Board Member and Nominating & Governance Committee Chair, Christine Barksdale in a 2 minute excerpt on COVID-19 grantmaking and achieving greater social and racial justice in our work.

The full Annual Celebration program above.

During a year when so much has been changed, and as we emerge from the limitations brought on by a worldwide pandemic, there have been many moments of victory when we, as a community, come together and are able to successfully keep some key traditions going.

One such victory recently happened for the Summer Youth Employment Program, due to collaboration between Park Foundation, Community Foundation of Tompkins County, and United Way of Tompkins County.

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 This year, the Center for Transformative Action (CTA) is celebrating five decades of fostering over 100 transformative social justice initiatives in New York State. CTA currently supports 30 innovative projects under its umbrella through incubator

and fiscal sponsorship services as well as educational programs. CTA is an education-based 501(c)3 affiliated with Cornell and based in Ithaca since 1971.

CTA provides fiscal sponsorship to social entrepreneurs who align with its mission, offering services and guidance that include grants management, accounting, insurance and payroll, educational programming, and networking with other social entrepreneurs and leaders. Five staff members make up CTA’s core team, supported by a board of directors and advisory volunteers for each of its 30 projects.

The Center helps create communities that are socially just, ecologically sound and work for everyone. They provide educational programs and fiscal sponsorship services to innovative social change initiatives.

> Three donor advised funds combined efforts to support Foodnet Meals on Wheels need of kitchen equipment to meet increased needs.

> $5,000 grant to Finger Lakes Toy Library