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2010 Scholarship Applications Now Available
January 19, 2010, Buffalo, NY—The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo’s 2010 competitive scholarship application is now available online and can be submitted until March 1, 2010. Support materials from applicants are due April 1, and award recipients will be notified in June.
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2010 Grants Process Kicks Off
The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (CFGB) is now accepting Letters of Intent for 2010 grants through its website. Letters of Intent are due March 1, 2010. This will be the only granting cycle for 2010.
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CFGB's WNYEA Launches Regional Agenda
July 16, 2009, Buffalo, NY—A group of 150 organizations in Western New York announced an initiative to restore and preserve the region’s natural environment. Convened by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, the Western New York Environmental Alliance’s (WNYEA) Shared Agenda for Action on the Environment will increase the impact of local environmental work by uniting diverse organizations around specific priority areas.
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Betsy Constantine Joins CFGB as Gift Planning Officer
Betsy Constantine has been appointed as a Gift Planning Officer at the Community Foundation.
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Wyoming Foundation 2009 Grants top $14,000
The Wyoming Foundation, a division of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, awarded at total of $14,820 to 14 not-for-profit organizations during its 2009 granting cycle.
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2009 CFGB Grants Total Over $600,000
The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo awarded a total of $600,525 to
24 not-for-profit organizations through its 2009 competitive grant cycle. Grant amounts range from $4,500 to $50,000, and support initiatives aimed to meet the most critical needs in Western New York.
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Innovative Fund Supports Grantwriting for Collaboration between Environmental Organizations
Environmental organizations working together on specific projects in
Western New York are now eligible for a new pool of funding from the Community Foundation for Greater
Buffalo (CFGB). The new fund will award grants to environmental collaboratives to pay for the hiring of expert grantwriters
who can help them attract funding from sources outside the WNY region.
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8 WNY Foundations Partner to Fund Local Arts Organizations
The Fund for the Arts (FFA), a unique funding collaborative made up of eight
Western New York foundations, has announced a pilot funding initiative to support mid-sized cultural organizations in the region. Ten organizations, including three collaborative efforts with an additional seven partners, were selected to participate in the pilot during the next 12 months; they represent Erie and Niagara counties and encompass a range of arts programming.
In announcing the pilot program and 10 organizations selected, the FFA also announced that it has received a $124,000 grant from a national funder, the Kresge Foundation, to support its work.
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Kleinhans Honors CFGB with Plaque Recognizing Role in its History
Kleinhans Music Hall, a building known by many in the Buffalo Niagara region as an architectural treasure the home of a decorated orchestra and a stage for life’s milestones is honoring the organization that together with its namesakes provided for its construction.
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CFGB Joins in Establishing Flight 3407 Fund
February 20, 2009 – The United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Bank of Akron, Bank of America, Citi, Citizens Bank, Evans Bank, First Niagara Bank, Five Star Bank, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., KeyBank, M&T Bank, and Northwest Savings Bank today established a fund to assist those affected by the February 12 crash of Continental Flight 3407 in Clarence.
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Foundation launches Wipe Out Lead campaign
More than 90% of Buffalo’s African American children and 64% of Hispanic children
live in one of New York’s top zip codes for lead poisoning...
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Betsy Murrett Joins Community Foundation Staff
March 29, 2009 - Betsy Murrett has joined the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo as Communications Director. She is responsible for directing and implementing marketing and communications strategy for the organization and its grantees.
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Knight Foundation Awards Community Foundation $188,000 to Build WNY GreenTable
February 2, 2009 - The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has been awarded a $188,000 three-year grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to build WNY GreenTable, a virtual meeting space for interested citizens and the local environmental community.
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Susan Grelick Appointed Gift Planning Officer at the Community Foundation
September 11, 2008 - The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is pleased to announce that Susan Grelick , Esq. has joined its staff as Gift Planning Officer.
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CFGB Hosts a Series of Environmental Congresses
October 7,2008 - The Community Foundation has convened a coalition called the Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA).
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Community Foundation Announces New Dates for Scholarship Applications
November 21, 2008 - The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has changed the application dates for its scholarship program. The Foundation will be accepting scholarship applications for the 2009-2010 academic year from college-bound students from January 1, 2009 through March 1, 2009.
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Kevin Everett Speaks
September 4, 2008 - Kevin Everett Talks with Inner City Youth September 8 at 4 pm at Community Foundation
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Community Foundation Hosts Wyoming County Healthcare Forum
October 9, 2008 - The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is hosting The Wyoming County Healthcare Forum Monday, November 3, 2008 from 4 to 6 pm at Byrncliff Resort and Conference Center, 2357 Humprey Road, Varysburg, NY 14167.
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Militello and Sullivan Join Community Foundation Board of Directors
July 22, 2008 - The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is pleased to announce that Katie Militello and Marsha Sullivan have joined the Board of Directors of the Foundation, each for a five-year term.
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NAF Event on Early Childhood
May 12, 2008 - Niagara Area Foundation Event - "“Investing in Niagara’s Future: Early Childhood Learning’s Substantial Return on Investment"
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