The people—and purpose—
Behind The Work
Since our founding in 2015, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has supported countless organizations throughout Western New York and Southeast Michigan. This support has been provided through both direct grants to nonprofits and by way of several nonprofit intermediary organizations and key initiatives that provide depth and reach into the many communities we serve throughout both regions.
Embracing innovation and collaboration, the Foundation has remained responsive to the evolving needs of the two regions Ralph Wilson loved most.
Our Grantees
43North Bpc, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $90,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Buffalo Homecoming initiative that brings together a network of successful Buffalo expatriates to re-engage with the community and encourage them to consider investments in the Buffalo Niagara region.
716 Squash
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support year-round athletic, academic, and enrichment programming for 6th-9th graders.
AARP Foundation
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $175,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the creation of a new series of videos to educate family caregivers nationwide about pain management.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support AARP's work on behalf of caregivers, including educational materials, publications, and learning collaboratives, among other activities.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the construction of the Town Square as part of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s AK360 campus expansion.
Alfred State College Development Fund, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $90,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a regional collaboration between Alfred State College, Jamestown Community College, and Genesee Community College to increase awareness of education and training pathways to middle-skill, middle-wage jobs in Western New York.
Ann Arbor SPARK
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support increased access to capital for underserved entrepreneurs through the continued growth of the Michigan angel investor network.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Washtenaw Small Business Resiliency Fund, a COVID-19 rapid response fund administered by Ann Arbor Spark, that provides working capital grants of up to $2,500 to qualifying businesses.
Ardent Solutions, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch and operations of the Allegany County Imagination Library for children from birth to age 5.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $215,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the new Allegany County Early Childhood Learning and Development Coalition’s development, implementation, and monitoring of school readiness for young children ages 0-5.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $2,554,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capacity expansion of the OurNotes component of OpenNotes by identifying family caregiver needs and connecting them to resources as part of standard clinical visits.
Bing Youth Institute, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support program improvements and succession planning at the Bing Youth Institute.
Bisons’ Charitable Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide free and dedicated access to the Roller Rink at Canalside to children in Western New York in partnership with Project Play Western New York.
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $331,900
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of an equipment sharing program.
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the capital campaign for the expansion of the Buffalo Botanical Gardens.
Buffalo Heritage Carousel, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the capital construction of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel attraction at Canalside in Buffalo, New York.
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support and strengthen Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s organizational capacity.
Buffalo Sabers Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $486,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support staffing and capital improvements at a community center on the East Side of Buffalo.
Buffalo State College Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,450,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Dart Street Study to evaluate the opportunity to create recreational opportunities, connections to trails, creek access, and expand educational experiences of students and to support the renovation of the Great Lakes Center storage building on the Black Rock Canal.
Buffalo Urban Development Corp.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the construction of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park entry garden and dog park in memory of Ralph Wilson’s late daughters Edith Wilson and Linda Bogdan from gifts made by their trusts.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $5,975,150
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the design and construction of a signature pedestrian bridge that will connect Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park to the Lakeview Neighborhood and other adjacent neighborhoods on the east side of the NYS Thruway (I-190).
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $4,662,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the final design and development of construction drawings for Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo, NY.
Buffalo Urban Development Corporation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $3,060,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To continue to support the City of Buffalo’s plan to coordinate development and improve long-term sustainability of the city’s downtown waterfront, including Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo, NY.
Canisius College
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $47,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $22,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Dream It, Do It Center in Olean, NY.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide emergency financial support to home-based childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Causewave Community Partners
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $175,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To conduct research and program design for the attraction and retention of nonprofit leaders in Western New York.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $450,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support capacity-building programming for nonprofits in Orleans, Genesee, and Monroe counties with programs that align with RCWJRF’s areas of focus.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support increased staffing and capacity for free, COVID-19 related one-on-one consultation and resources to nonprofits in Greater Rochester and Western New York.
Center for Elder Law & Justice
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $218,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the launch of a new initiative to boost quality and frequency of support to legally appointed caregivers in Western New York.
Chalkbeat
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Chalkbeat Detroit bureau operations, including news gathering, story production and distribution, and community engagement to ensure access to critical information affecting children, including the youngest learners.
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $108,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To continue support of a collaborative approach to nonprofit capacity building in Chautauqua County.
Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,050,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic Growth to establish a project leveraging fund to aid in the implementation of priority economic development projects.
