Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

2012 Annual Report

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Over the past year, our community has been experiencing inspiring momentum, which positions us for growth and redevelopment. This momentum, powered by partnerships that are shaping shared solutions, inspires us to do even more. One critical challenge we face is the state of urban education. Unleashing the potential of our future workforce is key to successful long-term economic revitalization.

Addressing this and other challenges facing our region requires collaborative and integrated approaches. In 2012, the Community Foundation, in partnership with The John R. Oishei Foundation and many other partners, worked tirelessly to strengthen Buffalo’s public education system with the launch of Say Yes Buffalo. Partners include elected officials, business leaders, union leaders, philanthropic leaders, parents, school district officials,

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community leaders and faith leaders. Say Yes is one of several initiatives we will be highlighting in the following pages.

Through partnerships that share a vision for a vibrant and inclusive region with opportunity for all, we are indeed creating change. Together, we are reaching across the divides to co-create our region’s future. We are truly privileged to be taking this journey in your company.

With gratitude,

Alphonso O’Neil-White

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker

Chair, Board of Directors

President and CEO

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“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall nd the way.”

–Abraham Lincoln Annual Report 2012 | 3

Working together

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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

–Helen Keller

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Achieving meaningful results

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“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore.”

–André Gide

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Partnerships Reaching Across Generations The Community Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to serve clients who care about making Western New York a better region for all. As we know, the needs of our community change over time.

The clients listed on the subsequent pages have asked the Community Foundation to address those changing needs in their name forever either by establishing a fund for perpetual support or by making an annual contribution. The Changing Needs designation ensures their gift will always be relevant and allows us to engage the community in co-creating shared solutions.

··Ina D. Alt Trust

··Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Burling

··American Water Enterprise

··Ms. Helen G. Burlingham

··Anna May Andrews Trust

··Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund

··William Henry Andrews Bequest

··Walter L. Byram Bequest

··Anonymous (2)

··Elizabeth J. Cappella Birthday Trust

··Mr. Lawrence Appleby

··Catholic Health System

··Ms. Cynthia M. Appleton

··Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest

··Attica Veterinary Associates, P.C.

··Mr. James E. Cheesman

··Balbach Family Foundation

··Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest

··Charles E. Balbach

··The Ilka Cohn Educational Fund

··Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Balon

··The Ilka Cohn Health Fund

··Mr. and Mrs. James M. Beardsley

··Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn M. Collins

··Thelma L. and Milfred R. Beck Fund

··Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Comstock

··Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund

··Conable Family Foundation Fund

··Ms. Ruth P. Bennett

··Ms. Anne Conable

··Mr. and Mrs. Denis C. Berwanger

··Ms. Edith Conable

··Mr. and Mrs. James Biltekoff

··Ms. Mary Conable

··Josephine Biontolillo Bequest

··Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke, Jr. Fund

··Claire and George A. Bishop

··Mr. David B. Cox

··Ms. Sara Van Arsdale Bliss

··Ms. Frances Cox

··Mr. and Mrs. James Bosler

··Betty Crump Fund

··Irma Brand Bequest

··Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Dadd

··Jean Knowlton Brown Fund

··Damon Morey LLP

··Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund

··Herbert F. - Bertha W. Darling Trust

··Joyce Buchholtz

··Louis R. Davidson Bequest

··Martin A. Buecking Bequest

··Dr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Davis

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··The D-B Trust ··Mr. and Mrs. Calvin S. De Golyer, Jr. ··James and Ethel DeAmesy Fund ··Ms. Valerie DeBerry ··Elizabeth Deichman Fund ··M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs ··Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dutton ··Gayle and James Eagan ··Ross and Mary Alice Eckert ··Mr. and Mrs. Owen Eddy ··Ms. Linda Edelman ··Mr. Michael Eichler ··Emerling Farms LLC ··Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest ··Herman G. and Emma A. Ernst Fund ··Jacob F. and Wilma S. Schoellkopf ··Ruth E. Farrington Bequest ··Estate of June M. Farrington ··Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund ··Finer Buffalo Fund ··Five Star Bank

In 1919, George F. Rand Sr. asked Edward H. Letchworth to visit Cleveland and learn about its community foundation with an eye toward creating one for Buffalo. After the trip and sudden passing of Mr. Rand, Mr. Letchworth drew up papers to establish The Buffalo Foundation. The Mr. and Mrs. George F. Rand Fund became the Foundation’s first endowment and was created by the Rands’ children in their parents’ memory to support the changing needs of the community over time.

··Doris L. Flierl Trust

··Charles & Marion Hahn Fund

··Mr. and Mrs. Theron A. Foote

··Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund

··Ms. Marian H. Foster

··Ms. Joan M. Harrison

··Mr. and Mrs. F. Robert Foster

··HealthNow New York Inc.

··Ms. Marilyn Fox

··HealthNow Healthy Living Endowment Fund

··M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley, Jr.

··Estate of Ilene N. Hein

··Mr. and Mrs. James W. Fulmer ··G. R. S. Fund ··Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund ··Helen S. Garms Bequest ··Sue S. Gardner, Esq. ··Dr. Danis J. Gehl and Mr. Scott W. Gehl

··Mr. Vincent A. Hemming ··Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Hempel ··William Hengerer Company Fund ··Aravind and Elizabeth S. Herle ··Herbert A. Hickman Fund ··Harry S. Hilliker Bequest

··Gillen & Wellman

··Mary A. Hodson & Josephine E. Radziwon Memorial Scholarship Fund

··Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gillen

··Estate of Marie Hopkins

··Mr. Lawrence Goldman

··Joan Hornig Jewelry

··William F. Goodson Bequest

··Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Horton

··Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Griffith

··H. Reed Hunt Charitable Remainder Unitrust

··Thekla R. Groben Bequest

··I.T.L. Philanthropic Fund

··William J.C. and Louise Grupp Memorial Foundation

··Luke and Danielle Jacobs

··Helen Habermehl Charitable Lead Trust

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··St. Joseph’s Health Care

··Lilla B. McCready Bequest

··Jacob G. Joseph Bequest

··Mr. and Mrs. William J. McGettigan

··Joy Family Foundation

··Mr. and Mrs. Michael McQueeney

··Bill and Anne Joyce

··Mrs. Therese Cardinal Mellon

··Mr. Robert A. Kelley

··Ms. Joyce I. Metcalf

··Howard Kellogg Trust

··Ida M. Mevius Bequest

··Ms. Colleen Kennedy and Mr. Joseph Rivellino

··Millington Lockwood

··C. Taylor Kew Memorial Fund

··Katie and Michael Militello

··Kibbe, King & Moran LLP

··Ms. Cheryl A. Miller

··Mr. Timothy Kibler

··Mr. Richard W. Miller

··Kideney Architects

··Jock & Betsy Mitchell

··Louise Kimberly Bequest

··Mr. and Mrs. Hans Moeller

··Ralph Kimberly Bequest

··Morton Salt

··Kittinger Family Fund

··Gary L. Mucci, Esq.

··Albert J. Klinck Memorial Fund

··Mr. Jonathan A. Mugel

··Albert J. Klinck Bequest—Evangelical Lutheran

··National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.

··Madeline A. Kraft Bequest

··Henry M., Patricia A., & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest

··Kreher Family Fund

··Niagara Education Foundation Fund

··Mr. Hans R. Kunze

··Alphonso and Marcia O’Neil-White

··Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Kushner

··Open Key Fund

··Ms. Sandra Kushner

··Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund

··L.K.P. Trust

··Harold C. Parker, Esq.

··L414 Children’s Memorial Fund

··Melvin and Jennifer Parker

··Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest

··Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Parmele

··Laird Family Foundation

··Ms. Vera C. Parmiter

··Frank P. Langley, Jr.

··Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest

··Howard C. Laverack Bequest

··J. Warren Perry & Charles Donald Perry Memorial Trust

··Edward H. Letchworth Bequest

··Norma E. Pfeifer Fund

··Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund

··Albert & Mildred Pfrender Bequest

··Mrs. Cindy Abbott Letro and Mr. Francis M. Letro

··Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund

··Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Lyons in honor of Adelbert “Del” Sylor

··George F. Rand Bequest

··Katherine & John MacDonald Foundation

··Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan

··Mr. Thomas S. Maimone

··Ms. M. Michele Rechberger

··Ms. Jo Ann M. Mallo

··Ms. Susan M. Reding

··Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund

··Mr. Edward J. Reska

··Mabel Mason Fund

··Natalie Kubera Roth Fund

··Ms. Ruth Mathews

··Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation

··Sumnesh Mathur

··Dr. Anne Saldanha

··Gerard and Barbara Mazurkiewicz

··Howard T. Saperston, Sr. Trust

··The Elizabeth McCormick Revocable Trust

··Philip S. Savage Trust

··Ms. Elizabeth McCormick

··C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust

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··Mr. Robert A. Scharf and Mr. Lawrence Van Heusen

··William F. Thiel Trust

··Edward C. Schlenker Trust

··Mr. and Mrs. William H. Townsend

··Willam Kenneth Schmitt Fund

··Mr. Charles L. Van Arsdale

··Schneider Family Fund

··Ms. Georgiana W. Van Arsdale

··J.F. Schoellkopf, Jr. Bequest

··Mr. James H. Van Arsdale III

··J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund

··William L. Van Schoohoven Fund

··The Jacob F. and Wilma S. Schoellkopf Foundation

··Dr. and Mrs. Francisco M. Vasquez

··Jacob F. - Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust

··Carol G. Wagner Fund for Historic Research & Preservation

··Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund

··John N. Walsh III

··Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

··Estate of William B. Walsh Trust Fund

··Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

··Kuang Mei Wang Fund

··Jacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund

··Eileen and Rupert Warren Charitable Fund

··(Albert), Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Fund

··Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Weidman

··Albert, Maude, & (Marion) Schuele Memorial Fund

··Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund

··D. Sinclair Scott & Dorothy Doane Scott Fund

··Alyne D. White Bequest

··Hugh B. Scott

Donors wishing to support the changing needs of the community over time may also make a contribution to the Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Endowment, the William L. Van Schoonhoven Endowment or the Community Impact Fund. The Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Endowment was established in 2007 upon her retirement as President/CEO of the Community Foundation.

··Ms. Gail Seamans ··Mr. and Mrs. William Seiberlich ··The Mark L. Serventi Family Foundation ··Mr. Eugene Setel ··Ms. Gail L. Shadbolt ··Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Sheehan ··Ms. Kay Sheehan ··Marjorie Joyce Simmons Memorial Medical Fund ··Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Simon ··SJM3 Fund ··Mr. Robert B. Skerker ··Mr. Matthew F. Slazak

··Whitemarsh Boat Club ··Betty Ball Wilder Fund ··Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest ··Frank and Anne Wilton ··Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund ··The Zebro Fund

··Edna Foster Smith Bequest ··Ms. Eleanor A. Smith ··Special Fund #7 ··Herman Spiegel and Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund ··Mr. George Spira ··Ellsworth M. Statler Trust ··Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund ··Dr. Richard A. Stockton, Jr. ··Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust ··Michael and Marsha Joy Sullivan ··John P. & Lorraine Altwater Sutkus Charitable Fund ··Catherine Swerdloff Bequest ··Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund ··Televate, LLC

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Partners in Giving

Hooper Family Foundation His mother instilled in him a strong conscience and a passion for giving, and now Stanley Hooper is doing the same with his children and grandchildren through the Hooper Family Foundation.

“ It’s a part of my life to give back.”

–Stanley Hooper

Making decisions about where their charitable dollars are best utilized and choosing the right partners is a responsibility that Stanley and his family take very seriously. When the WNY Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association approached the family about making a memory care grant to honor Stanley’s beloved wife, Lois, the family turned to the Community Foundation for philanthropic consulting.

The two foundations had been building a relationship, and the Hooper family was relieved to be able to rely on the Community Foundation’s expertise in managing signicant grants.

“We’ve done major projects before, and at the end of them we’ve often felt that we could have maximized our monies and partnerships better, and that’s why we turned to the Community Foundation for this specic project,” said Linda Ward, Stanley’s daughter.

“We know we can trust the Community Foundation to ensure the money is being used exactly as we intended.”

The result? A unique one-stop memory loss facility: the Lois Hooper Center for Memory Care.

The Center is able to diagnose memory loss patients, treat them every step of the way and offer caregiver assistance through advice and guidance for all families affected by memory problems and dementia.

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Arlene & Ruth Mathews Fund “I was a sales clerk earning 33 cents an hour before I became a teacher and that was absolutely fantastic! I thought ‘what am I going to buy next?’ But instead, I put my money in the bank to save for the future,” reminisced Ruth Mathews. It’s just that mentality that guided Buffalo teachers Ruth and Arlene Mathews to save money over the decades.

These sisters recognized that same type of commitment to long-term planning at the Community Foundation.

“ I know that our money

When it came time to make decisions about their investments and what type of charitable legacy they’d

will make wonderful

like to have, Ruth’s professional advisor suggested she

things continue to

talk with the Community Foundation. Impressed with

happen in Buffalo long

the range of giving options available and the exibility

after I’m gone because

they would have in making decisions about where the

I trust the Community Foundation to carry out our wishes.”

–Ruth Mathews

funds would go, they knew the Community Foundation would carefully manage their hard-earned savings.

With her sister now gone, Ruth is carrying on her legacy with condence that the Community Foundation will do the same for her.

The Arlene & Ruth Mathews Fund has supported the Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative, Western New York preservation efforts and other changing needs in our community, which ensures their gift will be relevant forever.

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Partners in Giving

Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County Many of us relied on a public library at one point in our lives for help with a school assignment, to do research or get a copy of the latest best-seller. But where does the library turn when it needs information about maximizing its own long-term nancial investments?

“ We also wanted to look at this partnership with the Community Foundation from a long-term perspective and not just a quick x.”

–Victor Rice, Board President

In 2006, the Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County approached the Community Foundation for help when considering the best way to protect and grow its endowment funds. The solution needed to be cost-effective as the funds needed to stay exible, and there needed to be condence in the investment performance and stewardship of the funds left by its donors to support specic programs at the library. The Library Foundation quickly realized the Community Foundation was the perfect partner to meet all its needs.

“Logic says, you’re better off to be part of a larger group than a smaller group,” said Library Foundation Board President Victor Rice. “We also wanted to look at this partnership with the Community Foundation from a long-term perspective and not just a quick x.”

