Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo 2019 Annual Report

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In honor of our Centennial Celebration, several Western New York landmarks were lit up in blue and orange on September 24, 2019.

From sharing your time, talent and treasure, to supporting causes that are most meaningful to you, while inspiring your neighbors to do the same, the ripples of doing good flow through our region no matter what we are facing together.

Helping you make the most of your generosity is what the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is all about. Since 1919, we have worked alongside our clients to create transformative change in Western New York.

Today, 100 years later, we are proud to feature 100 stories of individuals, families, organizations, community partners and collaborative initiatives that are a snapshot of your collective generosity and the positive change that we are igniting together. The stories in this book are 100 of the many reasons we are here, growing stronger than ever, so that we can continue to do good in Western New York for the next century and beyond. We are sincerely grateful to all of you for your continued partnership as we focus forward. Adelante.

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker

Francisco M. Vasquez, Ph.D.

President/CEO

Chair, Board of Directors

A century of giving.

At the heart of its work, the Community Foundation is committed to helping individuals, families and organizations make their charitable goals a reality.

Because every client is different, no two paths to reach one’s charitable goals are the same.

For 100 years, the Community Foundation has proudly taken a personalized approach to helping each client create a legacy that truly represents their unique wishes. These first stories showcase a variety of ways we work with clients.

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E DWA R D H . LE TC HWO RTH The Letchworth name is certainly a familiar one in Western New York.

Edward H. Letchworth was instrumental in establishing the Buffalo Foundation, now known as the Community Foundation. In 1919, he was asked by his client, George F. Rand, Sr., to learn about the concept of community foundations and bring the idea to Buffalo. Edward, a Harvard-educated attorney who worked with Phillips Lytle, shared his legal talent with the Community Foundation from its inception in 1919 until 1958. He drafted its Declaration of Trust, serving as Secretary, member of the Governing Committee, Chairman and finally, Honorary Chairman.

His dedication to the public good included his work in making Kleinhans Music Hall a reality through the Community Foundation on behalf of Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans.

Recognizing that Western New York’s needs would change over time, Edward established the Edward H. Letchworth Bequest at the Community Foundation, a changing needs fund that continues to do good in Western New York today, more than 60 years after his passing.

DA RWI N D. M AR TI N H O U S E Creating endowments at the Community Foundation is a way to preserve the past and secure the future for nonprofit organizations.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin Martin House was built in the early 1900s. It was a grand masterpiece, but one that fell into disrepair with the passing of time and the lack of funds to maintain it. In 1992, a massive renovation project began to restore it to its former glory, and the final component – the landscaping – was completed in 2019.

To ensure that history will not repeat itself, the Martin House Restoration Corporation established an endowment fund at the Community Foundation that will create a constant and perpetual stream of funding to support this historic landmark. Years from now, visitors can continue to experience first-hand the local work of a legendary architect.

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D R . DA N I S G E H L Dr. Danis Gehl grew up the oldest of six children in the civil rights era. She remembers her parents working hard and stressing the importance of education. Following in their footsteps, Dr. Gehl has worked tirelessly in adult education, housing and neighborhood development throughout her storied career, and turned to the Community Foundation when it was time to plan her charitable legacy. She established the Rosa L. and LaMarr Norman, Sr. Education Fund, named after her parents, and takes comfort in knowing that the endowed fund will continue to support the causes that were important to her parents – and which remain important to her – today, tomorrow and forever.

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A century of giving.

S Y LVIA ROS E N “I went to Ohio State during the Depression, when the fees were $100 a year,” recalled Sylvia Rosen, who grew up in Columbus, Ohio. “In order to pay that, I had several jobs.”

Sylvia was born in 1919, the same year that the Community Foundation was established. Although the country was experiencing a severe economic downturn throughout her youth, Sylvia remembers the charitable ways of her parents. “We didn’t have much in those days, but it was important to my parents to give back and to give big,” she said.

Mark Dellas/Burchfield Penney

“Giving back gives me a purpose.”

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The daughter and granddaughter of artists, Sylvia followed in her family’s footsteps, discovering her passion for ceramics, but soon realized that finding a place that recognized crafts as an art form was a challenge. “I wanted to find a way for craft media artists to show their work,” she explained. After moving to Buffalo, Sylvia and her husband, Nathan, started an endowment to create a juried biennial craft art exhibition, the first of which took place in 1988 at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center and continues to this day.

When she was in her late 90s, Sylvia learned about the Community Foundation from her professional advisor, and discovered how she could support the programs and causes that are important to her. Sylvia established the Sylvia L. Rosen Philanthropic Fund which, among other things, focuses on supporting the local arts community. This partnership allows Sylvia to focus on giving, while the Community Foundation handles all of the grant administration. Every year, grants in Sylvia’s name are made to the organizations that are important to her. “Giving back gives me a purpose,” said Sylvia. “It would be boring if you did not have something that made you want to get up in the morning.”

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M I N O R IT Y BA R FO U N DATI O N , I N C .

Trustees of the Minority Bar Foundation pictured at its Annual Scholarship and Awards Reception.

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Photo Credit: Glenn Murray

From the courtroom to the office, the Minority Bar Foundation, Inc. aims to promote equality and excellence in the field of law. To plan for the future, it partnered with the Community Foundation to establish an endowed fund. Now it will ensure a stable source of funding to carry out its mission of advancing the benefits of diversity in the legal profession.

FA R R I N GTO N FA M I LY Ruth, June and Worth Farrington were the children of F. Birney Farrington, the founder of Xcelite, a well-known local company that started out as a small metalworking shop in Orchard Park and expanded into the electronics repair industry.

Ruth was known for her love of libraries, June for her love of nature and Worth, his love for and pride in serving in the U.S. Navy. The siblings generously shared their good fortune with the community during and after their lifetimes.

Upon their deaths — Ruth’s in 1987, June’s in 2008 and Worth’s in 2014 — they each created an endowment fund to support the changing needs of Western New York forever. While their gifts spanned thirty years, they created a permanent legacy that will positively impact the community in which they lived and loved, and will always carry on their family name.

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Generosity for generations.

Individuals, couples and families come to the Community Foundation for many reasons. Some wish to pass along their legacy of giving to future generations. Some look to make the most of their generosity today while carrying on the names and good works of loved ones.

And still others are looking for a way to teach the next generation about philanthropy and keep their family connected. Here are a few stories of couples and families the Community Foundation works with to help them give back in their own meaningful way.

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PI NTO FA M I LY

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“Do you feel that what you do has meaning?” That is a question Priya Pinto recalls her late husband, Michael, asking her one morning, and something she thinks about often.

Priya was born in China, and spent the formative years of her childhood in India. As a young woman, she met Michael, who came from a middle class family, but had been given the opportunity to advance his education to become a CPA. They married and started a family. Soon after, Michael headed to the United States to enroll in the Wharton School of Business. With their two children, Alok and Ruchika, in tow, Priya followed a year later, and upon Michael’s graduation, they moved to Western New York when Michael was offered a position with M&T Bank and Priya started her career in human services.

“When we came to the United States, we had nothing, but somebody gave us a chance,” said Priya. Because of this, as the couple advanced their careers in their respective fields, they felt a strong desire to give back.

After researching ways to make the most of their charitable dollars, Michael and Priya worked through their attorney and financial advisor to establish the Pinto Foundation Fund in 2003 at the Community Foundation to support education.

“My parents taught me that if you have the means, you should be pushing yourself to give back,” said Alok, who volunteered throughout his time in college, law school and the Peace Corps.“The Community Foundation offers you a broad perspective and then lets you drill down on what you want to focus on, and our family’s giving goals have widened since my father’s death.”

The Pintos feel that partnering with the Community Foundation has given them a deeper connection to Western New York, as well as the opportunity to support other regions as they look ahead.

“My parents taught me that if you have the means, you should be pushing yourself to give back.”

“We are able to give in the way that is most meaningful to us.

