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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GOES ONLINE TO GREEN WNY AND ANNOUNCES ENVIRONMENTAL VIDEO CONTEST WITH $15,000 IN GRANT PRIZES
August 11, 2010, Buffalo, NY— The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has launched a new campaign to achieve social change around the environment by engaging social networks and creating a new interactive online resource. Through a cutting edge new website, GrowWNY.org, the Foundation will help Western New Yorkers live a greener, healthier and more sustainable lifestyle and provide a new way for environmental organizations to communicate with the general public.
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Unprecedented partnership designed to prepare children for success in school
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. (Aug. 12, 2010) – Niagara University, along with the United Way of Greater Niagara, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, the Niagara Area Foundation (NAF) and local business leaders have partnered to launch the Quality Improvement Project (QIP) of Niagara. This initiative is designed to improve the early childhood opportunities of children in Niagara County and to enhance the kindergarten readiness skills of young children.
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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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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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Foundation Announces 650 Kids Tested, 100 Homes Made Lead Safe
June 14, 2010, Buffalo, NY – The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo announced that its lead poisoning prevention campaign tested more than 650 children for lead and made over 100 homes lead safe in its first year. Buffalo is home to six of the highest risk zip codes for lead poisoning and research shows that it causes permanent and irreversible damage to the brain and central nervous system seriously undermining a child’s ability to learn and may lead to violent behavior later in life.
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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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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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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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