“By sharing the responsibility of investing our donors’ money, we are able to concentrate on what we’re good at and that’s making our libraries a central location for information, education, culture and entertainment for the residents of Erie County,” said Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski.

Both foundations agree that to thrive in the future, you must rely on strong partnerships.

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Mary Jean Jakubowski, Director of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and Victor Rice, President of the Board of Directors, Library Foundation ofReport Buffalo2012 & Erie |County Annual 17

Partners in Giving

United Way of Buffalo & Erie County For nearly 100 years, United Way and the Community Foundation have been aligned by the same cause: helping people in our community. The organizations have been working together to understand the needs of the community and address those needs. In 1964, United Way became the rst organization to have an endowment fund at the Community Foundation, formalizing the relationship the two organizations share.

“ The Community Foundation knows how to bring organizations together on key issues, establish coalitions, and create solutions

“This is the heart of our partnership,” said Steve Finch, chairman of the Board of Directors, United Way of Buffalo & Erie County. “Why create redundant strategies if it can be done effectively and efciently by a proven organization like the Community Foundation?”

Both organizations have worked collaboratively for more than 60 years to support community needs like

that will be meaningful

literacy efforts with Read to Succeed Buffalo and

and relevant.”

women’s issues through the WNY Women’s Foundation.

–Michael Weiner, President & CEO

Most recently, United Way supported the successful launch of Say Yes Buffalo. As both organizations

prepare to celebrate their 100th anniversaries in the next few years, they know that the key to long-term success is community collaboration.

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Michael Weiner, President & CEO, United Way of Buffalo and Erie County and Steve Finch, Chairman of the Board of Directors, United Way of Buffalo Erie |County Annual Reportand 2012 19

Partners in Giving

The John R. Oishei Foundation Many foundations are learning that when it comes to partnerships, one plus one equals much more than two. That collective impact is what brings the Community Foundation and The John R. Oishei Foundation together on many different initiatives that are shaping a better future for us all.

“ We value collaborating with other funders because we believe

A great partnership that benets the entire Western New York community is exactly what the Community Foundation and The John R. Oishei Foundation have created. Whether it is working together to bring Say Yes to Education to

that one of the best

Buffalo or participating in the Fund for the Arts,

ways to catalyze change

the Foundations have a deep appreciation for a

in our community is through collaboration.”

–Robert Gioia, President

longstanding proven partnership. With the common goal of driving much-needed change to strengthen our region, the Foundations have shared a Knowledge Management Ofcer for five years who has kept us informed on critical community needs.

The John R. Oishei Foundation also relies on the Community Foundation to execute its college scholarship program. Over the years, the Oishei college scholarship program has awarded 760 students more than $2.3 million through the Community Foundation. “It’s our vision that as we give these deserving students an opportunity to attend college, they will, in turn, become active community contributors,” said Blythe Merrill, Vice President of The John R. Oishei Foundation.

By leveraging our shared knowledge and limited resources, we are enhancing our impact and solving problems much more so than we could do on our own.

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Robert Gioia, President, The JohnReport R. Oishei Foundation | 21 Annual 2012

Partners in Our Future Say Yes Buffalo

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It’s an elementary equation with long-term economic results for our entire community.

In 2012, individuals, foundations and community-based organizations as well as elected officials, union officials, business leaders, educators, parents, district officials, civic leaders and faith leaders, joined forces to make education a priority for long-term economic growth in our region. With the backing of a successful national model, the Community Foundation and The John R. Oishei Foundation provided the leadership to build the civic infrastructure for Say Yes Buffalo.

While the capstone to Say Yes Buffalo is a universal scholarship program, the scholarships are just one component of the change needed to remove barriers to education for our students. The Say Yes Buffalo partnership is addressing the financial, academic, health, and social/emotional barriers to educational achievement.

The community has been a critical part of the partnership since day one and has stepped up to support Say Yes Buffalo by committing more than $18 million to make the scholarships possible. This is an inspiring example of how we are coming together to engage in co-creating positive change. Say Yes Buffalo promises The Jacobs Family and Delaware North Companies announce a $1,000,000 donation to the Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship at Delaware North Companies headquarters. From left: Alphonso O’Neil-White; Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker; Charles Moran, Jr.; and Jerry Jacobs, Jr.

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to educate our youth and create longterm economic results for everyone.

For more information on Say Yes Buffalo, visit sayyesbuffalo.org.

Partners in Say Yes Buffalo Funding Partners

··Mr. and Mrs. Scott Newman

··Peter C. Cornell Trust

Individuals and Families

··Sanford and Margery Nobel

··The James H. Cummings Foundation

··Jeffrey Adams

··Donald and Jane Ogilvie

··Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Foundation

··David Alfred

··Alphonso and Marcia O’Neil-White

··Josephine Goodyear Foundation

··Anonymous

··Lawrence Quinn

··Hunt Charitable Foundation

··Charles Balbach

··Linda Ray

··Patrick P. Lee Foundation

··Belmore H. Bridgford

··Nan and Craig Rung

··Stanford Lipsey Philanthropic Fund

··Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram

··Michael and Marsha Joy Sullivan

··The John R. Oishei Foundation

··Gary and Willow Brost

··Steve and Nicole Swift

··Saldanha Family Foundation

··Henry and Martha Bruner

··Nancy Tobin and David B. Filvaroff

··Say Yes to Education Foundation

··Richard Cutting

··Brian* and Martha Townson

··Simple Gifts Fund

··Mark and Nancy Davis

··Dr. Francisco and Janet Vasquez

··Statler Foundation

··Valerie J. DeBerry

··Dr. Raul and Toni Vazquez

··Weissman Family Foundation

··Kevin Demme

··Janet and Wayne Wisbaum

··Margaret L. Wendt Foundation

··James and Gayle Eagan

··David and Susan Zebro

··Western New York Foundation

In Memoriam

··Zeron Foundation

··Jeffrey Adams in memory of Clarence E. and Audrey C. Adams*

Businesses and Organizations

··Ross and Mary Alice Eckert ··Denise Fiallo ··Fay Friedman ··Scott and Dr. Danis J. Gehl ··Bill and Mary Gisel ··Jeffrey and Michele Goldfarb ··Gordon and Gretchen Gross ··Pete Grum – Rand Capital ··Jason Hedberg

··Diane Johnson Morrow in memory of Eli Morrow* ··Richard Tobe and Susan B. Tobe in memory of Arnold B. Gardner* In Honor

··Tony and Kate Masiello in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Conant and Ms. Camille Cox

··Martha and Tom Hyde

··Dr. Harry and Phyllis Newman in honor of Mary and Scott Newman, Allison Newman and Desmond Curran, Tineke Chan and Eric Newman

··Luke and Danielle Jacobs

··Dr. Mary Schohn in honor of Betsy Behrend

··The Jacobs Family

Foundations

··Bruce and Gail Johnstone

··Anonymous

··Bill and Anne Joyce

··Amgis Foundation

··Dr. Richard T. and Dr. Barbara S. Jurasek

··Baird Foundation

··Daniel and Margaret Lewis

··The Balbach Family Foundation

··Marie Marshall

··Bell Trust Fund

··Sally Marks

··Richard W. Bowen Fund

··Gerard and Barbara Mazurkiewicz

··Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation

··Michael and Katie Militello

··Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

··Jeffrey and Shelley Hirshberg ··Marie and Fred Houston

··BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York ··Buffalo Sabres Foundation ··City of Buffalo ··Citizens Bank ··Computer Task Group ··Delaware North Companies ··Eastman Foundation ··Evans Bank ··First Niagara Bank Foundation ··Gerald Kelly Capital Corporation ··Gibraltar Industries ··Key Bank Foundation ··Lawley Insurance ··Moog Inc. ··Nyameke Foundation ··Univera Healthcare ··Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc. ··Winthrop Financial * Deceased

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Buffalo Public School children participating in an after-school opportunity. | 23 Annual Report 2012

Partners in Equity Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative An FBI forensic science agent, a President and CEO of a major health care company and a Tony awardwinning actor and playwright were all part of a unique partnership to get local students thinking, “I can do it too” as part of the Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative (CGLI) “Success Looks Like Me” program.

In its second year, this pay-it-forward initiative is the result of a dedicated council of multicultural and multiethnic community leaders who strive to create positive change in the lives of low-income youth of color by providing them with access to people, places and experiences that help them achieve positive life goals. This year more than 700 youth benefited from the “Success Looks Like Me” initiative through programs featuring the following guest speakers:

“ They opened my eyes to new opportunities;

Deneen Hernandez: An FBI forensic examiner, who grew up in Gowanda and now works at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., talked about how she wasn’t born with the ability to do her job, she was taught how to do it.

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to new leadership

do the same.

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson: Lackawanna native and Tony award-winning

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interview and a question-and-answer session, where he discussed his experiences overcoming challenges with over 200 Buffalo Public School students. Although BAVPA hosted the event, other public schools were able to participate through live video streaming and a live Twitter feed with question-and-answer capabilities.

Success Looks Like Me is only made possible through our generous donors who recognize the need to support positive change in the lives of low-income youth of color. The Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative is also growing national partnerships and, in 2012, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation awarded the initiative a grant that will allow the council to hire a director and continue its work of engaging community leaders who recognize the importance of endowment building as a means to inspire philanthropy, for and within communities of color.

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Partners in the Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative Program Partners ··The Belle Center

··First Niagara Bank Foundation

··Mr. Clyde B. Murphy

··Ms. Bridget Franz

··National Black MBA Association, Inc., WNY Chapter

··Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo

··Mr. and Mrs. Athelstan Gaskin

··The National Federation for Just Communities of WNY

··W. Charles Brandy, Director of Social Studies, Buffalo Public Schools

··Dr. Danis J. Gehl and Mr. Scott W. Gehl

··Ms. Barbara A. Nevergold

··Dr. Gregory F. George, D.D.S.

··Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso O’Neil-White

··Dr. Carol Jackson-Gibson and Mr. Garfield Gibson

··Hon. E. Jeannette Ogden

··Mrs. Margot Glick

··Jennifer J. Parker, J.D.

··Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Glose

··Mr. Melvin Parker

··Dr. Samuel Goodloe, Jr.

··Adam W. Perry, Esq.

··Dianne Bennett and William Graebner

··Mr. Michael Quinniey

··Dr. Ellen Grant

··Rand & Jones Enterprises Co., Inc.

··Ms. Esterphine Greene

··Ms. Rhonda A. Ricks

··Ms. Jane F. Griffin

··Ms. Lori A. Rumph

··Ms. Geraldine Grossman

··Dr. Anne Saldanha

··Gwen, Inc.

··Mr. Lou Santiago

··Ms. Denise Y. Hare

··Mr. and Mrs. Gary Schwartz

··Ms. Justine Harris

··Hugh B. Scott

··Ms. Christine Hatem

··Mr. Daniel Seeber

··Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts ··Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ··Buffalo Public Schools ··Buffalo Urban League, Inc. ··Close Up Foundation ··Custom Tee Active Wear, Inc. ··Erie County Central Police Services ··Federal Bureau of Investigations, Buffalo Division ··Massachusetts Avenue Project ··Muhammad School of Music ··My Executive Coach ··Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties Inc. (NACS) ··Squeaky Wheel ··University at Buffalo ··WGRZ, Channel 2 Funding Partners ··Ms. Deborah Abgott ··Dr. Charles L. Anderson, Sr. ··Mr. Charles E. Balbach ··Ms. June Simmons Barrow ··Barnes & Noble Booksellers ··Ms. Maxine A. Baskervill ··Ms. Fern E. Beavers ··Hon. Lenora B. Foote-Beavers ··Dr. Peggy A. Brooks-Bertram ··Mr. and Mrs. James Biltekoff ··BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York/ HealthNow New York Inc. ··Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Boswell ··Mrs. Dorothy Braithwaite ··Ms. Anne Laura Brosnahan ··Mr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Castiglia ··Ms. Jayme Cellitioci ··Ms. Marilyn Chapman ··Mr. Stephen Clifford ··Ms. Lois B. Dabney ··Chet* and Delight Dann ··Ms. Valerie DeBerry ··Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker ··Ms. Claudia Dixon ··Dopkins & Company, LLP ··Ms. Kathleen Duggan-Haas

··Ms. Lorna Hill ··Ms. Bernice M. Hughes ··Peter and Mary Jo Hunt ··Tom and Martha Hyde

··Mrs. Rita Seepersad Holdings,anLLC Deneen··Seneca Hernandez, FBI forensic examiner, didn’t just show Native American ··Ms. Julie Signorille-Browne students how to crack codes; she challenged them to do it themselves. ··Mr. Kenneth Sodaro

··Inclusion Development Associates, Inc.

··Ms. Karen Lee Spaulding

··Mr. Charles Jacobs

··Spectrum Radiology Associates, PLLC

··Joan Hornig Jewelry

··Karen Stanley Fleming

··Mr. Anthony Johnson

··Neldria Staton

··Ms. Lavera Johnson

··Ms. Thomasina R. Stenhouse

··Lavera Johnson Family Charitable Trust Fund

··E.W. Dann Stevens, Esq.*

··Mr. LeRoi C. Johnson

··Ms. Brenda Stubblefield

··D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone

··Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sullivan

··Bill and Anne Joyce

··Ms. Najeyah Sultan

··K&D HSV, LLC

··Ms. Erica Thomas

··KANS LLC dba KSF

··Hon. Betty Calvo-Torres and Mr. Charles Torres

··Ms. Mary Ruth Morrow Kapsiak

··Ms. Toni L. Vazquez

··Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Karns

··Verizon Foundation

··Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Leavy, Sr.

··Ms. Munni Visco

··Ms. Stacy Lewis

··Ms. Melva D. Visher

··Ruth D. Bryant and Earl M. Lynch

··Ms. Tara L. Vogel

··Mr. and Mrs. William N. Mahar

··Mr. Edreys Wajed

··Mr. Owen Herne and Ms. Lisa Manchester

··Peter Weinmann and Amelida Ortiz Weinmann

··Marketing Kachingle

··Mr. William E. West, Sr.