To be able to do that with confidence in the management and trust in the expertise that is provided by the Community Foundation – I would not have it any other way,” said Priya.

When Michael passed away in 2014, Priya, Alok and Ruchika took a more active role in determining grants from the fund.

Priya Pinto holds a framed photo of her late husband, Michael, while seated next to their son,

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Generosity for generations.

T H E K H AN FA M I LY The Khan family believes you are never too young to learn about giving back. After establishing the MaRK Foundation at the Community Foundation to support organizations that are important to them during their lifetimes, Medhi and Rima Khan decided it was time to get their young children involved.

A family meeting at the Community Foundation helped educate the second generation advisors about why charitable giving is important so that when it comes time for them to plan their own giving, they will be well-informed on how to pay it forward.

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J OYC E A N D ST UA R T A N G E R T Local businessman Stuart Angert and his wife, Joyce, have made philanthropy a hallmark of their life’s work. When establishing the Joyce and Stuart Angert Fund, the couple wanted an organization that would drive significant impact, and allow them to support a myriad of organizations within Western New York and beyond.

8 From left: Mehdi, Alina, Aydin and Zahra Khan.

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VO GT FA M I LY For the Vogt siblings, one memory that drives their family’s legacy of giving is that of their grandmother, Mary Regina Koessler, at her typewriter, diligently making note of all the donations she would make to those in need. In 1989, the family created the Vogt Family Foundation, which was established with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their family business, Greater Buffalo Press. To ensure that their family’s legacy of giving continues to be passed on to future generations, the Vogt siblings decided to transfer their foundation to the Community Foundation to provide the extra support needed as their family expands and spreads out all over the country. Now Vogt family members from across the nation come together twice a year to make grant decisions and support Western New York and other communities that are important to them.

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E LIZ A B E TH A N D J O H N H U LLE Y Elizabeth (Bette) and John Hulley have generously supported our community for years, including through John’s work as a master craftsman on restoration projects like the Darwin D. Martin House. When it came time to plan their legacy, they selected the Community Foundation. Bette, a certified financial planner, has referred several long-standing clients to the Community Foundation and knew it was the right partner to ensure that the community they cared for during their lives would be supported in their names forever.

Peter and Mary Lou Vogt with their children (left to right) Tracy Tremblay, Annie McCune, Katie Schneider and Peter Vogt circa 1964.

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Helping organizations focus on the future.

The Community Foundation manages endowments for many organizations, each with its own unique mission and vision for the future. These organizations benefit from the Community Foundation’s investment strategy, which provides maximum diversification and top investment performance.

By investing with the Community Foundation, organizations can count on a sustainable source of income and be assured that they retain autonomy and flexibility, including the ability to honor their donors’ intent.

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NATIVITY MIGUEL MIDDLE SCHOOL OF BUFFALO A handful of sharply dressed seventh grade boys shuffle into a bright classroom at NativityMiguel Middle School of Buffalo.

Each one politely greets School President, Nancy Langer, and Board of Trustees President, JoAnne Hudecki, before taking their seats and engaging in a lighthearted conversation about the school’s basketball team. It is clear that these students are excited to be part of the NativityMiguel experience, a national school model designed to reach out to educationally underserved students, partner with parents, and provide a safe and nurturing learning environment.

The school, made up of the boys’ St. Augustine campus and the girls’ St. Monica campus, evolved from Catholic Central into a NativityMiguel school to better serve the children in the surrounding neighborhoods, providing extended school days that mirror a typical work day, as well as a longer school year that encompasses much of the summer. As its leaders embarked on its first strategic plan under the NativityMiguel model six years ago, being able to continue to best meet the needs of its fifth through eighth graders, setting them up for success beyond their middle school years, was the top priority.

Already familiar with the Community Foundation as a grantmaker and community leader, the school decided to establish a fund to create a stable and sustainable source of funding. A year after it was established, the school received a generous gift from a priest who named the school in his Will. “The fund has had a huge impact on our ability to make changes in the school, and we would not be able to do that if we had to focus so carefully on the day-to-day administration and investment of the fund,” Nancy noted.

Both Nancy and JoAnne agree that they chose the right partner.

“The Community Foundation is very transparent in terms of their robust investment strategy,” said Nancy. “We have a lot of trust and confidence in the investment committee and the seriousness with which they take their role. They feel a real obligation toward the work and impact that is being done as a result of the investment.”

Through its fund, NativityMiguel Middle School of Buffalo is now able to plan for the future knowing it will have a perpetual source of funding, and ultimately help its students succeed well past the last school bell.

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Board of Trustees President JoAnne Hudecki (left) and School President Nancy Langer stand in a classroom at NativityMiguel Middle School of Buffalo.

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Helping organizations focus on the future.

B U FFA LO PR E P Buffalo Prep aims to improve educational achievement for students living in low-income households. By working with private, public and charter high schools to help underrepresented youth take advantage of a first-rate college preparatory education since 1989, the organization established an endowment at the Community Foundation to ensure a perpetual stream of funding. Now it can secure a future of serving hundreds of students and alumni each year.

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13 Junior League of Buffalo celebrated 100 years in 2019.

J U N I O R LE AG U E O F B U FFA LO Like the Community Foundation, the Junior League of Buffalo, Inc., celebrated its first century of service in 2019.

This organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism and improving Western New York established an endowment at the Community Foundation to ensure it can continue to catalyze change for years to come.

Students enjoy a science class at Buffalo Prep.

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BU FFALO AU DU BON SOCIET Y Established in 1909, Buffalo Audubon Society leads and inspires Western New Yorkers to connect with and protect the natural world through bird-focused activities, advocacy and habitat restoration. Dedicated to its vision of a community where birds and people live and flourish together, it established the Buffalo Audubon Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation to make the most of its donors’ generosity season after season.

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16 Friends of Night People volunteers serve meals to the community.

FR I E N DS O F N I G HT PEO PLE Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019, Friends of Night People works to provide basic needs like food, clothing and medical care for the community. To ensure its mission will live on for another 50 years and beyond, it came to the Community Foundation to establish a source of ongoing funding through an endowment to support those most in need in our community.

Children study birds at Buffalo Audubon Society’s Beaver Meadow in North Java.

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Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative The Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative (CGLI) recognizes the importance of endowment building as a sustainable means of inspiring philanthropy for and within communities of color.

Led by the CGLI Council, the mission of the CGLI is to cultivate positive change in the lives of

E M E RG I N G PH I L A NTH RO PI ST S O F CO LO R The Emerging Philanthropists of Color (EPC) initiative is a giving circle of the CGLI, made up of generous and creative individuals who are enthusiastic about collective giving with a social impact. Through this initiative, EPC members are able to develop their philanthropic skills while enjoying networking, as well as civic and community engagement. They have access to civic leaders and philanthropists of color on the CGLI Council, who are available for mentoring and encouragement.

They also have the opportunity to collectively award two 17 $2,500 grants each year through the EPC Grant Process. EPC membership comes full circle when they are able to share their experiences with the youth who participate in CGLI activities, From left: EPC Co-Chair Brandi Moses, CGLI Council member continuing to pay Kawanza Humphrey and EPC Co-Chair/CGLI Vice Chair Derrick Parson at the 2019 Pay It Forward Awards, CGLI’s it forward. awards that recognize the philanthropic community.

trailblazing youth of color living within Western New York.

TH E YO U N G PH I L A NTH RO PI ST S

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In 2016, the CGLI launched The Young Philanthropists (TYPs) for high school students. TYPs participate in a program designed to spark their curiosity about grantmaking and ways to give back. After hearing from community leaders and philanthropists, TYPs are guided through the process to award two $1,500 grants to Western New York community organizations of their choosing.

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BO N ITA AN D H E N RY D U R AN D It was the 1960s and Bonita Cobb was in her middle school modern history class in Cincinnati, Ohio. She sat in front of a shy, athletic student named Henry Durand. Little did she know then that she had found her soulmate.

the Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative (CGLI). “I found it fascinating that there was an initiative like CGLI that was committed to the group that Henry and I worried about all the time,” Boni said.

