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UpdatesExplore the latest news from Adirondack Community Foundation. For media inquiries, please contact us.
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Combating senior isolation in the Central Adirondacks
With pilot support from Adirondack Community Foundation, LivingADK created a Community Resource Navigator position serving three rural towns in the West Central Adirondacks.
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Nominations Open for the 2027 Kindling Awards
We are turning our focus to Third Spaces that bring people together, bridge divides, and strengthen local resilience.
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Adirondack Innovation Initiative Announces Finalists for the ADK Launchpad Pitch Competition
Five local innovators are competing for a cash prize of $1,000 to help accelerate their ventures.
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Child care is everyone’s business
Business and child care leaders from five counties gathered to engage the business community in treating child care as economic infrastructure.
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Reflecting on five years of ACF’s impact investing
Since 2021, Adirondack Community Foundation has been practicing “place-based impact investing,” which is the practice of making investments in our communities to generate positive social, economic, or environmental impact alongside…
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Wilmington tech startup makes finalist in national pitch competition
Auspex Intelligence, co-founded by Wilmington resident Jenn Munsie, has been selected as one of only five startups from across rural America to compete in the 6th Annual Small Towns, Big…
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Birth to Three helps launch regionwide child care survey of employers
Survey data will help quantify the need and build the case for child care investment across the Adirondack region.
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A place to call home in Tupper Lake
Middle-market workforce housing units came online this fall in Tupper Lake, built by the Northern Forest Center and with financial support and a loan from Adirondack Community Foundation.
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Celebrating 20 years of the Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region
The CFGMR grants out about $40,000 each year to more than 30 organizations in Chester, Horicon, Johnsburg, Minerva, and Schroon, serving as a flexible and vital funding source.
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Adirondack Community Foundation welcomes new staff and trustees ahead of milestone anniversary
Amy Feiereisel named VP of Communications. Pete Menzies, Todd Clough, Antonia Ness Ryckman, David Darrin, and Lori Bellingham join the board.
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“Their Finger’s on the Pulse.”
Trustee and Tupper Lake business owner Adam Boudreau talks about why his money’s on Adirondack Community Foundation.
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Food, Housing, Child Care: How We Showed Up Together
This fiscal year, donors helped to put $10 million directly back into the towns, families, and organizations that make the Adirondacks home.