··Tony and Kate Masiello

··Westminster Foundation

··Ms. Brenda Williams McDuffie

··Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Williams

··Ms. Michaelene J. McFarlane

··Janet and Wayne Wisbaum

··Ms. Francesca Mesiah

··WNED – WNY Public Broadcasting

··Mr. Oswaldo Mestre

··Mr. Jeffrey Wolman Santiago-Hudson, the Tony award··Ms.Ruben Sujata Yalamanchili winning actor and playwright, discussed his ··Dr. Joan Yang experiences overcoming challenges with * Deceased 200 2012 local students. | 25 Annualover Report

··Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Miller

··Jock and Betsy Mitchell ··James and Gayle Eagan Alphonso O’Neil-White showed students ··Gary L.office.

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Deneen Hernandez, an FBI forensic examiner, didn’t just show Native American students how to crack codes; she challenged them to do it themselves.

Alphonso O’Neil-White showed students the view from the CEO’s office.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the Tony awardwinning actor and playwright, discussed his experiences overcoming challenges with 200 2012 local students. | 25 Annualover Report

Partners in the Environment Western New York Environmental Alliance An alliance by definition is a relationship based on affinity in interests, nature or qualities.

The Community Foundation likes to define alliance as a web of partnerships committed to a common goal—and that’s exactly what the Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA) is.

It is a blossoming group of over 80 environmental organizations in Western New York all working together to advocate for our region’s environment.

To share news and educate the community about our region’s environment, the WNYEA utilizes the GrowWNY.org website. The work of the WNYEA and GrowWNY is made possible thanks to our donors, sponsors and a growing partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The WNYEA has developed and approved a Shared Action Agenda for 2013, which will guide its efforts The Community Foundation was honored by the Environmental Protection Agency with an Environmental Quality Award for achievements in protecting public health and the environment.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand nominated the Community Foundation for this honor.

in education and advocacy. The agenda ranges from promoting energy conservation to encouraging green job development in Western New York. To see the full agenda, visit GrowWNY.org/shared-agenda.

One of the most popular features available to the public on GrowWNY.org is an interactive Go Outside Map that showcases our region’s natural assets. Visitors can choose an activity and an area they want to explore and the interactive map will list all the options for them to enjoy their favorite outdoor activities. In 2012, GrowWNY created a printed Go Outside Map in partnership with Wegmans.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster attended the launch of the map on the Buffalo waterfront in July. The free maps are available at Western New York Wegmans and dozens of other local businesses and organizations.

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Program Partners

··Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Buffalo

Members ··Adirondack Mountain Club Niagara Frontier Chapter

··Jamestown Audubon Society, Inc.

Affiliates ··Buffalo State Small Business Development Center

··Keep Western New York Beautiful

··Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County

··League of Women Voters of Buffalo Niagara (LWVBN)

··Department of Family Medicine, University at Buffalo

··Alliance for the Great Lakes

··Little Lake George, Inc.

··Environmental Studies Program, Canisius College

··AWARE (Association for Wild Animal Rehabilitation and Education)

··Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center of WNY

··Erie County Environmental Management Council

··Massachusetts Avenue Project

··Erie County Department of Environment and Planning

··Nature Ed-Ventures

··Nardin Academy

··New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

··Niagara University: Sustainability Committee

··Buffalo Local Initiatives Support Corp.

··Niagara County Community College Horticulture Program

··Sustainable Urban and Natural Environments Research Group

··Buffalo Museum of Science

··Niagara University: ReNU Niagara

··Tapestry Charter School

··Buffalo Niagara Green Expo

··Nickel City Housing Cooperative

··The Urban Design Project

··Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER

··Nurse Rise—Nurses for Safe Water

··Town of Clarence

··Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy

··Partnership for the Public Good

··Buffalo Audubon Society ··Buffalo CarShare ··Buffalo First!

··Buffalo Urban Outdoor Education Foundation

Supporters ··Penn Dixie Paleontological & Outdoor Education Center ··Baby Bongos ··Pfeiffer Nature Center ··B.I.R.D.S.; Building Interdependent Residential Dynamics Sustainably ··POWR Protecting Our Water Rights

··Center for Environmental Information

··PUSH Buffalo

··Citizens Campaign for the Environment

··Cotton Buns Cloth Diaper From left to right: Mayor Paul Dyster, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker ··Residents for Responsible Government and Mayor Byron Brown announce the launch of the GrowWNY · · Design to Live Sustainably ··Re-Tree WNY Go Outside map on the Buffalo waterfront in July 2012. Mayor Dyster ··Earth Care Team of ··Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History had a chance to ride North the GrowWNY pedal powered Fender Blender.

Presbyterian Church, Williamsville ··Sierra Club, Niagara Group ··Hazman ··SUNY Fredonia Campus Climate Challenge ··Kean Wind Turbines ··SUNY Fredonia Sustainability Committee ··McCollum Orchards, LLC ··The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts ··Merge Restaurant ··The Great Lakes Experience ··News from Below Media, Inc. ··The Learning Sustainability Campaign ··Re-ENERGIZE BUFFALO ··The Nature Conservancy of Central & ··Ripley Place Block Club Western New York

··Buffalo Ornithological Society ··Buffalo ReUSE

··Citizens for Regional Transit ··Clean Air Coalition of Western New York ··Clean Production Action ··Coalition for Economic Justice ··Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes ··Community Action Organization of Erie County, Inc. ··Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County/ WNY Energy $mart Communities ··Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County ··Cornell University ILR School Labor and Environmental Programs

··Care for Creation—St. Christopher Parish

··The Paleontological Research Institution & its Museum of the Earth

··Sunnking

··Curtiss Urban Farm Foundation (CUFF) ··Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement

··The Service Collaborative of WNY

··The Leader Group

··University Heights Collaborative

··WEKANU

··U.S. Green Building Council— New York Upstate Chapter

··West Side Media Coop

··Engineers for a Sustainable World— University at Buffalo Chapter ··Environmental Justice Action Group of WNY ··Environmental Network

··UB Green

··Sustainable Earth Solutions, Inc.

··Wilson Street Urban Farm ··Zenner & Ritter, Inc.

··Erie County Environmental Education Institute

··University at Buffalo Student Association Environmental Department

··Family Environmental Health Resources

··Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo

Funding Partners ··BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

··Field & Fork Network

··WNY Apollo Alliance

··Buffalo Sabres

··Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve, Inc.

··WNY Land Conservancy

··Catholic Health

··Friends of Tifft Nature Preserve, Inc.

··WNY Sustainable Energy Association/WNYSEA

··Ecology and Environment

··Friends of Times Beach Nature Preserve

··Wild Kritters of Niagara County

··HSBC

··Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo

··Wind Action Group

··John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

··Green Buffalo Runner

··WNY Drilling Defense

··The Knoer Group, PLLC

··Green Gold Development Corp.

··WNY Earth Day Committee

··Modern Recycling

··Go Bike Buffalo

··Workforce Development Institute Western Region

··New York State Department of State

··Groundwork Buffalo

··Solar Liberty

··Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, Inc.

··Stereo Advantage ··Wegmans

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and GrowWNY is made possible thanks to ecitsuJ cimonocE rof noitilaoC·· egnellahC etamilC supmaC ainoderF YNUS·· setspartnership aW raelcuN yellaV tseW no noitilaoC·· eettiour mmoCdonors, ytilibaniatsuSsponsors ainoderF YNUSand ·· a growing . c n I , y t n u o C e i r E fo noitazinagrO noitcA ytinummoC·· strA eht fo lavitseF eunevA doowmlE ehT··

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Photo courtesy of Block Club

From left to right: Mayor Paul Dyster, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker and Mayor Byron Brown announce the launch of the GrowWNY Go Outside map on the Buffalo waterfront in July 2012. Mayor Dyster had a chance to ride the GrowWNY pedal powered Fender Blender.

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Partners in Healthy Housing Green & Healthy Homes Initiative One year ago, 78-year-old Florine was living in a 90-year-old home in the City of Buffalo surrounded by chipped and peeling paint and old windows that leaked cold air in the winter and filled her home with lead dust. Florine, a mother, foster mother and grandmother, was living with other members of her family, including two with asthma. Florine began looking for help and found the Community Foundation’s Green & Healthy Homes Initiative.

The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative brings together more than a dozen active partners including: the City of Buffalo; the Erie County Department of Health; New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA); Belmont Housing Resources for WNY; and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; to work side-by-side with homeowners to address critical changes that will make their homes healthier and more energy efficient.

By bringing public and private partners to the table that hadn’t traditionally worked together, the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative is able to solve serious issues facing Buffalo homeowners residing in low-income neighborhoods. It’s a coordinated partnership that meets regularly to share resources and ensure that work is done efficiently and more effectively to change the complicated and often frustrating process for homeowners.

This initiative goes beyond just fixing the structure of a home. It prevents serious illness by improving a home’s healthy environment. Children exposed to lead dust are at a higher risk for learning disabilities.

Moldy walls can trigger asthma, leading to more hospital visits, missed school for students and missed work for parents. Poor insulation in a home also means higher heating costs that stretch family budgets to a breaking point.

(Left) The Community Foundation was the recipient of the first-ever U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary’s Award for public and private partnerships. (Center) Florine’s house before the restoration. (Right) Florine’s newly renovated home.

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Partners in Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Program Partners

··American Lung Association

··National Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning

··Asthma Coalition of Erie County

··National Fuel

··Austin Air

··National Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

··Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc.

··Neighborhood Housing Services­— South Buffalo

··Buffalo AmeriCorps ··Buffalo Board of Block Clubs ··Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network ··Buffalo Urban League ··CAO Head Start ··Center for Employment Opportunities ··Clean Air Coalition of WNY ··Coalition for a Lead Free Community ··Community Action Organization Erie County ··Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo ··CORE Environmental ··Cornell Cooperative Extension ··Cornell University ILR School ··DC4 Painters Union ··D’Youville College ··Ellicott District Community Development, Inc.

··Neighborhood Legal Services ··New Buffalo Impact, Inc. ··Nichols School ··Old 1st Ward Community Association, Inc. ··PUSH Buffalo ··The Service Collaborative of WNY ··Squarefoot Staffing ··SS. Columba-Brigid R.C. Church ··SUNY Buffalo Law School ··Univera Healthcare ··University District Community Development Agency ··West Side & Black Rock— Riverside Neighborhood Housing Services ··WNY Apollo Alliance ··WNY Energy $mart Communities

··Environmental Education Associates

··WNY Lead Poisoning Prevention Resource Center

··Environmental Justice ACTION Group

Funding Partners

··Erie Community College

··BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

··Erie County Environmental Education Institute

··City of Buffalo

··Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc.

··Health Foundation of Central and Western New York

··Hispanics United of Buffalo ··Homefront, Inc. ··Honeywell ··Independent Health ··International Institute of Buffalo ··Investigative Post ··Kaleida Health—School Based Health Centers ··Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center ··Monroe Plan for Medical Care

··Erie County Department of Health

··New York State Homes and Community Renewal ··New York State Department of Labor ··New York State Office of the Attorney General ··NYSERDA ··Open Society Foundation ··U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development ··U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Florine and her family enjoying their renovated home.

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Partners in Healthy Housing

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Florine and her family enjoying their renovated home.

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Partners in the Arts Fund for the Arts Supporting cultural and arts organizations in Western New York has never been more important. With growing interest nationally and internationally in our vibrant cultural gems, it is key that we strengthen and support these valuable assets. Fund for the Arts brings together arts funders to strengthen collaborative support for the arts and cultural sector.

The Fund for the Arts team is made up of representatives from family, private and corporate foundations that help assess the needs of the arts community with invaluable input from those directly impacted and involved. All the funders are already contributors to individual arts organizations, but they also recognize the power of partnerships when it comes to maximizing their giving, so they come together to fund sector-wide initiatives. Fund for the Arts supports collaborative partnerships between cultural groups, artists and organizations, such as the Arts Service Initiative of Western New York (ASI).

ASI focuses on capacity building, collaboration and advocacy efforts for the region’s cultural sector.

In 2012, ASI awarded more than 40 grants, including: Tony-nominated actor Stephen McKinley Henderson working with Buffalo students to prepare them for a national competition, performances by the Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus and Orchard Park Chorale; a Native American dance and beadwork exhibit; a photo project that highlights our refugee community; and concerts in multiple urban, suburban and rural municipalities.

Since 2005, more than $2 million has been directed to arts needs in the community through Fund for the Arts.

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Front Row: Brian Baird (The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation), Beth Gosch (The Western New York Foundation) Paul Hogan (The John R. Oishei Foundation) Back Row: Nancy Brock (The M&T Charitable Foundation) Jean McKeown (Community Foundation) Cindy Abbott Letro (Community Foundation) Nancy Davis (Davis Family Foundation) Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker (Community Foundation)

Fund for the Arts supports collaborative partnerships with cultural groups, artists and organizations.

Partners in Fund for the Arts Funding Partners

··Ms. Pamela Agostinelli ··The Baird Foundation ··The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation ··Mr. Clem Bremer ··Buffalo State College Foundation ··Ms. Susan K. Choewa ··Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation ··City of Buffalo Common Council ··Davis Family Foundation ··First Niagara Bank Foundation ··Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies ··Mr. Roger A. Glasgow ··Josephine Goodyear Foundation ··The Paul J. Koessler Foundation, Inc. ··The Kresge Foundation ··Marks Family Foundation ··Ms. Janet C. Massaro ··M&T Charitable Foundation ··New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) ··The New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. ··The John R. Oishei Foundation ··Patrick P. Lee Foundation ··Ms. Katie Schneider ··Vogt Family Foundation, Inc. ··The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation ··Western New York Foundation ··Mr. Marcus L. Wise

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Partners in the Arts

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.cnI ,noitadnuoF ylimaF tgoV·· noitadnuoF tdneW .L teragraM ehT·· noitadnuoF kroY weN nretseW·· esiW .L sucraM .rM·· Front Row: Brian Baird (The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation), Beth Gosch (The Western New York Foundation) Paul Hogan (The John R. Oishei Foundation) Back Row: Nancy Brock (The M&T Charitable Foundation) Jean McKeown (Community Foundation) Cindy Abbott Letro (Community Foundation) Nancy Davis (Davis Family Foundation) Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker (Community Foundation)

Fund for the Arts supports collaborative partnerships with cultural groups, artists and organizations.

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The Legacy Society Managing the charitable legacies of generous individuals is central to the work of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. The Community Foundation Legacy Society was created in 1999 to acknowledge those individuals who have committed to supporting our community in the future through a planned gift. According to their specific directions, the Community Foundation will support the organizations, issues and communities these individuals care about, in their names, forever.

