The Southern Tier West Development Foundation is a community-based endowment that matches the philanthropic interests of donors with unmet community needs.  We strive to enhance the quality of life for residents in the 3-county region through leadership, innovation in identifying, and responding to the community's continuing and changing priorities. 

The Southern Tier West Development Foundation builds a better community for everyone through philanthropy by stimulating growth and providing careful stewardship of the community's endowment by engaging donors, recipients, and other partners, and by building upon and mobilizing community assets and resources.

As an endowment builder, we provide an avenue for people with philanthropic interests to easily and effectively support the community issues they care about.