INSPIRED GIVING CREATING LEGACIES, ENRICHING LOCAL LIVES 2016 Annual Report to the community GREETINGS FROM THE TabLE of contents PRESIDENT & CEO AND CHAIRMAN

Greetings friends, neighbors and colleagues, content : 1 Greetings from the President & CEO and Chairman What an exciting year it has been at the Community Foundation of Orange Elizabeth Rowley and Sullivan! The generosity and philanthropic spirit of our many donor 2 Board of Directors Michelle Hathaway fund representatives enabled the Foundation to distribute a record number of grants and scholarships totaling $782,210 throughout 2015-2016. These distributions Stacey Muller 3 Volunteer Support represent grants to valuable nonprofit organizations, educational scholarships and Cindy Paris support of other essential charitable projects. Through the generosity of many thoughtful individuals and forward 4 Major Accomplishments Sarah Pruschki thinking nonprofits from throughout the region, 33 new charitable funds were established at CFOS this year. This is in addition to the over 200 funds that have been created since our founding in 1999. design: 5 Benefits of working with the Community Foundation This year, CFOS staff and the Board of Directors completed our 3-year Strategic Plan, achieving all goals ahead of schedule bbg&g Advertising 6 Statements of Financial Position and within budget. However, our work is never-ending and the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan is already underway to ensure & Public Relations smart growth into the future as we continue to meet the needs of our many funds and donors. 7 Grants by Category / Endowment Growth Chart printing: This year, we bid farewell to Karen Minogue, CFOS President & CEO from 2005-2015, who grew the organization with strength 8 Scholarships and Grants Awarded Fiscal Year 2015-2016 and vigor while planting many seeds along the way. Derrik Wynkoop, Chairman from 2013-2016, completed his term this Steingart Printing past July. His professionalism, attention to detail and broad network were and continue to be a tremendous asset to this 11 Our Family of Funds Established in Orange County organization. We thank the dynamic leadership that came before us and laid the strong foundation that we will continue to build upon for years to come. 21 Our Family of Funds Established in Sullivan County We look forward to continuing to serve as a trusted resource to make our communities a stronger, healthier, more vibrant 24 Our Family of Funds Established by Donors from Surrounding Areas place for all. Your gift of money, resources and time is an opportunity to make a difference in the world, and we thank you for that! 25 Greanleaf Legacy Society Yours in service, 26 FY 2015-2016 Honor Roll of Donors

28 Testimonials

29 President’s Circle Elizabeth Rowley Josh Sommers President & CEO Chairman, Board of Directors

MISSION STATEMENT To Date

Our mission is to enable charitable individuals and organizations to become Dollars $ meaningful donors by providing trusted support and expertise for their Given Back: contributions to make a difference in our community, now and forever. $8,481,321

Our core values Fudsn established: Community Foundation 1. Excellence in achieving the highest standard in all aspects of the organization. 247 of Orange and Sullivan 2. Stewardship by ensuring the planned legacy of donors through sound 30 Scotts Corners Drive, Suite 203 financial management. Montgomery, NY 12549 (845)769-9393 3. Strategic partnerships to understand and address the needs of individuals Assets: www.cfosny.org and organizations in our region. $19,075,474 Josh Sommers, Elizabeth Rowley and Derrik Wynkoop 1 NOTHING IS BETTER THAN THE HEART OF A VOLUNTEER

OFFICE VOLUNTEER: Ginny Hughes, Community Volunteer

FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE: Oversees the finances and professional investment oversight. Christopher Corallo, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (Chair 2016); David Apps, Lakeland Bank; Fuat Bagsever, Eagle Strategies; Michael Bonura, Bonura Hospitality Group; Kevin DeHond, Wilmington Trust, N.A.; Damiane Doyle, Greater Hudson Bank; Cedric Glasper, Mechanical Rubber; Donald Karlewicz, Goldstein, Karlewicz & Goldstein, LLP; Michael Martucci, Quality Bus Service, LLC.; Craig Pesce, CFP®, Marshall & Sterling Wealth Management; Robert Quinlan, Quinlan Care LLC; Maggie Smith, First Federal Savings of Middletown; Josh Sommers, Focus Media Inc.; Valerie K. Zammitti, JD, MBA, LLM., Zammitti Law, PLLC

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS COUNCIL: Develops and presents high-level professional education seminars. Board OF DIRECTORS Richard Shapiro, Esq., Blustein, Shapiro, Rich & Barone, LLP. (Chair 2016); Don Badgley, Northwestern Mutual; Maureen Crush, OFFICERS Esq., Crush & Varma Law Group PC; Todd Goldstein, The Misner Agency, Inc.; Thomas Gorman, CFP, CRPC; Sadler Hayes, II, CLU Sadler Hayes Associates, Inc.; Edie Haughney, CIMA®, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.; Gerald N. Jacobowitz, Esq., Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP; Mark A. Krohn, Esq., CPA, Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP; Kate Maloney, Orange Bank & Trust Josh Sommers, Chairman DIRECTORS Susan D. Najork Company; Wayne Martin, CPA, Goldstein, Karlewicz & Goldstein; Benjamin Mills, CPA, Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC; President and CEO Community Volunteer Bonnie J. Orr, CPA, Judelson, Giordano, & Siegel, CPA, P.C.; Gary M. Schuster, Esq., Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP; Matthew Focus Media David Apps* Watkins, US Wealth Management, LLC Andrew Pavloff, CPA Vice President Timothy S. McCausland, Esq., Chair Elect Partner Lakeland Bank Senior VP, Chief Administrative Officer Knack, Pavloff & Company, LLP PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS SOCIETY: Committed to encouraging charitable giving in our community. Orange Bank & Trust Company Tracy L. Badgley, CPA, Goldstein, Karlewicz & Goldstein, LLP; James Biagi, Esq., Retired Attorney, Professor; Jacob Brett, William J. Bratton, Jr. William Quackenbush CFO Focused Wealth Management; Susan Brown Otto, CPA, International Tax Advisory Services, LLC; James Bufalo, Northwestern Michael Bonura, 1st Vice Chair Managing Director Focus Media Mutual; Grace Caporale, Harness Advisors; Corinne Cody, CPA, Judelson, Giordano & Siegel CPA, PC; Steven DeMundo, Principal Advent Valuation Advisors, LLC New York Life; Austin DuBois, Esq., Blustein, Shapiro, Rich & Barone, LLP; Frank Dwyer, New Horizons; Linda Hannigan, Sedore Bonura Hospitality Group John M. Davies* & Co.; Jeremy Havens, Esq., Havens & Lichtenberg, PLLC; Martin Hersh, Esq., Martin Hersh Law Offices; Scott Lask, The Scott Gary Siegel* Regional President & Lask Wealth Management Group; Kevin Mulqueen, CLU, ChFC, CFP, New York Life; Jonathan Rouis, CPA, Rouis & Company, Dr. Michelle Koury, 2nd Vice Chair* President Chief Lending Officer, Chief Operating Officer CD Trips, LLC LLP; Tiombe Tallie Carter, Esq., Tallie Carter Law; Rob Unger, CPA, CFE, Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, CPA, PC; Deborah Riverside Bank – A Division Crystal Run Healthcare Weisman-Estis, Esq., Rider, Weiner & Frankel, PC of Salisbury Bank New York Gerald J. Skoda* Christopher Corallo, Treasurer Skoda Enterprises, Inc. GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE: DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE: SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE: Senior VP & CFO Katharine Fitzgerald Oversees nominating process, Oversees grant programs Assists with fundraising and events Community Volunteer Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union R.J. Smith* by-laws and board development Gerald Skoda (Chair), Molly Crist, Sue Bliss, Michael Bonura, Whitney Commercial Real Estate Broker Philip Guarnieri Maggie Smith, Assistant Treasurer* Rand Commercial Bonnie Orr (Chair), Eric Fuentes, Ron Feller, Denise Frangipane, Bowers, Molly Crist, Maria Ingrassia, Chief Executive Officer President Gerald N. Jacobowitz, Esq., Susan Philip Guarnieri, Heather Howley, Kristin Jensen, Pamela LaLonde, Empire State Bank, N.A. First Federal Savings of Middletown Amanda Ward Najork, RJ Smith, Josh Sommers, Sandy Leonard, Scott Lerner, Barbara Malley, Timothy McCausland, Sr. Director of Training and Derrik R. Wynkoop Dali Levy, Dot Pinckney, Esq., Joann Menendez, Bonnie Orr, Gerald N. Jacobowitz, Esq. Bonnie Orr, CPA, Secretary Workforce Development Norma Schadt, Ed Stoddard CPA, Ximena Soehner, Carmen Partner Partner The Center for Discovery Vasquez, Allison Wynkoop, Derrik Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP STRATEGIC PLANNING Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, CPA, P.C. DEVELOPMENT AND Wynkoop, Patricia Zang-DeClue Valerie K. Zammitti, JD, MBA, LLM* COMMITTEE: George Kinne* Derrik Wynkoop, Immediate Past Chair Partner MARKETING COMMITTEE: Chief Executive Officer Timothy McCausland, Esq., Dr. President and CEO Zammitti Law, PLLC Oversees marketing and Jeff Bank Michelle Koury, Josh Sommers, Derrik Walden Savings Bank development program Wynkoop, William Quackenbush Barry Lewis* Board of Directors Emeritus Timothy McCausland, Esq. (Chair), Richard Shapiro, Esq., Member at Large Executive Editor Jean Campbell Galli, Gianna Franco, Partner David T. Cocks (deceased) AUDIT COMMITTEE: Times Herald-Record Lynn Haskin, George Kinne, Dr. Michelle Blustein, Shapiro, Rich & Barone, LLP Ruth B. Kassel Oversees audit process Koury, Shannon McSweeney, June Wayne Martin, CPA James H. Ottaway, Jr. Eric Fuentes, Member at Large Andrew Pavloff, CPA (Chair), John Musollino, Gary Siegel, Josh Sommers, Partner Manager - Public Affairs Davies, William Quackenbush, Candace Varetoni, Derrik Wynkoop Goldstein, Karlewicz & *not pictured Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. Amanda Ward Goldstein, LLP

