foundation for South CNY awards $64K in grants
JOHNSON CITY — Thirteen area organizations received grants totaling $64,534 from the Community Foundation for South Central New York’s Women’s Fund and Special Funds, the foundation recently announced. The grants, which were awarded through a volunteer panel and board-review process, will be used for a variety of capital projects, operations, and programs at the organizations, […]
Demographic Implications Affecting Nonprofits
“All of everybody never did anything.” — Wynton Marsalis I write this column from my annual sojourn to the Chautauqua Institution near Jamestown [in far southwestern New York]. Each year for close to 150 years, Chautauqua has presented a nine-week summer program with a different theme for each week. The week I recently completed was entitled:

City of Oswego to use federal funding to pay for flooding repairs at Breitbeck Park
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Breitbeck Park in Oswego will use more than $1.8 million in federal funding to repair damages following Lake Ontario flooding this year

Cardiovascular Group of Syracuse affiliates with Upstate Medical, leaving St. Joseph’s
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University announced it has forged an agreement for the Cardiovascular Group of Syracuse to be affiliated with Upstate and have

Syracuse AD Wildhack discusses fan “enhancements” for this year’s football season
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Concession changes, mobile ticket options, and additional ride-hailing locations are among the changes that fans will see when coming to the Carrier

American Red Cross of the Finger Lakes names new board chair
CORNING, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes chapter of the American Red Cross announced it has appointed Tiffany Millerd of Elmira as the new chairman of

Crouse Health installs new, nearly $900,000 MRI unit
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health has installed a new, $896,000 GE Healthcare system MRI unit in what the organization calls an “upgrade.” MRI is short

FuzeHub awards grants to Cornell University, Alfred University
ALBANY, N.Y. — FuzeHub has awarded Cornell University a $35,000 grant for its work with Ionica Sciences, a manufacturing firm that’s headquartered on the Cornell

Oneida County FreshStart program graduates 12 in first year
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s FreshStart work-training program recently graduated 12 unemployed young adults in its first class. The FreshStart program is a partnership between

OCC to use KeyBank’s $40K donation for college-connection coach
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) announced it will use a $40,000 donation from KeyBank to create a college-connection coach position for the OCC
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