Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

GENEROSITY FOR GENERATIONS 2 013 A N N UA L R E P O R T

GALLAGHER PIER, BUFFALO

T H E R E’S NO LIMIT T O T HE

GOOD WE CAN DO

SCENIC PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL NOVAK CHESTNUT RIDGE, ORCHARD PARK

Infinite potential. Boundless optimism.

Endless opportunity. Year after year, the partners who make up the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo come together to make a difference. It’s a journey that began more than 94 years ago and is still going strong today. With your help, we will continue to empower Generosity for Generations, looking to the future but never forgetting the forward-thinking individuals who have brought us to this very moment.

Our approach to giving continues to grow and evolve over time. And we are proud to say —the best is yet to come.

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker

Gerard Mazurkiewicz

President and CEO

Chair, Board of Directors

THE LEWIS FAMILY FOUNDATION The son of two teachers, Daniel Lewis was taught that education is the great equalizer.

Sitting in his New York City office, the successful investor talks passionately about his love for his hometown, the importance of giving back through the gift of education and how he will share that legacy with his young son.

In fact, Daniel set up the Lewis Family “The Community Foundation gives me a Foundation to make decisions together with direct line to the needs of Western New York his parents and sister about how to give back and creates choices for my giving. Plus, to their hometown. it’s a great outsourcing tool that saves me infrastructure, time and money.”

“We all live in separate cities, and one of the things that we talk about at the end Right now, the Lewis Family believes that of every year is what we have seen the best chance we all have to succeed or been introduced to that inspired us is through education and they are supporting and want to give to collectively,” said Daniel. the Say Yes Buffalo initiative, believing that it “It’s a great family activity.” will create hopeful change in our community.

When Daniel decided to focus his giving on his hometown, he felt strongly about finding a foundation based in Buffalo.

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“You can’t lose by sending a child to school and giving them an opportunity,” Daniel emphasized.

IT’S A WAY TO TEACH MY SON THAT

GIVING TO YOUR COMMUNIT Y

IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT’S A LESSON

I WO U L D LOV E FO R H I M TO L E A R N.” - DA N I E L L E W I S -

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DANIEL LEWIS AND FAMILY

AGNES CLARKE BROWN WITH HER SONS KEIRN (LEFT) AND IVAN (RIGHT)

DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITY

CHESTNUT RIDGE, ORCHARD PARK

AGNES CLARKE BROWN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Agnes Clarke Brown’s grandsons remember that she could still kick and touch the ceiling in her mid-80’s. This feisty, strong and philanthropic woman, who lived to be 97, created a powerful legacy of education that has not only deeply shaped generations of her own family, but generations of families in her beloved hometown of Newfane, New York, as well.

Born in 1894, Agnes started working at the age of 16 to support her family. She was married on her 20th birthday and gave birth to two sons in the years that followed.

Never able to seek a formal education herself, she made it her mission to provide her sons with an excellent education.

Both went on to change lives in ways Agnes probably never dreamed possible: one as a world-renowned surgeon and the other as a senior executive at the State Department.

“Her determination to educate her sons was transformational for them because they both capitalized on their education and had two very interesting and successful careers,” reminisces Colin Brown, Agnes’ grandson.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Three generations of family: KC, Keirn and Clarke Brown

“As a consequence, my brother and I grew up with that same expectation—that you will do college preparatory classes and you will go to college and, indeed, both of us have gone on to earn graduate degrees.”

When it came time to honor Agnes’ legacy, her sons agreed it was important to keep connected to the deep family roots in Newfane and pay tribute to her passion for education. A scholarship was set up to send one Newfane High School graduate to college each year, covering the costs of a four-year education.

Now that her sons have both passed, Agnes’ grandchildren continue to carry on the tradition by staying involved in the scholarship fund.

A N E XC E R P T: Letter from an Agnes Clarke Brown Scholarship recipient

pursuing a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics at Duke University

I hope you can see that the last four years have changed my life in wonderful ways that I never expected…I will always be grateful for your generosity.

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THE BELL FUND TRUST In the 1940s and 1950s, Bell Aerospace was attracting bright, creative, cutting edge talent to Western New York to chart the course of our nation’s aviation history. Today, nearly 40 years after the company was sold to an out-of-town buyer, the Bell Fund is continuing to give back to our community.

“Bell Aerospace’s leaders, including my father [former CEO] felt strongly about attracting, growing and keeping talented young people in Buffalo,” said Bell Fund trustee William G. Gisel Jr. “The Bell Fund allows us to preserve the legacy of an influential company in Western New York history while helping future generations.”

In 1960, the Bell Fund was the first private foundation to transfer its assets to the Community Foundation to ensure that its objectives would always be met and that Bell Aerospace, regardless of its location, would continue to support Western New York.

The trustees, including Charles Kreiner, a long-time Bell Aerospace employee, and Mr. Gisel, determine where grants are awarded each year and the Community Foundation provides the oversight of investments, along with the infrastructure to meet the trustees’ charitable objectives.

“We’ve asked that the Community Foundation educate us on the organizations making a difference in Western New York.

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The Community Foundation team has a finger on the pulse of our community, and their advice has been invaluable to us as we make decisions about awarding grants,” said Mr. Gisel.

Speaking about their objectives for the fund, Mr. Kreiner added, “We want to ensure that organizations that educate our young people on the region’s rich aviation history, like the Niagara Aerospace Museum, are around for generations to come.”

A LEGACY

T H AT W O R K S F O R

WESTERN NEW YORK NOW

AND

ALWAYS

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CHARLES KREINER AND WILLIAM G. GISEL JR.

BUFFALO SEMINARY There are generations of Buffalo Seminary women making a positive impact around the world right this very minute. When it comes to longevity and a commitment to our community, Buffalo Seminary and the Community Foundation are ideal partners. In fact, the partnership began 90 years ago when the all girls college-preparatory school’s Graduates Association (now Alumnae Association) established the first scholarship fund at the Community Foundation in 1924.

In 2011, the Buffalo Seminary Board of Trustees decided to take the school’s partnership with the Community Foundation to the next level by asking the Community Foundation to manage its endowment funds to maximize the investments. It was a decision that the Board of Trustees did not take lightly.

“In the end, two things stood out to us about the Community Foundation. Firstly, our donors were impressed by how the funds are managed, and secondly, the overall performance of the Community Foundation’s investment strategy. The superior investment won the day when it came time to make a final decision,” said Board of Trustees Chair, David Knauss.

“We also recognized tremendous value in the credibility of the Community Foundation.

Those who know it respect it, and recognize the Community Foundation is a credible place to keep funds. That’s important as we look to increase our endowment,” said Jody Douglass, Head of School.

Buffalo Seminary relies on the Community Foundation to watch over its endowment so its team can focus on educating young women.

“By letting the Community Foundation do what they do best, managing endowments, we are able to do what we do best— ensuring our young women are empowered to shape the world,” said Ms. Douglass.

INVESTING

IN WOMEN’S

E D U C AT I O N

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT:

Gabrielle DeRose, President of the Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association David Knauss, Chair of the Buffalo Seminary Board of Trustees Jody Douglass, Head of School at Buffalo Seminary

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MR. AND MRS. GEORGE F. RAND FUND In 1919, George F. Rand, President of Marine Midland Bank, asked his attorney Edward H. Letchworth to visit Cleveland to learn about its community foundation. George was inspired by the concept of a community foundation that would bring together individuals with various charitable interests to collectively address the needs of the community, and brought it home to his beloved Buffalo. But he likely didn’t envision how that community foundation would evolve through the generations — or did he?

“I really don’t know what motivated Big George except for his love of Buffalo and his community spirit, and that translated to my father and then to me,” said Calvin Rand, grandson of George F. Rand.

George’s grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, many of whom are still involved in charitable giving through the Community Foundation today, credit George’s vision, as well as his son’s decision to start the first endowment at the Community Foundation after George and his wife died tragically in a plane crash. By carrying on George’s wishes with the creation of the Mr. and Mrs. George F. Rand Fund, his son made it possible for hundreds of others to give back in the same way. The good the Rand family has done for our community is immeasurable.

It’s paramount to George’s family that the concept he envisioned, and trusted in, will live on for generations. His fund is still relevant today, and will continue to be for generations to come, through its support of the changing needs in our community.

“Hopefully, 90 years from now, my great-grandchildren will be sitting here talking about how my great grandfather’s vision became real in 1919,” said Jayne Rand, great-granddaughter of George F. Rand.

Fourth and third generation members of the Rand family: Jayne and Calvin

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A VISION F O R A

B RIGH T AND

V IB R A N T

FUTURE

GEORGE F. RAND

BIRDSONG PARKLANDS, ORCHARD PARK

CHANGE MAKERS The Community Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to serve clients who care about making Western New York a better region for all. Some of these clients have established endowment funds to address the changing needs of the community over time. George Rand was the first change maker. Today, more than 100 change makers, listed on the subsequent pages, have asked the Community Foundation to address those changing needs in their name forever by establishing an endowment fund for perpetual support.

The changing needs designation ensures that their endowment will always be relevant and allows us to engage the community in co-creating shared solutions. Those needs are identified through thoughtful and comprehensive research and are carefully woven into the Community Foundation’s strategic plan. In 2007, the Board of Directors selected four community goals on which to focus: Improve educational achievement for low-income students; Increase racial/ ethnic equity; Enhance and leverage significant natural resources; and Strengthen the region as a center for architecture, arts, and culture.

Thanks to the visionaries listed below, the Community Foundation is driving change in these areas through the initiatives highlighted on pages 18–27.

