Project Play WNY Teams Up with Local Community Organizations to Offer Free Softball, Baseball & T-ball Leagues for the East Side, West Side and Black Rock Communities

New regional competition for entrpreneurs launched

Two local business leaders give their top five ways to move Buffalo forward

BUFFALO’S NEXT CHAPTER: How far can the region’s transformation go, and what can we do to get it there?

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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State parks, historic sites, campgrounds and trails record record visits in 2023

February 9, 2024
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Regional Revitalization Partnership grant $3 million investment to East Buffalo business development services

Nonprofit expands into Buffalo helping with ‘barrier’ to playing youth sports

February 6, 2024
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Episode 8: Providing Respite for Caregivers with Misha Stallworth West

January 9, 2024
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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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