Western NY Regional Food System Initiative Report

November 14, 2025
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Working While Caring: Innovations and Interventions to Support Caregivers in the Workplace

Public Thinking About Care Work: Encouraging Trends, Critical Challenges

An Evaluation of a Multisite, Health Systems-Based Direct Care Worker Retention Program (THRIVE)

Memory Cafés: An Environmental Scan

STEM 2035 Evaluation Report

STEM19 Evaluation Report

Grantee & Applicant Perception Summary

August 1, 2024

To better understand partner perceptions and how to best serve its communities, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation collaborated with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to administer their Grantee and Applicant Perception surveys. To complement these findings, the foundation enlisted the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University to conduct interviews with key partners. This two-part process utilized CEP’s refined surveys and custom interviews to capture comprehensive perspectives from intermediaries and grantees.

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Generator Z Evaluation Report

February 29, 2024

To learn more about the impact of the Generator Z program, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation engaged an evaluation team led by a team from the University at Pittsburgh School of Education. The team aimed to shape its mixed-methods evaluation approach to align with the spirit of the overall Generator Z initiative by rooting the evaluation in adolescent and youth development research and elevating youth voices throughout their report.

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2021 – 2022 Biennial Report

December 12, 2023

View the 2021 through 2022 Biennial Report for the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation. The report covers highlights of the foundation’s 2021 and 2022 programmatic grant commitments made in its two regions of Southeast Michigan and Western New York, spotlights on the Foundation’s special initiatives, and the Foundation’s 2022 financials.

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