Adirondack Foundation | Generous Acts Enhancing Communities

Reborn from the Ashes

After a fire, an Adirondack community rallied for its grocery store - less than a year later, a rebuild nears completion. See how the Foundation's Special and Urgent Needs Fund helped.

Generous Acts Fund Application Now Open

The 2019 Generous Acts Fund grant application is now open. Nonprofit organizations, schools, and municipalities working to support human and family wellbeing, educational opportunities, and economic vitality are encouraged to apply.

Stories of Inspiration: 2018 Annual Report

Read inspiring stories and see how philanthropy is changing lives across the Adirondacks in our 2018 annual report.

Ways to Give Back to the Adirondacks

Learn about the variety of ways you can give back to the place you love - from gifting your IRA's Required Minimum Distribution, to making a gift of stock.

Philanthropy Spurs Shift in Clifton-Fine

Clifton-Fine's Annette Craig reflects on how her small Adirondack community experienced a big change thanks to the power of philanthropy.

Building Community, Sustaining the Region ... Forever

Fourth-Grader Hudson Dunkley Establishes a New Kind of Bucket Challenge

Nine-year-old Hudson Dunkley is both enterprising and philanthropic. He fills his bucket with healthy snacks to provide for kids in his school who would otherwise go without. Read more about this young man’s generosity and the grant funding that is helping him help others.

Adirondack Foundation, BT3 introduce ADK Basics

Adirondack Foundation and BT3 have launched a toolkit for helping infants and toddlers build a critical foundation of life skills.

Community Fund Corner

Our Community Funds provide an ongoing, dependable philanthropic resource for the specific geographic areas they serve. We invite you to learn more about the Essex Community Fund and the Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region and get involved!