Citizens Research Council of Michigan
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Citizen Research Council's ongoing research and policy work.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Citizen Research Councils ongoing research and policy work.
City School District of the City of Niagara Falls
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $40,212
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of the Unified Future Stars sports program.
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To develop and operate a national hub of resources and practices for faith leaders to support family caregivers with opportunities to pilot practices in SEMI and WNY.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide sponsorship support for the 2021 Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) National Summit on Advanced Illness Care, to be held on November 9-10, 2021.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To be a sponsor of C-TAC's 2020 Virtual Summit.
Community Connections of NY, Inc.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the first-ever cohort of the GetREADY capacity building program.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $400,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide continued support for the PEDALS early childhood Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program.
Community Development Advocates of Detroit
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the pilot of a leadership pipeline program for community development in Detroit.
Community Development Properties, Buffalo, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $10,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To establish the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Trails Endowment for Western New York to support the long-term maintenance of trails and greenways in the region.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $322,373
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide capacity for the Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy as it beings to operate independently.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $58,750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To establish and maintain the Arts & Culture Endowment at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $33,750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: Additional funding to begin grantmaking efforts in 2022 while the endowment is being built. This funding will provide $3.75 million over nine years.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $70,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative (BPI) in 2021.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of strategic opportunities.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Western New York Moving Forward Together Initiative’s grantmaking in 2022 and 2023.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,208,212
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide additional support for the 2021 Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $10,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To establish the Ralph Wilson Park Endowment Fund to support the long-term sustainability of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Buffalo, NY.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,087,100
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support improvements to the Shoreline Trail and Isle View Park in Erie County.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $95,750
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the planning and implementation of the Collaboration of Regional Trails Initiatives (CRTI) III convening in Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $2,320,418
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the next phase of Project Play Western New York.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide 12,100 PlayPacks for 4th-8th graders in the Buffalo Public Schools to support access to physical education during online schooling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $225,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support alternative and safe youth sports and free play programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $144,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support consulting services in the second year of the pilot phase of the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative (BPI).
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $3,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Open4 Fund – a multi-funder collaborative to support inclusive small business recovery and growth in Western New York.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $700,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a collaborative response for flexible resources to nonprofit organizations in the Western New York region impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,310,031
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide additional grantmaking capacity through the 2020 Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide support to intermediary organizations in Western New York that will establish micro-grant programs in their local areas.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of strategic activities that help build connections within and across the Western New York region.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support emergency response needs and microgrants in Western New York.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To increase the census response rate in Western New York through a targeted communications campaign to generate awareness and drive engagement.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $516,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support home-based childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the connection, Vernor Viaduct, between the Corktown and Mexicantown neighborhoods.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Mariam C. Noland Public Spaces Fund.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To endow a full-time position at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan dedicated to caregivers for older adults.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $58,750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To establish and maintain the Arts & Culture Endowment at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $33,750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: Additional funding to begin grantmaking efforts in 2022 while the endowment is being built. This funding will provide $3.75 million over nine years.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of strategic opportunities.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,114,315
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide additional support for the 2021 Ralph Wilson Legacy Funds.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $40,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the HR&A Study for regional park sustainability in the City of Detroit.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $627,066
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capacity building and programmatic activities at Project Play Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $96,051
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the pilot and distribution of SportPort play kits amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the new five-year strategy of the New Economy Initiative (NEI) to strengthen the inclusive network of capital, technical assistance, and other resources for underserved small businesses in Wayne County.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the New Economy Initiative (NEI) to offer a loan relief and technical fund for small businesses in SEMI affected by business disruption related to COVID-19.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $48,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support CFSEM’s continued engagement of a national expert to assist in the growth of real estate development nonprofit organizations in Detroit and Southeast Michigan from March-June 2020.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $48,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support CFSEM’s continued engagement of a national expert to assist in the growth of real estate development nonprofit organizations in Southeast Michigan from July-December 2020.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the City of Detroit’s efforts in increasing Census self-response rates through extensive communication and community outreach.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $965,200
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide "sidecar" funding in support of the large volume of 2020 Legacy Fund applications received by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of strategic opportunities that will help build connections within and across Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Southeast Michigan in memory of philanthropic leader, Joseph Hudson.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan's COVID-19 Flexible Fund, which provides grants to organizations addressing unique needs that are not funded through traditional crisis funding.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $30,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the City of Detroit's Everybody VS. COVID-19 awareness campaign and digital unity festival, which will inform and unite a broad audience around how to stay safe and healthy during the COVID-19 crisis, the importance of filling out the Census, and how to access city resources.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $900,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide continued support for the PEDALS early childhood Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program.
