Our Funds
Our funds are carefully invested, creating both short-term impact and permanent resources to benefit the community far into the future.
A donor-advised fund established by Dean and Eva Kelly for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2005
Debbie's Kids is a memorial fund established by Kari & Daniel in memory of their mother, Debra Reuben Deronda, who passed away on Mother's Day 2017. This fund will honor and remember her life's work in the Mohawk Valley and in North Carolina as a social worker and child advocate who fought tirelessly to protect and to empower children. Proceeds will benefit youth advocacy and youth mental health services.
- Fund Type
- Memorial Fund
- Established
- 2023
A scholarship fund created in 2008 through the consolidation of two previously-established scholarship funds established by Bernice F. Benson and her late husband, Donald G. Benson. As a single scholarship fund, awards are made to graduates of Sauquoit Valley Central School, Brookfield Central School and Waterville Central School, as well as a Young Scholar from Thomas R. Proctor High School.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2008
A donor-advised fund established by Alicia and Robert Dicks for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2018
A donor-advised fund created through the Estate of Theresa Malara for the purpose of supporting causes that promote the preservation of the family or Catholic values.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2012
A scholarship fund established by Former Congressman Donald J. Mitchell to award scholarships to students from his Congressional district attending Mohawk Valley Community College and Herkimer College.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 1992
A donor-advised fund established by George and Donna Herthum for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2000
A donor-advised fund created from tributes made in memory of Donna LaTour-Elefante that were matched by friend and advocate of children, David Zumpano, for the purposes of helping children and families, including support of the Family Nurturing Center of Central New York, of which Donna was founder and executive director.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2012
A discretionary fund established through the estate of Antonia G. Grant for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 1982
A designated fund established by Dr. Abraham L. and Ruth Shaheen to benefit HealthFriends, Hope House, Thea Bowman House, New Horizons of the YWCA Mohawk Valley, Resource Center for Independent Living and Utica Food Pantry.
- Fund Type
- Designated Fund
- Established
- 2006
A discretionary fund established by Margaret E. Davies for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 2002
A donor-advised fund established by William F. Locke for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2002
A scholarship fund that provides graduates of Utica public and parochial schools with financial assistance to pursue college, mechanical or vocational training.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2016
A field-of-interest fund established by Robert and Eileen Hubbard for health care needs within the community.
- Fund Type
- Field-of-Interest Fund
- Established
- 1998
A donor-advised fund established by Dr. Russell and Mrs. Maxine Rider for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2019
A donor-advised fund established by Earle C. Reed for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2006
A designated fund established by the Brothertown Scholarship Fund to administer a scholarship in memory of Earle Ford.
- Fund Type
- Designated Fund
- Established
- 2012
An expendable scholarship fund established by ECR International's Utica Division to offer scholarship opportunities to dependents of their employees.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2024
A donor-advised fund created by Edward and Mary Lyons Bradley in memory of their son Ed Bradley, a wheelchair athlete, talented musician and community advocate who lived his life with great ardor, dignity and grace, despite severe physical challenges.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2013
A scholarship fund established by Edward G. Hays to provide scholarships to students pursuing a career in aviation.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2018
A discretionary fund established by the estate of Rita A. Sator for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 2015
A field-of-interest fund established through the estate of Edward Peter Sidelko to benefit area food banks in both Herkimer and Oneida counties.
- Fund Type
- Field-of-Interest Fund
- Established
- 2018
A discretionary fund established by Edward S. and Jacqueline B. Hinge for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 2009
A donor-advised fund established by Dean and Eva Kelly for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2005
Debbie's Kids is a memorial fund established by Kari & Daniel in memory of their mother, Debra Reuben Deronda, who passed away on Mother's Day 2017. This fund will honor and remember her life's work in the Mohawk Valley and in North Carolina as a social worker and child advocate who fought tirelessly to protect and to empower children. Proceeds will benefit youth advocacy and youth mental health services.
- Fund Type
- Memorial Fund
- Established
- 2023
A scholarship fund created in 2008 through the consolidation of two previously-established scholarship funds established by Bernice F. Benson and her late husband, Donald G. Benson. As a single scholarship fund, awards are made to graduates of Sauquoit Valley Central School, Brookfield Central School and Waterville Central School, as well as a Young Scholar from Thomas R. Proctor High School.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2008
A donor-advised fund established by Alicia and Robert Dicks for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2018
A donor-advised fund created through the Estate of Theresa Malara for the purpose of supporting causes that promote the preservation of the family or Catholic values.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2012
A scholarship fund established by Former Congressman Donald J. Mitchell to award scholarships to students from his Congressional district attending Mohawk Valley Community College and Herkimer College.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 1992
A donor-advised fund established by George and Donna Herthum for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2000
A donor-advised fund created from tributes made in memory of Donna LaTour-Elefante that were matched by friend and advocate of children, David Zumpano, for the purposes of helping children and families, including support of the Family Nurturing Center of Central New York, of which Donna was founder and executive director.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2012
A discretionary fund established through the estate of Antonia G. Grant for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 1982
A designated fund established by Dr. Abraham L. and Ruth Shaheen to benefit HealthFriends, Hope House, Thea Bowman House, New Horizons of the YWCA Mohawk Valley, Resource Center for Independent Living and Utica Food Pantry.
- Fund Type
- Designated Fund
- Established
- 2006
A discretionary fund established by Margaret E. Davies for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 2002
A donor-advised fund established by William F. Locke for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2002
A scholarship fund that provides graduates of Utica public and parochial schools with financial assistance to pursue college, mechanical or vocational training.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2016
A field-of-interest fund established by Robert and Eileen Hubbard for health care needs within the community.
- Fund Type
- Field-of-Interest Fund
- Established
- 1998
A donor-advised fund established by Dr. Russell and Mrs. Maxine Rider for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2019
A donor-advised fund established by Earle C. Reed for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2006
A designated fund established by the Brothertown Scholarship Fund to administer a scholarship in memory of Earle Ford.
- Fund Type
- Designated Fund
- Established
- 2012
An expendable scholarship fund established by ECR International's Utica Division to offer scholarship opportunities to dependents of their employees.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2024
A donor-advised fund created by Edward and Mary Lyons Bradley in memory of their son Ed Bradley, a wheelchair athlete, talented musician and community advocate who lived his life with great ardor, dignity and grace, despite severe physical challenges.
- Fund Type
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Established
- 2013
A scholarship fund established by Edward G. Hays to provide scholarships to students pursuing a career in aviation.
- Fund Type
- Scholarship Fund
- Established
- 2018
A discretionary fund established by the estate of Rita A. Sator for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 2015
A field-of-interest fund established through the estate of Edward Peter Sidelko to benefit area food banks in both Herkimer and Oneida counties.
- Fund Type
- Field-of-Interest Fund
- Established
- 2018
A discretionary fund established by Edward S. and Jacqueline B. Hinge for general charitable purposes.
- Fund Type
- Discretionary Fund
- Established
- 2009