Making arrangements for your charitable legacy is a simple process and we are here to help.

If you are interested in supporting the community beyond your lifetime, please contact Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217 or betsyc@cfgb.org.

·· Anonymous (11)

·· Anthony J. and Carmela M. Colucci, Jr.

·· Constance A. Greco

·· Robert and Ruth Allen*

·· Mrs. James L. Crane, Jr.

·· Gordon and Gretchen Gross

·· Mr. and Mrs. H. John Angelbeck

·· Ms. Beuline Crawford

·· Mr. Michael Hamann

·· Mr. Lawrence Appleby

·· Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump

·· Thomas J. Hanifin

·· Mr. C. Dixon Arrick* and Mrs. Ione B. Arrick

·· Mrs. Wilma T. Csont

·· Mr. Hans Heckelman

·· Mr.* and Mrs. Matthew Cyran

·· Ms. Alice B. Hilborn

·· Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Czajka

·· Ms. Judith A. Hirsch

·· Chet* and Delight Dann

·· Mr.* and Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr.

·· Miss Virginia Deuel

·· Mary Louise Hopkins

·· Larry R. and Sheila Drake

·· Mr. Phillip H. Hubbell

·· Ross and Mary Alice Eckert

·· John and Bette Hulley

·· Mrs. Kenneth H. Eckhert

·· Mr. and Mrs. H. Reed Hunt*

·· Miss June M. Farrington*

·· Rev. Dr. Leona M. Irsch

·· Miss Ruth Farrington*

·· Dr. Thomas A. Jambro

·· Dr. Edward A. Fial*

·· Gail and Bruce Johnstone

·· Ms. Anne Catt Filer

·· Mr. and Mrs. A. David Jones

·· Dr. Mildred J. Fischle

·· James S. Keysa, Esq.

·· Ms. Carol A. Fowler

·· Ms. Jane B. Kinkead*

·· Jean S. Frederick

·· Mr.* and Mrs. Irvine J. Kittinger, Jr.

·· Mr. Fred* and Mrs. Fay Friedman

·· Mr. and Mrs. George F. Koch

·· Mr. Dennis J. Galucki and Ms. Barbara Mierzwa

·· Dr. Irwin H. Cheskin* and Mr. Edward Koryl

·· Mr. Andrew C. Giarrizzo

·· Dr. Kenneth A. Krackow

·· Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Gioia

·· Leonard H. and Sylvia J. Kratzke

·· Jane Taylor Goraj*

·· Rev. and Mrs. Warren W. Lane*

·· Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Ash ·· Mr. Charles E. Balbach ·· Allene C. Barans ·· Henry and Susan Beamer ·· Thomas R. and Judy Beecher ·· Ms. Dianne Bennett and Mr. William Graebner ·· Mr. Harry J. Beu* ·· Dr. Mary H. Botsford* ·· Mr. Richard W. Bowen* ·· Ms. Mary L. Brink ·· Jean M. Brown* ·· Keirn C. Brown, Sr.* ·· Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Bruner ·· Michael and Glenys Butler ·· Mr.* and Mrs. Charles Burdette ·· Dr. William and Dr. Susan Carney ·· Leslie Carraway and B.J. Verts* ·· Ms. Mary E. Clemesha*

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·· Mr. Harry H. Lang, Jr.

·· Mr. and Mrs. Braman Pomeroy*

·· Dr. Walter* and Jeanie M. Sy

·· Mr. Frank P. Langley, Jr.*

·· Jayne K. Rand

·· Stanley A. and Sharon K. Tirrell

·· Mrs. Margaretha Lawrence*

·· Ms. Dorothy Rapp

·· Mr. William Townsend

·· Philip C. Lombardo*

·· Mr. Alfred H. Rasp

·· Miss Guida Tyldesley

·· Mrs. William F. Long

·· Mrs. Lynn Robillard

·· Mr. Charles L. Van Arsdale

·· Ms. Jo Ann Long

·· Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Rosche*

·· Mr. William L. Van Schoonhoven*

·· James and Margel Marean

·· Ms. Doris F. Rosen

·· Ms. Marie A. Marshall

·· Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick

·· Mr. Raymond C. and Ms. Sheila M. Vaughan

·· Mrs. L.B. McCowan

·· Dr. and Mrs. James Russell

·· Mrs. Kathleen Modd

·· Ms. Geraldine N. Ryder

·· Richard E. Moot, Esq.

·· Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sampson

·· Ms. Albertine K. Moran

·· Ms. Melba Y. Seibold*

·· Mr. Robert North, Jr.*

·· Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Sheets, Jr.

·· James R. Owen

·· A. Warren and Gretchen L. Smith, Jr.*

·· Jane M. Pattison

·· Ms. Susan M. Spadinger

·· J. Warren Perry, Ph.D., D.Sc.*

·· Rosemarie C. Steeb

·· Mr. Eddie Zewin* and Mrs. Christine Zewin

·· Dr. Charles D. Perry*

·· Ruth V. Stockton

* Deceased

·· Mrs. Barbara Pickburn*

·· Mr. Franz T. Stone*

·· Edwin and Georgina Polokoff

·· Mr. Peter W. Swanson, Jr.*

·· Dr. and Mrs. John M. Wadsworth ·· Mrs. Carol A. Wagner* ·· Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Wagner* ·· Emily W. Wettlaufer ·· Mr. Jay Wopperer and Ms. Linda Schmieder ·· David and Susan Zebro

A passion for their community and a love of music inspired Thelma and Milfred Beck to leave their life savings to support both forever. The couple knew that they would have the opportunity to continue giving back to Niagara County, despite not having heirs, by designating the Niagara Area Foundation at the Community Foundation to be the recipient of their significant savings. Whether it be music or another need in the community, the couple was confident that they could trust the Niagara Area Foundation to use the money where it was needed most in the community.

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8.4%

+8.4% +8.4% +8.4%

The average percentage of annual +8.4%

growth for endowed funds managed +8.4%

by the Community Foundation over the past 10 years.

+8.4%

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

+8.4%

2005

+8.4%

2004

2003

+8.4%

+8.4%

The Power of Partnerships

13:1 For every local $1 given to support the changing needs of Western New York, the Community Foundation has brought $13 more to support key initiatives.

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Compared with other large endowments and foundations nationwide in the Russell/ Mellon Index, the Community Foundation investments have consistently performed in the

top 25%

$25.7million Sources of funding the Community Foundation has attracted from outside of Western New York to invest in our region.

750

funds under the Community Foundation umbrella.

400

partners we work with to improve lives in Western New York.

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Our Approach to Charitable Investments The Community Foundation’s Investment Committee has oversight for more than $250 million in charitable assets. Members of the committee are specifically recruited because of their knowledge of investments. They receive advice from our independent investment consultant specializing in large endowment funds—Colonial Consulting, Inc.­—throughout the year. Together they work to allocate the charitable assets left to the Community Foundation’s care into a highly diversified mix of global equities, fixed income and alternative investment strategies that include more than 27 different investment management organizations pursuing strategies within 13 different asset classes.

Within each asset class, the Community Foundation seeks to utilize world-class investment managers who are able to outperform appropriate target market benchmarks over long periods.

Investment Committee Members ··Luke Jacobs, Esq., Chair ··Charles E. Balbach ··Joseph J. Castiglia ··Laurence W. Franz, Ph.D. ··Richard O. Hopkins ··William Joyce ··Gerard Mazurkiewicz, C.P.A. ··Michael E. Munschauer, C.F.P. ··William J. Williamson, Jr., C.F.P.* * Deceased

The Community Foundation’s Investment Committee has oversight for more than $250 million in charitable assets.

Luke Jacobs, Esq.; Michael E. Munschauer; Laurence W. Franz, Ph.D.; William Joyce; Gerard Mazurkiewicz, C.P.A.; Richard O. Hopkins; Charles E. Balbach.

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Financial Highlights Investment Overview Over the long term, the investments of the Community Foundation continue to consistently outperform our benchmarks, adding 8.4% per year over the last ten years. This growth ranks the Community Foundation’s performance in the top 25% of foundations and endowments nationwide and provides significant value to charitable assets at the Community Foundation.

The strong long-term investment results are the product of the Foundation’s decision to maintain a strategy that is driven by long-term objectives, while utilizing the size of its asset pool and a thorough due diligence process to access exceptionally capable investment management firms.

As of December 31, 2012 14.0% 12.7%

12.0% 10.7%

10.0% 8.4%

7.9%

8.0%

7.1%

6.6% 5.9%

6.0% 4.0%

3.6%

3.5%

2.0%

1.1%

0.0%

Latest 1 Year

Latest 3 Years

Latest 5 Years

Latest 7 Years

Latest 10 Years

Community Foundation Returns Presented Net of Investment Management Fees Community Foundation

Composite Benchmark*

In 2012, the Community Foundation received a clean audit. Audited financial statements are available at cfgb.org or by request. Contact Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217. *Weighted average of sector benchmarks

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Strategic Asset Allocation The size of the Community Foundation’s investments allows us to have a highly diversified portfolio with access to the full range of asset classes and top investment managers, increasing the likelihood of achieving performance objectives under varying economic and market conditions.

Private Equity 5%

Commodities 4% U.S. Large/Mid Cap Equity 20%

Hedge Funds 16%

Total Alternatives 30% Private Real Assets/ Real Estate 5% Cash 1%

Total Equity 45%

U.S. Small Cap Equity 7%

Total Fixed Income 25% Non-U.S. Developed Equity 13%

Global Bonds 5% Treasury Inflation Protected Securities U.S. High Yield Bonds 5% U.S. Aggregate Bonds 4% 10%

Non-U.S. Emerging Equity 5%

To learn how the investment strength of the Community Foundation can benefit the causes and organizations you care about, contact Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217.

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Power of Endowment How will you be remembered? When you create an endowment fund through the Community Foundation, you can support the community you love in your name, forever.

• Your gift is invested over time. Earnings from your endowment fund are granted to organizations based on your direction.

• Your legacy is ensured. Donors who endow their gifts can make a difference in their community during their lifetime and at the same time establish a legacy that lasts forever.

• We can help. Call the Community Foundation’s Vice President of Giving Strategies, Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857 ext. 217 to arrange for a consultation.

$4.0

$3.4

$3.5 $3.0

$2.4

$2.5 $2.0 $1.5 $1.0

$0.8

$0.5 $0.0

Gift in 1956

2012 Value

Total Grants to Charity Since 1956

In 1956, a widow left $800,000 through her estate to the Community Foundation to set up a fund to honor her son who died tragically as a young man. Now, this fund grants about $100,000 every year to the most pressing needs of the community. To date, the fund’s balance has grown to $2.4 million and has granted $3.4 million to the community.

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Professional Advisor Honor Roll Since opening our doors in 1919, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has partnered with hundreds of attorneys, C.P.A.s and financial professionals to serve the needs of their clients.

We are grateful to the many practitioners who think of us when looking for a way to honor their clients’ wishes. We welcome the opportunity to meet with those who are interested in learning about how the Foundation’s services can help maximize their clients’ charitable giving.

In 2011 and 2012, we were proud to partner with more than 80 professionals who brought the message of the Community Foundation to their clients and we are pleased to recognize them here for their leadership.

“ The Community Foundation is a resource for me when my clients are interested in charitable giving. I look to the Community Foundation for its exible solutions, top investment performance and commitment to donor intent. I know the Community Foundation is maximizing my clients’ charitable assets so that they will have a greater impact in our community and beyond, and I trust the Community Foundation to carry out my clients’ wishes established in their estate plan.”

–Jeffrey Katz, Esq.; Katz and Baehre

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Members ··Lisa J. Allen, Esq.

··Robert M. Glaser, C.P.A.

··Daniel D. Shonn, Jr., Esq.

··Margaret Auerbach, Esq.

··Kevin K. Gluc, Esq.

··Roger B. Simon, Esq.

··Maxine W. Awner

··Christopher T. Greene, Esq.

··Peter D. Spira, C.F.P.

··Brian D. Baird, Esq.

··Peter J. Grogan, C.F.P.

··Rosemarie C. Steeb, C.P.A.

··David R. Barrett, C.P.A.

··Gordon R. Gross, Esq.

··Thomas A. Stewart

··James Barrett, C.P.A.

··Thomas J. Hanifin, Esq.

··Deborah Stauring

··Holly Beecher, Esq.

··William D. Harrington, Esq.

··Charles E. Telford, Esq.

··David J. Blesy, C.P.A.

··Jeffrey Hirshberg, C.P.A.

··Melanie Collins Tisdale, Esq.

··Stephen Brady, C.P.A.

··Elizabeth R. Hulley, C.F.P.

··Robert J. Travis, C.P.A.

··Jillian Brevorka, Esq.

··Thomas R. Hyde, Esq.

··Nicole R. Tzetzo, Esq.

··W. Lawrence Buck

··Luke Jacobs, Esq.

··Gregory J. Urban, C.P.A., C.V.A.

··Charles W. Chiampou, C.P.A.

··Cheryl A. Jankowski, C.P.A.

··James M. Wadsworth, Esq.

··David Colligan, Esq.

··Edwin M. Johnston, III

··Lisa Walsh

··Anthony J. Colucci, Jr., Esq.

··Jeffrey Katz, Esq.

··Sharon Wick, Esq.

··Robert W. Constantine, Esq.

··Henry Koziol, Jr., C.P.A., C.F.P.

··Wayne D. Wisbaum, Esq.

··Karen Cook Serotte, Esq.

··Charles F. Kreiner, Jr.

* Deceased

··Victoria L. D’Angelo, Esq.

··Robert J. Kresse, Esq.

··Dale B. Demyanick, C.P.A.

··Sally B. Logan, Esq.

··Richard B. Dopkins, Esq.

··David J. Luzon, Esq.

··Kenneth C. Drake, M.B.A.

··James L. Magavern, Esq.

··Gayle Eagan, Esq.

··Gerard Mazurkiewicz, C.P.A.

··Catherine Eberl, Esq.

··Charles W. McCollum

··Patrick L. Emmerling, Esq.

··Richard B. McCormick*

··Mary Engler Roche, Esq.

··David J. McNamara, Esq.

··William C. Farner, Esq.

··Michael E. Munschauer, C.F.P.

··David D. Fenster, Esq.

