Our Clients

Friends of Ganondagan

Just southeast of Rochester, New York, in the town of Victor, lies Ganondagan, the site of a 17 th century Seneca village that has influenced the life of modern-day America from its politics to its food. Americans everywhere owe a debt to the Seneca people who once lived at Ganondagan. Their democratic ideals served as an inspiration to the US Constitution. Their matriarchal society influenced women's right to vote. Their natural medicines, commitment to recycling, and healthy, organic cuisines are part of our everyday life. The roots of contemporary society can be traced to this historic site.

Ganondagan is building a new 30,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility to exhibit art, sponsor community events, and further its mission and goals. It will be the first of its kind, for both the State of New York and the Seneca Nation, becoming a model for other Native American sites nationwide. The Art and Education Center at Ganondagan will facilitate the education of thousands of regional students; provide jobs and tourism opportunities to strengthen the local economy; and showcase the art, history, and accomplishments of this culture.

Danforth Development is working with the leadership of Ganondagan to launch its campaign, Signatures of the Seneca, to build this facility with a goal of 13 million dollars. To date, 9.5 million has been raised, and the expected groundbreaking date is the fall of 2008.

Campaign for Promising Futures

Allendale Columbia School is the key to our future vitality. This is the most focused effort dedicated to academic excellence and faculty support ever organized at the school. The Campaign will endow three distinguished professorships, eight special subject funds, and create a fund to support professional development activities for both faculty and staff.

New Financial Scholarship Programs for athletic excellence, artistic talent, and foreign language accomplishments will be launched, and the current Opportunity Scholarship Program will be expanded. Technology needs and capital improvements will be supported through the campaign, articulated through the capital needs schedule created as part of the strategic planning process.

Generations of extraordinary people have led and attended Allendale Columbia School and our graduates have achieved much. In the Rochester region and around the world, our alumni are leaders in the fields of commerce, technology, science, law, medicine, education, politics, and the arts. These remarkable accomplishments have been fueled by the passion of the faculty. The resources they bring to the challenge of teaching will be supported by the Campaign, representing the most critical endeavor in independent school education.

To assure that the legacy of excellence continues, Allendale Columbia will seek to build the endowment to $20 million. Although the school currently benefits from having one of the largest endowments of any independent school in the region, we want to continue to attract the best students, faculty, and curriculum offerings.

Together with the esteemed leadership of this fine academic institution, Danforth Development will seek to raise $4 million dollars in this campaign.

Pittsford Community Library Foundation

Provide special funding assistance to the Pittsford Community Library so that it may enhance the ability of the library to better serve the residence of the Pittsford community.

Landmark Society of Western NY

The Landmark Society of Western New York, Inc. is one of the oldest and most active preservation organizations in America. It is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving, interpreting and fostering interest in the architectural, historical and cultural heritage of our region. The Landmark Society's service area covers nine Western New York counties. Their mission is to discover, protect, and revitalize the architectural and related cultural heritage of the Rochester region, and to educate and inform our community about that heritage.

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

A premiere theological seminary in western NY accredited by the ATS. With a mission of producing the finest theological leaders in the nation, Colgate Rochester Crozer is a diverse, ecumenical community where men and women from many backgrounds and denominations can pursue an education that is pastoral, prophetic and learned. Graduate degree programs include the Master of Divinity, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Ministry in Transformative Leadership. Courses are also offered for personal enrichment, certificate credit or continuing education units.

View a short video about Colgate Rochester Crozer.

St. Ann's Community Foundation

The St. Ann's Foundation was created to raise funds for the important work of St. Ann's Community. And ensure that they continue to provide the quality care that a growing number of seniors in our community need. St. Ann's Community's mission is to enhance the independence, physical and spiritual well-being of older adults by providing a variety of high-quality, cost effective services delivered by caring people dedicated to meeting the needs of the Greater Rochester Community.

Corn Hill Waterfront

Their mission is to create and foster knowledge, understanding, enjoyment and awareness of the historical significance, human and economic impact, science and ecology of the Genesee River and Erie Canal through the operation of an historic replica packet boat and the offering of school, community and public programming.

They offer educational programs for school districts, scout groups, community groups, and children's centers. Programs vary from an hour to 2 hours, depending on age and availability.

Steuben Arc Foundation

Their mission is to raise funds that will allow Steuben Arc to realize its long-term vision, which is to give every individual the opportunity to be a productive citizen and to affirm the commitment to people with disabilities in maximizing their potential for growth.

The establishment of a foundation has been a long-term goal of Steuben Arc's Development division. In 1997, the agency's Board of Directors became actively involved in making that goal a reality. The Steuben Arc Foundation will raise funds to support the organization's services to people with disabilities and their families.

Seneca Zoo Society

The mission of the Seneca Park Zoo Society is to provide the necessary resources to enable the Seneca Park Zoo to serve the public's conservation, education and recreation needs more effectively and, in cooperation with Monroe County government. Opened in 1893, the Zoo's mission is to: ensure high quality of life for the animals in its care; advocate humane and responsible stewardship of all living things; provide a fun, engaging educational experience; explore the relationship between humans and the natural world; motivate its community to act on behalf of the environment; seek significant involvement in conservation initiatives; advance knowledge of the natural world; and be a community resource for conservation education.

Danforth Development is working together with the Seneca Zoo Society to facilitate its capital campaign A Step Into Africa! The Ngorongoro Crater Campaign. This expansion of the zoo will bring visitors face to face with lions and into the habitat of baboons, in a most natural landscape. Children will relish the opportunity to participate in an archeological dig in the Dig Zone, and families will be surrounded by four-legged friends at the Animal Karal. The capital improvements to the zoo will enhance the already rich offerings that exist there. Danforth is proud to work with the Zoo Society to bring these improvements to the Rochester community.

Seneca Cayuga ARC

Seneca Cayuga ARC is a not-for-profit agency comprised of people dedicated to assisting and supporting individuals with disabilities, their families, and the community. Seneca Cayuga ARC provides opportunities and choices for treatment, employment, education, recreation, and community living to assist individuals with disabilities in realizing a productive and fulfilling life. Seneca Cayuga ARC is a chapter of NYSARC, Inc. a statewide, family-based, not-for-profit organization working with and for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. Seneca Cayuga ARC is a member of The ARC, a national organization supporting individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and a member agency of the United Way of Cayuga and Seneca Counties.

With Seneca Cayuga ARC, Danforth Development is in the process of determining the course of a future capital campaign. The organization hopes to provide its clients and their families with improved delivery of services, by unifying its locations of activities and operations.

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