1919 Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund 1920s Jacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund William Henry Andrews Bequest Lilla B. McCready Bequest 1930s Jacob G. Joseph Bequest Albert J. Klinck Memorial Fund Harry S. Hilliker Bequest Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund 1940s Louis R. Davidson Bequest William Hengerer Company Fund George F. Rand Bequest Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust Howard Kellogg Trust Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund Madeline A. Kraft Bequest 14

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1950s Special Fund #7 J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest Ellsworth M. Statler Trust Charles & Marion Hahn Fund M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr. Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust Edward H. Letchworth Bequest 1960s Anna May Andrews Trust Louise Kimberly Bequest Thekla R. Groben Bequest Edna Foster Smith Bequest J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund 1970s Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest Martin A. Buecking Bequest

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NIAGARA RIVER RAPIDS, NIAGARA FALLS

A POWERFUL FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

Catherine Swerdloff Bequest Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust Ralph Kimberly Bequest Philip S. Savage Trust Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund Josephine Biontolillo Bequest Jean Knowlton Brown Fund Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest 1980s Ida M. Mevius Bequest Open Key Fund Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund William F. Goodson Bequest Albert, Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Funds Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund Edward C. Schlenker Trust The D-B Trust Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust Ruth E. Farrington Bequest Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund Howard T. Saperston Sr. Trust Ina D. Alt Trust 1990s William L. Van Schoonhoven Fund Walter L. Byram Bequest William B. Walsh Trust Fund Eileen & Rupert Warren Charitable Fund Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund

Kittinger Family Fund Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund Howard C. Laverack Bequest Natalie Kubera Roth Fund William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund Henry M., Patricia A. & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund G. R. S. Fund Evelyn Stiem Fund Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke Jr. Fund Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith Jr. Changing Needs Fund Betty Ball Wilder Fund Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest 2000s M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund Anonymous Norma E. Pfeifer Fund Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund Kuang Mei Wang Fund Betty Crump Fund Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund June Farrington Fund Herman Spiegel & Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund 2010s Elizabeth Deichman Fund H. Reed Hunt Fund Ilene N. Hein Fund Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund Langley Family Fund

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CHANGE MAKERS: ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS The Community Foundation would also like to recognize the generous donors who, in 2013, demonstrated their belief in our community’s potential by contributing to the Community Foundation in support of its efforts to drive positive change in WNY. These gifts allow the Community Foundation flexibility to address our community’s most pressing needs, while simultaneously enhancing our ability to capitalize on unique opportunities. By linking arms and working with clients, funding partners, nonprofit organizations and representatives in government, the Community Foundation is creating bonds that are strengthening our community and forging new solutions to many of our region’s long-standing challenges.

To learn more about becoming a change maker, please contact the Community Foundation’s Vice President of Giving Strategies, Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217.

Community Foundation Board Members, Charles Balbach and Alphonso O’Neil-White

Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro Ms. Cynthia M. Appleton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Ash Mr. Charles E. Balbach Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Bertoldo Mr. & Mrs. Denis C. Berwanger Ms. Adrianna Betts James & Joanne Biltekoff Mr. & Mrs. George A. Bishop Ms. Sara Van Arsdale Bliss Mr. Michael R. Brace, CFA Ms. Joyce Buchholtz Mr. James E. Cheesman Mrs. Karen A. Christie Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Cohen Ms. Anne Conable Ms. Mary Conable Mr. David B. Cox 16

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Ms. Frances Cox Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Dadd Elizabeth Delight Dann Ms. Valerie DeBerry Mr. Calvin S. DeGolyer Jr. Betsy & Peter A. Diachun Gayle L. Eagan, Esq. Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Mr. & Mrs. Norman Effman, Esq. Mr. Donald T. Eichenauer Emerling Farms LLC Estate of June Farrington Mr. & Mrs. Theron A. Foote Ms. Marian H. Foster Mr. & Mrs. James W. Fulmer Dr. Danis J. Gehl & Mr. Scott W. Gehl Mr. & Mrs. James F. Gillen Healing Hands Massage & Spa, LLC

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart C. Hempel Aravind & Elizabeth S. Herle Mr. & Mrs. Sherlock A. Herrick Jr. Jacqueline Hoyt Ms. Gail C. Humphrey Estate of H. Reed Hunt Bill & Anne Joyce Ms. Colleen Kennedy & Mr. Joseph Rivellino Mr. Timothy Kibler Mr. & Mrs. Hans R. Kunze Ms. Sandra Kushner Estate of Frank P. Langley Jr. Estate of Margaretha Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Rodney D. Logan Lumsden & McCormick, LLP Timothy & Carolyn Lyons Mr. Thomas S. Maimone

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$1 GIVEN

TO SUPPORT THE CHANGING NEEDS O F W E S T E R N N E W Y O R K, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION H A S B R O U G H T I N

$12 MORE TO SUPPORT KEY INITIATIVES Donors Dr. Joan Yang and Ruth Mathews talk with the Community Foundation’s Kate Masiello at a summer reception.

Sumnesh Mathur Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. McCarthy Jr. Ms. Elizabeth McCormick Ms. Joyce I. Metcalf Ms. Cheryl A. Miller Jock & Betsy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Hans Moeller Ms. Joan B. Mokdessi Mr. & Mrs. Timothy F. Moran, Esq. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Gary L. Mucci, Esq. Michael E. Munschauer, CFP National Fuel Gas Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alphonso O’Neil-White Jennifer J. Parker, J.D. Ms. Ruth A. Parker

Ms. Audrey K. Parmele Ms. Vera C. Parmiter Dr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan Robinson & Hackemer Funeral Home, Inc. John P. Robshaw Jr., Esq. Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Saab Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Sage Dr. Anne Saldanha Mrs. Stephanie A. Saunders Mr. Christopher Schaeffer Jane A.C. Schmieder, Esq. Katie & Jake Schneider JF & WS Schoellkopf Foundation Hugh B. Scott, J.D.

Ms. Kay Sheehan Mr. Matthew F. Slazak The Society of the Buffalo Southview Farm L.P. Dr. & Mrs. William D. Stavisky Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr. Michael & Marsha Joy Sullivan Univera Healthcare Dr. Francisco & Janet Vasquez Mary Verbeck Dr. & Mrs. John M. Wadsworth Estate of William B. Walsh Mr. & Mrs. John N. Walsh III David & Susan Zebro Ms. Cory E. Zoeller Ms. Carol L. Zwolski

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ABOVE : Say Yes Buffalo scholars currently enrolled in area colleges and universities enjoy dinner with Angel Donor Roger Hungerford, center, and Say Yes Buffalo executive director, David Rust, second from the left.

SAY YES TO

A NEW GENERATION OF

HOPES AND

DREAMS

BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY

SAY YES BUFFALO

“When Say Yes launched I said, Yes, here we go!

Yes to everything. Yes, you can go to college. Yes, you can accomplish your dreams. Yes, you can be a role model.”

- JAMES GRICE, FATHER OF A SAY YES BUFFALO STUDENT AT MEDAILLE COLLEGE -

In 2013, thanks to the support of our generous Angel Donors who have contributed more than $19 million, almost 1,000 students headed off to college. Many of those students wouldn’t have had that opportunity without the Say Yes Buffalo partnership.

While the driving force behind Say Yes Buffalo is a universal scholarship program, financial aid for college is just one component of the effort, which seeks to remove all barriers to educational success. To address the academic, health and behavioral challenges our students face, Say Yes Buffalo and its partners are putting people and programs run by respected community-based organizations directly into Buffalo Public School buildings.

To guide this work, Say Yes Buffalo created and launched a Student Management System — the first of its kind to be rolled out to a public school district in the nation. This comprehensive system tracks attendance, health, behavioral and academic indicators based on input from parents, students, school counselors, and teachers to identify whether students are on track academically. If they are not, the system helps connect students to the different supports and services available to put them back on track.

Here’s a look at the other Say Yes Buffalo successes in 2013 by the numbers:

83% OF ELIGIBLE

PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS APPLIED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THERE ARE NOW

127 COLLEGE

AND UNIVERSITY

P A R T N E R S,

INC L UDING A L L IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS

995

STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COLLEGE

THIS PAST FALL

WITH THE HELP OF SAY YES BUFFALO

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COMMUNITIES OF GIVING LEGACY INITIATIVE

“It was life changing. It made me raise my standards…

I’ve decided to go to college.”

- S A M A N T H A , “ S U C C E S S LO O KS L I K E M E ” PA R T I C I PA N T -

Samantha and 1,000 other high school students in Buffalo participated in the Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative’s “Success Looks Like Me” program in 2013.

The “pay it forward” initiative is the product of a dedicated council of professionals of color who strive to inspire positive change and expand the minds of low-income youth of color via access to people, places and experiences.

Through “Success Looks Like Me,” students are exposed to the possibilities of different careers and career paths. Guest speakers have included Michael Morgan, conductor of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and Steve Finch, Hutch Tech graduate and the plant manager of the General Motors Tonawanda Powertrain Plant. Both emphasized to the students that it is important to think long-term and be confident in yourself and your ability to create your own path to success.

The Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative also sponsored Close Up Washington DC, a program in partnership with the Close Up Foundation, which provides hands-on

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learning by experiencing Washington DC as a living classroom. During the 2013 trip, 12 students were given access to the people, processes, and places that make the nation’s capital so unique.

Additionally, the Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative’s council is engaging young professionals as part of its Emerging Philanthropists of Color Initiative. These young, energetic entrepreneurial individuals are expanding their professional network and learning how to be positive role models and philanthropists in our community.

These experiences wouldn’t be possible without the Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative’s generous donors who helped achieve major milestones in 2013, including reaching the endowment challenge goal and building the endowment to almost $500,000.

This achievement solidifies the Communities of Giving Legacy Initative’s future to continue to inspire and create life-changing experiences for our youth of color.

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STEVE FINCH, PLANT MANAGER AT THE GENERAL MOTORS TONAWANDA POWERTRAIN PLANT

LEWISTON-QUEENSTON BRIDGE, LEWISTON

BRIDGING TODAY’S PROFESSIONALS TO TOMORROW ’S LE ADERS SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE ME

CLOSE UP WASHINGTON DC

FALL FOLIAGE, WARSAW

MAKING OUR COMMUNITY RICH WITH CULTURAL COLOR FUND FOR THE ARTS MEMBERS

FUND FOR THE ARTS Passing on a love of arts doesn’t just happen from parent to child. It takes an entire community to cultivate an appreciation for culture. It’s critical that organizations and funders in the community come together to provide support to protect our region’s cultural gems.

The Fund for the Arts addresses this need by bringing together Western New York arts funders to strengthen our essential arts and cultural sector.

For nearly a decade, representatives from family, private and corporate foundations have been meeting regularly to assess the needs of our arts community and determine how they can work together to develop and fund capacity building. Since 2005, more than $2.2 million has been directed to sector-wide arts needs in our community through the Fund for the Arts, including the formation of the Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI), which brings together organizations and individual artists to strengthen our arts community through collaborations, education and advocacy.

In 2013, to give children in the community the opportunity for educational enrichment through arts, funds were directed by the Fund for the Arts to support the Arts Partners for Learning (APL). The APL, an initiative of Young Audiences, takes best practices from across the country to build capacity for arts education in the eight

AT LEFT, FRONT ROW: Brian Baird, 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 Board Member; Nancy Davis, The Davis Family Foundation; Clotilde Dedecker, Community Foundation; NOT PICTURED: E lizabeth Gurney, First Niagara Foundation; Janet Day, Margaret L. Wendt Foundation; Peter Fleischmann, The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies; The Marks Family Foundation

counties of Western New York to benefit children in kindergarten through high school.

