The Ross Fund is administered through the Binghamton University Foundation with the goal of fostering effective working partnerships between the University and the community.
The Binghamton University Foundation is a non-profit corporation established to raise funds that further the purposes and mission of the University. Volunteers and staff strive to foster and maintain a partnership with alumni, parents, friends and the University community. The Foundation educates supporters about charitable giving, matches institutional priorities with donors' charitable intentions and provides stewardship of all assets held in trust for the benefit of Binghamton University.
The president of Binghamton University appoints the Community Projects Fund Coordinating Committee, composed of five members. Two persons are from the greater Broome County area and two from the University faculty and/or staff, with one designee representing the president, who presides as chair. The coordinating committee implements the charitable purpose of the University and Community Projects Fund and meets annually to review grant applications and make awards.
Stephen David Ross, Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature, joined the Binghamton University faculty in 1967. He is founder and director of the doctoral program in Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture (PIC) and of the Center of Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture (CPIC). He is author of many articles and books. His most recent titles include: The Ring of Representation; Injustice and Restitution: The Ordinance of Time; Plenishment in the Earth: An Ethic of Inclusion; The Gift of Beauty: The Good as Art; The Gift of Truth: Gathering the Good; The Gift of Touch: Embodying the Good and The Gift of Kinds: The Good in Abundance, an ethic of the earth; The Gift of Property: Having the Good, betraying genitivity, economy and ecology, an ethic of the earth.
