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Celebrating 25 years of building healthier, stronger, more equitable communities across the Adirondacks - today, tomorrow, and always.

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    Our Vision for Building Strong Communities Across the Adirondacks

    Focusing on our five “whole community” areas allows us to build charitable resources to meet the needs of our communities today, as well as unknown needs of tomorrow – putting us in a position to accelerate philanthropy in the Adirondacks with clear vision and leverage. Our Strong Community Framework - the first-ever philanthropic vision for the Adirondack region - guides our approach to investing in promising opportunities, addressing critical challenges through Generous Acts and hundreds of other funds, and uniting people, institutions, and resources to produce widely shared lasting results through strategic initiatives like our Adirondack Birth to Three Alliance. 

    See Our Strong Communtiy Framework Here

     

  • Collaborating for Good Across the Adirondacks

    Community foundations are unique for the role they play in inspiring place-based philanthropy in the region they serve and acting as cornerstones for good through collaboration and partnerships. We are proud to play this role for the Adirondack region – to serve as the connective tissue between people and the causes they care about, nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve, and fellow funders and shared priorities. Learn more about our impact and see an example in action from the Adirondack Birth To Three Alliance in the video below...

     

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    Adirondack Foundation 2022 Spring Newsletter
    2022 Spring Newsletter

    As our 25th anniversary celebration gets underway, we remain rooted in compassion, inclusiveness, sincerity, accountability, and serving as a catalyst for positive change. Read about what drives our work and growth in our latest spring newsletter, and see other publications here:

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    Our Latest News

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    Adirondack Foundation awards more than $900K

    Adirondack Foundation this year awarded a record $900,000 in Generous Acts grants to meet pressing needs and drive positive change in local communities across the Adirondack region. 

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Enhancing the lives of people in the Adirondacks through philanthropy for 25 years.

 

Like the Mountains, We Rise

How We Work

Like the mountains, we rise. Like the rivers and lakes, we come together. Despite the challenges of the past two years, this time has been marked by new ideas, greater resolve, and authentic dialogue, fostering deeper connections to and with each other. As your community foundation, we’ve been proud to make meaningful connections to support the people and places of the Adirondacks for 25 years. As we look to the next 25 years, we know that by working together, we can continue to be a catalyst for change.

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