Thank you to outgoing Directors Jack Berkowitz, Joe Vanderhoof, 2 Michele Winchester-Vega and Wayne Zanetti for their service. 3 BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY 2015-2016 WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS 5 REASONS $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Distributed DISTRIBUTED Professional Advisors (and their clients) LIKE US $ $ $ $ $ $ $ a total of INAUGURAL 1 It’s all about you. Like your professional advisor, we want the best for you, period. We don’t $ $ $ $ $ $ $ represent a particular cause or charity; we encourage philanthropy in our region and beyond GRANTS FROM THE for the causes you care about. $ $ $ $ $ $ $ H UDSON VALLEY $782,210 2 We specialize in philanthropy. The laws – and opportunities – of charitable giving change daily. $ $ $ $ $ ANIMAL We are specialists your professional advisor can call on at any time for advice. Established 33 new in charitable grants and 3 We’re a great deal. You never pay a start-up fee. Our low management costs are assessed on charitable funds only after they are established and you have received your full charitable charitable funds scholarships FDUN deduction. 4 We’re a stable and trusted partner. Community Foundations are here for good, forever. 5 We provide continuing oversight. Your charitable gift should have the same due diligence as COMPLETED any other investment you make. Your gift is placed into an endowment that is invested over ACHIEVED time and the earnings are used to make grants to match your charitable interests. Held 5th annual TH $ Scholarship Reception SAINEDUST $19.1M 5 for fund representatives, COMMUNITY SUPPORT scholarship recipients IN TOTAL ASSETS PERFECT and their families FOR AS OF 6-30-16 growing crowd of FINANCIAL AUDIT 200 guests COMPLETED 3 YEAR HELD COMPREHENSIVE Served as lead partner in STRATEGIC region’s first-ever day of giving PLAN Hudson Valley Gives SUCCESSFUL SEMINARS2 FOR THE ACHIEVING ALL OBJECTIVES raising $145,000 for AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND 201 nonprofits with PROFESSIONAL WITHIN BUDGET collaborating partners AD VISOR COMMUNITY 4 5 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ORANGE AND SULLIVAN FISCAL YEAR STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION: June 30, 2016 & 2015 2015-2016 Grants By Category

Youth Development assets Arts & Culture $52,602 $5,950 2016 2015 6.72% Current Assets: 0.76% Arts & Culture...... $5,950 Cash and Cash Equivalents $1,469,558 $1,045,683 Prepaid Expenses 2,361 2,561 Education...... $265,065 Investments 17,528,716 14,162,047 Total Current Assets 19,000,635 15,210,291 Health...... $282,830 Educational Human Services...... $79,135 Fixed Assets, net 7,279 8,171 $265,065 33.89% Intagible Assets, net 92 335 Health $282,830 Libraries/Museums...... $57,705 Other Assets: 36.16% Student Loans Receivable 67,468 58,120 Parks/Public Space...... $14,005 Total Assets $19,075,474 $15,276,917

Philanthropy...... $24,918 Human Services liabilities and net assets $79,135 Youth Development...... $52,602 10.12% Current Liabilities: 2016 2015 Philanthropy Agency Endowments $3,459,276 $3,501,862 $24,918 3.19% Due to the Rockland Community Foundation 1,654,787 –- TOTAL: $782,210 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 11,965 8,597 Parks/Public Space $14,005 Deferred Revenue 15,375 39,375 1.79% Libraries/Museums Total Current Liabilities 3,549,834 3,549,834 $57,705 7.38%

Liability under Split-Interest Agreement 22,875 22,875 Total Liabilities 3,572,709 3,572,709 Net Assets: ENDOWMENT GROWTH CHART Unrestricted 566,478 483,970 $20,000,000 Temporarily Restricted 927,944 683,095 Permanently Restricted 10,209,786 8,697,250 Total Net Assets 11,704,208 9,864,315 $15,000,000 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $15,276,917 $12,318,758

$10,000,000

$5,000,000 The report represents only the highlights of our financial activities. The Foundation’s complete audited financial statements, and public inspection

of our Form 990 may be obtained during regular business hours or on the 0 Foundation’s website at www.cfosny.org. 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 $147,000 $1,093,100 $2,483,476 $3,580,196 $4,974,694 $5,843,210 $7,625,870 $12,318,758 $19,075,474

6 Year/Assets 7 Scholarships and Grants AWARDED FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 Sullivan Renaissance Scholarship Bhag Mall & Leela Wanti Kumar Fund Donor Advised Foundation Orange County Youth Football • Nathanial Bender • Alzheimer’s Association and Cheerleading Scholarship • Samantha Cohn Grants Awarded Scholarships Scott F. Coen Memorial Caitlin M. Hammaren Memorial • Tristin Sabatini Fund • Mark Garigliano Richard P. O’Beirne Memorial Scholarship Fund Foundation and Arts Institute Fund • Joseph Schwartz Anne F. Bourne Memorial Fund • Joseph Sessa • Dayna Herling Foundation Awa r d ed • Nicole Montimurro • Amanda Scialabba • Samantha Scott • Mount Saint Mary College • Brian Stickle • Victoria Merton • Greystone Programs, Inc. • Kevin Oriol • Jordyne Shaver Anonymous Scholarship Fund #1 • Samantha Tornillo • Shivani Patel Edward C. Moulton, Jr.; Cornwall • Brandon Sparkman Anonymous Fund #2 • The Storm King School The Irma Schwinger DeAngele Fund Alumni Scholarship Fund Hoops For Hayes Fund • Dillon Taggart Erin Ortiz Memorial Scholarship • Sullivan County Historical • Portia Mannix • Derek Deoul The Jane Unhem Memorial • Assumption Church The Ashley & Sierra Memorial • Daniel VanEtten Fund Scholarship Fund Society • Ta-Shuanan West • Julia Episcopio Scholarship Fund The Edward R. and J. Roscoe Crist The Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz • Gina Felice John C. Smith Fund • Jenna Zayas • Eugene Iozzino The Daniel and Jason Coffey • Dalvin Aboagye Memorial Scholarship Fund Memorial Fund Memorial Fund • The Research Foundation of the • Cindy Zheng Rudolph Vallet Memorial Science • Christiana Poli • Mary Sherman • Kylee Leonard (The Morton I. State University of New York The Pine Bush Alumni Scholarship and Education Scholarship Fund • Friends of Newburgh Crew Inc. Blackman Scholarship) The Alison Klepper Memorial Fund Fund Lillian J. Bauer Scholarship Fund • Adeenah Ahmed The Wesley-Krueger Family Destinations of New York State • Nicholas Piaquadio (Meyer & • Alexis Zarow Deerpark Heritage Fund • Victoria Blancato • Shaneeka Fong Foundation Travel, Tourism, Hospitality & Lillian Jacobowitz Award) • Town of Deerpark Museum • Eliza Garcia Blake & Dorothy Washington • Orange County Arts Council Culinary College Education • Jesse Sheppard (Meyer & Lillian Charlene Klieverik Memorial David E. Phillips Music Scholarship • MacKenzye Leroy Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Jacobowitz Business Award) Scholarship Fund Fund Empire State Bank Charitable Trust • Tanner Sexton • Laura Doherty • Hayley Klein • Samantha Valiando ( Edward • Colin Henkler • Carve for a Cause • Austin Wilson • James Cartwright • Lena Episalla Designated Grants • Russell Lowe Edsall Scholarship) • Tara Jordan • Food Bank of the Hudson Valley • Cynthia Prisco The Ian Bennett/Situation Cares • Samuel Young Michael Purcell Memorial • Hoops Express, Inc. Awa r d ed The Jodi’s Drive Scholarship Fund John P. Williamson Memorial Fund Memorial Fund Scholarship Fund • Independent Living, Inc. The Justin T. Dimino Memorial • Katherine Krahulik Abraham and Judith Kopald and • Adam Jannicelli • Legal Services of the Hudson Anonymous Designated Fund #1 • Alexis Zarow • Julia Provino Scholarship Fund • Casey Magee Jonathan R. Kopald Scholarship Valley • The Warwick Historical Society • Joseph Tecklenburg Isidore and Ethel Wittenberg • Kurt Grimm • Kyle Sarbak Fund • Make-a-Wish Foundation of The Matthew R. Bertholf Memorial Scholarship Fund Gumaer Cemetery/Pioneer Knoll • Marc Meislahn • Daniel Brunwasser Anthony C. Quinn Memorial the Hudson Valley, Inc. Scholarship Fund Cemetery Fund Lazare and Charlotte Kaplan • Carly Lawless Scholarship Fund • Kyle DeGennaro • Meals on Wheels of Staten • Robert Totten The Taylor and Kyle Doce Foundation Fund • Minisink Valley Historical • Jaidin Tonneson • Emile Kuyl Island, Inc. Academic Scholarship Fund • Christine Babich Women’s University Club of Society The Samuel Beytin Fallsburg • Casey Magee • New City Swarm Youth Sports • Elizabeth Pizzonia • Kyle Banks Elissa Lippen/Matthew Helm Middletown End. Fund, A Sub-fund Central Community Scholarship • On Your Mark • Kyle Wlodarczyk • Rachel Barnhart Memorial Scholarship Fund of Soderlund Mentoring Fund Hudson Valley Animal Shelter Fund Fund The David Racine Scholarship • Reaching-Out Community • William Brosius • Charley Gips Fund • Rose Alexander Services, Inc. • The Friends of Green Chimneys • Mandtasia Fields Winifred Dunwald Memorial • Maggi May Calo • Nyasia Harris • Susie Reizod Foundation • Humane Society of Middletown • Candhace Forrest • Joseph Grasso Washingtonville 5 WTC Firefighters Scholarship Fund • Toni Ann Chianese • Rural Migrant Ministries • Will Spay Pets Inc. • Charley Gips Memorial Fund • Robert Hayes • Andrew Cummings The David S. Mac Farland The Rotary Club of Middletown • Safe Harbor of the Hudson • Carly Leventoff The Jacobowitz Family Trust Fund, • Jennifer Hoffman • Jonathon Davis Scholarship Fund Golden Gear Educational Fund • Ashley Foder • Staten Island Arts • Madison Levine • Shelby Hoovler • Victoria Davis • Deanna Mele • Ryan Hammerton • Staten Island Children’s a Charitable Lead Trust • Ashlyn Nardi • Rotary Club of Middletown • Tanner Sexton • Justin Dreher • Kelli Nienstadt Museum • Community Foundation of • Alexis Shea • Morgan Edelglass John Mazur Memorial The Rotary Club of Walden Fund • Jake Phillips Orange and Sullivan • Tiffani Suhm The Corinne Feller Memorial • Meagan Edwards Scholarship Fund • Joseph Tecklenburg The Corinne Feller Memorial Fund • Natalie Tejada • Rotary Club of Walden Scholarship Fund • Courtney Evans • Georgiana Crisci • Orange Regional Medical Jacques and Florence Levin Sub- • Casey Pritchard • Rheanna Fiddle fund of the OCLT Endowment Fund Sheila Birkett Gift of Life • Mary Sherman Meghan Sager Memorial Fund Education Loans Center • Liam Fogarty • Orange County Land Trust Scholarship Fund • Kyle Wlodarczyk • Madison Heinrich FF Thomas J. Foley Memorial • Joseph Fredenburg • Randy Wood The Roy D. Parker Education Fund FF Thomas J. Foley Foundation • Lauren Frey Scholarship Fund The Harold and Carol Levine • Brittany Fuller The Skoda Family Scholarship • Amanda Alexander • Tunnel to Towers Found • Caitlyn Genovese • Ariel Galvez • Alexandra Baldwin Sub-fund of the Orange County Michelle Renee Bratton The Richard G. McCoy Foundation Fund at Cornell Cooperative • Emily Heghmann • Andrea Griebel • Raewyn Clayton FF Thomas J. Foley Memorial Land Trust Memorial Scholarship Fund Extension, Sullivan County • Shane Kennedy • Philip Guzzo • Charmaine-Grace Barlao • Courtney Fuller Scholarship Fund • Orange County Land Trust • Samantha Smith • Kory Borenkoff • Mary Sherman • Matthew Heintz • John Lloyd • Tunnel to Towers Found John D. Garrison Memorial • Robert Johanenman • Aidan Gaffney • Christianne Perez Valley Central Education The Carly Fund John C. Smith Fund Scholarship Fund • Kelsey Kalin • April Rosscup The Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz Foundation Spencer McLaughlin Fund • Tyler Schwacke • Emma Hoarty • Michael Coppola • Brett Kiakis • Samantha Sanchez Memorial Fund • Valley Central Education • Renato Meza • Jordan Ohlmer • Adam Kimelman • Everett Kunz E. Bash Soderlund and Barbara • Lauren Wiltse • The Newburgh Armory Unity Foundation • Frank Kuttner Soderlund - Women’s University Center, Inc. Chester Kiwanis Scholarship Fund The FF Denis P. Germain Memorial Middletown High School AoF/AoIT • Nicole Lair Club Of Middletown Mentoring Robert Van Etten, Jr. Fund • Kiwanis Club of Chester NY Inc. Scholarship Fund Scholarship Endowment Fund Agency Endowment • Jenna Lambrigger Fund The Bud and Ruth Kassel Fund • John Beauregard • Sean Meyer • Terrance Lockhart • Triyanna Davoren • Morgan Mitchell The Cornwall Central High School • Felicia Jackson Grants • Orange County Land Trust • Marissa Weitzman • Kyalin Lucena • Milton Dorceus Scholar’s Fund • Felipe Gonzalez-Rocha Charles Van I Cuddeback Fund - • Travis Lunn The Joshua Stamm Memorial Kidz4Causes Fund The Michael Ryan Zodda • Megan Gagnon Oscar B. Greenleaf Memorial • Daniel Mulick Neversink Valley Area Museum • Joseph McDoal Scholarship Fund • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Foundation • Christa Sidoti Scholarship Fund • Faith Mills • Kayla Quitola • The Neversink Valley Area Orange County, New York, Inc. • The University of California, • Kyle Sullivan • Tara Jordan • Sarah Kean • Farrah Mills Museum • CFOS - Brian Strommer II Fund San Francisco Foundation • Garrett Reichert • Imani Miranda Newburgh Basketball Program The David T. Cocks Walden The Archie Stewart Rotary • Habitat For Humanity of • Krushna Shah • Samantha Molinari-Mangus • Jerren O’Neal Temple Sinai Endowment Fund Savings Bank Memorial Scholarship Fund Greater Newburgh, Inc. • Alexander Smith • Heather Mustavs • Temple Sinai • Nora Cronin Presentation Scholarship Fund Jennifer Newton Memorial • Alleyah Force • Tristen Perez Academy • Steven Branche Susan Gunther Memorial Scholarship Fund • Maria Jaffari Leonard Weissman Education • Angelo Piscitelli • Jessica Newcomb • Safe Homes of Orange Scholarship Fund • Melanie Reisner • Kaylee Francois Endowment Fund County, Inc. • Lisa Weissburg • Jessica Roser • The Neversink Valley Area • William Roser Museum 8 9 Scholarships and Grants Our Family of Funds ORANGE AWARDED FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 established by Donors IN COUNTY