The high school sweethearts were awarded scholarships to separate colleges – Boni to Kent State and Henry to Denison University, where he was one of only five black students to enter the college in 1966. Henry was a varsity team starter playing offense and defense for his four-year career and holds the distinction of being the first black captain of the otherwise all-white Denison University football team.

She joined the Community Foundation Board in 2015, and the Durands began contributing to the CGLI endowment. “It is kind of an extension and a more formal way of continuing to do the work that we always did,” explained Boni.

After college, Boni and Henry married and started a family, moving to Western New York in 1990 when Henry was offered a job at the University of Buffalo as director of its Educational Opportunity Program. Boni later secured a position as Chief of Staff to the President at Buffalo State College. Seeing the need to provide cultural support to students of color, the Durands began to help in any way they could, such as hosting Thanksgiving dinners for students that could not afford to return home for the break.

Henry passed away in 2018, but Boni knows that through the Community Foundation, the good he always did will live on forever. “People took a chance on us. People saw potential when we did not see it ourselves, and now it is our time to do that for someone else,” she said. “It is important to pay it forward.”

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“People saw potential when we did not see it ourselves, and now it is our time to do that for someone else.”

Boni was introduced to the Community Foundation by Board member Alphonso O’Neil-White and learned about 17

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Celebrating a Century.

A century in the making, 2019 was truly a memorable year-long celebration for the Community Foundation. From announcing the Centennial Awards, to hosting events in Florida and educational Centennial Salons, the year was full of excitement leading up to our big celebration in September.

Marking 100 years of generosity in Western New York and culminating with an inspiring event on September 24, 2019, at Kleinhans Music Hall, the Community Foundation honored 12 local change makers who exemplify what it means to ignite transformative change in Western New York. The evening brought together our clients and community partners, current and former Board members, local performers and our dedicated staff, who all share a desire to do good.

As we focus on advancing our vision of a vibrant and inclusive Greater Buffalo region with opportunity for all, we are keenly aware that we do it together, with each of you, and standing on the shoulders of those who came before us. We see infinite potential for the next 100 years and beyond.

Celebrating our 12 Centennial Awards finalists at our Centennial event in September.

Holding our celebration at Kleinhans was a natural fit since the Community Foundation was instrumental in building it.

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In 1934, Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans, the owners of a clothing store that bore their name, died within three months of each other. They bequeathed their estates to the Community Foundation with instructions to fulfill their dream of building a music hall for our community. The Community Foundation Board led the efforts to find a location, choose an architect, oversee the construction and secure a federal grant when it became evident that more funds were needed to carry out the couple’s wishes. Six years later, in 1940, Kleinhans Music Hall opened its doors, and the Kleinhans’ wish and legacy continue to benefit our entire community today.

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Centennial celebration event on September 24, 2019 L E F T PA G E A

Ruth Bryant, Earl Lynch and Community Foundation President/CEO Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker

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Hundreds of guests await the announcement of the Centennial Award winners in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall

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Anne Joyce, Community Foundation Immediate Past Chair Bill Joyce and Christopher Greene, Esq.

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The four endowment winners with awards designed by local artist Valeria Cray: James Giles, Diann Takens, Kelly Diane Galloway and David Zapfel

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Community Foundation Board Chair Elect Melissa Baumgart, Board member Hon. Rose H. Sconiers, Muriel Howard and Mickey Howard

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Former Community Foundation Board members Katie Schneider and Marsha Joy Sullivan

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Joanne Biltekoff, Community Foundation Board Vice Chair Jim Biltekoff, Board member Gary Crosby and Board Vice Chair Gary Mucci

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Meet the Centennial Awards Finalists The Cause Award

The Champion Award

This change maker has dedicated time and passion to addressing a pressing issue facing our region.

This change maker has made a meaningful change for a group of people.

E N D OW M E N T W I N N E R JAMES GILES, who helped establish services for citizens reentering society after incarceration and works to stop violence and redirect youth through Back-to-Basics Outreach ministries

E N D OW M E N T W I N N E R DIANN TAKENS, who provides programming, literacy instruction, teen empowerment and support through Peace of the City

FINALISTS

MARIXSA SANCHEZ-FELICIANO, who implements programs

JILL JEDLICKA, who advocated for the restoration of the Buffalo

River and who is committed to protecting our region’s natural resources through Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper

and services to ensure women have a healthy life before, during and after pregnancy through the Buffalo Prenatal and Perinatal Network

KAREN NICOLSON, who advocates for the rights and safety

MICHAEL MARTIN, who has worked to improve racial equity

of aging community members through the Center for Elder Law and Justice

and build a deeper understanding of the Native people through Native American Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc.

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24 JILL JEDLICKA

KAREN NICOLSON

FINALISTS

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25 DIANN TAKENS

MARIXSA SANCHEZ-FELICIANO

27 MICHAEL MARTIN

One endowment winner in each category was honored with $200,000: $100,000 to make a one-time grant to a Western New York nonprofit and $100,000 to create an endowment that will allow them to make grants in their name forever. Two finalists in each category were awarded $25,000 to grant to a Western New York nonprofit of their choice.

The Community Award

The Up and Comer Award

This change maker saw the hidden potential in a place and took a leadership role to transform it.

This change maker is an emerging leader currently mobilizing action around a place, an issue or people.

E N D OW M E N T W I N N E R DAVID ZAPFEL, who works to provide housing, job training skills, childcare, hot meals and education to low-income families through Gerard Place

E N D OW M E N T W I N N E R KELLY DIANE GALLOWAY, who works to eradicate human trafficking through outreach, education and implementing a program for victims through Ramp Global Missions

FINALISTS

FINALISTS

FAJRI ANSARI, who works to change perceptions of underserved

DAWNE HOEG, who helps refugee women make meaningful

communities through education and basketball as the religious leader of Masjid Nu’Man

contributions to the community through Stitch Buffalo

JESSICA BAUER WALKER, who advocates for comprehensive

youth, creates opportunities for self-sufficiency and incubates small businesses through the Foundry

health education in Buffalo Public Schools through the Community Network for Engagement, Connection and Transformation

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FAJRI ANSARI

MEGAN MCNALLY, who provides hands-on skill building to

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31 JESSICA BAUER WALKER

KELLY DIANE GALLOWAY

33 DAWNE HOEG

MEGAN MCNALLY

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Change Makers We are grateful to our Change Makers who have established endowments that will address the changing needs of our community over time and those who will support this work on an annual basis.

C E NTE N N IAL C HAN G E M AK E R S These change makers made a special commitment in honor of the Community Foundation’s Centennial celebration.

Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Abramoff Dr. Tamara Alsace Joyce and Stuart Angert Mr. Charles E. Balbach Allan and Melissa Baumgart Felicia Beard Ms. Mary A. Beard Dr. Diane Bessel Mr. Michael R. Brace CFA Buffalo Teachers Federation Betsy Constantine and Joe Janowski Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump Adrian F. & Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Holly Augspurger Donaldson Fund Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund

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Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund George Byron Fisher Fund Jennifer G. Flannery, Esq. Lawrence and Deborah Franco Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Samantha Gaerte Ramon Garcia Sue S. Gardner Gerald Kelly Capital Corp.