ASI and APL are just two of the six sector-wide organizations that participated in two successful cultural summits held in 2013.

The quarterly summits, which were made possible by the Fund for the Arts, brought together local arts and cultural networks from the six organizations to learn more about each other, exchange ideas and find ways to work together to build on strengths and diminish weaknesses. Representatives from arts groups throughout Western New York attended the summits.

Participants deemed the summits such a success that more are planned in 2014 to build on the momentum of growing arts and cultural partnerships throughout our region.

Students participate in Young Audiences’ Underground Railroad writing workshops as a part of the Arts Partners for Learning Initiative

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WESTERN NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE Envision the power and influence of Niagara Falls, one of our region’s greatest natural resources. Picture the lakes, rivers and streams that come together to create that power and beauty. It is a perfect analogy for the Western New York Environmental Alliance.

The Alliance is a group of nearly 100 environmental organizations in Western New York, brought together by the Community Foundation, to act as a powerful advocate for our region’s environment.

The Waste and Pollution Working Group unveiled an eye-opening Mapping Waste Report that received major media attention and created an important opportunity to educate politicians on a local and national level.

The report, thought to be the most comprehensive look at hazardous waste sites ever conducted in Western New York, detailed more than 1,000 waste sites in Erie, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties.

The 2013 Action Agenda, developed and approved by Alliance members, served as a road map for those advocacy efforts through nine working groups. The Growing Working Group focused on educating Erie County residents and leaders about the need for a Food Policy Council to create a stronger connection between local food producers and consumers to address issues such as obesity, access to fresh food and nutrition in schools.

The work was deemed a success when the Food Policy Council of Buffalo & Erie County was established in May under the Erie County Board of Health.

in partnership with the Community Foundation, also introduced a new community information texting tool called Grow 716, allowing Western New York Environmental Alliance member organizations to interact directly with our community. Visit grow716.org to see our current campaigns and results. Grow 716 was made possible through a matching grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, a national, private foundation that has provided funding to Western New York through the Community Foundation three times in the past five years.

The Western New York Environmental Alliance,

Members of the Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA) met with Region 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Judith Enck after her presentation at the 2013 WNYEA Annual Congress.

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JILL SPISIAK JEDLICKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUFFALO NIAGARA RIVERKEEPER, SPEAKS AT THE WESTERN NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE’S EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SOLAR STRAND.

A BUFFALO HOMEOWNER AND HER DAUGHTER PARTICIPATE IN THE ASTHMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM THROUGH THE GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE.

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR HOMEOWNERS LOWER AKRON FALLS, AKRON

GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE If someone said “Sawyog!” to you, would you know what he or she is saying? It means “help” in Nepalese, just one of the languages spoken

by Buffalo’s growing refugee population.

Refugees are settling in some of the oldest homes in Buffalo —homes which are in need of urgent repairs for health, safety and economic reasons.

critical changes that will make their homes more energy efficient and healthy.

In 2013, the Community Foundation, along with the New York State Attorney General and nearly

In 2013, the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative helped more than 200 homeowners save energy and protect children’s health by addressing critical housing issues in low-income neighborhoods. These issues range from drafty windows to removing dangerous lead paint that can create serious health problems for children. By adding insulation and

a dozen partners, announced plans to expand the

energy efficient appliances, homeowners on a

Green and Healthy Homes Initiative. New funding will address the language barriers in Buffalo and educate homeowners on the health hazards and help them access available resources.

tight budget also benefit from lower energy bills.

The Green and Healthy Homes Initiative brings together more than a dozen active partners, some of which include: the City of Buffalo; the Erie County Department of Health; Belmont Housing Resources; Heart of the City Neighborhoods; Matt Urban Human Services Center; Neighborhood Housing Services — South Buffalo; New Buffalo Impact; PUSH Buffalo; West Side Neighborhood Housing Services; and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Together, they work side-by-side with homeowners to address

In addition to educating homeowners, the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative provides on-the-job training to the unemployed and underemployed, which equips them with a skill set to earn higher wages to better support their families. To date, more than 175 people have secured jobs through its training program.

Because of the successes here in Buffalo, in 2013, the New York State Attorney General announced plans to expand the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative to Rochester and Syracuse, highlighting our work as a model for our neighbors to the east.

New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that he is providing nearly $2.2 million for a two-pronged expansion of the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative in Western and Central NY. PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT:

Stephanie Smith, Jericho Road Community Health Center; Stephanie J. Simeon, Executive Director of Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc.; Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman; Cara Matteliano, Community Foundation; The Honorable Byron Brown, Mayor of Buffalo C O M M UN I T Y FOUNDAT I ON FOR GR E ATER BUFFA LO 2013 ANNUAL REP ORT: GENEROS I T Y FOR GENER ATIONS

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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) Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen* Mr. & Mrs. H. John Angelbeck Mr. Lawrence Appleby* Mr. C. Dixon Arrick* & Mrs. Ione B. Arrick Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Ash Mr. Charles E. Balbach Allene C. Barans Henry & Susan Beamer Thomas R. & Judy Beecher Ms. Dianne Bennett & 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. & Mrs. Henry W. Bruner Michael & Glenys Butler Mr.* & Mrs. Charles Burdette Dr. William & Dr. Susan Carney Leslie Carraway & B.J. Verts* Ms. Mary E. Clemesha* 28

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Anthony J. & Carmela M. Colucci Jr. Mrs. James L. Crane Jr. Ms. Beuline Crawford Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump Mrs. Wilma T. Csont Mr.* & Mrs. Matthew Cyran Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Czajka Chet* & Delight Dann Miss Virginia Deuel Larry R. & Sheila Drake Judith & Alan Duchan Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Mrs. Kenneth H. Eckhert Miss June M. Farrington* Miss Ruth Farrington* Dr. Edward A. Fial* Ms. Anne Catt Filer* Dr. Mildred J. Fischle Ms. Carol A. Fowler Jean S. Frederick Mr. Fred* & Mrs. Fay Friedman Mrs. Dorothy T. Ferguson Mr. Dennis J. Galucki & Ms. Barbara Mierzwa Mr. Andrew C. Giarrizzo Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Gioia

Jane Taylor Goraj* Constance A. Greco Gordon & Gretchen Gross Mr. Michael Hamann Thomas J. Hanifin Mr. Hans Heckelman Ms. Alice B. Hilborn Ms. Judith A. Hirsch Mr.* & Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins Jr. Mary Louise Hopkins Phillip & Jayne* Hubbell John & Bette Hulley Mr. & Mrs. H. Reed Hunt* Rev. Dr. Leona M. Irsch Dr. Thomas A. Jambro Gail & Bruce Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. A. David Jones Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Kashin James S. Keysa, Esq. Ms. Jane B. Kinkead* Mr.* & Mrs. Irvine J. Kittinger Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George F. Koch Dr. Irwin H. Cheskin* & Mr. Edward Koryl Dr. Kenneth A. Krackow Leonard H. & Sylvia J. Kratzke

Rev. & Mrs. Warren W. Lane* Mr. Harry H. Lang Jr. Mr. Frank P. Langley Jr.* Mrs. Margaretha Lawrence* Philip C. Lombardo* Mrs. William F. Long Ms. Jo Ann Long James & Margel Marean Ms. Marie A. Marshall Mrs. L.B. McCowan Mrs. Kathleen Modd Richard E. Moot, Esq. Ms. Albertine K. Moran Mr. Robert North Jr.* James R. Owen Jane M. Pattison J. Warren Perry, Ph.D., D.Sc.* Dr. Charles D. Perry* Mr. Arlan Peters & Mr. Dominick T. DeFillippo Mrs. Barbara Pickburn* Edwin & Georgina Polokoff Mr. & Mrs. Braman Pomeroy* Jayne K. Rand Ms. Dorothy Rapp Mr. Alfred H. Rasp

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Dr. Louis M. Ricci Mrs. Lynn Robillard Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Rosche* Ms. Doris F. Rosen Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick Dr. & Mrs. James Russell Ms. Geraldine N. Ryder Mr. & Mrs. James M. Sampson Ms. Melba Y. Seibold* Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Sheets Jr. A. Warren & Gretchen L. Smith Jr.* Ms. Susan M. Spadinger Rosemarie C. Steeb Richard A.* & Ruth V. Stockton Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr. Mr. Franz T. Stone* Mr. Peter W. Swanson Jr.* Dr. Walter* & Jeanie M. Sy Stanley A. & Sharon K. Tirrell Mr. William Townsend Miss Guida Tyldesley Mr. Charles L. Van Arsdale Mr. William L. Van Schoonhoven* Dr. Raymond C. & Ms. Sheila M. Vaughan Dr. & Mrs. John M. Wadsworth Ms. Carol A. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Wagner* Emily W. Wettlaufer Mr. Jay Wopperer & Ms. Linda Schmieder David & Susan Zebro Mr. Eddie Zewin* & Mrs. Christine Zewin

RICHARD* & RUTH STOCKTON Richard & Ruth Stockton spent the majority of their lives in Buffalo, always appreciating its challenges and treasures. At the urging of their son, Rick, and advisors, Richard & Ruth Stockton took steps to ensure a portion of their estate would support the community they love for decades to come through the Community Foundation.

*deceased

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OUR APPROACH TO CHARITABLE INVESTMENTS The Community Foundation’s Investment Committee has oversight of nearly $300 million in charitable assets. Members of the committee are specifically recruited because of their knowledge of investments. They receive advice throughout the year from our independent investment consultant, Colonial Consulting, Inc., who specializes in large endowment funds.

Together they work to allocate the charitable assets entrusted to the Community Foundation’s care into a highly diversified mix of global equities, fixed income and alternative investment strategies, which include more than 29 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 Charles E. Balbach Gary Brost Joseph J. Castiglia

Laurence W. Franz, Ph.D Richard O. Hopkins

Luke Jacobs, Esq., Chair William Joyce

Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA Michael E. Munschauer, CFP

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: Michael E. Munschauer, CFP; Laurence W. Franz, Ph.D; Gary Brost; Luke Jacobs, Esq.;

William Joyce; Charles E. Balbach; Michael Miller, Managing Director at Colonial Consulting; Richard O. Hopkins NOT PICTURED: Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA and Joseph J. Castiglia

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STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATION The size of the Community Foundation’s investment pool 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 exceeding performance objectives under varying economic and market conditions.