Field of Interest Kathy McMichael Memorial SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS Grants Awarded Foundation • Jewish Family Service of You can invest your gift in our community’s future and show students you care, all with the guidance and personal Orange County, Inc. (to assist Doug Ackermann and Brenna an individual with catastrophic services of the Community Foundation. You determine the criteria students must meet to receive a scholarship Darling Memorial Fund illness) from your fund. With your assistance, students achieve their academic and career-oriented goals. It is because • Jewish Family Service of Orange County, Inc. (to assist Adam Jannicelli Feller Family Laura Doherty of the generosity of those who established the funds listed below that the Community Foundation is one of the an individual with catasrophic The Gerry Nevins Foundation Fund largest providers of scholarships in Orange and Sullivan counties. illness) • John Privitera • John Walsh The Jay and Carol Anthony • Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Anonymous Scholarship Fund #1 Grants from Dorothy Bronson Wicker Re Memorial Art Foundation for Autism Support the Anonymous Scholarship Fund #1 are made to support Created in memory of this beloved The Joshua Stamm Memorial Scholarship Fund • Mental Health Association in students who demonstrate financial need, are in good artist, writer, teacher and historian by her daughter, Sandy Orange County, Inc. Scholarship Fund • Alex’s Lemonade Stand academic standing and are identified and recommended Leonard, this fund will award a scholarship to a graduating Congregation Ahavath Israel Foundation for Childhood by the educational institution. student with artistic talent at Monroe-Woodbury High School. Perpetual Care Fund Cancer • Congregation Ahavath Israel • AT Children’s Project Alexis Zarow Georgiana Crisci Lauren Frey • Camp Oakhurst Lillian J. Bauer Memorial Scholarship Fund The Carly Fund Created to celebrate the life of Carly The Justin T. Dimino Memorial • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Alzheimer’s Created through a bequest, this fund memorializes and Marie Sigelbaum and to keep her love for others alive and Scholarship Fund Sports Association celebrates the life of Port Jervis resident Lillian J. Bauer vibrant, this fund provides scholarships to graduating • American Foundation for students from Newburgh Free Academy where Carly Suicide Prevention The Timothy J. Sweitzer through scholarships awarded at Port Jervis High School. Memorial Fund would have graduated in 2017, as well as grants to The Gerry Health Services Fund • Alive And Kickin Ian C. Bennett/Situation Cares Memorial schools or non-profit organizations that focus on “random • Catskill Regional Medical • Daniel J. Edmonson acts of kindness.” Center Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund This fund was established in • Jewish Family Service of memory of Ian Bennett and awards a scholarship to an The Keith B. Hayes Foundation Orange County, Inc. Grant Presentation Jake Phillips Nicole Montimurro Orange County high school student who demonstrates a Anthony Cavaliere Foundation Established in • The Ralph Braun Foundation • Kevin Kless Athletic Scholarship memory of Anthony Cavaliere, a popular teacher, soccer Port Jervis Group passion for the arts, in the form of design, music and/or Inc. • Miles of Hope Breast Cancer coach, and mentor in the Middletown School District and • Chabad Jewish Center of Foundation performing arts. Suffern • Brian Nimmo Scholarship Fund at John S. Burke Catholic High School, this fund distributes scholarships to students from those districts pursuing • The Children’s Cardiomyopathy • S.S. Seward PTSA Michael Bertolini and Jerry Duane Arts Foundation higher education. • Rockland Independent Living Education Scholarship Fund This fund will Center U nrestricted distribute scholarships to students graduating from a • Trustees of Columbia University Grants Awarded school located in the Town of Warwick who are pursuing Center for Business Innovation • Wheelchair Foundation Scholarship Fund This fund will distribute scholarships HVAS Recipients James Cartwright Scholarship Recipients further education in the arts. Make A Difference Fund Ronald I. Jacobowitz to students who have successfully completed an internship Health/Educational Fund • Big Apple Circus with the Center for Business Innovation. • Boys & Girls Club of Michelle Renee Bratton Memorial • Kassandra Mochi Newburgh, Inc. Scholarship Fund Created to celebrate the life Created Lazare and Charlotte Kaplan • Girl Scouts Heart of the of Michelle Renee Bratton who tragically lost her life on Chester Kiwanis Scholarship Fund Foundation Fund Hudson, Inc. by the Chester Kiwanis to provide scholarships to students • Nana’s House Child Care September 11, 2001, this fund provides a scholarship to a • Catskill Arts Society attending Chester Academy who exhibit leadership qualities Center, Inc. graduating student from Pine Bush High School who, like • Livingston Manor Free Library through community service. • Safe Homes of Orange • Livingston Manor Rotary Club Michelle, is a member of the National Honor Society and County, Inc. • Town of Wallkill Boys and Girls who is an athlete, and/or a member of the chorus. Club, Inc. Christa Sidoti Joseph Tecklenburg Shaneeka Fong David T. Cocks Walden Savings Bank Memorial Scholarship Established by the board of Marcello’s Miracle Foundation NEW! Elena BrodmerkEL Scholarship for the Walden Savings Bank in memory of David T. Cocks, former • OHSU Foundation Arts Fund Established in memory of Elena Brodmerkel, president who passed away suddenly in 2011, this fund a talented artist from Cornwall, distributes scholarships to deserving students from this fund will distribute grants throughout the region. and scholarships to students who demonstrate artistic talent and a desire to succeed.