··Edward C. Northwood, Esq.

··Jennifer G. Flannery, Esq.

··Robert J. Plache, Esq.*

··Lawrence C. Franco, Esq.

··John P. Robshaw, Jr., Esq.

··Robert Gailey

··Daniel Roblin III

··Kevin Gaskill

··Robert W. Romeo, M.S., C.F.P.

··Warren B. Gelman, Esq.

··Alan K. Scheff

··Patricia A. George, Esq.

··Hyman M. Scheff

Patricia George, Esq. listens to a speaker at a Professional Advisor Honor Roll luncheon.

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Niagara Area Foundation You’ve probably heard the old African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well switch out the word “village” for “county” and that is what motivates and inspires the Niagara Area Foundation on one of its initiatives. A geographic affiliate of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, the Niagara Area Foundation recognized the critical need in Niagara County for high-quality early education and, thus, the Niagara County Early Child Care Quality Improvement Project (QIP) was born.

When the Niagara Area Foundation set out to address this issue in 2010, research showed that one in five children under the age of five were living in poverty in Niagara County. Many did not have access to education before kindergarten because the daycare system focused on babysitting rather than on educational programming.

To begin addressing these concerns, the Niagara Area Foundation partnered with Niagara University to develop the QIP program and curriculum and the United Way of Greater Niagara to help implement the reforms. The key funding partners, Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation and the Grigg-Lewis Foundation, financially supported the efforts. Together this team has made great strides toward early childhood education enrichment.

To date, QIP has provided training and support to 20 centers and more than 50 staff at those sites have earned certificates of completion. Ten additional centers are currently going through the training.

Early childhood education is just one of the initiatives that the Niagara Area Foundation supports to improve the value of life in Niagara County. For more information about the Niagara Area Foundation and how you can get involved to support efforts in Niagara County, contact Holly Mergenhagen, Esq., at (716) 852-2857, ext. 207.

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Funds ·· Dale L. Askey Memorial Fund ·· Thelma L. and Milfred R. Beck Fund ·· Henry E. and Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund ·· The Lorraine M. and Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust ·· Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund ·· Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund ·· Barbara C. and Edward M. Brink Fund ·· Caldwell Family Fund ·· Joanne and Franklyn Collins Fund ·· Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. and Maryanne Harvey Fund ·· Eastern Niagara Fund ·· Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund ·· Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund ·· Freischlag Scholarship Fund ·· Franasiak Park Philanthropic Fund ·· Fund for Niagara Hospice ·· Grigg-Lewis Philanthropic Fund ·· Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund ·· Laird Family Foundation ·· Lewiston-Porter Alumni Association Endowment Fund ·· Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund ·· Lockport Lions Club Sight Fund ·· Lockport High School Foundation Philanthropic Fund ·· Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund ·· Joseph and Riva Mehr Fund ·· Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund ·· Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund ·· Niagara Education Foundation Fund ·· Niagara Family & Children’s Fund ·· Our Lady of Lebanon Fund ·· Patricia L. Parkinson Scholarship Fund ·· Positive Youth Development Philanthropic Fund ·· The Thomas K. Singer Charitable Trust ·· Daunt & Irene Stenzel Scholarship Fund ·· Troop 6 Ernie Beamer Memorial Scout Fund ·· Fern J. White and Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund ·· Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund ·· YWCA of Niagara Fund ·· YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence ·· YWCA of Niagara Munk/Human Memorial Scholarship Trust Children benefitting from curriculum enrichment as a result of the NAF Quality Improvement Program.

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Wyoming Foundation On a crisp fall day in Wyoming County, hundreds gathered for a historic needs forum hosted by the Wyoming Foundation, a geographic affiliate of the Community Foundation. It is believed to be the first of its kind in the county where residents were invited to discuss not only the health needs of the community, but also the needs of the arts and culture, education and business sectors. The event brought together more than 100 partners.

After presentations on the 2012 Wyoming County health needs assessment and the other county needs mentioned above, residents participated in a process to prioritize the most important issues facing the county. Residents engaged in lively discussions with Wyoming Foundation donors, county leaders, both business and elected, along with representatives of nonprofit organizations.

A final question was asked at the end of the day: “Based on what you heard today, if you had $1 billion, which issue would you focus on and why?” The answers were instrumental in charting a future course of giving and programming for the Wyoming Foundation. The focus in 2013 and beyond will be on building an education-to-jobs pipeline and marketing the county’s arts and culture highlights.

For more information about the Wyoming Foundation and how you can get involved to support efforts in Wyoming County, call (585) 285-4135.

Funds ·· Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund

·· Marjorie Z. Van Arsdale Fund

·· Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth

·· Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund ·· Wyoming Free Library Fund

·· Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest ·· Russell C. Christ, Jr. Fund ·· James and Ethel DeAmesy Fund ·· Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund ·· Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund ·· Mabel Mason Fund ·· Middlebury Historical Society Fund ·· Mr. and Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund ·· Mark E. Strome Scholarship Fund ·· Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund

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Sandy Kushner and Jessie Barth at Wyoming Needs Forum.

Karen Six, Wyoming Foundation Board Member, presents research findings at needs forum.

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New Clients 2012 ·Robert · A. and Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund I

·Jane · B. Kinkead Community Service Fund

·Lorraine · M. and Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust

·Knight · Foundation Environmental iPost Fund

·Ilka · Cohn Educational Fund

·AJL · Fund

·Ilka · Cohn Health Fund

·Norman · E. Mack, II Fund

·Annette · Cravens Fund

·Raymond · F. May, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund

·Foundation · for Jewish Philanthropies Fund ·Philip · Frandina Scholarship Fund

·Thomas · and Jennie Militello Family Foundation

·GHHI · Data Support

·Mr. · and Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund

·GHHI · Health & Safety Fund

·Melba · and Richard Seibold Fund

·Roberta · Grimm Charitable Gift Fund

·Richard · Tobe and Susan B. Tobe Fund

·Gronk · Nation Youth Foundation

·Elinor · Townsend Trust

·Ilene · N. Hein Fund

·Townson · Family Foundation

·H. · Reed Hunt Fund

·Blanch · H. Van Valkenburgh Scholarship

·Joy · Family Foundation

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All Funds For more than 90 years, generous individuals, families and organizations have entrusted the Community Foundation to steward their charitable resources. We are honored to help these donors make the most of their generosity and take great care to deliver grants in their names exactly as they have directed.

The following pages list all of the charitable funds that make up the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo as of the end of 2012, noting the year that each was established.

For information about how the Community Foundation can help you establish a permanent source of support to benefit the communities, causes and organizations you care about, please contact Betsy Constantine at (716) 852–2857, ext. 217.

Funds ··21st Century Fund 1999 ··43 x 79 Philanthropic Fund 2003

··Annual Odd Fellows— Rebekah Award 1981

··Acacia Park Fund 2008

··Anonymous Donor Foundation Endowment Fund 2006

··Advancing Arts & Culture Endowment Fund 2007

··Arts Academy Fund 2002

··AJL Fund 2012 ··Charlotte Albright Fund 2008 ··Dorothy & Eugene Allbert Fund 2010 ··James and Kristin Allen Fund 2010 ··Robert A. and Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund I 2012 ··Allentown Village Society, Inc. Scholarship Fund 1998 ··Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund 2007 ··Paul & Jean Almeter Fund 2004 ··Ina D. Alt Trust 1989 ··Amherst South Rotary Club Endowment Fund 2001 ··Anna May Andrews Trust 1962 ··Joseph & Margaret Andrews Educational Trust Fund 1988 ··William Henry Andrews Bequest 1924 ··Elizabeth and John Angelbeck Foundation 2009 ··Joyce and Stuart Angert Fund 2011

··Fund for the Arts 2005 ··Arts Services Initiative 2011 ··Dale L. Askey Memorial Fund 2006 ··Emily E. Babchak Memorial Fund 1996

··Thelma L. and Milfred R. Beck Fund 2004 ··George E. Becker Fund for Heart Research 1963 ··Bell Bequest— Buffalo General Hospital 1959 ··Bell Bequest— Clarkson University 2007 ··Bell Bequest— Crippled Children’s Guild 1959

··Cameron Baird Endowment Fund for BP Chorus 1985

··Bell Bequest—Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired 1959

··Cameron Baird Fund 1979

··Bell Bequest—Erie County S.P.C.A. 1959

··Dara L. Barker Memorial Fund 1992

··Bell Bequest—Hobart College 1959

··Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth 2007

··Bell Bequest—Mental Diseases 1959

··C. Edgar Barlow Scholarship Fund 1965

··Bell Bequest—National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction 1959

··Nora Shea Barnwell Endowment Fund 2004

··Bell Bequest—U.B. School of Engineering 1959

··James M. and Barbara J. Barrett Family Foundation 2010

··Bell Fund Trust #1 1960

··Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest 2007 ··Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts 1996 ··Henry E. and Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund 2004

··Bell Fund Trust #2 1960 ··Grover E. Bell Award 1957 ··Herbert L. Bellamy, Sr. & Irene A. Bellamy Philanthropic Fund 2007 ··Edgar Bellersheim Scholarship Fund 1975 ··Benaiah Fund 2010

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··Richard Boyd Bowen Memorial Scholarship Fund 1981

··Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Endowment Fund 1988

··Richard W. Bowen Fund 2009

··Buffalo Rotary Foundation Fund 2009

··Bennett High School Alumni Scholarship Fund 1975

··Kathleen M. Box-Krycia Memorial Scholarship Fund 1995

··Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association 1924

··Better Buffalo Fund 2011

··Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Fund 2008

··Harry J. Beu Scholarship Fund 2010

··Boys & Girls Club of Eden Fund 2006

··Buffalo Seminary Board Designated Investment Fund 2011

··Alanson C. Bigalow Scholarship Fund 1991

··BP/Carborundum Scholarship Fund 1996

··Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund 1988 ··Bennett Alumni Association Foundation Fund 2002

··Josephine Biontolillo Bequest 1976 ··Charles A. & Anne L. Bird Fund 2001 ··Corrine G. Bird Bequest 1972 ··Peter D. Blacher Health Care Fund 1997 ··Virgil A. & Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund 1997

··BPS Officers Search Philanthropic Fund 2006 ··Lorraine M. and Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust 2012

··David & Jessica Brason Philanthropic Fund 2005

··Buffalo Yacht Club Fund 2001

··Rosalie H. Bretzfelder Fund 1977

··Belmore Hicks Bridgford Fund 2011

··Walter L. Byram Bequest 1990

··Brighter Future Philanthropic Fund 2008

··Kate Cady Endowment Fund 2004

··Barbara C. and Edward M. Brink Fund 2010

··Caerus Forum Philanthropic Fund 2009

··Jean M. Brown Fund 2007

··Alfred Caffiero Foundation Philanthropic Fund 2003

··Jean Knowlton Brown Fund 1976

··Brian H. Blesy Memorial Scholarship Fund 1998

··Henry W. & Martha L. Bruner Philanthropic Fund 2004

··Anna Kowalska Bley Music Memorial Award 2000

··Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund 2000

··Maurice G. Bley Drama Memorial Award 2000

··Brzezinski Philanthropic Fund 1998

··Dr. Germante L. Boncaldo Scholarship Fund 1983 ··Book and Material Buying Endowment Fund 2006 ··Tom Borrelli Memorial Fund 2009

··Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund 1983 ··Michael R. Butler & Glenys Maschoff Butler Fund 2000

Community Foundation Board Member Jim Biltekoff and wife Joanne.

··Bollier Family Fund 1996

··Joseph E. Buran Music Fund 2007

··John Bridge Memorial Fund 1973

··Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund 2001

··Robert Bojdak & Sarah Williams Fund 2005

··Buffalo Seminary Historic Dollar Value Preservation Fund 2011 ··Buffalo Seminary Jean Wright Hudson Fund 2011

··Anthony A. Brese Scholarship 1971

··Jule Bogner Philanthropic Fund 2008

··Buffalo Seminary Core Investment Fund 2011

··Irma Brand Bequest 1985

··James E. Braunberns Bequest 1980

··BlueCross BlueShield Physicians Fund for Children’s Health 1998

··Buffalo Seminary Brown Funds 2011

··Ruben Brown Foundation 2003

··BTF Make a Dream Come True Scholarship Fund 2007 ··Sarah Hill Buck Philanthropic Fund 2004 ··Jane and Lawrence Buck Philanthropic Fund 2002 ··Martin A. Buecking Bequest 1971 ··Buffalo Audubon Endowment Fund 2000 ··Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance Scholarship Fund 2000 ··Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Fund 2000 ··Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Permanent Endowment Fund 2007

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··Caldwell Family Fund 2002 ··Christopher Callan Memorial Scholarship Fund 1999 ··Callan Family Scholarship Fund 1999 ··Calpin Family Fund 2007 ··Elizabeth J. Cappella Birthday Trust 1995 ··Career Aspiration Scholarship Fund 2007 ··Cargill Scholarship Fund 1983 ··Gustaf & Sigrid Carlson Memorial Fund 1989 ··Margaret E. Carnahan Bequest 1975 ··Leonard M. Castrianno Scholarship Fund 2003 ··Philip & Joyce Celniker Family Fund 2007 ··Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature Fund 2009 ··Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest 1982 ··Robert J. Chambers, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund 1997 ··R. Mark Chandley Scholarship Fund 2007

··Clifford C. Chapman Memorial Fund 2001 ··Dr. Norman Chassin Endowment Fund 1973 ··Irwin H. Cheskin Fund 2010 ··Children’s Programming & Resources Endowment Fund 2006 ··Willis E. Chilson Memorial Fund 1992 ··Mark Chowaniec Memorial Fund 1991 ··Russell C. Christ, Jr. Fund 2007 ··William & Ida Christie Fund for Music 2004 ··Mary and Robert Chur Scholarship Fund 1997 ··Frances G. Churchill Bequest Fund f.b.o. the Churchill Memorial United Methodist Church 2000 ··Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest 1971 ··Velma C. Cobb Scholarship Fund 2000 ··Ilka Cohn Educational Fund 2012 ··Ilka Cohn Health Fund 2012 ··Colligan Family Fund 2009 ··Collins Family Trust 2009 ··Bronson and Margaret Collins Scholarship Fund 1998 ··Joanne and Franklyn Collins Fund 2005 ··Michael Collins and Kathleen O’Leary Charitable Fund 2010

