Adirondack Foundation Announces Name Change to Adirondack Community Foundation

Adirondack Community Foundation sign — Adirondack Foundation is now Adirondack Community Foundation

New name reinforces the community foundation’s deep commitment to serving the people and places of the Adirondack region

Adirondack Foundation has officially changed its name to Adirondack Community Foundation, a move that highlights the organization’s long-standing mission: to strengthen Adirondack communities through donor generosity, partnerships, and strategic investment.

“Adding the word community to our name is about clarity and purpose,” said William Creighton, Board Chair of Adirondack Community Foundation. “It reflects who we’ve always been — a community foundation, not a private foundation. It’s philanthropy that’s of, for, and about the people of the Adirondack region — and it signals our continued commitment to bringing donors together to meet urgent needs and build a stronger future.”

Since its founding in 1997, Adirondack Community Foundation has served as a hub for regional generosity. It has grown to steward more than 300 charitable funds created by individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits. The foundation is the largest grantmaker in the Adirondack region, awarding more than $10 million annually to support local nonprofits, schools, and municipalities, often in partnership with fundholders who make grants with community foundation guidance.

“My husband, Jim Herman, and I opened a donor advised fund at Adirondack Community Foundation, because its network of both donors and nonprofits meant we could join with others to have a greater impact than we could make on our own,” said Dave Mason, of Keene.

Through its work, Adirondack Community Foundation supports solutions to pressing issues such as food insecurity, affordable housing, child care access, educational opportunity, and economic development. Recent initiatives include:

Reweaving the Adirondack Social Safety Net through partnerships with the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and the John Rugge Center for Community Impact.
Advancing early childhood outcomes through the Adirondack Birth to Three Alliance.
Supporting local job creation through the Adirondack Innovation Initiative.
Fostering civic engagement via the Trust for Civic Life.
Making local impact investments in workforce housing and small business development.

“Adirondack Community Foundation is a lasting, trusted source of support in the good times and the bad,” said Cali Brooks, President and CEO. “We are here during economic downturns, climate emergencies, and pandemics. In these uncertain times, we’re equipped for the long haul, ready to provide stability when our neighbors need it the most.”

To learn more about Adirondack Community Foundation, visit www.adkcommunityfoundation.org

Love for the Adirondack region runs deep – and when your heart is captured, it forges a deep connection that can span time, family generations, and distance. It’s because of this love that we are fortunate to live, work, and play in this place, one of the most unique on the planet. It’s this very love that has fostered a spirit of generosity that has become one of the defining characteristics of the Adirondacks.

That generosity was the driving force behind Adirondack Community Foundation’s creation in 1997, when we began building charitable assets to strengthen Adirondack communities. Since then, we’ve worked with thousands of generous individuals, families, businesses, and organizations to channel philanthropy into our communities and ensure everyone who loves this place can thrive in it. Learn more at adkcommunityfoundation.org.