Sharon & Dan Gerstman Caroline Gilfillan Peter Gold & Athalie Joy Gondree Family Fund Mr. Peter J. Grogan Gordon R. & Gretchen S. Gross Family Fund John & Elizabeth Hulley Mary Jo & Peter Hunt

Thomas C. Hunt and Laurie Dann Kittinger Family Fund Myra S. Lawrence Sally S. Lenahan Bequest Gerald A. & Barbara E. Lipa Foundation William F. Long Fund Tony and Kate Masiello Ruth Mathews Ms. Francesca Mesiah Maureen Millane, PhD Joan B. Mokdessi Michael & Lorrie Munschauer Ed Northwood Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso O’Neil-White Edwin Polokoff Revocable Trust Gerald F. & Karen Reger Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick

Anne Saldanha, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. John D. Schanzlin Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Foundation Fund Mr. Gerould R. Stange Dr. Richard Stockton Jr. Dr. Joan M. Sulewski Michael and Marsha Joy Sullivan Vogt Family Foundation Estate of Linda K. Wadsworth Chris & Jack Walsh Ms. Susan A. Warren Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Matching Gifts Program Janet Wisbaum

PE R M A N E NT C HAN G I N G N E E DS E N D OWM E NT FU N DS 1910s Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund 1920s William Henry Andrews Bequest Lilla B. McCready Bequest Jacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund 1930s Harry S. Hilliker Bequest Jacob G. Joseph Bequest Albert J. Klinck Memorial Fund Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund 1940s Louis R. Davidson Bequest William Hengerer Company Fund Howard Kellogg Trust Madeline A. Kraft Bequest Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund Horace B. Pomeroy Fund George F. Rand Bequest Jacob F. and Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund 1950s M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr. Charles & Marion Hahn Fund Edward H. Letchworth Bequest Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest Special Fund #7 Ellsworth M. Statler Trust

1960s Anna May Andrews Trust Thekla R. Groben Bequest J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund Edna Foster Smith Bequest 1970s Josephine Biontolillo Bequest Jean Knowlton Brown Fund Martin A. Buecking Bequest Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund Louise Kimberly Bequest Ralph Kimberly Bequest Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest Philip S. Savage Trust Catherine Swerdloff Bequest Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest 1980s Ina D. Alt Trust Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest The D-B Trust Ruth E. Farrington Bequest William F. Goodson Bequest Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest Ida M. Mevius Bequest Open Key Fund Howard T. Saperston Sr. Trust Edward C. Schlenker Trust Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

Ruth and Darwin Schmitt Fund Albert, Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Funds Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund 1990s Virgil A. & Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund Walter L. Byram Bequest Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke Jr. Fund Damon Family Fund Holly Augspurger Donaldson Fund Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund Fuzak Family/Joan M. & Victor T. Fuzak Fund G. R. S. Fund William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund Daphne Hare Fund Harvey Family Fund Kittinger Family Fund Howard C. Laverack Bequest Dr. Gustave P. Milkey & Janet B. Milkey Fund Henry M., Patricia A. & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund Braman Pomeroy Trust Natalie Kubera Roth Fund Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith Jr. Changing Needs Fund

Evelyn Stiem Fund William L. Van Schoonhoven Fund Wadsworth Fund William B. Walsh Trust Fund Eileen and Rupert Warren Charitable Fund Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund Betty Ball Wilder Fund 2000s Anonymous Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Foundation Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund Charles A. & Anne L. Bird Fund Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund Michael R. Butler & Glenys Maschoff Butler Fund Betty Crump Fund Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs Heather J. DePaolo-Johnny Memorial Fund DePerno Family Fund Eastern Niagara Fund Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund June Farrington Fund Fischle - Laesser Endowment Fund Fisher Family Fund George Family Foundation Gordon R. & Gretchen S. Gross Family Fund Grover & Isabel James Fund 25

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D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund A. David & Heather M. Jones Advisory Fund Kreher Family Fund William F. Long Fund Arlene & Ruth Mathews Fund Melson Fund Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund Norma E. Pfeifer Fund Herman Spiegel & Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund Rosemarie C. Steeb Endowment Fund Evelyn Swarts Fund Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund Kuang Mei Wang Fund

Alyne D. White Bequest Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund 2010s Anonymous (2) James & Kristin Allen Fund Sheriff Michael S. Amico Fund Joyce & Stuart Angert Philanthropic Fund Lawrence M. Appleby Fund Charles and Ione Arrick Charitable Fund Beard Family - In Honor of Michael Dorian Beard Belmore Hicks Bridgford Fund Edna L. Carroll Trust Centennial Changing Needs Endowment Fund Beuline Crawford Bequest Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker & Adrian F. Dedecker III Centennial Endowment

Elizabeth Deichman Fund Virginia Deuel Memorial Fund Paul P. Dosberg Charitable Fund Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund Worth L. Farrington Fund George Byron Fisher Fund The Gregory Family Fund Gross Family Fund Ilene N. Hein Fund John Hulley & Elizabeth RydzynskiHulley Fund Hulley WNY Changing Needs Fund H. Reed Hunt Fund Kucera - Graham Family Foundation Langley Family Fund Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund Sally S. Lenahan Bequest Barbara Wirtner Liberatore Fund The Mathews Family Fund

Frank Mesiah Family Legacy Fund The Michael E. and Lorrie Chamberlain Munschauer Centennial Fund Normandy Fund Donald A. Pause Fund Lois and Thomas Pause Charitable Fund Pieroni Greco Family Fund Reed Family Fund Gerald F. and Karen Reger Centennial Changing Needs Endowment The Thomas K. Singer Charitable Trust SJM3 Fund The Stockton Family Changing Needs Fund Jim Y. and Emilia M. Tou Foundation Vogt Family Foundation Fund for WNY Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for the Community Foundation

STO C K TO N FA M I LY Richard and Ruth Stockton spent the majority of their lives in Buffalo, always appreciating its 35 challenges and treasures. In 1995, their son, Dr. Richard Stockton Jr. (Rick), established the Stockton Family Fund at the Community Foundation as a way to give back to the community the family loved.

Thirteen years later, he established a second fund, the Fund for Nature, to support the environment.

In 2019, after the passing of his mother, Rick decided to honor his parents’ legacy by opening the Stockton Family Changing Needs Fund at the Community Foundation. Rick believes that by directing some assets to support the changing needs in Western New York, his parents’ legacy will transform lives beyond what anyone can envision today.

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A N N UAL C HAN G I N G N E E DS CO NTR I B UTO R S Dr. Tamara Alsace Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Ash Jennifer Balbach Allan and Melissa Baumgart Ms. Nancy G. Berg Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Bertoldo Denis & Nancy Berwanger James and Joanne Biltekoff Ms. Sara Van Arsdale Bliss Dan & Jean Burling Ms. Helen G. Burlingham Byrncliff Resort & Conference Center Mr. James E. Cheesman Kim and Nancy Clark Michael and Joan Cohen Ms. Anne Conable Ms. Margaret A. Conable and Mr. Kevin S. Crandell Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Coveny Jr. Ms. Frances Cox Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Crosby Adrian F. and Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Ms. Mary Elena Deeney Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dewey Betsy and Peter Diachun Dr. Gerard J. Diesfeld Ms. Barbara Dominesey Dr. Bonita Durand Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dutton Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund Mr. Donald T. Eichenauer

Michael Eichler Mr. and Mrs. John P. Emerling The Celia Lipton & Victor W. Farris Foundation Ms. Donna M. Ferry Mr. Steven Finch Mr. Robert E. Firestine First Niagara Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Theron A. Foote Lawrence and Deborah Franco James & Marjorie Fulmer Ms. Dottie Gallagher Danis J. Gehl, Ph.D. Mr. James F. Gillen Grace Foundation Mr. David Granger Greene Van Arsdale Foundation Mr. Pete Grum Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Hempel Aravind and Elizabeth S. Herle Ms. Susan G. Herrnstein Hodgson Russ LLP Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Horton Mr. and Ms. Ralph Houseknecht Mr. and Mrs. Edward V. Hulme Ms. Gail C. Humphrey Ms. Patricia K. Humphrey Hurwitz & Fine, P.C. In Site: Architecture, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy M. Jacobs Jr. Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Johnson Bill and Anne Joyce

Ms. Dorothy Kelley Robert A. Kelley Keith & Mary Beth Kibler Timothy J. Kibler & David M. Johnson Ms. Doris Kirsch Sandra Kushner Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Lane Legacy II Fund Dr. and Mrs. Rodney Logan Timothy & Carolyn Lyons Mr. John MacCallum Ms. Cheryl D. Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. McCarthy Jr. Ms. Cheryl A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Miller Joan B. Mokdessi Alex Montante Timothy & Rosemary Moran Mr. Andrew A. Morrison Gary L. Mucci, Esq. Barbara J. Myers Thaddeus Naprawa David Nelson, Esq. Network for Good Jean Nuwer Mr. Hal D. Payne Ms. Linda Purdy Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan Adele Redfern Robinson and Hackemer Funeral Home, Inc. Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick Anne Saldanha, M.D.