Community Foundation of St. Clair County
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide matching dollars for the renovation of four neighborhood parks.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $175,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support redevelopment efforts in the downtown commercial corridor of Port Huron, Michigan.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,558,600
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the elimination of 22 gaps in the Bridge to Bay Trail system totaling approximately 18 miles of trail route in St. Clair County.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $275,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the restoration and renovation of Lighthouse Park on the shores of Lake Huron in St. Clair County.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $32,750
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the distribution of small grants, technical advice, and business supports to assist minority and women-owned businesses in St. Clair County with COVID-19 recovery.
Community Music School of Buffalo
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the relocation of an afterschool music program.
Council of Great Lakes Governors
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support for the Council of Great Lakes Governor’s 2021 Leadership Summit.
Council of Michigan Foundations
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the work of the Office of Foundation Liaison.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Council of Michigan Foundations’ statewide efforts to aid in establishing equitable approaches to disseminating federal resources throughout communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the 2021 Council of Michigan Foundations Annual Conference held October 17-19, 2021.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,114,055
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support three Philanthropy Fellows working with the Council of Michigan Foundations to advance the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s work in both Southeast Michigan and Western New York and to build a talent pipeline for the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $40,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the CMF philanthropy fellowship cohort.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support CMF in their organizational transformation, which includes strategic planning, visioning, and capacity building for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Office of Foundation Liaison.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Council of Michigan Foundation's 48th Annual Conference.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the permanent endowment for the William S. White Fund for Innovation in Community Philanthropy.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $70,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a full-time manager for the Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative.
Daemen College
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $102,300
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of a youth sports capacity building program.
Data Driven Detroit
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Data Driven Detroit to meet regional, COVID-related data needs.
Detroit Economic Growth Association
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the construction of the Joe Louis Greenway Phase 1 and Warren Trailhead.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of lighting at City of Detroit parks to improve safety and increase usage.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Detroit Means Business Coalition.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support staff capacity of Detroit Means Business (DMB).
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the effort to inform, prepare, and hire Detroit residents for middle-skill, middle wage jobs at the new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles automotive assembly plant in Detroit.
Detroit Future City
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $150,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support funding for the Center for Equity, Engagement, and Research, which is working to increase economic equity in Detroit.
Detroit Horse Power
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $210,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support community engagement and capacity building for a youth development equine program in Detroit.
Detroit Pistons Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support a summer of collaborative Detroit park activations.
Detroit Public Schools Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Connected Futures program, which will ensure that all 51,000 students in Detroit Public Community Schools have access to devices, internet connection, and technical support to enable online learning outside of school hours.
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $1,700,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3).
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide sponsorship support for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s virtual fundraiser #BeingApartTogether.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park entry garden in memory of Ralph Wilson’s late daughter’s Edith Wilson and Linda Bogdan from gifts made from their trusts.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's virtual fundraiser #BeingApartTogether to support the Conservancy's stewardship of its public spaces.
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $600,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the strengthening and growth of an afterschool sports program that provides students with mentoring, academic supports, and sports sampling.
Downtown Detroit Partnership
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the 2021 Detroit Homecoming.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the 2020 Detroit Homecoming initiative that brings together a network of successful Detroit expatriates for a hybrid event of virtual and in-person programming to re-engage with the community and encourage them to consider investments in Detroit and the region.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of industry-led workforce collaboratives.
DRIVE One
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $60,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the automotive technology program at Drive One in Roseville, MI.
Early Childhood Investment Corporation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $150,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide emergency financial support to home-based childcare providers in Livingston, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To provide general support for ECIC to continue to strengthen the early childhood system in Southeast Michigan.
Eastern Market Corporation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $900,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Eastern Market Corporation to retool market operations to respond to COVID-19 and to continue its work over the next two years to support equitable economic development in the Food Innovation Zone.
Economic Development Group/DBA Northland Workforce Training Center
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $3,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support education and training in middle-skill, middle-wage advanced manufacturing and clean energy careers.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a new Summer Program at the Northland Workforce Training Center focusing on exposure to careers in the advanced manufacturing and energy sectors for youth ages 16-21.