Dalvin Aboagye Joshua Stamm Fund Richie Reynolds Fund

10 11 Susan Gunther Memorial Scholarship Fund Charlene Klieverik Memorial Scholarship Established to honor and memorialize Susan Gunther, Fund Established in memory of Charlene Klieverik, who ORANGE ORANGE who taught the Gifted and Talented Program in the played a major role in establishing the Goshen Science Our Family of Funds Monroe-Woodbury School District, this fund provides an Olympiad Organization, this fund provides scholarships annual scholarship to a high-performing, college bound to graduating Goshen High School students who have Monroe-Woodbury student. participated in the Science Olympiad and are continuing COUNTY established by Donors IN COUNTY their education. Caitlin M. Hammaren Memorial Foundation and Arts Institute Fund Inspired by Caitlin’s love NEW! Kiwanis Club of of the arts and created following Caitlin’s senseless death Middletown ScholaRship scholarships annually to a graduating member of the Scott F. Coen Memorial Scholarship Fund on the morning of April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech, this fund Established by the Kiwanis varsity football team at Monroe-Woodbury High School and Fund Created to celebrate the life of Scott F. Coen, this fund awards grants in the areas of arts, arts education, and Club of Middletown, this fund a graduating student of Sacred Heart School in Monroe, NY. provides a scholarship to a graduating student from Pine cultural programs. provides funds for scholarships Bush High School who has participated in athletics and is to students from Middletown High planning to attend a two- or four-year college course of Taylor and Kyle Doce Academic Scholarship Honigsbaum-Caplan-Bensley Fund Grants will School who have been an active study in criminal justice. Fund This fund provides annual scholarships to students be disbursed to area food panties to support the purchase member of Key Club and plan to who rank #3 and #4 in the senior class at Valley Central of cat food and supplies. attend college. Edward C. Moulton, Jr.; Cornwall Alumni High School. Scholarship Fund Created by former Cornwall Mayor Hoops for Hayes Fund Established in memory of Abraham, and Judith, and Jonathan R. Edward Moulton to provide scholarships to graduating Winifred Dunwald Memorial Scholarship Joseph Charles Hayes, this fund will support refurbishment Kopald Scholarship Fund Created by the Kopald students of Cornwall High School who have by his or her Fund Established through a bequest from Joseph Dunwald, of basketball courts at Mays Field in Washingtonville and family in memory of Abraham, Judith, and Jonathan R. conduct, exemplified community service. this fund was created to award scholarships to graduating will distribute scholarships to students graduating from Kopald, this fund awards a scholarship at James I. O’Neill seniors of the Port Jervis City School District, as well as Washingtonville High School. High School in the Highland Falls School District. Cornwall Central High School Scholar’s children of graduates of Port Jervis City School District who have moved out of the Orange County area. Fund Created by Cornwall native Jim Duff, Class of 1966, Hudson Valley Builders and Remodelers NEW! Timothy Lubitz Memorial Fund to recognize three top scholars in the graduating class. The Association Scholarship Fund This fund awards Established in memory of Timothy Lubitz, this fund overall top scholar in the graduating class, along with two Corinne Feller Memorial Scholarship Fund a scholarship for post-secondary education to Hudson distributes scholarships to graduates of Valley separately identified students, who are the top math and Created to celebrate the life of Corinne Feller who passed Valley Builders and Remodelers Association Members, their Central High School, with a preference to students science scholars, receive the scholarships. away at age 18 from ovarian cancer, this fund provides employees and families in order to cultivate future leaders pursuing a career in science or mathematics. scholarships to graduating students of Valley Central High and dedicated employees for the building industry. School who, like Corinne, are an active member of at least Edward R. and J. Roscoe Crist Memorial David S. MacFarland Scholarship Fund This one interscholastic sports team through his/her senior year, Scholarship Fund Created by the Crist family in honor Hudson Valley Tuskegee Airmen Endowment fund was created to provide scholarships to students have demonstrated leadership skills, and actively advocates of their parents and founders of Crist Brothers Orchards, this Fund Created to celebrate the legacy of the Tuskegee graduating from Newburgh Free Academy who plan to attend concern for the less fortunate. fund provides scholarships to graduates of Valley Central Airmen who overcame many obstacles as black servicemen SUNY Orange and pursue a degree in business, finance or High School pursuing a major in a variety of fields related in their quest for equality during World War II and beyond, accounting. to agriculture. FF Thomas J. Foley Memorial Scholarship this fund provides scholarships to all students throughout Fund Created to celebrate the life of Firefighter Thomas the Hudson Valley who exhibit leadership, academic The John Maher FoundatioN Established in memory NEW! Ross B. Decker Music J. Foley who tragically lost his life on September 11, 2001, this excellence, and an understanding, as expressed through of John Maher, this fund will award scholarships to students Scholarship Fund Scholarships are fund provides scholarships to dependent children of either a written essay, of the “Tuskegee Airmen story.” who are employed at the Golf Club at Mansion Ridge and distributed in memory of Ross B. Decker active or retired FDNY firefighters or officers. are in good standing, academically and professionally. to students graduating from Port Jervis Marius Ivascu Aviation Foundation Established High School who have participated in John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship in memory of Marius Ivascu who taught hundreds and John Mazur Memorial Scholarship Fund This music activities. Fund (WSB) Established by Walden Savings Bank and hundreds of people how to face their fears, how to embrace fund awards scholarships to students at Valley Central friends of John D. Garrison as a lasting tribute to the former the moment and spread their wings, this fund provides High School who are taking classes and pursuing an Josh Depew Scholarship Fund Established in President of Walden Savings Bank, this fund distributes scholarships to individuals between the ages of 17-33 who occupation or vocation in various fields related to agriculture. memory of Josh Depew, this fund will distribute scholarships scholarships in the Valley Central and Wallkill Central School are enrolled in an aviation program for flight or maintenance. to students graduating from Valley Central High School and Districts to students who are of good character, exhibit Richard G. McCoy Foundation Established by attending SUNY Orange. community involvement, are service-oriented and plan to Jodi’s Drive Scholarship Fund Established by family and friends in memory of Richard G. McCoy, this fund study Business, Finance, or Education. family and friends of Jodi-Ann Denmead, who passed away awards scholarships to Monroe-Woodbury High School Destinations of New York State Travel, in 2009 after a long and courageous battle with breast and North Rockland student athletes who have made a FF Denis P. Germain Memorial Scholarship cancer, this fund awards scholarships to graduating Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary College strong commitment to community service, have displayed Fund Created by the family of FF Denis P. Germain who students of Warwick Valley High School. strong moral character and have met certain educational Education Scholarship Fund This fund provides perished on September 11, 2001, this fund provides an annual scholarships to students currently enrolled in college and requirements. scholarship to a graduating male and female student of Established in pursuing a degree in the travel, tourism, hospitality and/or Alison Klepper Memorial Fund Suffern Senior High School who are also members of the honor and celebration of Alison Klepper, this fund awards culinary field. Spencer McLaughlin Fund Created by family, Suffern Senior High School Ski Team. a scholarship each year to a Warwick Valley High School friends, and colleagues of Orange County Legislator Spencer senior and/or an Orange-Ulster BOCES student who plans McLaughlin in honor of his long term commitment to Justin T. Dimino Memorial Scholarship Fund Oscar B. Greenleaf Memorial Scholarship to pursue higher education and major in photography, community service in Orange County, this scholarship is Created in memory of Justin T. Dimino, this fund distributes Fund Created through a bequest, this fund honors the equine studies, graphic or media arts. awarded annually to a student attending or planning to legacy of Oscar B. Greenleaf through scholarships that are attend SUNY Orange. awarded annually at Port Jervis High School. 12 13 Jean A. Rowe Scholarship Fund in Memory of The Archie Stewart Rotary Scholarship John and Anna Culik Created through a bequest, Fund (Newburgh Rotary Club) Created by the Our Family of Funds ORANGE this fund awards annual scholarships in memory of John Rotary Club of Newburgh, this fund distributes scholarships and Anna Culik to deserving community-minded students to students graduating from Newburgh Free Academy graduating from Pine Bush High School. who display a high degree of good moral character and community involvement. established by Donors IN COUNTY Jean A. Rowe Scholarship Fund in Memory of Thomas and Jean A. Rowe Created through a The Timothy J. Sweitzer Memorial Fund bequest, this fund will award annual scholarships in memory Created to honor the life of Timothy Sweitzer, this fund will of Thomas and Jean Rowe to deserving students who have offer a scholarship to an incoming freshman or transfer NEW! Eric Meier Memorial Michael Purcell Memorial Scholarship Fund volunteered in an animal shelter and are graduating from student at John S. Burke Catholic High School. Scholarship Fund Established Created by colleagues in memory of Washingtonville Pine Bush High School. in memory of Town of Crawford Police teacher Mike Purcell, this fund awards scholarships to Jim Taravella Scholarship Fund Created to Sergeant Eric Meier, this fund will award graduating students at both Washingtonville High School Jean A. Rowe Scholarship Fund in Memory celebrate the life of beloved teacher and coach, Jim and Valley Central High School who are ranked #9 and plan scholarships to graduates of Pine of Thomas and Winifred Rowe Created through a Taravella, this fund will distribute scholarships to students to pursue higher education. Bush High School planning to attend a bequest, this fund awards annual scholarships in memory of in need. college or university to study criminal Thomas and Winifred Rowe to deserving students graduating justice or pursue a major related to law Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Fund Created by from Pine Bush High School pursuing a major in engineering. Jane Unhjem Memorial Scholarship Fund enforcement. family and friends of Anthony C. Quinn, this fund awards a Created to celebrate the life of Jane Unhjem, this fund scholarship to a graduating student from Warwick Valley Meghan Sager Memorial Fund Created by family provides scholarships to graduating Goshen High School Middletown High School AOF/AOIT High School who has demonstrated consistent, outstanding, and friends, this fund honors the memory of Meghan Sager students who wish to study abroad. Jane’s love of life and Scholarship Endowment Fund Created to support high school achievements during his/her four consecutive and distributes annual scholarships to graduates of Goshen her infectious energy will be celebrated and remembered the Academies of Finance and Information Technology years of high school. High School who demonstrate academic success with an through this scholarship fund. at Middletown High School, this fund awards scholarships to interest in sports, languages, music, theater, or volunteerism, program participants pursuing higher education. David Racine Scholarship Fund Created as a but above all, has consistently displayed exceptional kindness Rudolph Vallet Memorial Science and lasting way to honor David Racine and to keep his memory and caring for their fellow students and community. Education Scholarship Fund Created by the Jennifer Newton Memorial Scholarship alive and vibrant, this fund awards scholarships annually to family of beloved Chester Union Free School District teacher, Fund Created to celebrate the life of Jennifer Newton, this a graduate of John S. Burke Catholic High School who plays NEW! Elizabeth Sheldon Memorial Rudolph Vallet, this fund awards a scholarship at Chester on the football team, is a leader, and a team player. fund awards a scholarship at Middletown High School to a Scholarship Fund Established in memory of Elizabeth Academy to a student pursuing a degree in the field of student pursuing a career in creative writing at a part-time Sheldon, this fund distributes scholarships to students in the Science or Education. or full-time accredited college or university. Rescue 3 Fallen Heroes 9/11 Scholarship Fund Highland Falls – Fort Montgomery Central School District. Created by September 11th widows and family members Wallkill East Rotary Scholarship Fund in honor and memory of FDNY firefighters Thomas Foley, Orange County Youth Football anD The Isaac and Ruthe Silberman Legal Established by the Wallkill East Rotary, this fund provides Thomas Gambino, Ray Meisenheimer, Christopher Blackwell, Cheerleading Scholarship Fund This fund grants scholarships to students who live in the Pine Bush, Don Regan, Gerry Schrang, and Joseph Spor, this fund Profession/Avrutis and Ruthe Silberman scholarships to students attending a two or four year college Middletown, Valley Central, Goshen or Minisink School awards a scholarship to children of any Rescue 3 firefighter Medical Scholarship Fund Created through a who have participated in Orange County Youth Football or Districts, who have been involved in community service who are survivors of a qualified disaster. bequest, this scholarship fund will provide tuition assistance Cheerleading for multiple years. to Monticello High School students involved in the district’s during their school career and plan to attend an accredited “College in the Classroom” Program. two-year or four-year college or technical school. Erin Ortiz Memorial Scholarship Fund NEW! Richie Reynolds Memorial Created by the family and friends of Erin Ortiz to honor her Scholarship Fund Established by Washingtonville 5 WTC Memorial Scholarship family and friends of Richie Reynolds, a The E. Bash Soderlund and Barbara memory, this fund awards a scholarship to a graduate of Soderlund (Women’s University Club Fund Created to honor the five FDNY firefighters who lived in beloved member of the Montgomery Washingtonville (Dennis Devlin, Glenn Perry, Mark Whitford, Goshen High School who plans to pursue higher education of Middletown) Mentoring Fund community, this fund will distribute Gerard Nevins, and Robert Hamilton), who tragically lost their and has excelled both academically and athletically. Established in memory of E. Bash Soderlund and Barbara scholarships to students graduating from lives on September 11, 2001, this fund awards scholarships Soderlund, this fund provides an annual mentoring grant to a Valley Central High School. to five students graduating from Washingtonville High School. David E. Phillips Music Scholarship Fund woman 21 years of age or older returning to school for continuing Created by family and friends to honor the life of David education at SUNY Orange. Phillips, this fund provides a scholarship award annually to Rotary Club of Middletown Golden Gear Frederick B. and Dorothy A. Wildfoerster Fund Education Fund Established by the Rotary Club of Created in memory of the Wildfoersters, this fund awards music students in the Middletown Central School District. NEW! Justin Speights Scholarship Fund Middletown, this fund provides awards to students graduating scholarships to local honorably discharged veterans Established in memory of Justin Speights, a from an area high school or college who have overcome a interested in pursuing a degree in architecture or a related Pine Bush Alumni Scholarship Fund Created by 2014 graduate of Pine Bush High School and significant obstacle in their life and who have demonstrated field. RJ Smith, an alumnus of Pine Bush High School, and former member of the Silver Lake Fire District, this progress in turning their life around. President of the Community Foundation, this fund provides fund will distribute scholarships to graduates an annual scholarship to a graduating student from Pine of Pine Bush High School. John P. Williamson Memorial Fund Created to Bush High School. Rotary Club of Walden Fund Created by Rotary celebrate the life of John P. Williamson, who lost his life on Club of Walden to provide educational awards, Rotary September 11, 2001, this fund provides a scholarship to one Youth Leadership Awards and support other worthy Joshua Stamm Memorial Scholarship Fund male and one female graduating from Warwick Valley High Pine Bush Youth Soccer Club Fund Created to Created by family and friends to memorialize Joshua community organizations. School. provide scholarships to seniors of Pine Bush Central School Stamm, this fund distributes charitable grants in the field District who have participated in the Pine Bush Youth Soccer of disabilities and medical research, as well as an annual Club Program for at least one year in Grades K-12. scholarship to a graduating student of Goshen High School. 14 15 DESIGNATED FUNDS Hudson Valley Animal Shelter Fund Created by a bequest from Jean A. Rowe, this fund provides annual Our Family of Funds ORANGE You can direct your annual gift to one or more specific grants to nonprofit animal shelters in the Hudson Valley. nonprofit organizations and maintain assets that help ensure sustainability over time. Distribution of The Harold and Carol Levine Memorial Fund investment income to the chosen organization(s) is for the benefit of Orange County Land established by Donors I COUNTY made on an annual basis, creating a stable income Trust Created by the estate of Harold Levine, this fund stream. makes annual grants to the Orange County Land Trust.