Jane A.C. Schmieder, Esq. Ruth and Darwin Schmitt Fund Schneider Family Fund Hon. Rose H. Sconiers The Mark L. Serventi Family Foundation Ms. Gail L. Shadbolt Ms. Kay Sheehan Mary Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sluka Ms. Eleanor A. Smith John Somers/Harmac Medical Products, Inc. Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr. Edward & Beverly Strusa Richard and Nancy Swanson Swiss Valley Farms LLC United Way of Buffalo & Erie County United Way of Greater Niagara United Way of the Greater Capital Region, Inc./SEFA Mr. James H. Van Arsdale IV Ms. Suzanne J. Van Arsdale Mr. Charles L. VanArsdale* Mr. George VanArsdale and Ms. Elizabeth Osta Matt Vanderwerken Dr. and Mrs. Francisco M. Vasquez The James and Michal Wadsworth Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Walczak Walsh Duffield Insurance Ward & Kutzuba PLLC Mr. Ronald E. Wert Mr. Arthur Wilk Mr. Kevin Yost and Mr. John Eckman 27

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Bold goals. Bright future.

Our generous Change Makers make it possible for the Community Foundation to facilitate long-term transformative change in Western New York. This leadership work is prioritized through a regular, strategic planning process led by the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors that includes analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, as well as resident input. As the needs of the community continue to change over time, so does the way the Community Foundation addresses those needs. The 2019 community goals were as follows*:

Increase racial and ethnic equity Greater Buffalo is on the rise and we believe all our residents should have the opportunity to take part and fulfill their highest potential.

Improve educational achievement and workforce readiness for residents living in low-income households By removing financial, academic, social and health barriers to educational attainment, we will develop the skills in our local talent pool to support long-term economic growth in the region.

Protect and restore significant environmental resources and promote equitable access With approximately 20 percent of the world’s fresh water flowing through our region, we must ensure that it is not only clean, but that all residents are able to access and enjoy our waterways.

Strengthen the region as a center for architecture, arts and culture Our region’s arts and culture sector enhances the quality of life in our community and boosts our local economy. Every dollar invested in the arts returns nearly $10 in economic impact. * When the community experienced the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, the Community Foundation moved quickly to meet the immediate needs of Western New York through the lens of these goals.

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Advancing equity, one coalition at a time.

We are at a pivotal moment in time in Western New York. Now more than ever, we must close racial equity gaps in our community to positively accelerate our economic resurgence to ensure all residents can play a part in moving us forward together.

Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable In 2015, the Community Foundation convened civic leaders to form the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable with the goal of achieving an expanded, inclusive economy.

The Roundtable is comprised of nearly 40 community leaders from public, private, nonprofit and faith institutions committed to advancing racial equity in our region, and now has more than 250 organizations engaged in the work to reach actionable – and achievable – goals detailed in a nine-point agenda. Here are a few of the 2019 highlights: BOYS & YO U N G M E N O F CO LO R Lifting up voices of boys and young men of color, as well as supporting them 37 on a path to be leaders in our The second Breaking Barriers cohort community, is the graduated in January. focus for the Boys & Young Men of Color Coalition. One of its initiatives is the Breaking Barriers Youth Leadership Council embedded within Say Yes Buffalo. With two inspiring graduation classes, the ripple effect of creating leaders and mentors in our community is audible and visible. These young men played an impactful role in the Roundtable’s racial equity storytelling work with WBFO-FM in 2019.

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Harnessing the spending power of corporate powerhouses in our region to ensure businesses of color have an opportunity to earn contracts is a key focus of the Business Leaders Task Force (BLTF). Comprised of 12 major employers, the BLTF developed the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative, a 2-year pilot that involves the employers building capacity around inclusive procurement practices and increasing purchase orders with businesses owned by people of color. To date, it has exceeded its spend goal and contracted directly with 45 new businesses of color.

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Creating space that encourages sharing, builds trust and fosters understanding across racial groups has been the work of the Racial Healing Circles Workgroup. In addition to planning the annual National Day of Racial Healing held each January, this group of religious leaders representing different faiths hosted nearly a dozen healing circles, while building capacity by training 17 new facilitators.

R E E NTRY COALITI O N 40 The odds are against reentering citizens. Trying to put your life back on track can at times appear to be insurmountable.

Now imagine leaving the Erie County Holding Center and only needing to walk around the corner to access resources to support you in reaching employment and life goals. The Roundtable’s Reentry Coalition is made up of 55 agencies working collaboratively to improve outcomes for reentering citizens. One priority was creating The Services Link Stop, a one-stop shop for reentering individuals to access programs and services from more than 20 on-site partners, expected to open in 2020.

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Building blocks for success.

Education is the leading indicator of economic health for a region, and every child, regardless of zip code, should have access to the necessary resources to learn and flourish. Starting with Buffalo’s eager-to-learn preschoolers to high school seniors and post-graduates, the Community Foundation works with its partners to discover and nurture the potential of children and youth.

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The ABCs of education include ensuring that children entering kindergarten are prepared physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively. The Community Foundation is a funding partner and co-convener of Liftoff, an alliance launched in 2018 which collectively engages in community and systemwide work to achieve better early childhood outcomes by integrating practice, policy, research and resources.

In 2019, Liftoff conducted an assessment to understand the early childhood needs in New York’s nine western-most counties and hired its first Executive Director to implement a coordinated agenda.

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In 1998, 17 nonprofit organizations, including the Community Foundation, came together with the desire to organize a more focused and strategic way to impact educational outcomes for at-risk children. Together, they created the Education Foundation for Greater Buffalo.

In 2006, the Education Foundation narrowed its focus to early childhood literacy and created Read to Succeed Buffalo, which is now an independent nonprofit.

The Community Foundation continues to be involved with Read to Succeed, granting out funds to support initiatives like the Community Alignment Reading Excellence Child Care and Preschool programs.

Helping students reach for the stars benefits us all.

Launched in December 2011, Say Yes Buffalo is an unprecedented, collaborative effort with more than 200 partners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors committed to strengthening Western New York by investing in the education of Buffalo’s future workforce.

The Community Foundation played a key 43 leadership role in brokering this initiative and today, Say Yes Buffalo provides scholarships to eligible graduates of Buffalo public and charter schools to all SUNY/CUNY schools and more than 100 private colleges and universities across the United States. Additionally, the Community Foundation has awarded grants and provided guidance to Say Yes Buffalo’s programmatic work around increasing access to mental health services for Buffalo students and creating opportunities for boys and young men of color through the work of the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable.

The Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Endowment Fund is invested at the Community Foundation with a goal of providing long-term sustainable support for future generations of students.

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Supporting the environments that nourish our kids.

A healthy childhood begins at home. Many factors affect the ability of children to learn and thrive in their environment. When it comes to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to reach their potential, we need to address threats in the place that should be the safest.

G E T AH E AD O F LE AD Ayat Nieves just recorded his first original song, complete with a music video. Ayat is not an aspiring rock musician or rap artist; he’s a Buffalo property manager and landlord who is making lead poisoning prevention a priority in a creative way.

Ayat is one of 40 landlords convened by the Community Foundation in a first-in-thenation human-centered design project to engage property owners in preventing lead poisoning. A recent report showed that 80 percent of childhood lead poisoning in Buffalo occurs in rental units that are owned by small-scale landlords.