Drew family with 2011 Annual Report, featuring their fund’s namesakes Henry and Constance Drew. ··Betty Crump Fund 2007 ··Wilma T. Csont Fund 1998 ··Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative Endowment Fund 2009 ··Damon Family Fund 1997 ··Mason O. Damon Endowment Fund 2006 ··Grace Neff Daniels Memorial 1951

··James and Judith Collord Fund 2007

··Dorothy C. Darlak Memorial Fund 2000

··Community Impact Fund 2005

··Herbert F. - Bertha W. Darling Trust 1973

··Conable Family Foundation Fund 2005

··Herbert F. & Jane K. Darling Philanthropic Fund 1999

··Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund 1988 ··Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Scholarship 1988 ··Owen D. Connolly Flex Fund 2007 ··Convergence Partnership Fund 2010 ··Gerhard A. & Lura L. Cook Educational Fund 1985 ··Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke, Jr. Fund 1997 ··Joseph & Bernadette S. Corcoran Fund 1986 ··Peter C. Cornell Trust 2011 ··Russell E. Corser Fund 1995 ··Kathryn R. Cottrell Scholarship Fund 1998 ··Annette Cravens Fund 2012

··M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs 2000 ··Heather J. DePaolo-Johnny Memorial Fund 2004 ··DePerno Family Fund 2001 ··Loraine Altro Dietz Scholarship Fund 1982 ··Disaster Relief Fund 2004 ··Alfred H. & Irene N. Dobrak Trust 2001 ··David Donald Fund 1972 ··Holly Augspurger Donaldson Fund 1993 ··Dopkins Philanthropic Fund 2008

··Louis R. Davidson Bequest 1942

··Stu & Nancy Dorfman Foundation 2010

··Ethel M.C. Davis Scholarship Fund 1980

··Paul P. Dosberg University of Pennsylvania Scholarship 1985

··Davis Family Fund 2008 ··D-B Trust 1985

··Francis P. Douglas Memorial Fund 2000

··Eaton Deabold Scholarship Fund 1982

··Henry and Constance Drew Foundation for Children 1998

··Deaconess Hospital Nurses Alumni Fund 2006

··Joe & Brett Ski Scholarship Fund 1988

··James and Ethel DeAmesy Fund 2007

··Jerome Dreyfuss Scholarship Fund 1994

··Decillis Family Philanthropic Fund 2004

··Peter Dominik, Helen & Paul Leon Drumsta Memorial Fund 2004

··Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. and Maryanne Harvey Fund 2007

··Eagan Family Endowment Fund 2005

··Elizabeth Deichman Fund 2010 ··Elizabeth Deichman Fund f.b.o. Buffalo Animal Shelter 2008

··Eastern Niagara Fund 2000 ··Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund 2006

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··Philip Frandina Scholarship Fund 2012 ··Harriet Frank Scholarship Fund 1981 ··Jeffrey Freedman & Barbara Hamilton Philanthropic Fund 2005 ··Freischlag Scholarship Fund 2001 ··Fay & Fred Friedman Family Foundation Fund 2003 ··Friends of Chamber Music 2009 ··Marjorie D. Frink Scholarship Fund 1972 ··Fund for Nature 2010 ··Fuzak Family/Joan M. & Victor T. Fuzak Fund 1998 ··Galbraith Family Fund 2006 ··Lawrence J. and Elizabeth R. Gallick Fund 2009 ··Sean P. Galliher, Jr. Scholarship Fund 2004 Donors Betsy Mitchell (left) and Rev. Ellen Montgomery visit select Foundation sponsored projects on Buffalo’s East Side on behalf of the Josephine Goodyear Foundation. ··Dr. Kenneth H., Sr. and Marjorie B. Eckhert Fund (1) 2009 ··Dr. Kenneth H., Sr. and Marjorie B. Eckhert Fund (2) 2009 ··ECMC Lifeline Fund 2005

··Emmons B. Farrar Scholarship Fund 1969 ··June Farrington Fund 2008 ··Ruth E. Farrington Bequest 1988 ··Theodore S. Fassett Memorial Fund 1976 ··Paul S. Feinstein Scholarship Fund 2002

··William Paul Ganley Scholarship Fund 1998 ··Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund 1974 ··Helen S. Garms Bequest 2002 ··Gateway—Longview Future Fund 2007 ··Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund 2007

··David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund 1990

··Eleanor M. and Willard A. Genrich Scholarship Fund 1999

··Eden Community Foundation 2002

··Donald Ferguson Fund 2004

··George Family Foundation 2004

··Darwin E. & Evelyn E. Ellis Fund 2000

··Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund 1995

··GHHI Data Support 2012

··Pauline Ellis Scholarship Fund 1945

··Edward A. and Stephanie E. Fial Fund 2010

··GHHI Health & Safety Fund 2012

··Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest 1999

··Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Scholarship Fund 1998

··GHHI Workforce Development 2011

··Esther Link Emig Fund 1990

··Finer Buffalo Fund 2002

··Robert and Sally Gioia Fund 2011

··Empire of America Federal Savings Bank Scholarship Fund 1954

··Fischle - Laesser Endowment Fund 2009 ··Fisher Family Fund 2001

··Anthony H. and Richard E. Gioia Fund 1977

··Burt Flickinger, Jr. Leadership Fund 1997

··Gisel Family Fund 2010

··Doris L. Flierl Trust 1990

··Norman Goldfarb Award Fund 1994

··G&W Follies Scholarship Fund 2000

··Dr. Richard & Cheri Goldman Philanthropic Fund 2006

··Economic Self-Sufficiency Endowment Fund 2007

··Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund 2000 ··Fund for the Environment 1997 ··Erie County SPCA Fund 2007 ··Herman G. and Emma A. Ernst Fund 1965 ··Herman G. and Emma A. Ernst Fund for Catholic Charities 1965 ··Josephine & Michael Ervolina Charitable Fund 2010 ··Evans Bank Foundation Fund 2002

··George & Lydia Richards Form Endowment Fund 2006 ··Frank S. Fosdick Scholarship 1924 ··Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Fund 2012

··Derek Falkenbach Scholarship Fund 2008

··M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley, Jr. 1956

··FANA Scholarship Fund 1999

··Franasiak Park Philanthropic Fund 2007

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··Jean E. Gilmore Philanthropic Fund 2007

··Dena Goldstein Memorial Scholarship Fund 2002 ··Gondree Family Fund 2010 ··Good Schools for All Endowment Fund 1998 ··Diane J. Goodberry Memorial Scholarship Fund 2005 ··William F. Goodson Bequest 1981

··Harry S. Hilliker Bequest 1936

··Josephine Goodyear Foundation Fund 2006

··Harvard Summer Community Service Fund 2010

··Graham-Kucera Philanthropic Fund 2000

··Harvey Family Fund 1997

··Hispanic Women’s League Endowment Fund 2006

··Joanne Champion Granger Fund 1994

··Dominik Hasek Sports & Scholarship Fund 2001

··Historic & Architectural Landmarks Endowment Fund 2007

··Hawk Creek Foundation Fund 1999

··Carolynne Schutz Hoddick Memorial Campership Fund 1975

··Grassroots Garden J. Milton Zeckhauser Memorial Endowment Fund 2007 ··Great Lakes United Endowment Fund 2000

··Health Foundation of Western and Central New York Philanthropic Fund 2002

··Greater Buffalo Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Fund 1961

··HealthNow Healthy Living Endowment Fund 2011

··Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund 2007

··Grelick Family Foundation 2009

··HealthNow Healthy Living Fund 2011

··Grigg-Lewis Philanthropic Fund 2000

··William J. & Frieda H. Heckelman Memorial Fund 1995

··Marie S. and Frederic K. Houston Fund 2011

··Roberta Grimm Charitable Gift Fund 2012 ··Elmer P. Groben Memorial Fund 1979 ··Thekla R. Groben Bequest 1969 ··Gronk Nation Youth Foundation 2012 ··Dr. Alan J. Gross Dental Student Fund 1998 ··Gordon R. & Gretchen S. Gross Family Fund II 2000 ··Lou Gross Memorial Fund 2010 ··Grosvenor Society Endowment Fund 2006 ··Seth Grosvenor Book and Material Endowment Fund 2006

··Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund (1) 2006 ··Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund (2) 2006 ··Ilene N. Hein Fund 2012 ··Loren Hendrix Memorial Award 1974 ··William Hengerer Company Fund 1943 ··Margaret Bierl Herr Memorial Fund 2000 ··Herbert A. Hickman Fund 1966 ··High Tower Fund 2008 ··Mildred T. Hill Fund 1991

··L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. Family Fund 2006

··Dr. Irene Hu and Ronald Chang Scholarship Fund 2007 ··Jayne & Phil Hubbell Foundation 2005 ··HUD Lead Outreach 2008 ··Martin R. Hughson Memorial Fund 1978 ··Geoffrey Hull Memorial Scholarship 1997 ··Robert & Eileen Hull Fund 2005 ··John Hulley and Elizabeth RydzynskiHulley Fund 2011 ··Human Services Research & Planning Fund 2004 ··H. Reed Hunt Fund 2012

··G. R. S. Fund 1996 ··Joan Willard Gruen Philanthropic Fund 2000 ··Lillian M. Gruener Business Education Scholarship Fund 1998 ··William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund 1994 ··Ray Guenter Scholarship Fund 2007 ··Helen Habermehl Charitable Lead Trust 1996 ··Charles & Marion Hahn Fund 1955 ··Gary P. Hall Endowment Fund 2011 ··Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund 1997 ··Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Theatre Fund 2011 ··Thomas J. Hanfin BPO Fund 2007 ··Thomas J. Hanifin BPO Fund II 2010 ··Rae A. Hanigan Memorial Fund 1965 ··Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund 1994 ··Andrew C. Hansen Scholarship Fund 1938 ··Daphne Hare Fund 1997

Donor Gordon Gross (center) with daughters, Sandra Gross Wolchock (left) and Debra Gross Weiner (right)

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··Louise Kimberly Bequest 1923 ··Ralph Kimberly Bequest 1973 ··Kinerk Family Fund 1999 ··Barbara King & Marion Mabee Memorial Fund 2005 ··Jane B. Kinkead Community Service Fund­—Faith United Methodist Church 2011 ··Jane B. Kinkead Community Service Fund—Greenfield 2012 ··Alfred H. & Emma M. Kirchhofer Fund 1987 ··Kittinger Family Fund 1993 ··Kiwanis Club of Kensington Fund 1996 ··Klein Family Philanthropic Fund 2009 ··Albert J. Klinck Bequest­— American Red Cross 1934 Donors Margery Nobel (left) and Sue Gardner (right). ··Hutch-Tech Alumni Scholarship Fund 2000

··Jacob G. Joseph Bequest (Camp) 1932

··Industrial Educational Fund 1987

··Jacob G. Joseph Bequest­— Jewish Federation 1932

··Ingleside Home Memorial Fund 1980

··Josh’s Journey Fund 2009

··Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund 2005

··Joy Family Foundation 2012

··International Association of Administrative Professionals Scholarship Fund 1954 ··Mariann Inzinna Camp Good Days & Special Times Fund 2001 ··Mariann Inzinna Extra Mile Fund 2001 ··Bill and Jean Irr Family Foundation 2011 ··Irsch Fund 1999 ··I.T.L. Philanthropic Fund 2000 ··Lawrence D. Jacobs Memorial Fund 2001 ··Grover & Isabel James Fund 2002 ··A. Wesley Johns Fund (as established in the Will of June B. Johns) 2005

··Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Evangelical Lutheran 1934 ··Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Fresh Air Mission 1934

··Junior League of Buffalo 1919 Fund 2004

··Albert J. Klinck Memorial Fund 1934

··Just Pizza Charity Fund 2009

··Charles M. Knapp Educational Memorial Fund 1970

··Linda A. & Kenneth R. Kahn Fund 2004 ··Kaleida Health Fund to Support the Provision of Uncompensated Primary Care in Buffalo 2011 ··Peter G. Karamanos II Scholarship Fund 2001 ··Nellie Karlak Scholarship 1977 ··Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Karsten Scholarship Fund 2000 ··Ruth M. Keeney Bequest 1974 ··Ruth M. Keeney Scholarship 1974 ··Howard Kellogg Trust 1946

··D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund 2003

··Kensington High School Alumni Association Fund 1988 ··Jenna Kern Memorial Scholarship Fund 1999

··A. David & Heather M. Jones Advisory Fund 2002

··C. Taylor Kew Memorial Fund 1992

··Blanche B. Joseph Trust 1939

··James William Kideney & Isabel Houck Kideney 1992

··Jacob G. Joseph Bequest 1932

··Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Episcopal Church Home Foundation of WNY, Inc. 1934

··William and Anne Joyce Fund 2010

··D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Philanthropic Fund 1998

··Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund 2007

··Albert J. Klinck Bequest­— Children’s Guild 1934

··Donald E. Killingbeck Memorial Fund 2006

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··Knight Foundation Environmental iPost 2012 ··Knight Foundation Grow Citizen Journalism 2011 ··Knight Foundation Grant Fund 2008 ··Florence L. Knorl Memorial Kensington High School Scholarship Fund 2003 ··Howard J. Knorl Scholarship Fund 1972 ··John T. and Carol V. Kociela Endowment 2010 ··John Howland Koekkoek Endowment for Fair Housing Education (1) 2011 ··John Howland Koekkoek Endowment for Fair Housing Education (2) 2011 ··Madeline A. Kraft Bequest 1949 ··Kreher Family Fund 2006 ··Howard G. Kreiner Bequest 1975 ··Kresge Foundation—Talent Dividend 2011 ··Krieger Family Fund 2000

··Albert P. & Maryon C. Krueger Fund 1994

··L.K.P. Trust 1973

··L414 Children’s Memorial Fund 1997

··Lockport High School Foundation Philanthropic Fund 2006

··Labor of/for Love Fund 2002 ··Herbert P. Ladds, Jr. Scholarship Fund 2007 ··Allen & Lillian Laese Memorial Fund 2006

··Lockport Lions Club Sight Fund 2006 ··Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund 2001

··Allen & Lillian Laese Scholarship Fund 2006

··Locust Street Art Classes Forever Foundation 2011

··Lafayette High School Scholarship Fund 2004

··William F. Long Fund 2000

··Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest 1988

··Edward P. Lupfer Memorial Scholarship 1973

··Laird Family Foundation 2004 ··Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier Endowment Fund 2005 ··Frank P. Langley, Jr. I 2011

··Sam Lux Fund 2001 ··Katherine & John MacDonald Foundation 1988 ··Norman E. Mack, II Fund 2012

··Frank P. Langley, Jr. Philanthropic Fund 2002

··R & J Magavern Fund 2005

··Edith Haake Lankler Scholarship 1942

··Antoinette Malanowicz Fund for Cancer Research 1981

··Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund 1997

··Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund 1947

Donors Chet and Delight Dann at 21st Century Fund Event.

