National Comedy Center Reaches Fundraising Total
The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY has reached its fundraising goal for completing what is to become the first cultural institution and visitor experience dedicated to comedy.
Read the full article at »Wilson Foundation grant impacting area children
The $1.8 million grant from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation was presented to Help Me Grow Western New York, an organization launched in 2011 by the Health Foundation of Western New York with more than 40 partner agencies, including Niagara University’s College of Education, to create an umbrella of access to the multitude of child development information and resources in Erie and Niagara counties.
Read the full article at The Niagara Gazette »Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation gives $2 million to IT career program
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has made a $2 million grant to the Detroit Employment Solutions Corp. to help educate Detroiters for information technology careers. The new grant will support the regional expansion of TechHire, a White House initiative launched to expand local tech sectors by building talent pipelines in communities across the country. Detroit was designated a TechHire city by the White House in 2015.
Read the full article at Crain's Detroit Business »Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation to Begin Grantmaking
The foundation created by the late Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., longtime owner of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills franchise, plans to dedicate more than $1.2 billion over the next twenty years to “sustained investment in the quality of life of the people of western New York and southeastern Michigan,” the Buffalo News reports.
Read the full article at the Philanthropy News Digest »Newer private foundations look beyond the numbers
These organizations want to discuss gaps and goals, not just dollars and cents.
Read the full article at Crain's Detroit Business »The Wilson Foundation will have a colossal impact on Western New York
The late Ralph C. Wilson Jr. left hundreds of millions of dollars to Western New York. His enormous generosity will have a meaningful impact on the lives of many of the region’s most vulnerable citizens.
Read the full article at the Buffalo News »Funders provide $6.2M Early Childhood Head Start
Total investment increases to over $11 million over five years and expands geographic reach.
Read the full article at the Michigan Chronicle »Beautiful dilemma: Give $1.2B to worthy causes in 20 years or less
Imagine you have $1 billion to give away to worthy causes in a limited amount of time. What do you do? That’s the beautiful dilemma facing Detroit’s newest charitable foundation.
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