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013 COMMODITIES 4% PRIVATE EQUITY 3% U.S. LARGE/MID CAP EQUITY 25%

HEDGE FUNDS 18%

TOTA L ALTERNATIVES PRIVATE REAL ASSETS/ REAL ESTATE 3% CASH 1%

28% TOTA L FIXED INCOME

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U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY 7%

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GLOBAL BONDS 4% U.S. HIGH YIELD BONDS 3%

T O TA L EQUITY

TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES U.S. AGGREGATE 3% BONDS 6%

NON-U.S. DEVELOPED EQUITY 17% NON-U.S. EMERGING EQUITY 6%

The Community Foundation received an unmodified (clean) audit opinion on its 2013 financial statements. Audited financial statements are available at cfgb.org or by request. Please contact Jerry Reger, CFO/CAO at (716) 852-2857, ext. 226.

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INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE The investments of the Community Foundation continue to consistently outperform our benchmarks, adding 7.7% per year over the last ten years, resulting in a nationwide ranking in the top 5% over the last five years, and in the top 25% over the last ten years. This growth provides significant value to the charitable assets entrusted to the Community Foundation.

These strong long-term investment results are the product of the Community 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.

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*Weighted average of sector benchmarks. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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COMPARED WITH OTHER LARGE ENDOWMENTS AND FOUNDATIONS

NATIONWIDE

PER THE RUSSELL/MELLON INDEX, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INVESTMENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED

IN THE

TOP

25%

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

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CONNECTING THE GENEROSITY OF T HE PA S T T O T HE

N E E D S

OF THE FUTURE UNION SHIP CANAL BRIDGE, BUFFALO

THAT’S THE 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 and needs in the community, based on your direction. $8.0 All balances in millions

$7.0

Your legacy is ensured. Donors who endow 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. Please call Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217 to arrange for a consultation.

$6.9

$7.2

$6.0 $5.0 $4.0 $3.0 $2.0

$2.1

$1.0 $0.0 ORIGINAL GIFT IN 1978

VALUE IN 2013

TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1978

How it works: This endowment was established with $2.1 million in 1978 through a legacy gift (bequest) to the Community Foundation from a parent in honor of his son, who died tragically as a young man.

Today, decades after both father and son have passed on, the initial gift has grown to $6.9 million and has paid out $7.2 million in grants to the organizations they cared about.

Their fund will continue to honor this family’s charitable giving legacy by making grants to their favorite organizations in their name forever.

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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, CPAs 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 Community Foundation’s services can help maximize their clients’ charitable giving.

In 2012 and 2013, 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.

Maxine W. Awner, CPA Brian D. Baird, Esq. James M. Barrett, CPA Carol Becker Holly A. Beecher, Esq. W. Lawrence Buck, CFP Thomas E. Buffamante, CPA Charles W. Chiampou, CPA, J.D. Kevin Christner David J. Colligan, Esq. Anthony J. Colucci Jr. Robert W. Constantine, Esq. Karen Cook Serotte, Esq. Dale B. Demyanick, CPA Bert R. Dohl, Esq. Richard B. Dopkins, Esq. Kenneth C. Drake, MBA Robert C. Drake Gayle L. Eagan, Esq. Catherine B. Eberl, Esq. Patrick L. Emmerling, Esq. William C. Farner, Esq.

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David D. Fenster, Esq. Jennifer G. Flannery, Esq. Kathleen M. Flynn, MBA Lawrence C. Franco, Esq. Sue S. Gardner, Esq. Kevin M. Gaskill Robert F. Gaylord Warren B. Gelman, Esq. Patricia A. George, Esq. Robert M. Glaser, CPA Christopher T. Greene, Esq. Gordon R. Gross, Esq. Thomas J. Hanifin, Esq. William D. Harrington, Esq. Jeffrey Hirshberg, CPA Elizabeth R. Hulley, CFP Jeffrey A. Human, Esq. Thomas R. Hyde, Esq. Luke T. Jacobs, Esq. Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA Edwin M. Johnston III Jeffrey H. Katz, Esq. Leslie R. Kellogg, Esq.

Henry G. Koziol Jr., CPA, CFP Charles F. Kreiner Jr. Robert J. Kresse, Esq. Sally B. Logan, Esq. Ronald Lojacono, CFP David J. Luzon, Esq. James L. Magavern, Esq. Teresa M. Majors, CPA Christopher M. Marks, Esq., MBA Kelly E. Marks, Esq. Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, CPA Charles W. McCollum Britta L. McKenna, Esq. David J. McNamara, Esq. Mindy Menke, Esq. Gary L. Mucci, Esq. Michael E. Munschauer, CFP Edward C. Northwood, Esq. Michael A. Piette, Esq. Richard C. Pohlman, Esq.

John P. Robshaw Jr., Esq. Robert W. Romeo, CFP Alan K. Scheff Hyman Scheff Daniel D. Shonn Jr., Esq. Roger B. Simon, Esq. Peter D. Spira, CFP Deborah A. Stauring, CFP Rosemarie C. Steeb, CPA Linda Stravalaci Grear, Esq. Charles E. Telford III, Esq. Melanie C. Tisdale, Esq. Robert J. Travis, CPA Gregory J. Urban, CPA James M. Wadsworth, Esq. Lisa J. Walsh Peter J. Walsh Thomas Waring Jr. Sharon L. Wick, Esq. Timothy Winterhalter Wayne D. Wisbaum, Esq. Martin A. Zaklikowski, CFP

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Gordon R. Gross, pictured center with his family, celebrates with Community Foundation President/CEO, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, and Community Foundation Board Chair, Gerard Mazurkiewicz.

GORDON R. GROSS AWARD In 2013, the Community Foundation established the Gordon R. Gross Award to recognize its namesake, Gordon Gross, a professional advisor who is a tireless advocate and friend to both the Community Foundation and Western New York. Gross served on the Community Foundation Board of Directors from 1991–2001 and is an energetic family man, a generous philanthropist, a highly regarded attorney and a spirited cyclist. The award is given to a champion of the Community Foundation’s mission who has helped drive change in the community through both personal and professional commitment. The award also recognizes an individual who often introduces the idea of the Community Foundation to his or her clients.

The professional advisor who receives the award is committed to our community, to philanthropic efforts throughout the region and to the Community Foundation’s work.

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2013 WYOMING FOUNDATION COUNCIL

WHERE HOPE IS PLANTED A COMMUNITY GROWS

GREAT BEND, LETCHWORTH STATE PARK

WYOMING FOUNDATION In a county with strong community roots and the breathtaking Letchworth State Park live more than 40,000 residents who are the heart of the Wyoming Foundation’s mission. Established in 1974, the Wyoming Foundation works to strengthen the quality of life in Wyoming County by encouraging charitable giving, assessing and responding to the community’s changing needs and serving as a resource and catalyst for local charitable activities.

resources, to providing scholarships to deserving students.

After hosting a historic Needs Forum in 2012 to gauge the challenges facing residents when it comes to health, arts and culture, education and business, the Wyoming Foundation turned conversation into action to address those challenges. Key community leaders began working together on solutions to build an education-to-jobs pipeline and attract more people to the county’s arts and cultural gems.

please call (585) 285-4135.

While the 2012 Forum was the first local gathering to address all needs in the county, for 40 years the Wyoming Foundation has made great strides to leverage the generosity of its donors to benefit all the residents in the county. Its $1.84 million endowment has supported needs ranging from improving literacy, to protecting the county’s natural

The volunteer leadership team of the Wyoming Foundation, all of whom have roots in the county, are leading and encouraging philanthropy in the region by relying on their deep local knowledge of the needs in the community. For more information on how you can get involved and support the efforts of the Wyoming Foundation, a geographic division of the Community Foundation,

FUNDS Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund Lawrence M. Appleby Fund Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth 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 Marjorie Z. Van Arsdale Fund Gary Weidman Fund Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund Wyoming Free Library Fund

LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: Adrianna Betts; Joan Mokdessi;

Barbara Dominesey* BACK ROW: Laura Lane; Eric Szucs*; Anne Conable; Karen Six,

Vice-Chair & Secretary; Scott Gardner, Chair; Tim Kibler NOT PICTURED: Sally Bliss, Treasurer; Robert Kelley

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NIAGARA AREA FOUNDATION Founded in 2000 as a geographic division of the Community Foundation, the Niagara Area Foundation was the first countywide initiative created to connect people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Niagara County. An engaged and active volunteer team with roots in Niagara County leads the Niagara Area Foundation, which is dedicated to understanding critical needs in the community and finding long-term sustainable solutions to local needs.

In fact, more than $1 million has been awarded through the Niagara Area Foundation to benefit Niagara County since the Foundation was formed.

In 2010, the Niagara Area Foundation launched an initiative to improve early childhood education. Federal Reserve Bank studies have shown that investing in quality childcare for young children helps to prevent them from experiencing poverty later in life. This research estimates that for every dollar invested in quality childcare, $17 are returned to the community through the productivity of those children once they reach adulthood. For this reason, the Niagara Area Foundation focused its efforts on giving childcare providers the skills and training needed to positively impact early childhood development.

By bringing key partners to the table, including Niagara University, the United Way of Greater Niagara, the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation and the Grigg-Lewis Foundation, the Niagara County Early Child Care Quality Improvement Project (QIP) was created.

To date, more than 700 children have benefitted from enriched care through QIP. Hundreds of childcare providers participated in skills training, and more than 87 teachers and directors completed a 45-hour professional development certificate program, resulting in measurable quality improvements in 30 licensed childcare centers in Niagara County.

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After three successful years, the QIP program has been adopted into Niagara University’s curriculum. The University has taken responsibility for training, educating and mentoring childcare providers and the program has been fully funded for three additional years to embark on the next phase, which includes extending the project into infant and toddler classrooms.

If you would like to learn more about the Niagara Area Foundation, please contact Holly Mergenhagen, Esq. at (716) 852-2857, ext. 207.