Edison Welding Institute, Inc./ DBA Buffalo Manufacturing Works
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $340,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Buffalo Manufacturing Works’ Shift Program with a planning grant to identify and develop new technical assistance services to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized manufacturers in Western New York.
Eight Days of Hope
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $50,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the revitalization efforts for Manhattan Park, located in the Masten District of Buffalo’s East Side.
Enterprise Community Partners
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a multi-funders collaborative grant program for community development organizations in Detroit.
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Educational Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $20,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a needs assessment of career and technical education (CTE) programming for young adults in the Southern Tier.
Every Person Influences Children
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $122,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support relocation to a new facility in the City of Buffalo.
Fair Food Network
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Fair Food Network to provide specialized technical assistance for food businesses and to launch the Fair Food Fund in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a mobile phone application to enable online enrollment in the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program and to significantly increase DUFB marketing and advertising in Southeast Michigan and Western New York in response to COVID-19.
FeedMore WNY
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $15,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the general operating expenses associated with the ongoing COVID-19 response to the public health crisis in Western New York.
Field & Fork Network Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $270,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks program in Western New York.
Focus: HOPE
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support workforce training programs in IT and advanced manufacturing.
Food Finders
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $7,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support an emergency food distribution pilot connecting farmers to end-users during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Foodlink WNY
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $15,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support emergency food distribution to seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FrameWorks Institute
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $75,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support qualitative and quantitative research to understand the ways in which public thinking about caregivers and direct care is changing as a result of COVID-19.
Friends of the Rouge
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $330,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the design and engineering of the Dearborn Connector (Rouge River Gateway) and three trailheads along the Rouge River Trail in Wayne County.
Generations United
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $33,265
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support an addition to Limelight’s successful theater performance program through a monograph titled “Solo Acts,” to be focused on ‘elder orphans’ – people who are often socially isolated and without a caregiver, living in Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $5,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a comprehensive update of resources for grandparents and other relatives raising children.
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the distribution of quarantine boxes to seniors in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the launch of a new food distribution site and model designed to serve the community’s increased need for fresh produce and dairy.
Good Sports
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To continue support for the Good Sports equipment fund to provide new sports equipment, apparel, and footwear to youth sports nonprofits in Southeast Michigan and Western New York.
Grantmakers in Aging
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide sponsorship support for the 2021 Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) annual conference to be held virtually from Oct. 13-15, 2021.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch of a 10-state National Caregiving Coalitions Initiative, which will support state-wide family caregiver advocacy, including in New York and Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $30,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) Fund the Future Campaign.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To be a sponsor of the 2020 Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) annual conference.
Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Amateur Sports Development Fund.
Growing Hope
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $78,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the Incubator Kitchen at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market Place.
Health Federation of Philadelphia
Program Area: Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Home Grown Funder’s Collaborative to inform investment strategies for home-based childcare in Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Healthcare Industry Grant Corporation
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Healthcare Workers Rising to provide training, education, and peer to peer support to homecare workers in the Western New York region.
Huron-Clinton Metroparks Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,782,750
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the completion of two multi-use trail connections near Island Lake State Park and Lower Huron Metro Park.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $900,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Huron-Clinton Metroparks in providing sustainable public recreation opportunities in the City of Detroit and Wayne County.
IFF
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $379,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a planning phase for investment into community facilities.
Jamestown Community College Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of an online Entrepreneurship Certification program.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $27,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the administration of specialized technical assistance to small businesses in Western New York affected by COVID-19.
Jefferson East, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Jefferson East Inc.’s operations and the implementation of the Jefferson-Chalmers Master Plan.
KABOOM!
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $375,00
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support KABOOM! to lead a community design and build process for a playground at Fourth Street Park in Buffalo.
Kadima
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the merger of JVS and Kadima including career opportunities for direct care workers.
Lakeshore Connections, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $4,268,181
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support 93 Generator Z grants to nonprofit organizations for afterschool programming, recommended by 1,000 teen Generators, and associated administrative costs.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $2,956,893
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the operations and expansion of the PEDALS program in Western New York for social-emotional learning supports in early childhood classrooms.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $2,513,894
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support Help Me Grow Western New York as a systems builder and leader in early childhood in Western New York to move the region toward (1) a shared early childhood agenda, (2) a data-informed action plan, (3) improved use of community resources and (4) policy updates for a system that can do more to collectively meet the needs of young children in Western New York.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $1,175,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the launch of the Generator Z grant initiative, which distributes $1,000,000 to 1,000 teens for participation in reimagining afterschool.
