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Celebrating 50 Years in the Community with 5 Nonprofits

Fenimore Asset Management is featuring five nonprofits as part of its 50th anniversary celebration and overall 2024 charitable giving.

“Our culture pushes us to use our energy, time, and talent to serve others and make life better for all – our investors, associates, and community.”

Tom Putnam,
Founder & Executive Chairman

“Fenimore’s local presence for a half-century exemplifies our long-term focus on being a good neighbor and investing in our community for a better tomorrow.”

Christian Snyder, J.D., CFA®,
President

FALL CLASSIC FOR CHARITY

Since 1994, Fenimore has held its annual FAM 5K “Fund” Run/Walk for charity. The 5K’s mission is to endorse and promote the qualities of family, health, and service to our community.

Community News

  • The FAM 5 Featured Nonprofits: Mohawk Valley Library System
    The FAM 5 Featured Nonprofits: Mohawk Valley Library System
    Fenimore Asset Management is featuring five nonprofits as part of its 50th anniversary celebration and overall 2024 charitable giving. The Mohawk Valley Library System represents Education, one of our five main giving categories.

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  • THE FAM 5 Featured Nonprofits: Proctors Collaborative
    THE FAM 5 Featured Nonprofits: Proctors Collaborative
    Fenimore Asset Management is featuring five nonprofits as part of its 50th anniversary celebration and overall 2024 charitable giving. Proctors Collaborative represents The Arts, one of our five main giving categories.

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  • Celebrating 50 Years in the Community with 5 Nonprofits
    Celebrating 50 Years in the Community with 5 Nonprofits
    Fenimore Asset Management is featuring five nonprofits as part of its 50th anniversary celebration and overall 2024 charitable giving.

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  • FAM 5K “FUND” Run/Walk: Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities
    FAM 5K “FUND” Run/Walk: Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities
    This year’s FAM 5K “FUND” run/walk was more than just a race—it was a celebration of the power of community, health, and service. On race day, participants came together, united by a shared goal: to support the qualities that define our community—family, health, and a commitment to service.

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  • Fenimore in the Community: Supporting Double H Ranch’s Life-Changing Mission
    Fenimore in the Community: Supporting Double H Ranch’s Life-Changing Mission
    Fenimore in the Community: Supporting Double H Ranch’s Life-Changing Mission At Fenimore, our commitment to community extends beyond the office. This summer, our associates proudly lent a helping hand at Double H Ranch – A SeriousFun Camp, a place that offers free, life-changing programs for children and families facing life-threatening illnesses. Our team spent two […]

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  • Investing In Community: A Celebration of Renewal and Teamwork
    Investing In Community: A Celebration of Renewal and Teamwork
    For the second year in a row, Fenimore proudly partnered with Siena College basketball teams to host a Court Rehab Dedication and Ice Cream Social. This year’s event took place at the newly renovated George Street basketball court in Green Island, New York.

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  • Serving With Love
    Serving With Love
    Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region stands by families in their toughest moments and, at Fenimore, we're proud to stand by them.

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  • The Joshua Project Summer Lunch Program
    The Joshua Project Summer Lunch Program
    The Joshua Project feeds our neighbors throughout Schoharie County and Fenimore was thrilled to work in partnership with them for the second time to provide lunches and healthy snacks to individuals and families during this past summer.

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  • Making a difference over the long-term
    Making a difference over the long-term
    Fenimore joined forces with Siena College Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams and CAPTAIN Community Human Services to host a Court Rehab Dedication and Ice Cream Social at the newly renovated basketball court at Cheryl's Lodge in Clifton Park, New York.

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  • City Mission of Schenectady – Transforming Lives One Meal at a Time
    City Mission of Schenectady – Transforming Lives One Meal at a Time
    The Fenimore team and their families joined forces with the City Mission of Schenectady to serve a BBQ dinner to those in need in our community.

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  • Junior Achievement Titan CEO Challenge Winners: Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School with Mentor, Christian Snyder
    Junior Achievement Titan CEO Challenge Winners: Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School with Mentor, Christian Snyder
    Congratulations to Christian Snyder and Berne-Knox-Westerlo high school for being the winning team in this year’s Junior Achievement Titan CEO Challenge.

