Tackling STEM gap is next goal of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Under-served youths interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and math will be getting assistance through a new program announced Monday by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation.
STEM 2035 is an initiative that will grant funding and technical assistance to existing after-school and summer programs in western New York and southeast Michigan; regions that the Wilson Foundation is concentrating its impact per the request of Ralph Wilson, the late founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills.
Read the full article at Democrat & Chronicle »Finding New Ways for Kids to Play is Part of a Winning Strategy
Having room to roam, to dream about the future and to imagine a better world—that is what the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation sees as the reasons for investing in public play spaces in communities that truly need them.
Recently, the organization announced Built to Play, an initiative focusing on children and youth in Western New York and Southeast Michigan—two areas that studies showed were in need of more areas for active play.
Read the full article at Corp! Magazine »Detroit’s Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Partners with MIT for Inclusive Innovation Challenge
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation in Detroit and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today announced that the foundation will support the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and its annual Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC). The program seeks to identify and promote entrepreneurial organizations in North America that are using technology to improve economic opportunity for low and moderate income earners.
Read the full article at DBusiness »Editorial: Wilson Foundation is working for healthier kids
If children have the opportunity to play, they will take it. That may mean running, jumping, skipping rope or hopping back and forth on lines drawn in chalk.
This was the state of play so many of us grew up with and somehow got lost over the decades.
Yes, video games have become ubiquitous. Few children leave home without some device to watch, play or to use to get lost on social media. Then there are the children who grow up in unsafe places, where going outside to play comes with risks.
Unfortunately, the lack of physical activity is adversely affecting children’s health. Experts talk about the increased incidence of diabetes among young people, and worry about the long-term effects of sedentary lives.
The $5 million being provided by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation in Western New York will bring positive change. The goal is to build small, innovative play spaces, custom-designed playgrounds and skate parks in Western New York.
Read the full article at Buffalo News »Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Launches $10 Million Play Initiative
The Buffalo-based Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has announced a $10 million initiative to provide children and youth across western New York State and southeastern Michigan with more opportunities for free play through the creation of public play spaces.
Read the full article at Philanthropy News Digest »Ralph Wilson Foundation to fund skate parks, playgrounds and play spaces in WNY
If you build it they will come.
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation announced Thursday the creation of a program that will build interactive public play spaces for kids as well as skate parks in western New York and southeast Michigan.
The “Built to Play’’ initiative will be funded by $5 million awards to each region through RCWJRF, a grantmaking organization established by the late founder of the Buffalo Bills.
Read the full article at Democrat & Chronicle »Editorial: Ralph Wilson Comes Through
Explore & More museum’s Valentine’s Day gift is a box of multimillion dollar chocolates the entire community will enjoy, thanks to the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation.
The museum will appropriately be named: Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Children’s Museum.
The foundation’s promise to award $6 million to the project if the museum also raises $6 million offers peace of mind to those in charge of this enchanting effort.
Read the full article at Buffalo News »Wilson Foundation gives Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association a $1 million grant
A $1 million grant from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has launched the Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association’s fundraising efforts for its new rowing center one giant length closer to the finish line.
The grant is the largest gift the BSRA has received for the Patrick Paladino Memorial Boathouse, based on the original donation of land from the Paladino family, and will be used for the construction and management of the center located at 405 Ohio St. on the Buffalo River.
Read the full article at The Buffalo News »Foundation, TechTown to Collaborate on Innovation Center
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation is looking to fill a gaping hole in metro Detroit’s support system for nonprofits — and it’s turning to some experts in entrepreneurial cross-pollination to help.
The foundation is putting more than $5 million in grants over the next few years behind what could be a first-of-its-kind nonprofit support and innovation center. To run it, the foundation has tapped the TechTown business incubator in Detroit to transfer the supportive approach and collaborative, innovative environment it’s created for entrepreneurs to the region’s nonprofits.
That funding is just the tip of the $1 billion foundation’s planned commitment to nonprofit support and innovation.
While there are many consultants and organizations offering various capacity-building and operating supports for nonprofits, there’s no coordinated system of them in the region, the foundation found after a yearlong study. Just as importantly, there’s no local, dedicated space for nonprofits to innovate together.
Read the full article at Crain's Detroit Business »Elderly care provider receives $151,000 grant
A leading elderly memory care provider in Rochester has received a $151,000 grant toward staff training.
Rochester Presbyterian Home, an assisted living facility with three locations in Perinton, Chili and the 19th Ward, received the grant through the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, a community development nonprofit founded by the late businessman, famed for founding the Buffalo Bills.
The care facility received the grant as a response to their innovative approaches to dealing with residents suffering from memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease. Utilizing The Eden Alternative, a technique used to ease the burden of loneliness and helplessness, residents are allowed pets, given an array of stimulating activities and are attended to closely by staff. The grant funding will go toward training and certifying staff as memory care specialists.
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