Lawrence Technological University
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the C³ Evergreen Investment Fund at the Centrepolis Accelerator.
Life Remodeled
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capital improvements at the Durfee Innovation Society (DIS) neighborhood and community hub on Detroit’s West Side.
Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $27,625
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a planning process between Lifespan and Caring Wire to assess the feasibility of a partnership for providing family caregivers of older adults legal, financial, and other support.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the NY State Forward fund to make COVID-19 related relief and recovery loans to eligible small businesses and non-profits in a nine-county region of Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming).
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $326,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support increased staff capacity at the LISC’s Western New York local office, focused on inclusive economic development programs.
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $5,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide general operating support to advance its mission to increase the quality and quantity of mentoring in America.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support MENTOR: The National Partnership as they advance mentoring for young people nationally and locally in Southeast Michigan and Western New York.
Mentoring Partnership of New York/DBA Mentor New York
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide operating support to advance Mentor New York's work and mission.
Michigan Association of United Ways
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $375,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide capacity building support for the Michigan Afterschool Partnership.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To provide capacity for the Michigan Afterschool Partnership.
Michigan Community Resources
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the operations and organizational capacity of Michigan Community Resources.
Michigan Community Resources
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $350,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a new, shared, searchable directory of capacity-building service providers.
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a data and reporting infrastructure that provides education and workforce training providers with data to better assess labor market outcomes for program participants.
Michigan Future, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support research and analysis on the economy and the economic well-being of Michigan households.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $300,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Michigan Future's research on the state's economy and the economic well-being of Michigan households.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Michigan Future's research on the state's economy and the economic well-being of Michigan households.
Michigan Israel Business Accelerator Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support commerce between Michigan and the State of Israel, with a focus on advancing innovation in the mobility, cybersecurity, and defense sectors through the exchange of knowledge, technology, and other business resources.
Michigan League for Public Policy
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Michigan League for Public Policy in their work to enact public policies benefiting Southeast Michigan and the state’s most vulnerable residents.
Michigan Municipal League Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of the Hamtramck Recreation District.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $96,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capacity and development of the Hamtramck Recreation District.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of inclusive economic growth strategies across SEMI through entrepreneurship and small business growth.
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $63,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Nonprofit Journal Project, a collaborative editorial series focused on the impact of COVID-19 on the nonprofit community and the transition of the sector beyond the crisis.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $1,244,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capacity building intermediaries in their work helping address the existing and COVID-19 related challenges facing the nonprofit community in southeast Michigan now and into recovery.
Michigan Physical Fitness, Health and Sports Foundation, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $206,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To resurface the Eugene and Elaine C. Driker Trail and conduct shoreline erosion maintenance at pedestrian bridge crossing on the east end of Belle Isle Park.
Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $250,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the development of a Southeast Michigan regional trails brand, marketing campaign and website.
Michigan’s Children
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the general operations of Michigan's Children in moving an integrated policy agenda for children, youth and families by strengthening research and outreach efforts.
Midtown Detroit, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $400,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Cultural Center Planning Initiative and shared services platform.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $1,200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support core operations, specifically the public space maintenance program.
Monroe Community College Foundation
Program Area: Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $665,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the planning for programs and administration at the Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center (FWD Center).
Monroe County Business Development Corp.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the creation and growth of small businesses through the Monroe County “Launch 734” program.
Monroe County Intermediate School District
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $310,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a pilot program that engages and supports families with young children before they enter kindergarten.
Motown Museum
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capital costs to expand the Motown Museum.
National Academy for State Health Policy
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center, including further engagement and outreach to stakeholders in Michigan and New York.
National Association of Black Women Entrepreneurs
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $234,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of culturally competent faith community advocates that proactively assist caregivers with strategies to be mentally and physically well while executing caregiving responsibilities.
National Comedy Center, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide short-term operating funds to support the National Comedy Center’s marketing and fundraising capacity through the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Domestic Workers Alliance
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $80,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the production of a video series featuring first-person caregiver perspectives, to accompany the American Society on Aging’s Fall 2021 issue of Generations Journal.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the efforts of Caring Across Generations to assist family caregivers and improve job quality for direct care workers.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $2,550,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the extension of the Southeast Michigan Resiliency Fund and the establishment of the Save Our Great Lakes Western New York Priority Fund – both multi-funder collaboratives that will take a strategic, coordinated approach to addressing environmental and ecological challenges facing communities and habitats.