Contrary to popular belief, landlords in Buffalo typically are not absentee property owners or corporations aiming to turn a profit. Over 50 percent of the landlords of high-risk properties live in Buffalo, often in the same neighborhood as their rental properties. These landlords can be key partners in protecting children from lead hazards presented by chipped lead-based paint in homes built before 1978.

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The Community Foundation has worked with landlords to develop an education campaign with and for them called “Get Ahead of Lead” to help landlords understand the basics of lead exposure as well as legal and regulatory obligations to maintain their property.

Landlords have advised the entire process of the campaign, from choosing the logo to developing the messages.

This effort launched a community engagement campaign, including the website GetAheadofLead.org, and has changed the way the city of Buffalo communicates with landlords. This is music to Ayat’s ears.

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Another way the Community Foundation is working to make homes healthier and safer for everyone is through the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI). The GHHI approach also provides economic benefit to families in the form of cost savings, develops career pathways to higher-paying green jobs, and produces more stable neighborhoods by increasing the quality of housing stock.

GHHI is a public-private partnership between federal, state and local governments along with national and local philanthropy, and convened locally by the Community Foundation. Buffalo’s GHHI aligns and coordinates funding sources and programs for weatherization, lead hazard control, asthma control, and other home health and safety interventions in low-income households.

In 2019 alone, GHHI assisted 148 families in the 14208, 14211, 14212 and 14215 zip codes.

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Freedom of expression.

Recognizing that arts and culture play an important role in the vitality of Western New York, this sector results in more than $350 million in total economic impact.

M I C H I GA N ST R E E T AFR I C AN A M E R I C A N H E R ITAG E CO R R I DO R As you drive down Michigan Avenue in Buffalo, you cannot miss 46 the expansive arch that graces the entrance of the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor, which was installed in 2019.

Nestled on Buffalo’s East Side and encompassing neighborhoods that include Willert Park, Cold Springs and the Fruit Belt, the area serves as a reminder of those local heroes who shaped the abolitionist and civil rights movements. Anchor properties along the corridor include The Nash House Museum, The Colored Musicians Club, Michigan Street Baptist Church and WUFO, New York State’s first and only black female-owned radio station. These iconic landmarks tell of our city’s rich African American history.

In 2001, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization called the Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition was formed with a focused mission to preserve and promote the heritage of the Michigan Street Baptist Church, Buffalo’s first African American church.

The Community Foundation has been a key supporter of the Coalition’s efforts, by assisting with building the Board, stabilizing the church’s structure, completing a strategic plan and funding a Historic Structure Report, as well as an oral history interviewing program, and securing grant funding for the all-volunteer based group to ensure forward momentum.

FU N D FO R TH E A RT S The Fund for the Arts was established 15 years ago by a group of funders to mitigate the impact of Erie County budget cuts. Today, its mission has evolved to meet the needs of the sector, and almost $3 million in collaborative funding has been provided to build capacity for various arts and cultural initiatives.

The Community Foundation administers this funders’ cooperative of public, private, family and corporate foundations. Together, they assess the needs of our arts community, and promote collaboration to strengthen the sector as a whole.

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100 Years of Leadership At the Community Foundation, we stand on the shoulders of change makers and great leaders who came before us. We offer our sincere appreciation for the time our past Presidents and former and current Board members have dedicated to building a strong foundation for our organization and community. The time and talents they have committed during their leadership service has enhanced our ability to create meaningful change on behalf of hundreds of clients.

PA ST E XECUTIVE D I R EC TO R S , PR E S I D E NT S A N D C EOS

Dr. Frances Hollingshead, first Executive Director of the Community Foundation

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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. Steward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1970-1979 William L. Van Schoonhoven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979-1996 Gail Johnstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-2007

Gail Johnstone Gail Johnstone served as President/CEO of the Community Foundation from 1997 to 2007. During Gail’s decade-long tenure, the Community Foundation expanded services to deepen our commitment to our clients and our community, and doubled its total assets.

Gail led the charge on many structural improvements, including implementation of a comprehensive integrated financial and data management system, introduction of several new options for client giving, installation of a web-based, password-protected fund access link for clients and much more. Gail was also instrumental in the creation of the 21st Century Fund, a giving circle that is open to anyone who wants to give back to Western New York.

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When it was time for Gail and her husband, Bruce, to consider their legacy, they turned to the Community Foundation for its unsurpassed knowledge of the community and top-of-class investment results.

“When we decided to leave our legacy with the Community Foundation, we knew it was the right move,” Gail said.

Gail continues to be one of our greatest champions and we truly appreciate all of her contributions to our first century of success.

Gail and Bruce Johnstone

William Van Schoonhoven William “Beau” Van Schoonhoven spent 17 years at the helm of the Community Foundation, giving his talent to the betterment of the quality of life in Western New York.

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During his tenure: Community, corporate and foundation leaders came together to establish WNY Grantmakers to support and promote effective philanthropy in Western New York; and the Community Foundation established a corporate format parallel to the trust format to maximize investment opportunities for clients.

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Current Board Members We appreciate the leadership of our Board and the experiences they bring to the table to help us carry out our mission.

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Alice Jacobs, J.D.

Hon. Rose H. Sconiers

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Jennifer Chalmers Balbach

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68 Hal D. Payne

Tamara O. Alsace, Ph.D.

Bonita R. Durand, Ph.D.

Allen “Pete” Grum

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Lawrence C. Franco, Esq.

William L. Joyce Former Chair

Francisco M. Vasquez, Ph.D. Current Chair

James Biltekoff

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70 John F. Somers

Melissa Baumgart

59 Steve Finch

Cheryl Jankowski, CPA

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Dottie Gallagher

66 Alex Montante

71 John N. Walsh, III

Gary L. Mucci, Esq.

Former Board Members

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Daniel J. Kenefick

1919–1921

*Robert I. Millonzi, Esq.

1969–1978

Howard Zemsky

2001–2002

William Henry Andrews

1919–1922

*Irvine J. Kittinger Jr.

1970–1980

David M. Zebro

2001–2005

General Edmund Hayes

1919–1923

*Adelbert Fleischmann, Esq.

1971–1981

*Robert D. Gioia

2001–2006

*Jacob G. Joseph

1919–1931

*Mrs. C. Taylor Wettlaufer

1973–1982

*Andrew Rudnick, Ph.D.

2001-2010

*Jacob F. Schoellkopf

1919–1935

*Mrs. George D. Unger

1975–1984

Kathleen Doucet-Miller

2002–2006

*Frank B. Baird

1920–1922

*Philip M. Marshall, Esq.

1977–1986

Darryl Green

2003–2003

Mrs. Stephen M. Clement

1920–1924

John Patrick Cox

1978–1982

Reginald Melson

2003-2008

*Oliver Cabana Jr.

1922–1938

Peter J. Crotty

1979–1983

Leslie Zemsky

2004-2008

Mrs. Anna B. Fox

1922–1940

*Edwin Polokoff

1981–1990

Gayle L. Eagan, Esq.

2004-2013

Jesse C. Dann

1923–1923

*Richard B. McCormick

1982–1992

Hon. Hugh B. Scott

2004-2013

George A. Keller

1923–1926

Robert T. Bongi

1983–1987

Charles Balbach

2004-2013

George F. Rand Jr.

1923–1942

*Mrs. Warren W. Lane

1983–1992

Hon. Betty Calvo-Torres

2005-2010

Mrs. Alfred H. Clark

1925–1937

*Ronald J. Anthony

1984–1993

John A. Mitchell

2005-2014

1926–1958

Mrs. Robert J. Grantham

1985–1993

Anne Saldanha, MD

2006-2015

Mrs. Carlton M. Smith

1928–1956

*John T. Smythe

1987–1994

Katie Schneider

2006-2018

Carlton K. Matson

1931–1932

Paul A. Willax

1988–1992

Luke Jacobs, Esq.

2007-2011

William Warren Smith

1932–1947

*Gordon R. Gross, Esq.