Anonymous Designated Fund #1 Created by • HONOR Endowment Fund The Jacques and Florence Levine Charitable Isidore and Ethel Wittenberg Memorial an anonymous donor to provide an annual grant to the Created by Jacques Levine, in honor and memory of • Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Fund Fund Scholarship Fund Created by the family of Isidore Christ Church in Warwick and the Historical Society of the his late wife Florence, this fund makes annual grants to the • Independent Living Inc. Fund “Stitch” and Ethel Wittenberg, to honor their memory, this Town of Warwick. Orange County Land Trust and is a sub-fund of the Orange fund provides an award to a graduating student from Pine • Jewish Family Service–Diane Finkelstein Families in County Land Trust Endowment Fund. Bush High School who demonstrates civic duty and Crisis Fund Community Foundation of Orange and responsibility of the highest degree on and off the athletic • Literacy Orange Fund Sullivan Endowment Fund Created to provide a The Mike Levine Journalism Educational field. • Neversink Valley Area Museum – Charles Van I modest annual grant as needed to support the operating Fund Created by the family and friends of beloved Cuddeback Endowment Fund needs of the Foundation. journalist Mike Levine, this fund supports an annual Women’s University Club of Middletown • Neversink Valley Area Museum – Leonard Weissman journalism workshop in Mike Levine’s name. Endowment Fund, a Sub-fund of the E. Education Endowment Fund NEW! Ethel K. and Kenyon D. Ettinger Bash Soderlund and Barbara Soderlund • Orange County Arts Council Fund Memorial Fund This fund will provide grants to the John Mazur Endowment Fund for the Mentoring Fund Grants from this fund support • Orange County Firefighters Museum Fund Northport Historical Society located in Suffolk County New benefit of the Orange County Arboretum/ scholarships and/or Mentoring Grants to female students • Orange County Land Trust Endowment Fund York to preserve and promote pride in the heritage of Ruth & Jim Ottaway Education Center graduating from Middletown High School and/or attending Northport and its surrounding communities. • The Record’s People for People Fund Created to provide support for maintenance and SUNY Orange. • NEW! Rockland Community Foundation Fund continuation of gardens and arboretum-related projects Created in • Safe Homes of Orange County Roger Ferris Agricultural Fund at the Orange County Arboretum/Ruth & Jim Ottaway memory of Roger Ferris, who loved the outdoors and wanted Endowment Fund Education Center. AGENCYDS FUN to keep it protected, this fund provides grants to the • Southwinds Eleanor T. Snow Heritage Orange County Land Trust in support of annual lectures Nonprofit organizations can establish an agency NEW! John Mazur Endowment Fund for Club Endowment Fund that support local farms, agricultural distribution and fund at the Community Foundation as a simple and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange • Temple Sinai Endowment Fund industries, and/or the protection of agricultural land. efficient way to build an endowment and help create Sub-funds of the Temple Sinai Endow- County Education Center and 4-H Park sustainability for the organization. The earnings on these ment Fund: Larry Created to provide grants to Cornell funds can be an ongoing source of income for Adelstein Fund; Irving and Georgia Anderman Fund; NEW! Friends of Valley View Foundation Cooperative Extension of Orange operations and programs. This type of endowment also Shirley Aronowsky Fund; David and Selkowitz Ashkenas Established by friends of Valley View, this fund will provide County to support the building provides the opportunity for the organization to receive Fund; Barney & Rose L. Cohen Fund; Ludwig Distelburger grants to Valley View Center to support programs and and ongoing maintenance of the planned gifts of various types, including cash, appreciated Fund; Jesse Dunitz Fund; Eisenberg/Ritterman Fund; Abe activities not supported by the budget. Education Center and 4-H Park Ellman Fund; Joseph Falick Fund; Max & Emmie Fernich stock, real estate, bequests, and life insurance. located in Otisville, New York. Fund; Martin & Meta Frank Fund; Dr. Louis Gillman Fund; Leonard R. Halpern Fund; I. & H. Hirsch Fund; H. Karoline & • Access: Support for Living, Inc. Endowment Fund Manfred Joseph Fund; Jack Judelson Fund; Ruth Judelson The McTamaney Fund Established by David and Mary McTamaney, this fund will distribute grants to initiatives in the • Allegro Orchestra Fund Fund; Carol & Harold Levine Fund; Paul C. Lipschultz Newburgh area that strengthen local heritage appreciation • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County Fund Fund; Adolph Millman Fund; Men’s Club Fund; William Neulander Fund; Sonia & Mayer Pasternack Fund; Shulamit and maintenance or local affordable homeownership • Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County Fund & Joseph Rehns Fund; Barry Rosenberg Fund; Grace opportunities. • Nora Cronin Presentation Academy Endowment Fund Roskin Fund; George & Martha Ross Fund; Louis Rosenstein • Crystal Run Village Foundation Fund Fund; J. & A. Schloss Fund; Libby & Matthias Schleifer Fund; Military Appreciation Day Fund Created by Charlotte & Joseph Schulhof Fund; Rabbi Joel and Aviva • Bill Devitt’s Dream for Inspire Fund concerned citizens as a vehicle to which the wider community Schwab Fund; Helene & Rubin Shafran Holocaust Studies • Dispute Resolution Center Fund may contribute, this fund provides support for “Military Fund; Harriet Shapiro; Marianne & Bernd Solomon Fund: M. • Firefighters Burn Fund (Firefighters Burn Treatment Fund & D. Sommerstein Fund; Berthold & Kathi Speier Fund; H. & Appreciation Day,” a community-wide day of complimentary Inc. of Orange Ulster and Sullivan) H. Suresky Fund; Max S. Weyl Fund; Ida Yegidis – NEW! Goshen Library Foundation activities, food, music and fun for local military personnel and • NEW! Great Futures Fund (Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Sisterhood Endowment Fund This fund will provide grants to the Goshen their families. Club, Inc.) • Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Middletown Library and Historical Society to support construction of their new library and programs. • Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Fund Endowment Fund NEW! The Rowley Family Birthing Center This fund • NEW! Friends of Hill Hold Inc., Fund • United Way of Orange County Endowment Fund in Enhancement Fund will provide grants to Orange Regional • Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and The Highlands memory of Marion S. Murphy Gumaer Cemetery/Pioneer Knoll Cemetery Created by Kenneth Gumaer, DVM, this fund Medical Center for equipment, projects, Endowment Fund • Wallkill River School of Art Fund Fund provides an annual grant to the Minisink Historical Society to training and programs of the Rowley • Wallkill Valley Health Coalition Corp Fund oversee the perpetual maintenance of Gumaer Cemetery/ Family Birthing Center. • YMCA of Dutchess & Eastern Orange Fund Pioneer Knoll Cemetery in Cuddebackville. • YWCA Orange County Endowment Fund 16 17 Bhag Mall & Leela Wanti Kumar Foundation FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS Created to provide grants to eligible charities as well as ORANGE education scholarships for students attending SUNY When you establish a Field of Interest Fund, you can Our Family of Funds Orange. focus your grants on an important area of community life, such as early childhood development, parks The Richard P. O’Beirne Memorial Foundation and recreation, education, the arts, or food security. established by Donors IN COUNTY Created by family and friends to memorialize Richard We award grants on your behalf to community O’Beirne, this fund distributes grants to nonprofit organizations and programs that are making a organizations that advance humanitarian need and difference and your gift stays flexible enough to meet economic growth in the Hudson Valley. community needs in your interest area—even if they The September 11th Anniversary Benefit Fund Christopher and Ellen Byrne Charitable change over time. This fund provides grants to the Washingtonville 5 World Fund Created by the Byrne Family to provide grants to NEW! Lucas O’Connor Memorial Trade Center (WTC) Firefighters Memorial Fund, the FDNY local nonprofit organizations. Fund Established in memory of Lucas 105th Airlift Wing Alumni Association Fund VFW, and the New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation. O’Connor, this fund will distribute grants This fund will support a variety of causes as stated in The Daniel and Jason Coffey Memorial Fund to nonprofit organizations with a focus the group’s charter including activities of the 105th Airlift Graham Skea Endowment Fund for the Created by the family of Daniel and Jason Coffey, this fund on animal related agencies, science Wing, programs and services offered by the Family benefit of the Orange County Arboretum/ provides grants to nonprofit organizations. symposiums, or school-related clubs/ Readiness Office, patriotic and veterans programs and Ruth & Jim Ottaway Education Center activities, as well as nonprofit organizations events and more taking place in the Hudson Valley. Established to commemorate the retirement of Orange Deerpark Heritage Fund Created by Norma and that promote organ donor awareness. County Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Graham Willard Schadt to support art, music, history, and cultural Amy Alexander Foundation This fund will provide Skea in 2005, this fund will distribute grants to support the programs in the Town of Deerpark that are offered or NEW! Plain Family Foundation Grants will be grants to organizations that provide services and programs Orange County Arboretum. sponsored by the Town of Deerpark Museum. recommended by donors to support charitable organizations for individuals with spinal cord injuries. that provide opportunities for youth of all abilities to reach The Valley Central Education Foundation Empire State Bank Charitable Trust Fund their potential. The Jay and Carol Anthony Created by friends of the Valley Central School District, this Created by trustees of Empire State Bank as a way to give Foundation for Autism Support Foundation was established to create new opportunities back to the community through grants distributed on a RJM Superstar Fund Created by family and friends Created by Jay and Carol Anthony to provide for children and provide a vehicle for giving by the Valley regular basis to a wide variety of local nonprofits throughout of Richard J. Mohl, a “superstar” of a teacher, to honor grants to nonprofit organizations that serve Central community, staff, and alumni. the area. his life and legacy, this fund awards grants to non-profit youth with autism spectrum disorders transitioning to organizations. adulthood. Corinne Feller Memorial Fund Created to honor DONOR ADVISED FUNDS and memorialize Corinne Feller, who passed away at age The Robert Rowell Foundation ArtsLEAF This fund provides grants to develop and 18 of ovarian cancer, this fund focuses on raising awareness Created by family and friends of Robert “Bobby” Rowell, this maintain a website, ARTSleaf.org, to link artists, educators, Donor advised funds are flexible and convenient, about ovarian cancer by holding events and providing fund distributes grants to nonprofit organizations. students and organizations, and facilitate attendance of allowing donors to support a variety of charitable grants to organizations that conduct research focused on student groups at arts event, and identify and support causes through their fund anytime they choose. finding a cure for the disease. Rowley Family Foundation Created to provide the educational needs of future artists from all disciplines. These funds, established by individuals, families, grants to nonprofit organizations. businesses or organizations, offer a simple, powerful The FF Thomas J. Foley Foundation Created The Lieutenant Gregg Atlas Foundation and highly personal approach to giving. to celebrate the life of Firefighter Thomas J. Foley who John C. Smith Fund Created by the family of John Created to honor and celebrate the life of Lieutenant tragically lost his life on September 11, 2001, this fund Christopher Smith, this fund distributes scholarships to a Gregg Atlas, a New York City Firefighter, who tragically lost provides grants to non-profit organizations. graduating student from Pine Bush High School who plans Advance Testing Fund This fund will distribute his life on September 11, 2001, this fund provides grants to to attend a four-year college to study Civil Engineering, scholarships to students who have participated in the nonprofit organizations that support programs for adults Land Use Planning, Real Estate, Surveying or Business. This Advance Testing internship and mentoring program as well Friends of Chris Farlekas Fund with autism. This fund will distribute grants to various charitable projects fund also awards grants for worthy community projects. as grants to nonprofit organizations. in memory of Chris Farlekas, longtime Times Herald-Record The Gertrude and Scott Dropkin AIDS reporter and columnist, and Port Jervis native. Anonymous Donor Advised Fund #1 Brian Strommer II Fund Treatment and Care Fund This fund provides Created in memory of Brian Strommer II, this fund awards This fund provides grants to local nonprofit organizations. grants to nonprofit organizations delivering treatment grants to local nonprofit organizations and scholarships to The Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz Memorial and care to people afflicted by AIDS. This fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations students from Washingtonville High School. The ATB Legacy Fund Created in loving memory Fund as well as scholarships to Valley Central and Wallkill Central of Alexander Thomas Blazeski, this fund provides grants Ronald I. Jacobowitz Health/Educational School Districts. to nonprofit organizations that support or sponsor youth NEW! The Wesley-Kreuger Family Foundation Fund Created by the Jacobowitz family in memory of Created to provide grants to nonprofit organizations and/or programs and projects. their son and brother Ronald, this fund’s purpose is to Bud & Ruth Kassel Fund Created by the Kassel education programs. provide grants to medical or health services, educational Family to provide grants to local nonprofit organizations. Anne F. Bourne Memorial Fund Created through programs and/or scholarships to students for community a bequest of Anne F. Bourne, this fund provides grants to service. nonprofit organizations for programs for the spiritual, moral Kidz4Causes Fund Organized by a group of high and general improvement of economically disadvantaged school students and young adults who give back by The Jacobowitz Family Charitable Trust residents of the City of Newburgh. fundraising, this fund’s mission is to make the world a better This fund provides an annual grant to the Community place by educating others about issues that affect children Foundation and to local nonprofit organizations that provide globally, and supporting nonprofit organizations that medical or health services or educational programs. address those issues. 18 19 Our Family of Funds ORANGE Our Family of Funds SULLIVAN established by Donors IN COUNTY established by Donors IN COUNTY