Niagara Area Foundation Council Chair, Betsy Diachun Niagara Area Foundation Council Members: Betsy Diachun, Chair; Nancy J. D. Orsi, Vice-Chair; Vincent J. Davis, Treasurer; Jan Nichols, Secretary; Ross J. Eckert; Kenneth Franasiak; Melissa Morinello; Janice Nichols; Melanie Tisdale; Cathy Walker

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NIAGARA RIVER GORGE, LEWISTON, NY

WHERE DREAMS ARE NURTURED LIVES ARE CHANGED FUNDS Dale L. Askey Memorial Fund Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund The Lorraine M. & Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund Barbara C. & Edward M. Brink Fund Caldwell Family Fund Joanne & Franklyn Collins Fund Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund Eastern Niagara Fund Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund Freischlag Scholarship Fund 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 & Riva Mehr Fund Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund Niagara Education Foundation Fund Niagara Family & Children’s Fund Fund for Niagara Hospice Elsie & Eugene Oliver Memorial Scholarship Trust

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 & 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

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NEW CLIENTS 2013 Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund II Lawrence M. Appleby Fund Buffalo Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Endowment Fund Buffalo Forward Foundation Buffalo Green Fund Anne Catt Filer Fund Community Services Support Foundation The John R. Hotchkin Memorial Endowment Fund

Langley Family Fund Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund Lions Blind & Charity Fund Martin House Endowment Fund Elsie & Eugene Oliver Memorial Scholarship Trust Hyman & Majorie Scheff Foundation #3 Gary Weidman Fund Laurette Zwelling Fund

THE POWER OF ENDOWMENT $5.5

All balances in millions

$5.0

$5.1

$4.5 $4.0 $3.5

$2.9

$3.0 $2.5 $2.0

$2.0

$1.5 $0.5 $0.0 ORIGINAL GIFT IN 1991

VALUE IN 2013

TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1991

To honor his wife’s life-long dedication to community, this donor established a fund in their names to support the organizations she cared so much about after their lifetimes. The original gift of $2 million in 1991 has since grown by 2.5 times its original value to $5.1 million and has given $2.9 million in grants in their names to the community and organizations she cared about so deeply.

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ALL FUNDS For 94 years, generous individuals, families and organizations have entrusted the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo to steward their charitable resources. We are honored to help these clients 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 made up the Community Foundation in 2013.

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.

Anonymous Anonymous Donor Foundation Endowment Fund 21st Century Fund 43 x 79 Philanthropic Fund Acacia Park Fund Advancing Arts & Culture Endowment Fund The AJL Fund Charlotte Albright Fund Dorothy & Eugene Allbert Fund James & Kristin Allen Fund The Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund II Allentown Village Society, Inc. Scholarship Fund Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund Paul & Jean Almeter Fund Ina D. Alt Trust Amherst South Rotary Club Endowment Fund Anna May Andrews Trust

Joseph & Margaret Andrews Educational Trust Fund William Henry Andrews Bequest Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Foundation The Joyce & Stuart Angert Fund Annual Odd FellowsRebekah Award Lawrence M. Appleby Fund Arts Academy Fund Fund for the Arts Arts Services Initiative Dale L. Askey Memorial Fund Emily E. Babchak Memorial Fund Cameron Baird Endowment Fund for BP Chorus Cameron Baird Fund Dara L. Barker Memorial Fund Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth C. Edgar Barlow Scholarship Fund

The ribbon cutting ceremony at the renovated Kiddieland Testing Park at the Herschell Carrousel museum in North Tonawanda. The Community Foundation, through the Richard W. Bowen Fund, provided funding for the restoration.

Nora Shea Barnwell Endowment Fund James M. & Barbara J. Barrett Family Foundation Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund George E. Becker Fund for Heart Research

Bell Request—Buffalo General Hospital Bell Bequest—Clarkson University Bell Bequest—Crippled Children’s Guild Bell Bequest—Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired Bell Bequest— Erie County S.P.C.A. Bell Bequest— Hobart College

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ALL FUNDS Bell Bequest— Mental Diseases Bell Bequest—National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction Bell Bequest—U.B. School of Engineering Bell Fund Trust #1 Bell Fund Trust #2 Grover E. Bell Award Herbert L. Bellamy Sr. & Irene A. Bellamy Philanthropic Fund Edgar Bellersheim Scholarship Fund Benaiah Fund Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund Bennett Alumni Association Foundation Fund Bennett High School Alumni Scholarship Fund The Better Buffalo Fund Harry J. Beu Scholarship Fund Alanson C. Bigalow Scholarship Fund Josephine Biontolillo Bequest Charles A. & Anne L. Bird Fund Corrine G. Bird Bequest Peter D. Blacher Health Care Fund Virgil A. & Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund Brian H. Blesy Memorial Scholarship Fund Anna Kowalska Bley Music Memorial Award Maurice G. Bley Drama Memorial Award BlueCross BlueShield Physicians Fund for Children’s Health

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Jule Bogner Philanthropic Fund Robert Bojdak & Sarah Williams Fund Bollier Family Fund Dr. Germante L. Boncaldo Scholarship Fund Book and Material Buying Endowment Fund Tom Borrelli Memorial Fund Richard Boyd Bowen Memorial Scholarship Fund Richard W. Bowen Fund Kathleen M. Box-Krycia Mem. Scholarship Fund Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Fund Boys & Girls Club of Eden Fund BP/Carborundum Scholarship Fund BPS Officers Search Philanthropic Fund The Lorraine M. & Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust Irma Brand Bequest David & Jessica Brason Philanthropic Fund James E. Braunberns Bequest Anthony A. Brese Scholarship Rosalie H. Bretzfelder Fund John Bridge Memorial Fund Belmore Hicks Bridgford Fund Brighter Future Philanthropic Fund Barbara C. & Edward M. Brink Fund Jean M. Brown Fund Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund Jean Knowlton Brown Fund

Emerging Philanthropists of Color Committee members Karen Lee Spaulding, Aliyah Schultz and Stacy Lewis

Ruben Brown Foundation Henry W. & Martha L. Bruner Philanthropic Fund Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund Brzezinski Philanthropic Fund BTF Make a Dream Come True Scholarship Fund Jane & Lawrence Buck Philanthropic Fund Sarah Hill Buck Philanthropic Fund Martin A. Buecking Bequest Buffalo Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Endowment Fund Buffalo Audubon Endowment Fund Buffalo Forward Foundation Buffalo Green Fund Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance Scholarship Fund Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Fund Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Permanent Endowment Fund

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Endowment Fund Buffalo Rotary Foundation Fund Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association Scholarship Fund Buffalo Seminary Board Designated Investment Fund Buffalo Seminary Brown Funds Buffalo Seminary Core Investment Fund Buffalo Seminary Historic Dollar Value Preservation Fund Buffalo Seminary Jean Wright Hudson Fund Buffalo Yacht Club Fund Joseph E. Buran Music Fund Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund Michael R. Butler & Glenys Maschoff Butler Fund Walter L. Byram Bequest Kate Cady Endowment Fund

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The Caerus Forum Philanthropic Fund Alfred Caffiero Foundation Philanthropic Fund Caldwell Family Fund Christopher Callan Memorial Scholarship Fund Callan Family Scholarship Fund Calpin Family Fund Elizabeth J. Cappella Birthday Trust Career Aspiration Scholarship Fund Cargill Scholarship Fund Gustaf & Sigrid Carlson Memorial Fund Margaret E. Carnahan Bequest Leonard M. Castrianno Scholarship Fund Philip & Joyce Celniker Family Fund Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature Fund

Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest Robert J. Chambers, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund R. Mark Chandley Scholarship Fund Clifford C. Chapman Memorial Fund Dr. Norman Chassin Endowment Fund Irwin H. Cheskin Fund Children’s Programming & Resources Endowment Fund Willis E. Chilson Memorial Fund Mark Chowaniec Memorial Fund Russell C. Christ Jr. Fund William & Ida Christie Fund for Music Mary & Robert Chur Scholarship Fund Frances G. Churchill Bequest Fund f.b.o. the Churchill Memorial United Methodist Church

Community Foundation Board Member, Gayle Eagan and her husband, Jim, enjoy a tour of some of the work supported by the Community Foundation.

Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest Velma C. Cobb Scholarship Fund The Ilka Cohn Educational Fund The Ilka Cohn Health Fund Colligan Family Fund Collins Family Trust Bronson & Margaret Collins Scholarship Fund Joanne & Franklyn Collins Fund Michael Collins & Kathleen O’Leary Charitable Fund James & Judith Collord Fund Community Services Support Foundation Community Impact Fund Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative Endowment Fund Conable Family Foundation Fund

Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Scholarship Owen D. Connolly Flex Fund Gerhard A. & Lura L. Cook Educational Fund Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke Jr. Fund Joseph & Bernadette S. Corcoran Fund The Peter C. Cornell Trust Russell E. Corser Fund Kathryn R. Cottrell Scholarship Fund Annette Cravens Fund Betty Crump Fund Wilma T. Csont Fund Damon Family Fund Mason O. Damon Endowment Fund Grace Neff Daniels Memorial Fund Dorothy C. Darlak Memorial Fund

Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative’s Chair, Jennifer Parker, and Emerging Philanthropists of Color Committee member, Edreys Wajed, visit at the Community Foundation’s Open House.

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ALL FUNDS Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust Herbert F. & Jane K. Darling Philanthropic Fund Louis R. Davidson Bequest Ethel M.C. Davis Scholarship Fund Davis Family Fund The D-B Trust Eaton Deabold Scholarship Fund Deaconess Hospital Nurses Alumni Fund James & Ethel DeAmesy Fund Decillis Family Philanthropic Fund Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund Elizabeth Deichman Fund Elizabeth Deichman Fund fbo Buffalo Animal Shelter M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs Heather J. DePaolo-Johnny Memorial Fund DePerno Family Fund Loraine Altro Dietz Scholarship Fund Alfred H. & Irene N. Dobrak Trust David Donald Fund Holly Augspurger Donaldson Fund Dopkins Philanthropic Fund Stu & Nancy Dorfman Foundation Paul P. Dosberg University of Pennsylvania Scholarship Francis P. Douglas Memorial Fund Henry and Constance Drew Foundation for Children Joe & Brett Ski Scholarship Fund 46

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Jerome Dreyfuss Scholarship Fund Peter Dominik, Helen & Paul Leon Drumsta Memorial Fund Eagan Family Endowment Fund Eastern Niagara Fund Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund Dr. Kenneth H. Sr. & Marjorie B. Eckhert Fund (1) Dr. Kenneth H. Sr. & Marjorie B. Eckhert Fund (2) ECMC Lifeline Fund Economic Self-Sufficiency Endowment Fund

Donors Fay and Fred* Friedman

Community Foundation Board Member, Jim Biltekoff and his wife, Joanne, on a tour of the H.H. Richardson Complex.