··Albert H. Laub Bequests 1973

··James & Margel Marean Endowed Fund 2006

··Melson Fund 2004

··Howard C. Laverack Bequest 1994 ··Lawley Services Inc. Scholarship Fund 2006 ··Lead Poisoning Primary Prevention Program - Erie County DOH 2011

··Julia W. Marks Fund 2001 ··Marie A. Marshall Fund 1997 ··Mabel Mason Fund 2007 ··Arlene and Ruth Mathews Fund 2007

··David & Marie Leamy Endowed Fund 2006

··Raymond F. May, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund 2012

··Legacy II Philanthropic Fund 1999

··Scott B. Maybee Scholarship Fund 2002

··Hubert George & Alice Shyne Leising Fund 1986

··Belton & Mabel McCarley Scholarship Fund 2003

··Jamie Lembeck Memorial Fund 2008

··Lilla B. McCready Bequest 1926

··Edward H. Letchworth Bequest 1959

··Heather A. McGowan Scholarship Fund 1992

··Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund 1958

··Frank and Donna McGuire Fund 1994

··Mrs. Rosemary LoDestro Lett Memorial Fund 1998

··Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund 1996

··Lewis Family Fund 2010

··Grace Fallon & Rapier Hayden McMenamy Fund 2001

··Lewiston-Porter Alumni Association Endowment Fund 2010 ··Library Foundation of Buffalo and Erie County, Inc. Fund 2006 ··Library Foundation of Buffalo and Erie County, Inc. Permanent Endowment Fund 2006 ··Olga Murray Lindberg— National League of American Pen Women Scholarship Fund 2005

··Messer Foundation— Permanent Fund 2010 ··Ida M. Mevius Bequest 1980 ··MIBBS Fund 2000 ··Middlebury Historical Society Fund 2007 ··Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund 2001 ··Benjamin Milak Memorial Scholarship Fund 1993 ··Thomas and Jennie Militello Family Foundation 2012 ··Dr. Gustave P. Milkey and Janet B. Milkey Fund 1996 ··Alice Greger Miller Memorial Fund 1996 ··Lloyd A. Miller Scholarship Fund 1972 ··Susan & Richard Minekime Family Fund 2000 ··Sperry W. Miner Bequest 1998

··Arthur J., Alice M. & Dr. James McMullen Memorial Fund 1981

··Amos J.—Leigh Hunt Minkel Student Award 1953

··Meals on Wheels of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment 1990

··Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund 1980

··Barbara T. Meech and Robert B. Meech Fund 1997 ··Joseph and Riva Mehr Fund 2009 ··Robert H. & Rita Meier Memorial Scholarship Fund 1997

··Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund for Cancer Research 1980 ··Miss Buffalo Fund 2004 ··Mitchell Family Philanthropic Fund 2000 ··MJH Fund 2007

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··Edward H. Moeller Scholarship Fund 1949 ··Mildred Moffat Bequest-Community Music School 1966 ··Mothers’ Club of Buffalo Scholarship Fund 2005 ··MPZ Endowment Fund 1997 ··Dan & Jeannine Mullan Philanthropic Fund 2004

··Park School Foundation of Buffalo 2010

··Mary A. Hodson & Josephine E. Radziwon Memorial Scholarship Fund 2010

··Patricia L. Parkinson Scholarship Fund 2009

··Elizabeth A. Rambo Bequest 1985

··Norma and Samuel Payne Fund 1994 ··Pediatric Digestion & Motility Disorders Society 1989

··Ralph F. Peo Fund 2011

··Nativity Fund 1997

··J. Warren Perry & Charles Donald Perry Memorial Trust 2001 ··Michael J. Perry Scholarship Fund 2002

··Robert B. Newcomb Trust 1993

··Pet Emergency Endowment Fund 2008

··Jon Newman Memorial Scholarship Fund 2004

··Hanna Peters Trust 1999

··NFJC of WNY Fund 2011 ··Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund 2000 ··Niagara Education Foundation Fund 2006 ··Niagara Family & Children’s Fund 2004 ··Niagara Relicensing Environmental Coalition Fund 2009 ··Fund for Niagara Hospice 2004 ··Norman A. Schoell Scholarship Fund 1995

··Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund 1919

··Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest 1970

··Sarah & Richard Munschauer Fund 1996

··Henry M., Patricia A., & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest 1995

··George F. Rand Bequest 1943

··Norma E. Pfeifer Fund 2002 ··PFLAG Buffalo/Niagara Endowment Fund 2002 ··Albert & Mildred Pfrender Bequest 1996

Reception to welcome new Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Pamela C. Brown (Center) with Ruth Bryant (left) and Earl Lynch (right).

··Alexander & Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund 2004

··George F. - Isabel W. Rand Memorial Fund 1951

··Phillips Lytle Foundation 2001

··May C. Randazzo Scholarship Fund 1998

··Pickburn Memorial Fund for Wildlife 2003

··Rare Book and Special Collections Endowment Fund 2006

··Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Family Fund 1996

··Gregory K. Raynor Memorial Fund 2000

··Pinto Foundation Fund 2003

··Douglas L. Rehlaender Trust 1979

··Planned Parenthood of Buffalo & Erie County Fund 2003

··Ruth B. Reinhardt Memorial Scholarship Fund 1993

··NYS—WNY Environmental Coalition 2010

··Police Athletic League of Buffalo Agency Endowment Fund 2007

··Eugene T. Reville Memorial Scholarship Fund 1990

··John R. Oishei Foundation Scholarship Program Fund 1999

··Benny J. Polizzi Memorial Award Fund 1998

··Charles Elbert Rhodes Scholarship Bequest 1934

··Nathalie Hawthorne Olena Bequest 2001

··Edwin Polokoff Fund 2006

··Mary Louise Olmsted Fund 2008

··Georgina Polokoff Fund 2006

··Molly & Luke Rich Mental Health Fund 2003

··Open Key Fund 1980

··Braman Pomeroy Trust 1998

··Sara B. Richmond Scholarship Fund 1930

··Orchard Park Lions Club Trust Fund 1999

··Horace B. Pomeroy Fund 1949

··Orchard Park Public Library Endowment Fund 1997

··Edgar F. Pope Scholarship Fund 1995

··Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund 1988

··NTHS Alliance for Higher Education & Development Fund 2002 ··NYS Office of the Attorney General— GHHI 2010

··Robert Oristaglio Humanitarian Award 1995 ··Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund 1996 ··Our Lady of Lebanon Fund 2000 ··James R. Owen Scholar/Athlete Cross Country Award Scholarship 1998

··Positive Youth Development Philanthropic Fund 2008 ··Susan Harvey Prentis Fund 1986 ··Professional Engineers Fund 1982 ··Lawrence Quinn Fund 2011 ··Marnie Currie Quinones Scholarship Fund 2003 ··Reducing Racial & Ethnic Disparities Endowment Fund 2008

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··Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund—Buffalo Psychiatric Center 1988 ··Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund-Network of Religious Communities 1988 ··Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Scholarship Fund 1988 ··Charles and Alice Rolland Scholarship Fund 1999

··Arthur H. & Olga M. Rosche Environmental Education Fund 2003 ··Ross Family Fund 2009

··Jacob F. - Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust 1946

··Sgt. Daniel Shaw Memorial Fund 2008

··J.F. Schoellkopf, Jr. Bequest 1954

··Brenda Kurtz Shelton & Harry C. Shelton Fund 1992

··Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted Ross Fund 2008

··Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Foundation Fund 2011

··Natalie Kubera Roth Fund 1994

··J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund 1969

··Natalie Kubera Roth Fund for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 1994

··Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund 1982

··Shifflet-Steffan Scholarship Fund 1999 ··Bernard and Carolyn Shilt Scholarship Fund 1997 ··Bernard & Estelle Siegel Fund 2004

··Jane Ruff Memorial Scholarship Fund 1999

··Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund 1981

··Rumsey Fund 1965

··Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund 1946

··Leonard S. Sikora Scholarship Fund 1990

··Rupp Scholarship Award Fund 1985

··Laura C. Scholl Memorial Fund 1988

··Nelson Russell Memorial Fund 2011

··Albert G. Schuele Scholarship Fund 1981

··Marjorie Joyce Simmons Memorial Medical Fund 1990

··Michael W. Russell Fund 2008

··(Albert), Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Fund 1981

··C. Gordon Ryther Memorial Scholarship Fund 1987 ··John P. Samson Memorial 1956 ··Sandstone Trust 2009 ··Howard T. Saperston, Sr. Trust 1989 ··Philip S. Savage Trust 1974 ··Estelle Sawyer Writing Award 1985 ··Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Fund 2011 ··C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust 1958 ··Mr. and Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund 2012

··Albert, Maude, & (Marion) Schuele Memorial Fund 1983

··Sigma Alpha Nu Scholarship Fund 2001

··Thomas K. Singer Charitable Trust 2011 ··SJM3 Fund 2010 ··Dr. Barnett A. Slepian Memorial Fund 1999

··Schultz Family Fund 2005

··Edna Foster Smith Bequest 1969

··Richard G. Schwind & Rhoda Robertson Schwind Fund 1998

··Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith, Jr. Changing Needs Fund 1998

··D. Sinclair Scott & Dorothy Doane Scott Fund 2006

··A. Warren Smith, Jr. and Gretchen L. Smith Fund 2010

··Bill and Helen Secen Philanthropic Fund 2001

··Harris N. Snyder Fund 1974

··Dr. and Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund 2009 ··Melba and Richard Seibold Fund 2012

··Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation 2010

··Irene Klingener Selover Fund 1993

··Hyman & Marjorie Scheff Foundation #2 2011

··Albert R. & Alma E. Shadle Endowment Fund 1972

··Society of Financial Service Professionals Buffalo Chapter Endowment Fund 2002 ··Elizabeth & Mary June Sonnenberg Scholarship Fund 2000 ··Sovran Foundation For A Better WNY 2006 ··Special Fund #7 1950

··Alan and Michele Scheff Family Fund 2011 ··Edward C. Schlenker Trust 1984 ··Harley J. & Alice M. Schlieder Scholarship 1987 ··William Kenneth Schmitt Fund 1987 ··Schneider Family Fund 2007 ··Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation Inc. Philanthropic Scholarship Fund 2006 ··Schoellkopf Trust— University of Buffalo 1926 ··Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired 1938 ··Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Fresh Air Mission 1938 ··Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Roswell Park 1938 ··Jacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund 1922

Nancy Orsi (front left), Ken Franasiak (front right), Peg Lynch (back left), and Mary Murphy (back right) are active supporters of the Niagara Area Foundation.

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··Cecil J. Terwilliger Scholarship Fund 1986 ··Edna M. Theobald Trust 1997 ··William F. Thiel Trust 1993 ··Lisa Georger Thompson Memorial Fund 1999 ··Tifft Nature Preserve Fund 1999 ··Stephen W. Tilton Bequest 1969 ··Richard Tobe and Susan B. Tobe Fund 2012 ··Tobin/Filvaroff Family Endowment 2009 ··Margaret & Glenn Tome Scholarship Fund 2003 ··City of Tonawanda Library Endowment Fund 2006 ··Tops Friendly Markets Art & Music Scholarship 1993 Donor Marcia O’Neil-White participates at a Say Yes Buffalo Quarterly Community Leadership Council Meeting. ··Herman Spiegel and Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund 2008

··Ralph W. & Jane P. Strobel Memorial Fund 1992

··Janet M. Sporleder Scholarship Fund 2002

··Mark E. Strome Scholarship Fund 2007

··St. John Hospice Endowment Fund 2006

··Studio Theatre School Fund 1992

··Janina B. Staniewicz Scholarship Fund 2000

··Adele W. & Francis X. Sturner Trust 1994

··Barbara C. Stanikunas Scholarship Fund 2002

··Judy Summer Library Endowment Fund 2007

··Lucie M. Stanton Scholarship Fund 1982

··Angelo F. Suozzi Memorial Scholarship Fund 1997

··Lucie M. Stanton Trust 1978

··Sustainable Use Fund of WNY 1997

··Ellsworth M. Statler Trust 1955

··John P. & Lorraine Altwater Sutkus Charitable Fund 1998

··Rosemarie C. Steeb Endowment Fund 2009 ··Daunt & Irene Stenzel Scholarship Fund 1999 ··E.W. Dann Stevens Perpetual Endowment Fund 2011 ··Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund 1983 ··Charles F. Stewart Scholarship Fund 1994 ··Grace & Francis Stewart Humanities Scholarship 1987 ··Evelyn Stiem Fund 1997 ··Stockton Family Fund 1995 ··Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust 1987 ··Morton & Joan Stovroff Children’s Programming Endowment Fund 2006 ··Daniel W. Streeter Memorial Fund 1972

··Tower - Niagara County Early Child Care QIP 2010 ··Elinor Townsend Trust 2012 ··Ethel Vick Wallace Townsend Memorial Fund 1967 ··Townson Family Foundation 2012 ··Trocaire College Endowment Fund 2004 ··Troop 6 Ernie Beamer Memorial Scout Fund 2005 ··Dr. Clarence A. Tyler Scholarship Fund 2008 ··Jim & Donna Tyrpak Family Fund 2000 ··United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment 1962

··Swain Family Fund 2002

··United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment Fund 2007

··Thomas Swan Fund 2003

··United Way Human Services Fund 2006

··Swanson Community Fund 2000

··Urban Christian Ministries Fund 2007

··Joseph and Loretta Swart Fund 1990

··USS The Sullivans (DD537) Fund 2007

··Evelyn Swarts Fund 2003

··William L. Van Schoonhoven Fund 1990

··Catherine Swerdloff Bequest 1973

··Blanch H. Van Valkenburgh Scholarship 2012

··Swift Family Philanthropic Fund 2004 ··Walter P. Sy, M.D. Scholarship Fund 2008 ··Ruth S. Szalasny Memorial Scholarship Fund 2007

··Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund 2007 ··Marjorie Z. Van Arsdale Fund 2007

··Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund 1937

··Variety Club Foundation Fund 1998

··Talboys Family Fund 2010

··James W. Vogel Memorial Scholarship Fund 1983

··Ambassador Paul D. Taylor ‘56 Scholarship Fund 2009

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··Frederick A. Vogt Scholarship Fund 1925 ··Wadsworth Fund 1998

··Carol G. Wagner Fund for Historic Research & Preservation 2010 ··Wagner Family Fund 2004 ··Aaron Matthew Waldeck Scholarship Fund 1998 ··Elizabeth DeWees Walker Scholarship Fund 1927 ··Helen V. Walker Bequest 1972 ··William B. Walsh Trust Fund 1990 ··Kuang Mei Wang Fund 2007 ··Margaret M. Ward Bequest 1984 ··Ward Family Fund 2011 ··Dr. Paul L. Warner Memorial Chemistry Award 1984 ··Eileen and Rupert Warren Charitable Fund 1991 ··Lessie Lee Watts Fund 2001 ··Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Fund 1984 ··Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Student Fund 1984 ··Monica M. Weidenbach Memorial Scholarship Fund 2000 ··Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund 1992 ··Western New York Land Conservancy Endowment Fund 1999 ··Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust 1969 ··Alyne D. White Bequest 2002 ··Fern J. White and Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund 2008 ··Fred H. & Lorene L. White Fund 1999

··Betty Ball Wilder Fund 1999

Sonja Cooke, daughter-in-law of Carlton Cooke, Sr. the executive director of the Foundation from 1963-1969, established a fund to carry on the family name forever. “I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Foundation,” Mrs. Cooke said. Her fund is directed annually to the most strategic needs of the community.