The Lake Foundation Created by Mike and Christine SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS Lake as a way to provide support to nonprofit organizations that serve battered women, abused children, and disabled You can invest your gift in our community’s future and show students you care, all with the guidance and personal veterans. services of the Community Foundation. You determine the criteria students must meet to receive a scholarship from your fund. With your assistance, students achieve their academic and career-oriented goals. It is because Marcello’s Miracle Foundation This fund of the generosity of those who established the funds listed below that the Community Foundation is one of the is dedicated to supporting scientific research that will largest providers of scholarships in Orange and Sullivan counties. advance cures for pediatric-inherited eye disorders that cause blindness, while also providing a means of charitable U NRESTRICTED FUNDS support for families whose children are experiencing loss of The Ashley and Sierra Memorial Scholarship Ashley Campiglia Memorial Scholarship Created by the families of Ashley Lynn Morgan Created to celebrate the life of Ashely Campiglia, vision as a result of their disorder. When you establish an unrestricted fund, your gift Fund Fund and Sierra Lynn Cerrone to honor and celebrate the lives the fund will distribute scholarships to students of high can address a broad range of community needs— of two best friends who tragically lost their lives together moral character who are planning to major in a field The Gerry Nevins Foundation This fund, created including future needs that cannot be anticipated at in a car crash in 2004. This fund provides scholarships relating to hospitality and/or tourism. in honor and memory of Gerry Nevins, provides grants the time your gift is made. CFOS evaluates all aspects to graduating students who reside within the Monticello for housing support on behalf of widows/widowers of a of community well-being: arts and culture, economic Central School District and exhibit well-rounded recently deceased spouse who live in Orange and Rockland development, education, environment, health and NEW! The Marine P.F.C. Jerry B. Evans Memorial scholarship and vocational aptitude geared to the service Counties and have dependent children under age 21. human services, neighborhood revitalization, and more. Scholarship Fund Established in of others and the ever-changing needs of society. The flexibility of your unrestricted gift enables your memory of Jerry Evans who was killed in the Roy D. Parker Education Fund Created by the Community Foundation to respond to the community’s line of duty during the Vietnam War, this fund Trustees of the Parker Educational Trust, this fund provides most pressing issues, now and in the future. The Matthew R. Bertholf Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to students residing in loans to worthy students who are enrolled at and attending, Established to honor and remember Matthew “Matty” the Town of Mamakating with consideration for or are about to enroll at and attend, any college, university, Make a Difference Fund Bertholf, who was the epitome of what it meant to live scholastic standing, citizenship, leadership, two-year college or junior college in Orange County. Established by the Community Foundation of Orange and in and embrace Sullivan County, this fund awards potential, school spirit and need. Sullivan, this fund currently distributes annual grants to scholarships to graduating seniors of the Tri-Valley Central NEW! Bill Perry Memorial nonprofits in Orange and Sullivancounties providing programs School District who plan to continue their education in the Jocelyn Levner-Nissenbaum Memorial Fund for Music Education to underserved and disadvantaged children and families. fields of trades or applied technology. Scholarship Fund Created in memory of Jocelyn Levner-Nissenbaum, a proud graduate of Fallsburg Jr./ and Appreciation Established Sr. High School and SUNY Geneseo, this fund provides in memory of blues musician William The Samuel Beytin Fallsburg Central a scholarship to a Fallsburg graduate who intends on Sanford Perry, a Goshen native who FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS AND Community Scholarship Fund Scholarships pursuing a career in speech pathology or another field toured with Richie Havens and Levon from this fund are distributed to graduating students in the dedicated to working with children. Helm, this fund will award scholarships PROJECT FUNDS Fallsburg Central School District who have been accepted annually to students pursuing music education with and ultimately matriculate as full-time students at any The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan helps priority given to graduates of Chester Academy High accredited college or university located in the United States. NEW! Liberty Rotary Scholarship Fund community charitable projects without nonprofit School and/or Warwick Valley High School. Grants may Scholarships are awarded based on character, potential Established by the Liberty Rotary Club, this fund will provide status get off the ground by providing fiscal and also be distributed to nonprofit music-related organizations. for success, academic achievement, participation in school scholarships to students for college, participation in Rotary administrative support in the form of Fiscal activities and community service. Youth Leadership Exchange and other educational, charitable Sponsorships. CFOS maintains fiscal custody of the or humanitarian opportunities. The Fund for Senior Services in Memory of project account and provides disbursement and Anne Coon This fund provides grants to local nonprofit accounting services for which it assesses a fee to the Sheila Birkett Gift of Life Scholarship Fund organizations that promote health and quality of life for project. This fund was established in honor of Sheila Birkett, who senior citizens. donated her kidney to Joshua Glantz, a Social Studies teacher • NEW! Cornwall-on-Hudson Playground Project Fund at Eldred High School. This fund awards scholarships to St. Pats Ramble Fund Established to support projects • Illuminate Goshen & Keys of Goshen Project Fund graduating seniors of the Eldred Central School District who in and around the Montgomery community through fundraising • Mid-Hudson Valley Association of Fundraising Professionals plan to continue their education in a medical field. efforts of the St. Pats Ramble. • Newburgh Arts + Industry Fund • Newburgh Basketball Program Fund Peter H. Cahalan Scholarship Fund NEW! We Are Just Children Fund This fund was • Newburgh Illuminated Fund Createdby family and friends in memory of Peter H. Cahalan, established to distribute grants to 501(c)(3) organizations • Photographers for Hope this fund awards scholarships to Sullivan County students throughout the world who provide assistance to children • Richie Reynolds Memorial Fund who plan to attend a two or four-year college and are and families. • Safe Space America Fund pursuing studies in finance or a sports related field and who demonstrate commitment to their community. 20 21 NEW! The Siegel Music and Arts Endowment NEW! Lazare and Charlotte SULLIVAN Our Family of Funds SULLIVAN Fund Established in honor of Lee and Marge Siegel who Kaplan Foundation Established were lovers of the arts, this fund will provide grants to through the generosity of Lazare charitable projects and organizations that are committed Kaplan, one of the world’s best to the promotion and sustainability of music and the arts. known diamond merchants, this fund COUNTY established by Donors IN COUNTY distributes charitable grants to programs and initiatives impacting youth from the Town of Rockland. Educational scholarships to students Elissa Lippen/Matthew Helm Memorial AGENCY FUNDS pursuing higher education are also Scholarship Fund Established as a legacy to honor distributed. and celebrate the memory of two close friends who lost Nonprofit organizations can establish an agency their lives together in a fire in 1995, this fund distributes fund at the Community Foundation as a simple and The Kathleen McMichael Memorial a scholarshipto graduating seniors at Fallsburg Central efficient way to build an endowment and help create Foundation Created by friends and colleagues as a High School. sustainability for the organization. The earnings on tribute to Kathy McMichael who passed away in May 2009 these funds can be an ongoing source of income for after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Through this NEW! The Haddon C. Pantel operations and programs. This type of endowment Foundation, grants are recommended for families dealing Memorial Scholarship Fund also provides the opportunity for the organization with a catastrophic illness. Established in memory of Haddon Pantel, to receive planned gifts of various types, including cash, appreciated stock, real estate, bequests, and life this fund will distribute scholarships Sullivan Renaissance Fund Established in 2013 insurance. annually to a graduating senior from Robert Van Etten, Jr. Fund Created by the family through a bequest of Timothy D. Stoddard, a good friend, and Fallsburg Central School District who will of Robert Van Etten, Jr., this fund supports transportation firm believer in the work of Sullivan Renaissance. This fund • NEW! Congregation Agudas Achim Endowment Fund attend a licensed or accredited school to costs associated with attending Lake Placid Soccer Camp awards grants for beautification and community revitalization pursue a trade or vocational degree. for students from Sullivan County. projects in Sullivan County. DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Skoda Family Scholarship Fund at Cornell FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS Cooperative Extension Sullivan County This Donor advised funds are flexible and convenient, FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS AND fund distributes annual scholarships to students who are allowing donors to support a variety of charitable When you establish a Field of Interest Fund, you can residents of Sullivan County and attend Delaware Valley causes through their fund anytime they choose. These focus your grants on an important area of commu- PROJECT FUNDS College in Doylestown, PA with a preference to students funds, established by individuals, families, businesses nity life, such as early childhood development, parks majoring in Agriculture. or organizations, offer a simple, powerful and highly and recreation, education, the arts, or food security. The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan personal approach to giving. We award grants on your behalf to community helps community charitable projects without nonprofit Sullivan Renaissance Scholarship Fund organizations and programs that are making a status get off the ground by providing fiscal and Created to provide scholarships to students who have Anonymous Fund #2 This fund provides grants to difference and your gift stays flexible enough to meet administrative support in the form of Fiscal volunteered in their communities on Sullivan Renaissance 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in Sullivan County for local community needs in your interest area—even if they Sponsorships. CFOS maintains fiscal custody of the project account and provides disbursement and projects and who are currently attending college or planning historic preservation, restoration and awareness. change over time. to attend college. accounting services for which it assesses a fee to the project. NEW! Can’t Hurt Steel Community Doug Ackermann and Brenna Darling Blake and Dorothy Washington Scholarship Established by JJ Hanson Foundation Memorial Fund Established in memory of Doug • Entertainment Properties Trust/Empire Resorts Fund Established through the will of Dorothy Washington, this and his friends and family, this fund will Ackermann and Brenna Darling, this fund awards grants • Monticello Motor Club – Cops for Kids Fund fund provides scholarships to graduating students at distribute grants in the area of health, to organizations on behalf of individuals suffering from a • ND Pro Media Community Give Back Program Fund Monticello High School who plan to pursue studies at a education, wellness and assistance for the catastrophic illness, living in Sullivan County. • NEW! Sullivan County Nonprofit Leadership Summit recognized institute of higher learning and exhibit attributes general community. of scholastic achievement, character, integrity and industriousness. Congregation Ahavath Israel Perpetual Care Fund Created to provide for the maintenance, NEW! Darren Foss Memorial repair and restoration of monuments, headstones and Earle and Elizabeth Wilde/Cornell Fund Established in memory of grave markers of historical or architectural significance to Cooperative Extension Sullivan County Darren Foss, this fund will distribute the community, and focusing on areas open to the public or This scholarship is awarded Scholarship Fund scholarships and grants to charitable to the public’s view. annually to graduating high school seniors from the Sullivan organizations. County area, who will continue their education in an This fund provides agricultural related field at either of the State University The Gerry Health Services Fund of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at grants to nonprofit organizations providing health services. Cobleskill or Morrisville.