Eden Community Foundation Darwin E. & Evelyn E. Ellis Fund Pauline Ellis Scholarship Fund Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest

Esther Link Emig Fund Empire of America Federal Savings Bank Scholarship Fund Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund Fund for the Environment

Erie County SPCA Fund Herman G. & Emma A. Ernst Fund Herman G. and Emma A. Ernst Fund for Catholic Charities *deceased

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Josephine & Michael Ervolina Charitable Fund Evans Bank Foundation Fund Derek Falkenbach Scholarship Fund FANA Scholarship Fund Emmons B. Farrar Scholarship Fund June Farrington Fund Ruth E. Farrington Bequest Theodore S. Fassett Memorial Fund Paul S. Feinstein Scholarship Fund David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund Donald Ferguson Fund Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund Edward A. & Stephanie E. Fial Fund Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Scholarship Fund Anne Catt Filer Fund Finer Buffalo Fund Fischle-Laesser Endowment Fund

Fisher Family Fund Burt Flickinger Jr. Leadership Fund Doris L. Flierl Trust G&W Follies Scholarship Fund George & Lydia Richards Form Endowment Fund Frank S. Fosdick Scholarship Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Fund— Restricted Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Fund — Philanthropic Foundation For Jewish Philanthropies Fund— Custodial M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr. Franasiak Park Philanthropic Fund The Philip Frandina Scholarship Fund Harriet Frank Scholarship Fund

2013 2012 2007 2006 2008

7.7%

The Anthony H. & Richard E. Gioia Fund The Gisel Family Fund Norman Goldfarb Award Fund Dr. Richard & Cheri Goldman Philanthropic Fund Dena Goldstein Memorial Scholarship Fund Gondree Family Fund Diane J. Goodberry Memorial Scholarship Fund William F. Goodson Bequest Josephine Goodyear Foundation Fund Graham-Kucera Philanthropic Fund Joanne Champion Granger Fund Grassroots Gardens J. Milton Zeckhauser Memorial Endowment Fund Great Lakes United Endowment Fund Greater Buffalo Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Fund Grelick Family Foundation Grigg-Lewis Philanthropic Fund Roberta Grimm Charitable Gift Fund

ANNUAL GROWTH

F O R F U N D S AT T H E

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Jeffrey Freedman & Barbara Hamilton Philanthropic Fund Freischlag Scholarship Fund Fay & Fred Friedman Family Foundation Fund Marjorie D. Frink Scholarship Fund The Fund for Nature Fuzak Family/Joan M. & Victor T. Fuzak Fund Galbraith Family Fund Lawrence J. & Elizabeth R. Gallick Fund Sean P. Galliher Jr. Scholarship Fund William Paul Ganley Scholarship Fund Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund Helen S. Garms Bequest Gateway-Longview Future Fund Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund Eleanor M. & Willard A. Genrich Scholarship Fund George Family Foundation Jean E. Gilmore Philanthropic Fund Robert & Sally Gioia Fund

2004 2009

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ALL FUNDS Elmer P. Groben Memorial Fund Thekla R. Groben Bequest Gronk Nation Youth Foundation Dr. Alan J. Gross Dental Student Fund Gordon R. & Gretchen S. Gross Family Fund II Lou Gross Memorial Fund Grosvenor Society Endowment Fund Seth Grosvenor Book and Material Endowment Fund G. R. S. Fund Joan Willard Gruen Philanthropic Fund Lillian M. Gruener Business Education Scholarship Fund William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund Ray Guenter Scholarship Fund Helen Habermehl Charitable Lead Trust Charles & Marion Hahn Fund Gary P. Hall Endowment Fund Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Theatre Fund Thomas J. Hanifin BPO Fund II Rae A. Hanigan Memorial Fund Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund Andrew C. Hansen Scholarship Fund Daphne Hare Fund Harvard Summer Community Service Fund Harvey Family Fund 48

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Dominik Hasek Sports & Scholarship Fund Hawk Creek Foundation Fund Health Foundation of Western and Central New York Philanthropic Fund HealthNow Healthy Living Endowment Fund

High Tower Fund Mildred T. Hill Fund Harry S. Hilliker Bequest Hispanic Women’s League Endowment Fund Historic & Architectural Landmarks Endowment Fund

Geoffrey Hull Memorial Scholarship Robert & Eileen Hull Fund John Hulley & Elizabeth Rydzynski-Hulley Fund Human Services Research & Planning Fund H. Reed Hunt Fund

The Community Foundation’s Vice President of Finance, Myra Lawrence, leads donors Darwin and Ruth Schmitt on a tour of the Community Foundation’s new office at the Open House.

HealthNow Healthy Living Fund William J. & Frieda H. Heckelman Memorial Fund Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund II Ilene N. Hein Fund Loren Hendrix Memorial Award William Hengerer Company Fund Margaret Bierl Herr Memorial Fund Herbert A. Hickman Fund

Carolynne Schutz Hoddick Memorial Campership Fund L. Nelson Hopkins Jr. Family Fund Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund The John R. Hotchkin Memorial Endowment Fund Marie S. & Frederic K. Houston Fund Dr. Irene Hu and Ronald Chang Scholarship Fund Jayne & Phil Hubbell Foundation Martin R. Hughson Memorial Fund

Hutch-Tech Alumni Scholarship Fund Increasing Racial/Ethnic Equity Fund Industrial Educational Fund Ingleside Home Memorial Fund Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund International Association of Administrative Professionals Scholarship Fund Mariann Inzinna Camp Good Days & Special Times Fund

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Mariann Inzinna Extra Mile Fund Bill & Jean Irr Family Foundation Irsch Fund I.T.L. Philanthropic Fund Grover & Isabel James Fund A. Wesley Johns Fund (as established in the Will of June B. Johns) D. Bruce & Gail Johnstone Fund D. Bruce & Gail Johnstone Philanthropic Fund Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund A. David & Heather M. Jones Advisory Fund Blanche B. Joseph Trust Jacob G. Joseph Bequest Jacob G. Joseph Bequest (Camp) Jacob G. Joseph Bequest— Jewish Federation Josh’s Journey Fund The Joy Family Foundation The William & Anne Joyce Fund Junior League of Buffalo 1919 Fund Just Pizza Charity Fund Linda A. & Kenneth R. Kahn Fund The Kaleida Health Fund to Support the Provision of Uncompensated Primary Care in Buffalo Peter G. Karamanos II Scholarship Fund Nellie Karlak Scholarship Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Karsten Scholarship Fund Ruth M. Keeney Bequest Ruth M. Keeney Scholarship

Howard Kellogg Trust Kensington High School Alumni Association Fund Jenna Kern Memorial Scholarship Fund C. Taylor Kew Memorial Fund James William Kideney & Isabel Houck Kideney Fund Donald E. Killingbeck Memorial Fund Louise Kimberly Bequest Ralph Kimberly Bequest Kinerk Family Fund

Barbara King & Marion Mabee Memorial Fund Jane B. Kinkead Community Service Fund— Faith United Methodist Church Jane B. Kinkead Community Service Fund—Greenfield Alfred H. & Emma M. Kirchhofer Fund Kittinger Family Fund Kiwanis Club of Kensington Fund Klein Family Philanthropic Fund

Albert J. Klinck Bequest— American Red Cross Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Children’s Guild Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Episcopal Church Home Foundation of WNY, Inc. Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Evangelical Lutheran Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Fresh Air Mission Albert J. Klinck Memorial Fund Charles M. Knapp Educational Memorial Fund

THE POWER OF ENDOWMENT $8.0 All balances in millions

$7.0

$6.8

$6.0 $5.0 $4.0 $3.0

$3.7

$3.0

$2.0 $1.0 $0.0 ORIGINAL GIFT IN 1994

VALUE IN 2013

TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1998

A doctor who spent his lifetime caring for the medical needs of a small town left his estate to the Community Foundation to establish a fund to provide for the education of its residents after his lifetime.

His original gift of $3 million has grown over 20 years to $6.8 million and currently provides almost $250,000 annually to scholarships for students from his hometown seeking a college education.

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ALL FUNDS

Alexander* and Irene Phillips, namesakes of the Alexander & Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund.

Florence L. Knorl Memorial Kensington High School Scholarship Fund Howard J. Knorl Scholarship Fund John T. & Carol V. Kociela Endowment John Howland Koekkoek Endowment for Fair Housing Education John Howland Koekkoek Endowment for Fair Housing Education #2 Madeline A. Kraft Bequest Kreher Family Fund Howard G. Kreiner Bequest Krieger Family Fund Albert P. & Maryon C. Krueger Fund L414 Children’s Memorial Fund Labor Of/For Love Fund Herbert P. Ladds Jr. Scholarship Fund Allen & Lillian Laese Memorial Fund 50

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Allen & Lillian Laese Scholarship Fund Lafayette High School Scholarship Fund Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest Laird Family Foundation Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier Endowment Fund Langley Family Fund Frank P. Langley Jr. Fund Frank P. Langley Jr. Philanthropic Fund Edith Haake Lankler Scholarship Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund Albert H. Laub Bequest Howard C. Laverack Bequest Lawley Services, Inc. Scholarship Fund Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund

David & Marie Leamy Endowed Fund Legacy II Philanthropic Fund Hubert George & Alice Shyne Leising Fund Jamie Lembeck Memorial Fund Edward H. Letchworth Bequest Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund Mrs. Rosemary LoDestro Lett Memorial Fund Lewis Family Fund Lewiston-Porter Alumni Association Endowment Fund Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc. Fund Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc. Permanent Endowment Fund Olga Murray Lindberg— National League of American Pen Women Scholarship Fund Lions Blind & Charity Fund L.K.P. Trust Lockport High School Foundation Philanthropic Fund Lockport Lions Club Sight Fund Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund Locust Street Art Classes Forever Foundation William F. Long Fund Edward P. Lupfer Memorial Scholarship Sam Lux Fund Katherine & John MacDonald Foundation Norman E. Mack II Fund R & J Magavern Fund

Antoinette Malanowicz Fund for Cancer Research Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund James & Margel Marean Endowed Fund Julia W. Marks Fund Marie A. Marshall Fund Martin House Endowment Fund Mabel Mason Fund Arlene & Ruth Mathews Fund Raymond F. May, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund Scott B. Maybee Scholarship Fund Belton & Mabel McCarley Scholarship Fund Lilla B. McCready Bequest Heather A. McGowan Scholarship Fund Frank & Donna McGuire Fund Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund Grace Fallon & Rapier Hayden McMenamy Fund Arthur J., Alice M. & Dr. James McMullen Memorial Fund Meals on Wheels of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment Barbara T. Meech & Robert B. Meech Fund Joseph & Riva Mehr Fund Robert H. & Rita Meier Memorial Scholarship Fund Melson Fund Messer Foundation— Permanent Fund Ida M. Mevius Bequest MIBBS Fund *deceased

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Donors Anne Conable and Dennis Galucki take a look around the Community Foundation’s new office space at the June 2013 Open House.