National Skills Coalition
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $25,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the National Skills Coalition's work in 2022 to advance skills equity, industry engagement, public accountability and high-quality job driven investments in the workforce development sector.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the National Skills Coalition's work to advance skills, equity, industry engagement, public accountability and high-quality job driven investments in the workforce development sector.
Natural Heritage Trust
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $8,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of a state-of-the-art Welcome Center to highlight the historic and natural assets within Niagara Falls State Park.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $862,100
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of a program the provides accessible recreation opportunities in state parks.
NCCC Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $36,300
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Small Business Development Center at NCCC to provide specialized technical assistance in sales, marketing, e-commerce and other relevant topics to small businesses affected by COVID-19.
Neutral Zone
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $554,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support and expand the Youth Driven Spaces (YDS) program in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $240,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Future Corps workforce development program, serving youth ages 18-24 with postsecondary support including mentoring, education, and on-the-job training and experience.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $28,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support professional development focused on youth leadership for youth-serving organizations.
New America Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch and implementation of the pilot phase of the Careerwise Greater Buffalo youth apprenticeship initiative.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $375,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the continued development and design of a youth apprenticeship program in Western New York.
New Detroit Inc.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support New Detroit in a capacity-building board development process to create a governance structure capable of supporting and scaling the organization’s anti-racism mission.
New York State Network for Youth Success, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $774,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support capacity building efforts for New York State Network for Youth Success, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the New York State Network For Youth Success' mission to advance access to quality youth development programs for young people in NY, including Western New York.
Niagara University
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $569,100
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Cornerstone Coaches Program, an in-person, online and mobile training platform that will train 5,000+ youth sports coaches, with particular focus on supporting social-emotional learning.
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW)
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $600,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW) for their (1) shared nonprofit workspace and (2) support programs and services – all designed to equip regional nonprofits with innovative tools and the space to collaborate.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $120,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support an evaluation and space planning for the NEW Center in Ann Arbor, rent relief to tenants, and general operating support.
NY Association of Training & Employment Professionals
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support workforce development sector activities and issues in Western New York in 2022.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support workforce development sector activities and issues in Western New York.
NY Funders Alliance
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $94,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide continued access for Western New York nonprofits to capacity-building resources through the Catchafire online platform.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $10,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the NY Funders Alliance Signature Series.
NY Funders Alliance Initiatives Fund
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $97,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide nonprofits in Western New York with access to national capacity-building volunteers through an online platform.
NYBDC Local Development Corporation/DBA Pursuit Community Finance
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a loan relief and technical assistance fund to support small business borrowers in Western NY impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Oakland Schools
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $265,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a new Statewide Coordinator for Help Me Grow in Michigan.
Options Buffalo
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $1,500,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support a community engagement, planning, design and match funding for implementation of the Northeast Greenway and Scajaquanda Creek Trail Extension in the City of Buffalo.
Parks & Trails New York
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Parks, Trails & Green Design
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of the Genesee Valley Greenway Trail Town Initiative.
PathStone Enterprise Center
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $170,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a loan relief and technical assistance fund to support PathStone’s small business borrowers in Buffalo and Rochester impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
PEDALS Michigan
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $4,611,470
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the operations and expansion of the PEDALS program in Southeast Michigan for social-emotional learning supports in early childhood classrooms.
PHI (Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.)
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a national study to assess how a variety of new COVID-specific policy responses have impacted the economic stability and well-being of direct care workers, including in-depth analysis of policies in New York and Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support PHI's work to create quality jobs for direct care workers.
Playworks Education Energized
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support continued service delivery to partners in Western New York and Southeast Michigan as schools and children emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police Athletic League of Buffalo, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $330,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the PlayStreets program which brings free and accessible sports programs to youth in Buffalo.
Pro Se Bankruptcy Assistance/DBA Access Bankruptcy Court
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Access Bankruptcy Court in providing pro bono bankruptcy representation to low-income individuals in the Eastern Michigan District court.
Project Healthy Community
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $25,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Project Healthy Community in their COVID-19 response efforts and meet the needs of Detroit families in crisis.