22 23 Our Family of Funds established by Donors GREENLEAF LEGACY SOCIETY from Surrounding Areas The Greenleaf Legacy Society recognizes thoughtful donors who have informed the Community Ted Petrillo Community Fund Foundation of bequests, insurance policies, trusts FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS Dutchess County and other planned gifts. The society’s name honors Established by family and friends with an interest in When you establish a Field of Interest Fund, you can focus Oscar Benton Greenleaf, an ordinary person with continuing Ted’s lifelong interest of making a difference for your grants on an important area of community life, such extraordinary goals, who lived life to the fullest and others and in the community, this fund will make grants to as early childhood development, parks and recreation, organizations which most align with Ted’s interests and will gave so that others could learn. Mr. Greenleaf’s education, the arts, or food security. We award grants on most greatly inspire growth. goodwill lives on forever through his gift, which your behalf to community organizations and programs that are making a difference and your gift stays flexible makes it possible for students in Port Jervis to enough to meet community needs in your interest area— Irma Schwinger DeAngele Fund receive scholarships now and in perpetuity. Dutchess County even if they change over time. Established to forever celebrate the life of a remarkable If you have made arrangements in your estate plan Forgotten Women and Children’s woman, a German immigrant who settled in the Hudson for a gift to CFOS or a named fund, please notify us Relief Fund Valley in 1950. This fund provides grants to local nonprofit Westchester County organizations. to become a member. For those who have not yet incorporated a planned gift into their estate plan, Created by the Schlossberg family to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that support projects, plans and Terwilliger Family legacy fund please call the Community Foundation to discuss programs which focus on educational, vocational and for charitable endeavors the many gift options available. Our process is Ulster County health services for women and children. simple, flexible and effective so that your gift lasts Established in memory and honor of Fred, for good, for ever! The Keith B. Hayes Foundation Frederica, Terry, and Bryan Terwilliger, this Rockland County fund will distribute scholarships to Wallkill High School graduates pursuing a degree Created by Keith’s family and many friends, The Keith B. in banking/finance, teaching, or mental health/social work Hayes Foundation awards grants to support the Rockland as well as grants to nonprofits that promote mental Independent Living Center, The Wheel Chair Foundation, the wellness, contribute to community enhancement, support MEMBERS Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation, the Ralph Braun cancer-related initiatives, or offer programs for people with Foundation and to research specific to Keith’s condition by disabilities. the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. Anonymous donors (5) Kenneth I. Gumaer, Sr., DVM Jean A. Rowe (estate of) NEW! Salvatore & Ann Barber Smith (estate of) Agnes C. Ringwood Patricia Trocino DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Lillian J. Bauer (estate of) Christian M. Hammaren (estate of) Foundation Dutchess County Michael Bertolini Marian Hammaren Norma Schadt Donor advised funds are flexible and convenient, allowing Mary Bratton J. Sadler Hayes Sheila Hayes Willard Schadt donors to support a variety of charitable causes through Established in memory of William J. Bratton, Jr. David L. Hawkins Graham Skea their fund anytime they choose. These funds, established Salvatore and Patricia Trocino, this fund will distribute grants to by individuals, families, businesses or organizations, offer a nonprofit organizations or educational scholarships annually. Kenn Brodmerkel Nicole Lee Elizabeth Smith simple, powerful and highly personal approach to giving. Jerry Duane Robert Lee RJ Smith The Michael Ryan Zodda Foundation Joseph Dunwald (estate of) Sandy Leonard Mary Williamson NEW! Lou Bucci Memorial Fund for Rockland County Anita Feller Harold Levine (estate of) Allison Wynkoop Athletes and the Arts Ulster County The Michael Ryan Zodda Foundation was created to Ron Feller Douglas McBride (estate of) Derrik R. Wynkoop honor and memorialize Michael, who passed away on Mark Fenton Nancy McBride (estate of) Floranne Moulton Established in memory of Lou July 2, 2010, at the age of 25. This fund provides grants to Katharine F. Fitzgerald David McTamaney Robert A. Onofry Bucci, a beloved teacher and support advance research and knowledge in the areas of coach, this fund will distribute arteriovenous malformation, cerebral vascular diseases Nicholas Gerten Mary McTamaney Anne Palmer grants to nonprofit organizations and blood disorders. Oscar B. Greenleaf (estate of) Karen Minogue James H. Ottaway, Jr. and scholarships. Joanne Gross Edward Moulton