1991–2000

*Alphonso O’Neil-White, Esq. 2007-2016

1936–1952

*James B. Denman, Esq.

1992–2000

Jennifer J. Parker, JD

2007-2016

1938–1966

Thomas M. Fricano

1993–1997

Katie Militello

2008-2011

Lewis G. Harriman

1941–1963

*Holly A. Donaldson

1993–2001

*Marsha Joy Sullivan

2008-2017

*Charles H. Diefendorf

1943–1971

*Ruth Bryant

1993–2005

Cindy Abbott Letro

2009-2013

1948–1959

Joan M. Sulewski, M.D.

1994–1998

*Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA

2009-2015

1953–1969

Burt P. Flickinger Jr.

1995–1997

Danis J. Gehl, Ph.D.

2009-2018

1957–1972

Thomas R. Beecher Jr.

1995–2000

*Joseph F. Crangle

1995–2003

Richard Stockton, Ph.D.

2009-2018

*Joseph J. Castiglia

1997-2008

*Edward H. Letchworth, Esq.

J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Edwin Lang Miller

Albert T. O’Neill *J.F. Schoellkopf IV Grace Rumsey Smith *Howard T. Saperston Sr.

1959–1962 & 1967-1976

*George C. Letchworth

1959–1974

Anthony J. Colucci Jr., Esq.

1997-2008

J. Eugene McMahon

1963–1967

Sue S. Gardner, Esq.

1999–2003

Charles W. Millard Jr.

1964–1968

William G. Gisel Jr.

2000–2005

George J. Trimper

1968–1977

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker 2001–2001

Valerie J. DeBerry

2012-2013

Gary Brost

2014-2017

Teresa A. Miller, Esq.

2017-2017

*Former Chair

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Legacy Society

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The Community Foundation Legacy Society was created more than two decades ago to acknowledge individuals who have committed to supporting the 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, in Western New York and beyond.

Making arrangements for a charitable legacy that makes the most of your generosity is a simple process.

If you are interested in supporting what is most important to you beyond your lifetime, please contact Betsy Constantine, Executive Vice President, at (716) 852-2857 ext. 217.

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Anonymous (14) Richard B. Adams 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. James A. Bourne Mr. Richard W. Bowen* John F. Briggs Ms. Mary L. Brink Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Brost Jean M. Brown* Keirn C. Brown Sr.* Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Bruner Ruth D. Bryant Mr.* & Mrs. Charles Burdette Jane & Jerry Burzynski Michael* & Glenys Butler Mr. Lewis Buttery Mrs. Helen M. Callan Mr. John M. Callan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cardamone Leslie Carraway & B.J.* Verts Mr. Paul Carroll Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio

Dr. Irwin* H. Cheskin & Mr. Edward Koryl Ms. Mary E. Clemesha* Robert & Patricia Colby* Robert T.* & Sylvia R. Coles Carmela M. & Anthony* J. Colucci, Jr. Elizabeth B. Conant, Ph.D. & Camille Cox 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 Eleanor C. Daigler Chet & Delight Dann* Ms. Elizabeth Deichman* Ms. Sandra Demus Miss Virginia Deuel* Larry R. & Sheila Drake Judith & Alan Duchan Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Dr. Kenneth H. Sr. & Marjorie B. Eckhert* Mr. Robert J. Ellis Miss June M. Farrington* Miss Ruth Farrington* Mr. Worth Farrington* Mrs. Dorothy T. Ferguson Dr. Edward A. Fial* Ms. Anne Catt Filer* Max* & Shirley Fischer Dr. Mildred J. Fischle Ms. Carol A. Fowler Jean S. Frederick

Mr. Fred* & Mrs. Fay Friedman Dennis J. Galucki Mr. Andrew C. Giarrizzo Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Gioia Mr. Kevin K. Gluc Barbara Goldman & Linda Banas Aimee Gomlak Jane Taylor Goraj* Dr. Susan P. Graham & Dr. Jon C. Kucera Gordon* & Gretchen Gross Mr. Michael Hamann Thomas J. Hanifin* Mr. Daniel E. Hannah Mr. Hans Heckelman Ms. Marsha S. Henderson 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 Gail & Bruce Johnstone Mr.* & Mrs. A. David Jones Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Kashin Ms. Jane B. Kinkead* Mr. & Mrs. Irvine J. Kittinger Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. George F. Koch Dr. Kenneth A. Krackow Bruce A. Kratzenberg* Leonard H. & Sylvia J. Kratzke Rev. & Mrs. Warren W. Lane* Mr. Harry H. Lang Jr.

Mr. Frank P. Langley Jr.* Mrs. Margaretha Lawrence* Mr. & Mrs. Julian & Barbara Leggett Gerald A. & Barbara E. Lipa Philip C. Lombardo* Ms. Jo Ann Long* Mrs. William F. Long Jean Maday James & Margel* Marean Ruth Mathews Charles* & Cara Matteliano Dr. Keith F. & Mary E. McBride David E. & Andrea J. McGeein Sheldon E. Merritt & Anne S. Merritt Mr. Ronald V. & Kathleen A. Metzger Lois M. Meyer

Karin Michelson & Russell Deer Barbara D. Mierzwa Mary Ann Milak-Young Jock & Betsy Mitchell Mrs. Kathleen Modd Richard E. Moot, Esq.* Ms. Albertine K. Moran* Mr. John J. Myers, Jr. Mr. Robert North Jr.* James R. Owen Jane M. Pattison Mr. Donald A. Pause* Lois & Thomas Pause C. Jane Pendergast Dr. Charles D. Perry* J. Warren Perry, Ph.D., D.Sc.* Mr. Arlan Peters & Mr. Dominick T. DeFillippo

Mrs. Barbara Pickburn* Edwin & Georgina Polokoff Mr. & Mrs. Braman Pomeroy* Becky M. Powell Jayne K. Rand Ms. Dorothy Rapp Mr. Alfred H. Rasp Gerald F. & Karen Reger Mrs. Lynn Robillard Alexandra Romanczuk 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 Carmelo Scaccia

Mr. Robert A. Scharf & Dr. Lawrence Van Heusen Dr. Gilbert Schulenberg Ms. Melba Y. Seibold* Mr.* & Mrs. Henry B. Sheets Jr. Mary B. Sippel Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Smith 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* Cheryl S. Strub Mr. Peter W. Swanson Jr.* Dr. Walter* & Jeanie M. Sy Stanley A.* & Sharon K. Tirrell Mr. William Townsend*

Mr. Charles L. Van Arsdale* Mr. William L. Van Schoonhoven* Mr. Raymond C. & Ms. Sheila M. Vaughan James & Michal Wadsworth Dr. & Mrs. John M. Wadsworth* Ms. Carol A. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Wagner* Ms. Karen E. Waible Emily W. Wettlaufer Mr. Jay Wopperer & Ms. Linda Schmieder Mr. Charles E. Wright David & Susan* Zebro Mr. Eddie Zewin* & Mrs. Christine Zewin *Deceased

E D KO RY L Now retired, Niagara Falls native Ed Koryl spends half of the year in Florida. Every spring, however, he returns faithfully to Buffalo—and in recent years is more and more impressed with the changes that have taken place during his absence.

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Ed’s love of Buffalo is what brought him to the Community Foundation when he was making plans for his estate. Ed is particularly passionate about supporting the cultural organizations that distinguish Buffalo as a great place to live. He’s also enthusiastic about efforts to improve education and local medical research institutions, which Ed sees as critical to a better economic future for our region. While there are many specific institutions he supports now, Ed is cognizant that after his lifetime, things will continue to change. With this in mind, Ed made the decision to designate his legacy gift to support these issue areas.

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Where there is good will, there is a way.

The Community Foundation is proud to carry on the legacies of more than 500 clients who made a decision during their lifetime to entrust us with carrying out their charitable wishes to support the causes and organizations they were passionate about forever.

As you will read in the following stories, each legacy is as unique as the client’s fingerprint.

