Giving Through Not To

The Community Foundation offers donors a unique way of supporting charitable needs in the Greater Rochester area while pursuing their philanthropic visions. The Foundation is both flexible and permanent in nature, assuring donors that the spirit of their gifts will endure. 

Donors may specify the general purpose of their gifts in keeping with their own goals and interests, or allow their donations to be used by the Foundation where it is most needed. They may select one charitable need, one agency, or multiple charitable interests and agencies. When making a gift to the Foundation, donors are not really giving to the Community Foundation – they are giving to the Greater Rochester area through the Community Foundation.