Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Awards More Than $645,000 to Western New York Organizations
The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo announced awards totaling more than $645,000 to 27 Western New York nonprofit organizations through its 2024 Competitive Grants process. Competitive grants have been awarded to area nonprofits that support at least one of the Community Foundation’s four community goals:
• Achieve racial/ethnic equity
• Promote economic mobility through educational achievement for residents living in low-income households
• Steward significant environmental resources in the context of climate resilience
• Promote regional vibrancy through architecture, arts and culture
The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo 2024 Competitive Grants recipients are:
• Arts for Learning WNY: $20,000 for Artworks: Hired to Create. Inspired to Succeed: Year 1 of 3
• Assembly House 150: $20,000 for General Operations
• Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Erie, Niagara and the Southern Tier: $20,000 for Mentoring Program
• Buffalo Lighthouse Association: $25,000 for Lighthouse Lens Repair
• Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network: $20,000 for Community Health Worker Enhancement Program
• Buffalo String Works: $25,000 for General Operations
• Economic Development Group: $50,000 for Northland Workforce Training Center
• Erie County SPCA: $11,312 for Wildlife Diets/Care
• Francis Center: $20,000 for Children’s After School Program
• Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve: $25,435 for Pathways to Environmental Learning
• Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council: $20,000 for Seymour Place Elevator Installation
• Grassroots Gardens of WNY: $15,000 for General Operations: Year 2 of 3
• Graycliff Conservancy: $50,000 for Visitor Center Expansion Project
• Hawk Creek Wildlife Center: $11,313 for Wildlife Care
• Holland Purchase Historical Society: $25,000 for Consultant Fees for Capital Improvements to Increase Public Accessibility to the Holland Land Office Museum
• Housing Opportunities Made Equal: $30,000 for General Operations
• International Institute of Buffalo: $20,000 for General Operations
• Journey’s End Refugee Services: $30,000 for General Operations
• Learning Disabilities Association of WNY: $25,000 for LEAD716 Program
• National Federation for Just Communities of WNY: $20,000 for General Operations
• Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope: $20,000 for General Operations
• Reach Out and Read: $20,000 for WNY Rx for Success
• Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship: $50,000 for Say Yes Buffalo Little Scholars Program
• Tru-Way Community Center: $20,000 for Children’s After School Program
• University at Buffalo Foundation: $20,000 for Community as Classroom: Sustaining a Neighborhood through Gardening Education and Environmental Stewardship
• Vision Beyond Sight Foundation: $12,171 for Children’s Eye Exams/Glasses
• VOICE Buffalo: $20,000 for General Operations
Grant awards are made possible by generous Community Foundation clients who have established funds at the Community Foundation to address our community’s changing needs over time. Information about the 2024 Competitive Grants Process will be posted at cfgb.org/nonprofits/grants.