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  • Welcome Home to a Hero
    Welcome Home to a Hero
    For the second year in a row, the Fenimore team partnered with The Veterans & Community Housing Coalition to help make a house a home by providing 10 ‘Welcome Home to a Hero’ baskets for women veterans that are transitioning into permanent housing

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  • Unsung Heroes
    Unsung Heroes
    The Richmondville Volunteer Emergency Squad (RVES) provides emergency medical services to more than 2,600 residents in a rural Upstate New York county as well as to surrounding communities. While this rescue team is accustomed to saving others in danger, they recently had their own urgent situation.

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  • Investing in the Future
    Investing in the Future
    Fenimore associates participated in several different career and investment education events for students recently as part of our ongoing commitment to investing in future generations.

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  • Fenimore Day at Ellms Farm
    Fenimore Day at Ellms Farm
    Every fall since 2005, Ellms Family Farm opens its gates to welcome people from all over the Capital Region to their farm in Ballston Spa, NY. For many families, the combination of activities, pumpkins, and cider donuts make it a ‘must-do’ event.

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  • 27 Years & Running
    27 Years & Running
    Since 1994, Fenimore Asset Management has held its annual FAM 5K “Fund” Run/Walk each September (except during COVID-19). Preparations for this year’s race on September 24th are already in full swing and we caught up with Keith Cataldo, Director of Trading and Operations at Fenimore and the FAM 5k Team Captain to learn more about why he became the organizer of this race what that means to him.

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  • Helios Care Community Project
    Helios Care Community Project
    At Helios Care, employees and volunteers work towards “Making Life Easier for patients and families facing serious illness or end of life by providing choices, dignity and compassionate care.”

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  • Food For Thought
    Food For Thought
    The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York distributed more than 51 million pounds of food and grocery products in 2021 — the equivalent of 42 million meals — across 23 counties! The need is great … and growing.

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  • A Safe Place to Learn & Grow
    A Safe Place to Learn & Grow
    Fenimore’s associates are grateful for our longtime partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady. It’s an honor to support their life-changing work and help provide state-of-the-art spaces equipped with technologies designed to protect their children and teens.

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  • Season’s Greetings – Holiday Community Project Round-up
    Season’s Greetings – Holiday Community Project Round-up
    Throughout the month of December and through many organizations, the Fenimore team participated in several opportunities to spread cheer in our community.

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  • FAM 5K “DAY OF THANKS” 2021
    FAM 5K “DAY OF THANKS” 2021
    Fenimore associates kept the tradition alive of gathering at the Cobleskill Fairgrounds on the fourth Saturday in September.

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  • Helping Those Who Help Others
    Helping Those Who Help Others
    The Fenimore team was excited to kickoff summer by planting flowers outside the Cobleskill Regional Hospital. We sincerely hope the beautiful flowers and bright colors serve as a welcome sight for patients, visitors, and our healthcare workers.

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  • Thinking Spring in Oneonta
    Thinking Spring in Oneonta
    The Fenimore team spent a rainy spring morning delivering 38 packages filled with birdfeeders, birdseed, umbrellas and thoughts of the warm weather to come to the residents at Springbrook NY.

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  • Good Medicine
    Good Medicine
    GOOD MEDICINE At Fenimore, we’ve long found that community service is good for the soul — especially when you’re helping those who help others. A group of our team members recently donned their gardening gloves, grabbed their tools, and set out to beautify the grounds of Cobleskill Regional Hospital. It’s our way of saying thanks […]

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  • FAM 5K “Day of Thanks”
    FAM 5K “Day of Thanks”
    FAM 5K “Day of Thanks” Fenimore did not hold this year’s 27th Annual FAM 5K “Fund” Run/Walk, but we wanted to thank the five local charities the race supports. On September 25, our associates delivered gift baskets and checks to each organization as well as the local police and fire departments. The five charities are: […]

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CHARITABLE DONATION REQUESTS

Fenimore accepts requests from nonprofits seeking funding to support The Arts, Education, Health Care, Human Services, and Youth Development.

If you are a 501(c)(3) or nonprofit organization, please make your request here.

If you are not a 501(c)(3) or nonprofit organization, please email Frank Privitera with your request.