Racquet Up Detroit
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $350,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support capacity building and program development at a sports-based afterschool program.
RAND Corporation
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $275,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a study to document the lived experiences of paid caregivers in Southeast Michigan and Western New York during the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on understanding barriers and challenges faced by home health aides.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $60,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the 2021 Summer session of the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) to support underserved entrepreneurs and small business with COVID-19 recovery.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $750,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion and evaluation of the SummerWorks youth employment and mentorship program serving youth ages 16-24 in Washtenaw County.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $80,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project to run a special summer session to support underserved entrepreneurs and small business with COVID-19 recovery.
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a community fund that rapidly deploys resources to nonprofits that are providing emergency needs as result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $15,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a scan of the current afterschool and summer landscape in Monroe County, NY and develop actionable recommendations for improvements in local system models, data systems, coordination, staffing structures, current governance structure, and communication vehicles.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $384,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To provide emergency financial support to home-based childcare providers in Monroe, Genesee, and Orleans counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rochester Careers in Construction, Inc.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Project Phoenix and the Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program.
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $160,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support virtual caregiver coaching and technical assistance in Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $750,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support engagement with employers to catalyze the private sector in developing and advancing effective supports for employee caregivers, including, among other activities, surveys of employee caregivers in Western New York and Southeast Michigan and the formation of a national employer coalition with representatives from Western New York and Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $379,500
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the development of a national family caregiver policy agenda, statewide policy planning in Michigan, New York and Georgia, and corresponding awareness campaign.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $5,140,520
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the "Amplifying the Voice of the American Caregivers" initiative to focus on policy, research, and awareness raising to impact caregivers both nationally and in Michigan and New York.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $59,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving to provide virtual training and support to organizations in Southeast Michigan and Western New York serving family caregivers.
Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $96,372
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the planning and pilot phase to expand the “Breaking Barriers” sports and mentoring program for boys and young men of color.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,468,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the launch and implementation of the Careerwise Greater Buffalo youth apprenticeship initiative.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $23,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the integration of the Help Me Grow model in the Buffalo Public Schools Early Childhood Initiative.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,213,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support operations and programs at Say Yes Buffalo.
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To provide partial matching funds for Alliance for Early Success: Child Care Next award for early childhood advocacy and systems building in New York.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy to analyze and advance policies to improve health (including mental and dental), development, and overall well-being of young children and families, with a special focus on those most in-need.
Solutions Journalism Network
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $127,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Connecting with Caregivers pilot program to further amplify the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative with an innovative community engagement effort to reach elusive caregivers and develop a Caregiving Coverage Data Center.
Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $132,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the Caregiver Navigation Project to improve quality of life for caregivers of older adults and people with disabilities three Western New York counties - Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua.
Southern Tier West Development Foundation
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a new multi-funder collaborative project in WNY to map and analyze the regional food economy with the goal of emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a regional food system that is more equitable, effective, efficient, and resilient.
St. Ann’s Community
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $195,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support professional development and advanced training in the Eden Alternative model for caregivers at St. Ann’s Irondequoit in Rochester, NY.
St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Early Childhood
Amount: $152,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support expansion of the Help Me Grow (HMG) childhood development model in St. Clair County, MI.
St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support COVID-19 response efforts at a critical health care safety-net organization.
TechBuffalo
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $2,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a a comprehensive IT talent development sector strategy in Western New York and community-based IT training programs at the Tech Academy.
TechTown Detroit
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $800,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Brookings Metro to conduct policy analysis and identify resources for Southeast Michigan and Western New York leaders to deliver an inclusive economic recovery and connect local and regional priorities to emerging federal policies.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $4,768,890
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Co.act Detroit's ongoing operational and programmatic costs to support nonprofit capacity-building and collaboration in Southeast Michigan.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the TechTown Detroit Small Business Stabilization Fund, a COVID-19 rapid response fund, to provide working capital grants of up to $5,000 to qualifying businesses.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $55,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Co.act Detroit in providing quality fundraising training for Southeast Michigan nonprofits.
The Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $401,200
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the Project Play 2020 partnership and connection between national and regional partners.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $53,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To engage The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program to identify key features of effective workforce intermediaries.
The Boston Foundation, Inc. DBA The Philanthropic Initiative
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $4,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of the Exhale Family Caregiver Initiative, focused on respite for family caregivers of older adults, into Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, and Monroe counties.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $720,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of the Exhale Family Caregiver Initiative, focused on respite for family caregivers of older adults, into Washtenaw County, Michigan.
