Central New York Community Foundation Partners with Resilia to Strengthen Nonprofits Serving Historically Excluded Communities

Partnership to support 25 organizations in the Central New York area

New Orleans, LA. - Resilia, a social impact organization, and the Central New York Community Foundation (CNYCF) have come together to strengthen Central New York based BIPOC-led/serving, LGBTQ+, and disability-serving nonprofit organizations.

Through the partnership, invited participants will be able to access Resilia’s multi-faceted capacity-building program as they work toward organizational sustainability. Resilia helps changemakers build mission-facing and back-office capacity while elevating stories and data that drive advocacy and fundraising efforts. This is enabled through a combination of an online platform, unlimited 1:1 nonprofit coaching, and a peer-to-peer learning model, thereby enabling multiple entry points into capacity building and meeting nonprofits where they are.

“We are excited to offer a new capacity-building resource to local nonprofit organizations in partnership with Resilia,” said Qiana Williams, program officer at CNYCF. “The ongoing support and tools offered through the program will help our community’s vital organizations develop their boards, raise funds and tell stories that will help them have a greater impact with the populations they serve.”

“Our newest partnership with the Central New York Community Foundation is an ideal alliance. The organizations in CNYCF's cohort share Resilia’s commitment to equity and align deeply with our ongoing mission to support the changemakers in historically excluded communities. Our tools, resources, and features were created to advance this critical work,” says Resilia founder and CEO Sevetri Wilson.

Through the partnership, Central New York Community Foundation has also joined Resilia’s flagship ELEVATE initiative, a first-of-its-kind national funders collaborative comprised of 28 funders and aimed at elevating the capacity and voices of BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving grassroots organizations throughout the country. More information about Resilia’s Funder Program can be found here.

About Central New York Community Foundation
The Central New York Community Foundation (CNYCF) believes that addressing structural racism and racial disparities is the first essential step toward reaching its vision for Central New York, which is for the region to be a vibrant community with opportunities for everyone. Over the next several years, CNYCF will be investing a minimum of $1 million through the Black Equity and Excellence Fund, which supports community-based projects for the Black community of Central New York. 

“Black Equity & Excellence has served as a building block for us to launch Resilia in Central New York, giving us an opportunity to be more expansive in our work towards building a more equitable community,” said Williams.

The Central New York Community Foundation is a public charity established in 1927 that receives contributions from donors, manages them to grow over time and then distributes funding to local charities to help them thrive. It is the largest charitable foundation in Central New York with assets of nearly $400 million and has invested more than $250 million in community improvement projects since its inception. As a grantmaker, civic leader, convener and sponsor of strategic initiatives, the Community Foundation strives to strengthen local nonprofits, encourage better understanding of the region and address the most critical issues of our time. 

About Resilia
Founded in 2016, Resilia is a Black-led organization that leverages a combination of technology & human touch to help nonprofits and change-makers build capacity and elevate stories. Resilia’s Funder Program enables grantors (foundations, corporations, and cities) to empower their nonprofit partners with on-demand technical assistance and capacity support that meets them where they are. To learn more about the program, please reach out to Anthony Simmons, Senior Director of Institutional Partnerships, Equity at anthony.simmons@resilia.com.