Middlebury Historical Society Fund Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund Benjamin Milak Memorial Scholarship Fund

Thomas & Jennie Militello Family Foundation Dr. Gustave P. Milkey & Janet B. Milkey Fund Alice Greger Miller Memorial Fund

Lloyd A. Miller Scholarship Fund Susan & Richard Minekime Family Fund Sperry W. Miner Bequest Amos J. & Leigh Hunt Minkel Memorial Student Fund Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund for Cancer Research Miss Buffalo Fund Mitchell Family Philanthropic Fund MJH Fund Edward H. Moeller Scholarship Fund Mildred Moffat Bequest Mothers’ Club of Buffalo Scholarship Fund MPZ Endowment Fund Dan & Jeannine Mullan Philanthropic Fund Sarah & Richard Munschauer Fund Nativity Fund Henry M., Patricia A. & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest Robert B. Newcomb Trust Jon Newman Memorial Scholarship Fund The NFJC of WNY Fund Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund Niagara Education Foundation Fund Niagara Family & Children’s Fund Fund for Niagara Hospice Niagara Relicensing Environmental Coalition Fund Norman A. Schoell Scholarship Fund

NTHS Alliance for Higher Education & Development Fund The John R. Oishei Foundation Scholarship Program Fund Nathalie Hawthorne Olena Bequest Elsie & Eugene Oliver Memorial Scholarship Trust Mary Louise Olmsted Fund Open Key Fund Orchard Park Lions Club Trust Fund Orchard Park Public Library Endowment Fund Robert Oristaglio Humanitarian Award Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund Our Lady of Lebanon Fund James R. Owen Scholar/ Athlete Cross Country Award Scholarship The Park School Foundation of Buffalo Patricia L. Parkinson Scholarship Fund Norma & Samuel Payne Fund Pediatric Digestion & Motility Disorders Society Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest The Ralph F. Peo Fund J. Warren Perry & Charles Donald Perry Memorial Trust Michael J. Perry Scholarship Fund Pet Emergency Endowment Fund Hanna Peters Trust Norma E. Pfeifer Fund PFLAG Buffalo/Niagara Endowment Fund

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ALL FUNDS Albert & Mildred Pfrender Bequest Alexander & Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund Phillips Lytle Foundation Pickburn Memorial Fund for Wildlife Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Family Fund Pinto Foundation Fund Planned Parenthood of Buffalo & Erie County Fund Police Athletic League of Buffalo Agency Endowment Fund

Marnie Currie Quinones Scholarship Fund Mary A. Hodson & Josephine E Radziwon Memorial Scholarship Fund Elizabeth A. Rambo Bequest George F. Rand Bequest Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund George F. & Isabel W. Rand Memorial Fund May C. Randazzo Scholarship Fund

Sara B. Richmond Scholarship Fund Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund— Buffalo Psychiatric Center Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund— Network of Religious Communities Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Scholarship Fund Charles & Alice Rolland Scholarship Fund

The Community Foundation celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Joe and Brett Ski Scholarship with a reception to honor Dr. Peggy Stearns (front row, fifth from the left), and students who have received this award.

Benny J. Polizzi Memorial Award Fund Edwin Polokoff Fund Georgina Polokoff Fund Braman Pomeroy Trust Horace B. Pomeroy Fund Edgar F. Pope Scholarship Fund Positive Youth Development Philanthropic Fund Susan Harvey Prentis Fund Professional Engineers Fund Lawrence Quinn Fund

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Rare Book and Special Collections Endowment Fund Gregory K. Raynor Memorial Fund Read to Succeed Buffalo Endowment Fund Douglas L. Rehlaender Trust Ruth B. Reinhardt Memorial Scholarship Fund Eugene T. Reville Memorial Scholarship Fund Charles Elbert Rhodes Scholarship Bequest Molly & Luke Rich Mental Health Fund

Arthur H. & Olga M. Rosche Environmental Education Fund Ross Family Fund Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted Ross Fund Natalie Kubera Roth Fund Natalie Kubera Roth Fund for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Jane Ruff Memorial Fund Rumsey Fund Rupp Scholarship Award Fund The Nelson Russell Memorial Fund

Michael W. Russell Fund C. Gordon Ryther Memorial Scholarship Fund John P. Samson Memorial Fund Sandstone Trust Howard T. Saperston Sr. Trust Philip S. Savage Trust Estelle Sawyer Writing Award Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Fund C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust Mr. & Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund Alan & Michele Scheff Family Fund Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation Hyman & Marjorie Scheff Foundation #2 Hyman & Majorie Scheff Foundation #3 Edward C. Schlenker Trust Harley J. & Alice M. Schlieder Scholarship William Kenneth Schmitt Fund Schneider Family Fund Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation, Inc. Philanthropic Scholarship Fund Alfred H. SchoellkopfElizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired Alfred H. Schoellkopf— Roswell Park Emmie F. Schoellkopf Fund Jacob F. Schoellkopf— Jefferson Penn Fund

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Emerging Philanthropists of Color members participate in the Discovering the Roots of Philanthropy Retreat.

The Jacob F. Schoellkopf Trust for the University of Buffalo Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Foundation Fund Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

Laura C. Scholl Memorial Fund Albert G. Schuele Scholarship Fund (Albert), Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Fund Albert, Maude, & (Marion) Schuele Memorial Fund The Schultz Family Fund Richard G. Schwind & Rhoda Robertson Schwind Fund D. Sinclair Scott & Dorothy Doane Scott Fund Bill & Helen Secen Philanthropic Fund Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund

Melba & Richard Seibold Fund Irene Klingener Selover Fund Albert R. & Alma E. Shadle Endowment Fund Sgt. Daniel Shaw Memorial Fund Brenda Kurtz Shelton & Harry C. Shelton Fund Shifflet-Steffan Scholarship Fund Bernard and Carolyn Shilt Scholarship Fund Bernard & Estelle Siegel Fund Sigma Alpha Nu Scholarship Fund

Leonard S. Sikora Scholarship Fund Marjorie Joyce Simmons Memorial Medical Fund The Thomas K. Singer Charitable Trust SJM3 Fund Dr. Barnett A. Slepian Memorial Fund Edna Foster Smith Bequest Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith Jr. Changing Needs Fund A. Warren Smith Jr. & Gretchen L. Smith Fund Harris N. Snyder Fund Society of Financial Service Professionals Buffalo Chapter Endowment Fund Elizabeth & Mary June Sonnenberg Scholarship Fund Sovran Foundation For A Better WNY Special Fund #7 Herman Spiegel & Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund Janet M. Sporleder Scholarship Fund St. John Hospice Endowment Fund Janina B. Staniewicz Scholarship Fund Barbara C. Stanikunas Scholarship Fund Lucie M. Stanton Memorial Trust Lucie M. Stanton Scholarship Fund Ellsworth M. Statler Trust Rosemarie C. Steeb Endowment Fund Daunt & Irene Stenzel Scholarship Fund The E.W. Dann Stevens Perpetual Endowment Fund

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ALL FUNDS Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund Charles F. Stewart Scholarship Fund Grace & Francis Stewart Humanities Scholarship Evelyn Stiem Fund The Stockton Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust Morton & Joan Stovroff Children’s Programming Endowment Fund Daniel W. Streeter Memorial Fund Ralph W. & Jane P. Strobel Memorial Fund Mark E. Strome Scholarship Fund Studio Arena Theatre School Fund Adele W. & Francis X. Sturner Trust Judy Summer Library Endowment Fund Angelo F. Suozzi Memorial Scholarship Fund Sustainable Use Fund of WNY John P. & Lorraine Altwater Sutkus Charitable Fund Swain Family Fund Thomas Swan Fund Swanson Community Fund Joseph & Loretta Swart Fund Evelyn Swarts Fund Catherine Swerdloff Bequest Swift Family Philanthropic Fund Walter P. Sy, M.D. Scholarship Fund Ruth S. Szalasny Memorial Scholarship Fund 54

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Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund The Talboys Family Fund Ambassador Paul D. Taylor ‘56 Scholarship Fund Cecil J. Terwilliger Scholarship Fund Edna M. Theobald Trust William F. Thiel Trust Lisa Georger Thompson Memorial Fund Tifft Nature Preserve Fund Stephen W. Tilton Bequest Richard Tobe & Susan B. Tobe Donor Advised Fund Tobin/Filvaroff Family Endowment Margaret & Glenn Tome Scholarship Fund City of Tonawanda Library Endowment Fund Tops Friendly Markets Art & Music Scholarship Elinor Townsend Trust Ethel Vick Wallace Townsend Memorial Fund Townson Family Foundation Trocaire College Endowment Fund Troop 6 Ernie Beamer Memorial Scout Fund Dr. Clarence A. Tyler Scholarship Fund Jim & Donna Tyrpak Family Fund United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment United Way Human Services Fund Urban Christian Ministries Fund USS The Sullivans (DD537) Fund William L. Van Schoonhoven Fund

Donors Ron and Margaret Talboys enjoy a tour of the Community Foundation’s new offices at the Open House.

The Links Organization was honored at the 2013 Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative Pay It Forward Awards.

Donors Jim Owen and Jayne Rand visit the West Side Bazaar, the 2012 21st Century Fund grantee.