The Brookings Institution
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $320,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support Brookings Metro to conduct policy analysis and identify resources for Southeast Michigan and Western New York leaders to deliver an inclusive economic recovery and connect local and regional priorities to emerging federal policies.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $250,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support data collection and analysis on the economic impact of the pandemic, including on the Western New York and Southeast Michigan regional economies.
The Center for Michigan
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support statewide public engagement programs and public service journalism through Bridge Magazine, and to support the launch of BridgeDetroit, a new community news organization.
The Forum for Youth Investment
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $10,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support Youth Development Resource Center's mission to advance access to quality youth development programs for young people in Southeast Michigan.
The Michigan Women’s Foundation/ DBA Michigan Women Forward
Program Area: Active Lifestyles
Amount: $75,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support a state-wide task force focused on the advancement of women in youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports.
The Nature Conservancy
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $875,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the implementation of large-scale green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) along a network of planned greenways in the Eastern Market District, in alignment with The Eastern Market Neighborhood Framework and Stormwater Management Network Plan.
The Rural Outreach Center
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $395,400
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support play-based programs serving rural communities.
The Strong National Museum of Play
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $5,000,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the capital costs to expand the Strong National Museum of Play.
The Youth Life Skills Foundation, Inc./ DBA The First Tee of Western New York
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $319,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of the First Tee WNY programming to underserved youth and increase its sustainability through investments in its fundraising capacity.
The Yunion
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $350,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To support the expansion of The Yunion’s CATTA martial arts program and activate their community hub in Detroit’s Hope Village neighborhood.
TimeSlips Creative Storytelling, Inc.
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $772,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of TimeSlips programming for caregivers of people with dementia through the arts and storytelling.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $500,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support United Way for Southeastern Michigan in the rapid deployment of resources to meet emergency needs through the COVID-19 Community Response Fund.
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $200,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support general operations of United Way for Southeastern Michigan and to provide emergency mini-grant resources for faith-based groups, block clubs, neighborhood associations, and other small organizations in support of grassroots efforts to distribute quality information and other basic needs resources to community members.
United Way of Greater Rochester
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Rochester COVID Vaccine Volunteer Force project office and the Finger Lakes COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force's Equity Plan.
United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support Chautauqua County nonprofit needs during the economic distress associated with COVID-19.
United Way Services Corporation
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $600,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the WNY Intermediary Collaboration and Nonprofit Support Project.
University of Pittsburgh
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $300,000
Region: Western New York/Southeast Michigan
Year: 2021
Details: To implement evaluation of the Generator Z initiative.
Victory Sports Global Outreach, Inc.
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $316,200
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of a ball bin pilot and provide strategic planning and capacity building support.
Wayne State University
Program Area: Caregivers
Amount: $275,000
Region: Southeast Michigan
Year: 2020
Details: To support the expansion of Wayne State University’s mobile COVID-19 “drive to” testing capacity to reach older adults, formal and informal caregivers, and long-term care facility residents and staff in Southeast Michigan.
West Side Rowing Club
Program Area: Active Lifestyles — Youth Sports and Recreation
Amount: $370,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a youth sports programs that provides access for kids to sample rowing.
Western New York Law Center Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $200,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support its Small Business Law Clinic at the Western NY Law Center, which provides legal services to low-income entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Western New York Library Resources Council
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $50,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the underwriting of the primetime television special "The Buffalo Story: History Happens Here," which will also be used as an educational resource across the region.
Westminster Economic Development Initiative, Inc.
Program Area: Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Amount: $100,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support a small business relief and technical assistance fund to assist WEDI’s microloan borrowers and business owners at its West Side Bazaar impacted by COVID-19.
WNED | WBFO
Program Area: Foundation Initiative: Nonprofit Support & Innovation
Amount: $150,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2021
Details: To support the Donald K. Boswell Legacy Chair for Excellence.
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Afterschool
Amount: $12,500
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support at-home learning with a daily broadcast schedule of educational programming on WNED PBS KIDS.
WNY Women’s Foundation
Program Area: Preparing For Success — Young Adults & Working Families
Amount: $5,000
Region: Western New York
Year: 2020
Details: To support the WNY Women’s Foundation ‘What She’s Made Of’ 2020 virtual event.
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