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WCF Welcomes Rebecca Putter
The Board of Advisors of the Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) announce Rebecca Kraley Putter was appointed program officer at the Westchester Community Foundation in December 2011. Her responsibilities include developing and implementing strategic grantmaking in the areas of the arts, academic opportunity, strong nonprofits, and the Westchester Fund for Women and Girls. 

Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Putter served as a consultant to regional community foundations and nonprofit organizations; a grantmaker at The Columbus Foundation in Columbus, Ohio; a development consultant for a government agency in the West Indies; and an associate at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York, New York. She has been an active volunteer with a number of nonprofit organizations, most recently Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Vassar College and a master’s certificate in international security from Stanford University.

“We are so pleased to welcome Rebecca to our staff,” said Catherine Marsh, Executive Director of the Westchester Community Foundation, “Her combination of talents, along with her background addressing community challenges, bring a unique perspective to our work as a community foundation.”

“I am thrilled to accept this position as program officer” said Ms. Putter, in accepting the appointment, “and look forward to bringing my experience in the nonprofit, government, and community foundation world to the Westchester Community Foundation where I join a group of skilled professionals dedicated to strengthening our community through charitable giving.”
 
"Community Matters" Film 3
307285_10150348690280966_131314930965_8342751_258809645_nWestchester Community Foundation is sponsoring a 2011-2012 film series dedicated to generating discussion around topics that affect us locally, including health, environment, education, housing, and energy. The third film in this series was "Mothers of Bedford" which was shown on Tuesday, November 15 at Jacob Burns Film Center.  This film offered a look into the minds and hearts of the women inmates of New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. 
 
Film Series "Community Matters"
Westchester Community Foundation is sponsoring a film series dedicated to generating discussion around topics that affect us locally, including health, environment, education, housing, and energy. The second film in this series was Wretches & Jaberers, scheduled for Wednesday, September 21.  This film debunks the myth that autistic individuals do not have feelings, cannot communicate, and have low intelligence.  The autistic individuals in the film use assistive technology to express themselves and communicate with others.  The Foundation has supported a range of programs that encourage persons with those with autism express themselves through music, theater, visual arts, and, with the help of assistive technology, be educated in the public school system.


 
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Whether your clients are planning for their estates or are dealing with a particular circumstance—such as the sale of a business or stock options, an inheritance—and have charitable interests, The Westchester Community Foundation may offer the most effective solution. When you help your client set up a charitable fund at the WCF, both of you benefit.

You get a partner, who for more than 35 years has given donors the best in philanthropic services. We take care of the asset transfers, make grants, handle all the record keeping and reporting, and provide your client with quarterly statements and acknowledgements of gifts and grants.

Your client:
  • Joins a respected organization with a long history of helping Westchester residents make sure that their charitable gifts make a difference.
  • Can tap the expertise of a staff experienced in making grants to nonprofits.
  • Receives an immediate tax deduction at full fair market value.
  • Can contribute a variety of assets.
  • Pays no capital gains tax on gifts of certain types of appreciated property.
  • Can give during lifetime or by will, and meet financial and estate planning needs.
  • Can recommend grants to charities across the United States.
  • Can set up the fund in our nonprofit corporation, which retains expert investment managers, or with a trustee bank.

For information about how we can work with you to help your clients, contact Susan D. Edwards at 914.948-5166, ext 26 or  Jane L. Wilton, Esq. at 212.686.2563.

The Westchester Community Foundation is a division of the New York Community Trust.  The Trust was started by a group of bankers in 1924, and at the end of 2005 had assets valued at $1.9 billion and distributed $137 million in grants to charitable organizations in New York City, on Long Island, in Westchester, and across the country.