··Walter Wiles Charitable Fund 2010

··Paul Wojtaszek Scholarship Fund 2011

··Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest 1978

··Genevieve Wojtusiak Fund 2004

··Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund 2006

··Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund 1982

··William and Betty Wilder Scholarship Fund 2009

··Elizabeth W. Winters Philanthropic Fund 2006 ··WNY Arts Initiative 2010 ··WNY Lacrosse for Kids 2006

··Lee C. and Julie T. Wortham Family Fund 2007 ··Wyoming County Medical & Nursing Scholarships 1997

··WNY MEET Fund 2001

··Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund 2007

··WNY Women’s Foundation 1998

··Wyoming Free Library Fund 2007

··Dick Wohler Hutch-Tech Professional Engineering Scholarship 1996

··Lucinda Yang Scholarship Fund 1981

··YMCA Buffalo Niagara Agency Endowment Fund 2007 ··Charlotte Yudell M.D. & Alexander Richman M.D. Philanthropic Fund 1999 ··YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence 2009 ··YWCA of Niagara Munk/Human Memorial Scholarship Trust 2011 ··YWCA of Niagara Fund 2004 ··Zebro Fund 2010 ··Gustav & Grete M. Zimmer Bequest 1975

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Permanent Legacies, Charitable Investments and Funding Partnerships Individuals, families, foundations and organizations entrusted more than $37 million to the Community Foundation in 2012. These dollars gave individuals and families an instrument for passing down family values while providing support for favorite causes, created sources of perpetual support for treasured nonprofit organizations, and helped co-fund our work on education, the arts and the environment.

Below is a list of those who entrusted $1,000 or more in charitable assets to the Community Foundation in 2012.

··Estate of Ruth E. Allen

··Belmore H. Bridgford

··Amgis Foundation

··Mr. Colin W. Brown

··Mr. and Mrs. H. John Angelbeck

··Mr. Keirn C. Brown, Jr.

··Joyce and Stuart Angert

··Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Bruner

··Anonymous (9)

··Ms. Ruth D. Bryant and Mr. Earl M. Lynch

··Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Ash

··Mr. Michael J. Collins and Dr. Kathleen O’Leary ··Mrs. Judith Collord ··Ms. Edith Conable ··Ms. Lisa Corrin ··Mrs. DuVal Cravens

··Estate of Wilma A. Buchman

··Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump

··Buffalo Bills

··James H. Cummings Foundation, Inc.

··Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation, Inc.

··Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Cutting

··Buffalo Harbor Cruises

··Ms. Laurie Dann and Mr. Tom Hunt

··Balbach Family Foundation

··The Buffalo Seminary

··The Davis Family Foundation

··Mr. Charles E. Balbach

··Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association

··Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Davis

··Allene C. Barans

··Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Buran, Jr.

··Deaconess Alumnae Association

··Mr. James M. Barrett

··Ms. Helen G. Burlingham

··Ms. Valerie DeBerry

··Henry and Susan Beamer

··Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Calpin

··Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D. Decillis

··Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bertrand

··Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Castrianno

··Ms. Margaret A. Diez

··Mr. and Mrs. James Biltekoff

··Celebrities for Charity Foundation, Inc.

··Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Dorfman

··BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

··Mr. James E. Cheesman

··Ms. Carolyn W. Dougherty

··Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation

··Dr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Davis

··Citizens Bank Foundation

··Mr. and Mrs. James F. Eagan

··Estate of Ilka Cohn

··East Hill Foundation

··David J. Colligan, Esq.

··Mr. and Mrs. Ross Eckert

··Mr. James F. Askey ··Dr. and Mrs. Fred M. Atkins ··The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation

··Computer Task Group ··Lorraine M. and Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee ··Mr. and Mrs. David W. Brason

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··Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ende

··Pete Grum - Rand Capital

··Erie-Niagara Chapter of the NYS Society of Professional Engineers

··Mr. Jeffrey F. Hart

··Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Ervolina, Jr.

··Health Foundation of Western and Central New York

··Ms. Susan G. Ervolina

··Estate of Ilene N. Hein

··Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ess

··David and Eva Herer

··Nyamekye Foundation

··Heritage Contract Flooring, L.L.C.

··Mr. Gary Eye

··Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hibschweiler

··Estate of June M. Farrington

··Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Hirshberg

··Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Ferguson

··Estate of Marie Hopkins

··Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Foundation

··Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)

··Mr. David B. Filvaroff and Ms. Nancy Tobin

··Mr. and Mrs. Frederic K. Houston

··The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation ··First Niagara Bank Foundation

··Mr. Philip H. Hubbell ··Hunt Charitable Foundation ··Estate of H. Reed Hunt

··Mr. William R. Irr

Community Foundation donor and Cultures of Giving Legacy Intiative (CGLI) Council Member, Dr. Joan Yang, speaks to audience members at a CGLI cultivation event.

··Luke and Danielle Jacobs

··The Marks Family Foundation

··Dr. and Mrs. D. Bruce Johnstone

··Ms. Ruth Mathews

··Mr. Kent Frey

··Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Jolly

··Gerard and Barbara Mazurkiewicz

··Fay Friedman

··Joy Family Foundation

··Medina Sandstone Society, Inc.

··Ms. Marilyn J. Fuzak

··Bill and Anne Joyce

··Millington Lockwood

··Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Fuzak

··June M. Farrington Charitable Trust

··Jock and Betsy Mitchell

··Dr. Danis J. Gehl

··Dr. Richard T. and Dr. Barbara Jurasek

··Moog, Inc.

··Mr. Scott W. Gehl and Dr. Danis J. Gehl

··Just Pizza Inc.

··Gary L. Mucci, Esq.

··Mr. Jeffrey M. Genrich

··Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn

··Ms. Mary Murphy

··Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. George

··Kaleida Health

··Mr. Kenneth Myszka

··Gibraltar Industries

··Key Bank Foundation

··Mr. and Mrs. William G. Gisel, Jr.

··Lawley Service Inc.

··National Black MBA Association, Inc. WNY Chapter

··Goodwill Industries of Western New York

··Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Lewis

··Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Newman

··Lewiston Porter Alumni Association

··Dr. and Mrs. David P. Nichols

··Mr. Angelo Liberatore

··The John R. Oishei Foundation

··The Long Firm LLP

··Alphonso and Marcia O’Neil-White

··M&T Charitable Foundation

··Orthopedic Surgery, P.C.

··Estate of Norman E. Mack

··Mr. James R. Owen

··Mrs. Roberta J. Grimm

··Magavern Pool, Inc.

··Mr. and Ms. Matthew J. Grohol

··Mr. and Mrs. James Marean

··Parents Association for Hearing Handicapped Children of WNY

··Mr. Gordon Gronkowski, Sr.

··Mr. Sam Magavern and Ms. Monica Angle

··Dr. Mildred J. Fischle ··Karen Stanley Fleming ··Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies ··Mr.* and Mrs. Phillip F. Frandina ··Mr. Jeffrey M. Freedman and Ms. Barbara Hamilton

··Dr. Susan P. Graham and Dr. Jon C. Kucera ··Dr. and Mrs. Carl V. Granger ··Greater Buffalo Alumnae Panhellenic Association

··Mr. Robert Gronkowski

··Tom and Martha Hyde ··Immanuel United Methodist Church ··Irr Supply Centers, Inc.

··The Park School of Buffalo ··Mr. Dean Pavlakis

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··Michael and Marsha Joy Sullivan ··Steve and Nicole Swift ··Ronald and Margaret Talboys ··Mr. Edwin O. Tilton ··Richard Tobe and Susan Bring Tobe ··Estate of Elinor Townsend ··Brian* and Martha Townson ··Dr. Francisco and Janet Vasquez ··Dr. and Mrs. John Wadsworth ··Ms. Catherine A. Walker ··Walsh Duffield Insurance ··Mrs. Lisa Walsh ··Estate of William B. Walsh Katie and Jake Schneider, Community Foundation Donors and 21st Century Fund members, at the 21st Century Fund Final Vote event. ··Estate of J. Warren Perry

··Mr. and Mrs. Jake Schneider

··Phillips Lytle LLP

··The Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation, Inc.

··Mr. and Mrs. Rob Plunkett ··Public Relations Society of America ··Ms. Alicia A. Quinones ··Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan ··Mr. Wayne R. Reilly ··Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Reinhardt ··Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Rich, Jr. ··Mr. Robert Rich III ··Mr. and Mrs. David Rogers ··Dr. and Mrs. Louis Rosati ··Dr. Anne L. Saldanha ··Mr. Lou Santiago ··Mr. and Mrs. Alan K. Scheff ··Mr. and Mrs. Hyman M. Scheff

··Estate of Jacob F. and Wilma S. Schoellkopf ··Mr. and Mrs. Gary Schwartz ··Hugh B. Scott ··Seneca Holdings, LLC ··Shawangunk Runners ··Mrs. Brenda K. Shelton ··Mr. Mark Sidebottom ··Simple Gifts Fund

··John A. & Mary Clare Ward Family Foundation ··Wegmans ··Mr. Peter A. Weinmann and Mrs. Amelida Ortiz-Weinmann ··The Weissman Family Foundation ··The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation ··Western New York Foundation ··WNY Public Broadcasting ··Mr. James J. Wilder ··Mr. John M. Wilder ··Estate of Walter Wiles ··Friends of the Wilson Library ··Wayne & Janet Wisbaum

··Mr. Robert Skerker

··Mr. Charles E. Wright and Ms. Lina Marie Voutour

··Ms. Karen Lee Spaulding

··Dr. Joan Yang

··Ms. Rosemarie C. Steeb, C.P.A.

··Mr. and Mrs. David M. Zebro

··Dr. Richard Stockton, Jr.

··Zeron Foundation

··Mrs. Ruth V. Stockton

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* Deceased

Past Chairs of the Community Foundation Board ··Jacob F. Schoellkopf 1919–1922

··Mrs. George D. Unger 1981–1985

··Frank B. Baird 1922–1923

··Philip M. Marshall, Esq. 1985–1987

··Jacob G. Joseph 1923–1927

··Edwin Polokoff 1987–1989

··Oliver Cabana, Jr. 1927–1933

··Richard B. McCormick 1989–1991

··George F. Rand 1933–1942

··Mrs. Warren W. Lane 1991–1993

··Edward H. Letchworth, Esq. 1942–1958

··Ronald J. Anthony 1993–1994

··Charles H. Diefendorf 1958–1966

··John T. Smythe 1994–1995

··J.F. Schoellkopf IV 1966–1969

··James B. Denman, Esq. 1995–1996

··Charles H. Diefendorf 1970–1971

··Gordon R. Gross, Esq. 1997–1998

··George C. Letchworth 1971–1973

··Holly A. Donaldson 1999–2000

··Howard T. Saperston, Sr. 1973–1975

··Ruth D. Bryant 2001–2002

··Robert I. Millonzi, Esq. 1975–1977

··Joseph F. Crangle 2003–2003

··Adelbert Fleischmann, Esq. 1977–1978

··Robert D. Gioia 2004–2006

··Mrs. C. Taylor Wettlaufer 1978–1980

··Joseph J. Castiglia 2007–2008

··Irvine J. Kittinger, Jr. 1980–1981

··Andrew J. Rudnick, Ph.D. 2009–2010

Past Executive Directors/Presidents/CEOs ··Dr. Frances Hollingshead 1920–1932

··Carlton P. Cooke 1963–1969

··Sara Kerr 1932–1940, 1941–1947

··Charles E. Stewart 1970–1979

··Lars S. Potter 1940–1941

··William L. Van Schoonhoven 1979–1996

··Daniel W. Streeter 1947–1963

··Gail Johnstone 1997–2007

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1. Gayle L. Eagan, Esq., Secretary 2. Danis J. Gehl, Ph.D. 3. Anne Saldanha, M.D. 4. Alphonso O’Neil-White, Chair

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5. Charles Balbach 6. Cindy Abbott Letro 7. Marsha Joy Sullivan, Vice Chair 8. Gerard Mazurkiewicz, C.P.A., Treasurer 9. Gary L. Mucci, Esq. 10. Jock Mitchell, Vice Chair 11. Jennifer J. Parker, J.D. 12. John Walsh III 13. James Biltekoff 14. William Joyce

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15. Francisco Vasquez, Ph.D. 16. Hugh B. Scott, Vice Chair 17. Mary Murphy 18. Ross Eckert 19. Tim Kibler 20. Richard Stockton, Ph.D. 21. Valerie DeBerry

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Our Mission Connecting people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York.

Our Vision A vibrant and inclusive Greater Buffalo region with opportunity for all.

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