24 25 2015-2016 Honor ROLL OF DONORS

More than 3,000 generous individuals and organizations gave to and through the Community • Mr. Craig M. Calzaretta and Dr. Michelle A. • Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway, Jr.* • Ms. Guadalupe R. Ford Foundation throughout fiscal year 2015-2016. Space limitations in this report preclude our ability Koury* • Papaleo’s Auto Body, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Fury • Capacity Business Consulting* • Peak Giving Tree LLC • Goshen High School Class of ‘93 to list donors who contributed less than $500, however, we are grateful and appreciative of every • Cash - The Richard G. McCoy • Perreca Electric Co., Inc. • Goshen in Bloom contribution, large and small. For a complete listing of Fiscal Year 2015-2016 donors, please visit Foundation • Ms. S. Eileen Petrillo • Ms. Leslie Green • Cash - Lucas O’Connor Memorial Fund • Polich Tallix Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gutierrez our website. Let our office know of any errors in this report or in the report listed on our website at • Ms. Rita Cavaliere • Ms. Anne Prial* • Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. Haas www.cfosny.org and please accept our apology. • Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Christian • Mr. William C. Quackenbush* • Ms. Edna L. Haughney* • Mr. Daniel D. Coffey • Rhinebeck Bank* • Mr. Adam S. Hayes and Mrs. Galit • Mr. Kevin M. Coffey • Riverside Bank, a Division of Salisbury Bank Leshecz-Hayes *Includes donations made to Community Foundation Operating Account • Congregation Ahavath Israel & Trust Company* • Hill-n-Dale Abstracters, Inc.* ** Includes donations made to Community Foundation Endowment Fund • Cooper Arias, LLP* • Rolling V Bus Corp. • Hospice of Orange and Sullivan • Crossmark / CHI Management Group, LP • Rose & Kiernan, Inc.* Counties, Inc.* • DigiDr, LLC* • Mrs. Rebecca Ryman* • Mr. James C. Housel • Crystal Run Transformation Services, LLC • DL Hawkins Associates, Inc.* • Sabo Industrial Corp. • Mr. Daniel Hunter $50,000 and Up $5,000 - $9,999 • Empire State Bank* • Gerald A Doering Foundation Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Skoda* • Ironworkers Local 417 • Focus Media, Inc.* • Drake Loeb PLLC* • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Smith* • Jewish Federation of Greater Orange • The Dyson Foundation* • Anonymous Donor - Joshua Stamm • Focused Wealth Management* • E. Tetz & Sons, Inc.* • Ms. Mary V. Spear County, Inc.* • Lazare and Charlotte Kaplan Foundation Memorial Scholarship Fund • Dr. and Mrs. Elliott Friedman • Empire Resorts, Inc.* • St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital* • Key Bank, N.A. / The Key Foundation* • The Kaplan Family Private Foundations* • Mr. and Mrs. Jay Anthony* • Granite Associates, LP* • Mr. Joel S. Finkelstein and Ms. Bonna Lynn • Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Struk* • L.P. Cylinder Service, Inc. • Kiwanis Club of Middletown, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bratton, Jr.* • Mr. and Mrs. James J. Hanson Horovitz* • Sullivan Fire Protection Corp.* • Ms. Kathy Lou Leone • Orange Regional Medical Center** • Mr. Kenn Brodmerkel • Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union* • Mr. William V. Fioravanti and • TD Bank, N.A.* • Mr. Jeffrey A. Maroney • The Record’s People for People Fund, Inc. • Ms. Diane L. Chaissan* • Hudson Valley Investment Advisors, Inc.* Ms. Elizabeth B. Rowley* • Times Herald-Record* • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Matta • Estate of Jean A. Rowe • The Stephen Colbert Americone Dream • HV Gives Donations • First Federal Savings of Middletown* • Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine* • Ms. Colleen McDonald • The Wesley-Krueger Family Foundation Fund • Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP* • Ms. Katharine F. Fitzgerald* • Unitex / A & P Coat, Apron & Linen • The McGraw-Hill Financial • Congregation Agudas Achim • Jeff Bank* • Mr. Thomas Foley* Supply, Inc. • Monroe Free Library • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Crist* $10,000 - $49,999 • Kidz4Causes Fund • Mr. John Gaertner and Ms. Michelle Long • Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Van Etten • Ms. Linda Nilon • Fallsburg Central School District • Mr. Ronald Klieverik • Give Gab* • Wepay • Nugent & Haeussler, P.C.* • Anonymous Donor #1* • Gerry Foundation, Inc.* • Lakeland Bank* • Ms. Victoria K. Goldbach • Dr. Michele Winchester-Vega & • NYBDC Charitable Foundation • Anonymous Donor - Anonymous • Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Glantz • The M&T Charitable Foundation* • Goldstein, Karlewicz & Goldstein, LLP* Associates * • Oppenheimer Fair Fund Designated Fund #1 • Honor ehg, Inc. • Ms. Susan D. Najork* • Goshen Science Olympiad Organization • Ms. Anne Marie Wirta • Pangia & Company CPA’s, LLC* • Mr. Michael Bertolini • Mr. William Taylor and Mr. Willy Jamros • SUNY Orange* • Mr. Christopher Grillo* • Mr. and Mrs. Derrik R. Wynkoop* • Mr. Michael Petrillo • Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Bonura* • Dr. Inder Kumar • Mr. and Mrs. RJ Smith - Richard J. Smith En- • GTI Graphic Technology Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Wayne V. Zanetti* • Planned Parenthood Mid Hudson Valley* • Crystal Run Healthcare LLP* • Ms. Barbara Martinsons terprises Corp.* • Mr. and Mrs. J. Sadler Hayes - Sadler Hayes • Race Roster - St. Pat’s Ramble Fund • Mr. James R. Duff • The McGraw-Hill Companies • Smith Seaman & Quackenbush Inc.* Associates, Inc.* • Radiologic Associates, PC • Marine PFC Jerry B. Evans Memorial • New York State Tourism Industry $500 - $999 • Mr. Mark Trocino* • Ms. Madison Heinrich • Rouis & Company, LLP* Scholarship Association • Ulster Savings Bank* • Ms. Julieanna Irwin • Access: Supports for Living* • Salisbury Bank and Trust Company • First Presbyterian Church • Orange Bank & Trust Company* • United A/C, Refrigeration, Plumbing & Heat- • Mr. and Mrs. Gerald N. Jacobowitz* • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Amato* • Mr. Carlo F. Saturnelli • Highland Falls - Fort Montgomery • Mr. and Mrs. James Rathbun ing, Inc. • Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, CPA, PC* • Apex Solar Power LLC • Mr. and Ms. John D. Schutt Jr. Central School District • Temple Sinai • Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan • Knack, Pavloff & Company, LLP* • Mr. and Mrs. Don P. Atlas • Shapiro’s Furniture Barn • Jewish Family Service of Orange • The Tronco Financial Group LLC* Association* • Mr. Ronald S. Kossar* • Mrs. JoAnn T. Atlas* • Shiptransportal.com County, Inc.* • Mr. and Mrs. Steven VanPoucke • Womens University Club of Middletown NY, • Lanc & Tully Engineering & Surveying PC* • The Bank of America Charitable • Mr. and Mrs. George Sifre* • Liberty Rotary Club • Village of Montgomery St. Patrick’s Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Landry Foundation* • Mr. Fred Soward • Major General Irene Trowell-Harris Chapter, Day Parade • Michael Ryan Zodda Foundation • The Marcia Israel Foundation Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. David B. Bechtle* • Stanley Marks & Co., LLP* Tuskegee Airmen Inc. • Walden Savings Bank* • Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Martin* • Ms. Barbara Bedell • Steingart Printing, Inc.* • Estate of Douglas F. McBride • Mr. and Mrs. John Wood • Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Martucci* • The Black Dirt Brewhouse • Mr. and Mrs. Erik Unhjem • Mrs. Elizabeth McCurdy $1,000 - $2,499 • Masterwork Home* • Joseph Blazeski Carpentry • Ms. Jean E. Unhjem • Mr. and Mrs. David A. McTamaney $2,500 - $4,999 • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Abt* • Mr. and Mrs. Augustinos Mavrogiannis* • Boys & Girls Club of Newburgh, Inc.* • United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region • Eric Meier Memorial Scholarship • Advent Valuation Advisors, LLC* • Middletown Medical* • Cash - Anthony Cavaliere Scholarship Fund • Valuation Consultants, Inc.* • Orange County Firefighters Museum • Advance Testing Co., Inc.* • Ms. Sandra A. Anderson* • Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union* • Cash - Newburgh Illuminated • Mr. Rafael Vazquez • Haddon C. Pantel Memorial Scholarship • Blustein, Shapiro, Rich & Barone, LLP* • Anonymous Donor - Community • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Minogue* • Casual For A Cause • Village of Chester PBA • Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.* • Cash - Community Foundation of Foundation of Orange and Sullivan • The Misner Agency, Inc.* • Catskill Hudson Bank* • Wallkill East Rotary • The Rowley Family Birthing Center Orange and Sullivan Operating Fund* Operating Fund* • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mohl • Mr. Joseph Cavaliere • Ms. Diane L. Wanser Enhancement Fund • Cash - Justin Speights Scholarship Fund • Mr. and Mrs. David E. Apps* • Ms. Marian Moss • Consolidated Spring LLC • Ms. Amanda Ward* • Mr. Richard Rowley and Ms. Marianne • Cash - St. Pat’s Ramble Fund • Mr. Stephen G. Aumick • Mount Saint Mary College* • Crystal Run Village, Inc.* • Ms. Veronica Watkins Murray* • Cash - Valley Central Education • Mr. and Mrs. Don Badgley* • Mr. Joshua Mousseau* • Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cummins • Mr. George A. Whipple III • Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce Foundation • Ms. Danielle Barbour • New Horizons Asset Management Group, • Ms. Constance E. DeSantis • William A. Smith and Sons, Inc.* Foundation - Nonprofit Leadership Summit • Catania, Mahon, Milligram & Rider, PLLC* • Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. LLC* • Dickover, Donnelly & Donovan, LLP • Wine and Design Warwick LLC • The Warwick Savings Foundation • Catskill Regional Medical Center • Mr. Jack F. Berkowitz and Dr. Suzanne • Newburgh Commercial Development Corp. • Engineering & Surveying Properties, PC* • Ms. Michelle Zink • Central Hudson Gas & Electric Brown Berkowitz* • Orange and Rockland Utilities* • Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Epstein Corporation* • BNY Mellon Wealth Management* • Orange Die Cutting Corp. dba Orange • FAHB, Inc. dba Craft 47 • Church Communities Foundation* • Braemar Living Walllkill, LLC* Packaging • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Feller* • Ms. Frances M. Coffey • Ms. Hannah Brooks • Mr. and Mrs. James D. Orr III* • Finkelstein & Partners, L.L.P. • Crane Fund for Widows and Children 26 27 “ “ “ “ way to say thank you to Spencer for his leadership than way tosaythankyouSpencerforhisleadershipthan “ would be a monumental task and a lot of money to get would beamonumentaltaskandlotofmoneytoget believer and a leader of our community. Following his believer andaleaderofourcommunity.Followinghis passing at way too young an age, there was no better passing atwaytooyounganage,therewasnobetter and see if they can help. It took one meeting, about an and seeiftheycanhelp.Ittookonemeeting,aboutan 28 establishing a charitable fund in his memory. I hope establishing acharitablefundinhismemory.Ihope hour and our fund was created! I was blown away by hour andourfundwascreated!Iblownawayby that vision created. I was advised to give CFOS a call that visioncreated.IwasadvisedtogiveCFOSacall would support adults with Autism. 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