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Blanch H. Van Valkenburgh Scholarship Fund Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund Marjorie Z. Van Arsdale Fund Variety Club Foundation Fund James W. Vogel Memorial Scholarship Fund Frederick A. Vogt Scholarship Fund Wadsworth Fund Carol G. Wagner Fund for Historic Research & Preservation Wagner Family Fund Aaron Matthew Waldeck Scholarship Fund

Elizabeth DeWees Walker Scholarship Fund Helen V. Walker Bequest William B. Walsh Trust Fund Kuang Mei Wang Fund Margaret M. Ward Bequest The Ward Family Fund Dr. Paul L. Warner Memorial Chemistry Award Eileen & Rupert Warren Charitable Fund Lessie Lee Watts Fund Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Fund Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Student Fund Monica M. Weidenbach Memorial Scholarship Fund

Gary Weidman Fund Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund Western New York Land Conservancy Endowment Fund Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust Alyne D. White Bequest Fern J. White & Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund Fred H. & Lorene L. White Fund William & Betty Wilder Scholarship Fund Betty Ball Wilder Fund Walter Wiles Charitable Fund

THE POWER OF ENDOWMENT $2.0 $1.8

All balances in millions

$1.7

$1.8

$1.6 $1.4 $1.2 $1.0 $0.8 $0.6 $0.4 $0.2

$0.1

$0.0 ORIGINAL GIFT IN 1936

VALUE IN 2013

TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1936

Established in 1936 through the bequest of a local businessman who died suddenly, this fund has grown from $100,000 to more than $1.7 million today. In the meantime, it has given grants of $1.8 million in the donor’s name to organizations in our community.

Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund Elizabeth W. Winters Philanthropic Fund WNY Arts Initiative WNY Lacrosse for Kids WNY MEET Fund WNY Women’s Foundation Dick Wohler Hutch-Tech Professional Engineering Scholarship Paul Wojtaszek Scholarship Fund Genevieve Wojtusiak Fund Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund Lee C. & Julie T. Wortham Family Fund Wyoming County Medical & Nursing Scholarships Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund Wyoming Free Library Fund Lucinda Yang Scholarship Fund YMCA Buffalo Niagara Agency Endowment Fund Charlotte Yudell M.D. & Alexander Richman M.D. Philanthropic Fund YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence YWCA of Niagara Munk/ Human Memorial Scholarship Trust YWCA of Niagara Fund The Zebro Fund Gustav & Grete M. Zimmer Bequest Laurette Zwelling Fund

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PERMANENT LEGACIES, CHARITABLE INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING PARTNERS Individuals, families, foundations and organizations entrusted more than $17 million to the Community Foundation in 2013. 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 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 2013.

Anonymous (6) Estate of Ruth E. Allen Amgis Foundation Joyce & Stuart Angert Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Ash The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation Baird Foundation Charles E. Balbach Revocable Trust Mr. Charles E. Balbach Baltimore Community Foundation Bank of America Allene Barans Mr. & Mrs. James M. Barrett Henry & Susan Beamer James & Joanne Biltekoff The Friends and Family of Brian Blesy BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York Mr. & Mrs. David W. Brason Belmore H. Bridgford Willow & Gary Brost Estate of Keirn C. Brown Mr. Keirn C. Brown Jr. 56

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Henry & Martha Bruner Ruth D. Bryant & Earl M. Lynch Buffalo Green Fund, Inc. Buffalo Sabres Foundation Buffalo Seminary Buffalo Yacht Club Foundation, Inc. Estate of Florence W. Buffum Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Castrianno James E. Cheesman Children’s Foundation of Erie County The Church of Western New York Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James A. Cipriani Citizens Bank Ms. Ruth S. Cleary Michael Cohen Fund Michael Collins & Kathleen O’Leary Community Services Support Foundation

Charlie and Allene Barans join a tour to see changing needs dollars at work on Buffalo’s West Side.

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Constantine Beuline Crawford Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump CTG James H. Cummings Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Herbert F. Darling Jr. Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust Mark & Nancy Davis Deaconess Alumnae Association

Ms. Valerie J. DeBerry Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Decillis Clotilde & Adrian Dedecker III Delaware North Companies Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Diachun Ms. Margaret A. Diez Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Dopkins Ms. Donna Doran Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Dorfman Gayle L. Eagan, Esq. Eastman Foundation

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Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Erie-Niagara Chapter of the NYS Society of Professional Engineers Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Ervolina Jr. Ms. Susan G. Ervolina Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Ess Evans Bank, N.A. Mr. Gary Eye Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Foundation Estate of June Farrington Estate of Anne Catt Filer Mr. Steven Finch First Niagara Foundation Dr. Mildred J. Fischle Judith Fisher Estate of Norma Jean Foster Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Jeffrey M. Genrich Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. George Jeffrey & Michele Goldfarb Dr. Susan P. Graham & Dr. Jon C. Kucera Dr. & Mrs. Carl V. Granger Roberta J. Grimm Gronk Nation Youth Foundation Gordon R. Gross, Esq. Joan Willard Gruen Pete Grum—Rand Capital Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Western New York Heritage Contract Flooring, LLC Mr. Owen Herne & Ms. Lisa Manchester Mr. & Mrs. Sherlock A. Herrick Jr.

Jeffrey & Shelley Hirshberg Judy J. Weisbeck Hotchkin Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Frederic & Marie Houston Mr. Philip H. Hubbell Ms. Carolyn Human Hunt Charitable Foundation Estate of H. Reed Hunt Martha & Tom Hyde Irr Supply Centers, Inc. Mr. William R. Irr Mr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Johnston III Gail & Bruce Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Jones Bill & Anne Joyce Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kahn Kaleida Health Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Daniel Acker Scholarship Fund Gerald Kelly Capital Corp.

Kensington High School Alumni Association Key Bank Foundation The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc. Estate of Velma Jean Laird Estate Frank P. Langley Jr. Lawley Insurance Estate Margaretha Lawrence Patrick P. Lee Foundation Daniel S. Leone Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro Daniel & Margaret Lewis Lewiston Porter Alumni Association Mr. Angelo Liberatore Lions Blind & Charity Fund, Inc.

Bruce and Gail Johnstone take a tour of the Community Foundation’s new offices at the Open House.

Standford Lipsey Philanthropic Fund Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes, Inc. M&T Charitable Foundation Magavern Pool, Inc. Mr. Sam Magavern & Ms. Monica Angle Mr. & Mrs. James Marean The Marks Family Foundation Martin House Restoration Corporation Ms. Ruth Mathews Gerard & Barbara Mazurkiewicz John McCarthy Ms. Michaelene J. McFarlane Michael & Barbara McQueeney Jock & Betsy Mitchell Gary L. Mucci, Esq. Mr. Kenneth Myszka

Network for Good Dr. Harry & Phyllis Newman Sanford & Margery Nobel Estate of Robert North Jr. Alphonso & Marcia O’Neil-White The John R. Oishei Foundation Ms. Nancy J. Orsi James R. Owen The Park School of Buffalo Mr. Melvin A. Parker, Esq. & Jennifer J. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Penfold PRSA Buffalo/Niagara Chapter Mr. Jeffrey M. Reinhardt David & Joan Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Louis Rosati Nan & Craig Rung David Sabath Saldanha Family Foundation

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Mr. Lou Santiago Say Yes To Education, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Alan K. Scheff Hy & Marjorie Scheff Mr. & Mrs. Jake Schneider The Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation, Inc. Estate of JF & WS Schoelkopf Foundation Hugh B. Scott, J.D. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Shaw Shawangunk Runners Mrs. Brenda K. Shelton Simple Gifts Fund Statler Foundation

Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr. Ruth V. Stockton John Sung Ms. Cindy Susienka Margaret G. Swift Charitable Lead Trust Steve & Nicole Swift Mrs. Jeanie M. Sy Ronald & Margaret Talboys Nancy Thompson Tides Foundation Mr. Edwin O. Tilton Richard Tobe & Susan Bring Tobe Ms. Nancy Tobin & Mr. David B. Filvaroff

LindaMarie & Michael Todd Brian* & Martha Townson Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo United Way Donor Choice Program United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Univera Healthcare Dr. Francisco & Janet Vasquez Ms. Catherine A. Walker Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John N. Walsh III

John A. & Mary Clare Ward Family Foundation Peter Weinmann & Amelida Ortiz-Weinmann Weissman Family Foundation The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation Western New York Foundation Cort & Denise Williams Winthrop Financial, Inc. Charles Wright & Lina Marie Voutour Dr. Joan Yang *deceased

THE POWER OF ENDOWMENT $1.8

All balances in millions

$1.6 $1.4

$1.4

$1.5

$1.2 $1.0 $0.8 $0.6 $0.4

$0.4

$0.2 $0.0 ORIGINAL GIFT IN 1975

VALUE IN 2013

TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1975

At her death in 1975, a widow gifted $400,000 to the Community Foundation to create a fund as a tribute to her late beloved husband. Originally from Germany, the couple made Buffalo their home and she wished to take care of their adopted community in perpetuity.

By the end of 2013 the fund had grown to more than $1 million and had given another $1.5 million to support the changing needs of the community.

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PAST CHAIRS OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD Jacob F. Schoellkopf 1919–1922 Frank B. Baird 1922–1923 Jacob G. Joseph 1923–1927 Oliver Cabana Jr. 1927–1933 George F. Rand 1933–1942 Edward H. Letchworth, Esq. 1942–1958 Charles H. Diefendorf 1958–1966 J.F. Schoellkopf IV 1966–1969 Charles H. Diefendorf 1970–1971 George C. Letchworth 1971–1973 Howard T. Saperston Sr. 1973–1975 Robert I. Millonzi, Esq. 1975–1977 Adelbert Fleischmann, Esq. 1977–1978 Mrs. C. Taylor Wettlaufer 1978–1980 Irvine J. Kittinger Jr. 1980–1981 Mrs. George D. Unger 1981–1985

Philip M. Marshall, Esq. 1985–1987 Edwin Polokoff 1987–1989 Richard B. McCormick 1989–1991 Mrs. Warren W. Lane 1991–1993 Ronald J. Anthony 1993–1994 John T. Smythe 1994–1995 James B. Denman, Esq. 1995–1996 Gordon R. Gross, Esq. 1997–1998 Holly A. Donaldson 1999–2000 Ruth D. Bryant 2001–2002 Joseph F. Crangle 2003–2003 Robert D. Gioia 2004–2006 Joseph J. Castiglia 2007–2008 Andrew J. Rudnick, Ph.D. 2009–2010 Alphonso O’Neil-White 2011–2012

PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS/PRESIDENTS/CEOS Dr. Frances Hollingshead 1920–1932 Sara Kerr 1932–1940, 1941–1947 Lars S. Potter 1940–1941 Daniel W. Streeter 1947–1963

Carlton P. Cooke 1963–1969 Charles E. Stewart 1970–1979 William L. Van Schoonhoven 1979–1996 Gail Johnstone 1997–2007

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1. Marsha Joy Sullivan, Vice Chair 2. Danis J. Gehl, Ph.D. 3. Anne Saldanha, M.D. 4. Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA, Chair 5. Charles Balbach 6. Cindy Abbott Letro 7. James Biltekoff

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