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LI N DA K IT TI N G E R WA DSWO R TH Some clients choose to plan for the future by creating lasting legacies through the Community Foundation. In 1993, Linda Kittinger Wadsworth established The Kittinger Family Fund at the Community Foundation to honor her family’s history of giving back in our community. The fund supports nonprofit organizations and projects serving the 75 cultural, civic, educational, environmental, health, scientific and social welfare needs in our community, ensuring that the Kittinger Family’s generosity lives on forever.

TH E L M A A N D M I LFR E D B EC K A passion for their community and a love of music inspired Thelma and Milfred Beck to leave their life savings to support these causes, which were important to them, forever. The couple knew that they would have the opportunity to continue giving back to Niagara County, despite not having heirs, by designating the Niagara Area Foundation, 76 a geographic affiliate of the Community Foundation, to be the recipient of their savings. The couple knew that they could trust the Niagara Area Foundation to use the money where it was needed most, according to their wishes.

JACO B G . J OS E PH Jacob G. Joseph and his family moved to Buffalo in 1901, when he took an administrative position with the Buffalo Steel Company.

Jacob and his wife, Blanche, quickly became involved in philanthropic activities in and around Buffalo. In 1911, Jacob helped found The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies, and Blanche was an active volunteer with the women’s charity clubs at Temple Beth Zion.

Due to his business acumen and philanthropic activities, Jacob was selected as one of the first trustees of the Community Foundation, serving as Board Chair from 1919 to 1931.

Both Jacob and Blanche created funds at the Community Foundation that continue to support a number of their charitable 77 interests such as The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies and children’s health. One such fund – the Jacob G. Joseph Bequest (Camp) – was a designated fund that originally supported the Jewish Fresh Air Camp in Angola. That camp became Camp Lakeland in 1947 and was relocated to Franklinville, until it permanently closed in 2008. At that time, the Community Foundation was responsible for finding another organization whose mission aligned with that of the camp to carry out the Josephs’ wishes. The Community Foundation identified the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo’s summer camps as the natural successor to Camp Lakeland, and This 1930s-era photograph of the Jewish Fresh Air Camp Swimming Pool in Angola, NY, was the today, nearly 90 years after they established forerunner to Camp Lakeland that was also located initially in Angola after its name change. Camp their funds, Jacob and Blanche’s charitable Lakeland moved to a new site in Franklinville in the 1960s. Photo courtesy University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. wishes continue to be honored.

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Our Approach to Charitable Investments

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The Community Foundation’s Investment Committee has oversight of more than $495 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 consulting firm Colonial Consulting, LLC, which specializes in advising large endowments and foundations nationwide.

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. This includes 55 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 with the goal of outperforming appropriate target market benchmarks over long periods. The Committee remains focused on maintaining a prudent strategy, consistently executed.

Investment Performance The investments of the Community Foundation regularly outperform our benchmarks, on average adding 8.0 percent per year over the last 10 years.

Investing in the Community Foundation portfolio provides stability and growth over time. This growth provides significant value to the charitable assets entrusted to the Community Foundation.

Long-term returns have been well above market benchmarks, and regularly perform in the top 25 percent of endowments and foundations.* For updated information, visit cfgb.org.

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* Per the MSCI InvestorForce Endowments and Foundations Index.

I N V E STM E NT COM M IT T E E M E M B E R S Pictured from left to right: Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA; Luke Jacobs, Esq.; Michael E. Munschauer, CFP; Allen “Pete” Grum; William L. Joyce, Chair; Marsha Henderson; Laurence Franz, Ph.D.; Jennifer Balbach. Not pictured: Gary Crosby.

AV E R AG E A N N UA L R E T U R N S A S O F D E C E M B E R 3 1 , 2 0 1 9 25.0% 20.0%

18.3%

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CUSTOM MARKET BENCHMARK**

Investment results are presented net of all investment-related fees.

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

Latest 15 Years

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

A S O F D EC E M B E R 3 1 , 2019

PRIVATE ASSETS: 10% HEDGE FUNDS: 14%

TOTAL ALTERNATIVES 24% CASH: 1% GLOBAL BONDS: 4% U.S. HIGH YIELD BONDS: 3% TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES: 3% U.S. AGGREGATE BONDS: 6%

TOTAL FIXED INCOME 17%

U.S. LARGE/MID CAP EQUITY: 18%

TOTAL EQUITY 59%

U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY: 5% NON-U.S. DEVELOPED EQUITY: 15% NON-U.S. EMERGING EQUITY: 6% SELECT STRATEGIES: 15%

The Community Foundation received an unmodified (clean) audit opinion on its most recently issued audited financial statements.

Audited financial statements are available at cfgb.org or by request. Please contact Betsy Constantine, Executive Vice President, at (716) 852-2857 ext. 217.

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The Power of Endowment

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H OW WI LL YO U B E R E M E M B E R E D?

YO U R LEGAC Y I S E N S U R E D.

When you create an endowment fund through the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, you can support the community you love, in your name, forever.

Clients who endow gifts can make a difference in their communities during their lifetimes and at the same time, establish legacies that last forever.

YO U R G I F T I S I NVE ST E D OVE R TI M E .

WE C A N H E LP.

Earnings from your endowment fund are granted to support organizations and needs in the community, based on your direction.

Please call Betsy Constantine, Executive Vice President, at (716) 852-2857 ext. 217, to arrange a consultation.

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 more than tripled to $7.5 million, all while giving $8.9 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.

TH E I M PAC T O F E N DOWM E NT S $9.0

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VALUE IN 2019

TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1978

Professional Advisor Honor Roll

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For 100 years, the Community Foundation has partnered with hundreds of attorneys, certified public accountants and financial professionals to maximize their clients’ generosity. We are grateful to all the practitioners who think of us as a resource on charitable issues when working with their clients on planned giving.

David H. Alexander, Esq. Mark R. Alvut, CFP Jonathan Amoia, CPWA Victor Anastasia, CRPC Michael L. Andriaccio Wyatt R. Arthurs, CFP, CRPS Brian D. Baird, Esq. Linda G. Banks, MBA David R. Barrett, CPA James M. Barrett, CFP Holly A. Beecher, Esq. Thomas R. Beecher, Jr., Esq. Dianne Bennett Jason Bird, CFP, CAP Michael J. Birenbach, CFP David J. Blesy, CPA Ted P. Borowiak Michael Brace, CFA John G. Brenon, Esq. Peter J. Brevorka, Esq. Peter Campo Katherine A. Christoferson Dennis P. Cleary, Esq. Matthew C. Collard David J. Colligan, Esq. Jill E. Colombo, CPA Robert W. Constantine, Esq. John Contrata Mary Ann Coulson, CRPC, CDFA Michael F. Curatolo, CFS

Judy N. Cuzzacrea Wagner, Esq. Victoria L. D’Angelo, Esq. Michael A. de Freitas, Esq. William R. Deacon, CFP Dale B. Demyanick, CPA David R. DiMatteo, Esq. Anne F. Downey, Esq. Kenneth C. Drake, MBA Jed A. Dutweiler Gayle L. Eagan, Esq. Catherine B. Eberl, Esq. Paul M. Eberz, CFP Robert J. Ellis, MBA Patrick L. Emmerling, Esq. Frank G. Evans, Jr., MBA William C. Farner, Esq. David D. Fenster, Esq. Sarah E. Fenster, Esq. Jennifer G. Flannery, Esq. Lawrence C. Franco, Esq. Scott E. Friedman, Esq. Sue Gardner, Esq. Nickole M. Garrison, CPA Robert F. Gaylord Warren B. Gelman, Esq. Patricia A. George, Esq. Kevin K. Gluc, Esq. Michael F. Godshaw, CLU, CPCU Adam Goldfarb, ChFC

Jeffrey M. Goldfarb, CFP Christina L. Good, Esq. George H. Gray, Esq. Christopher T. Greene, Esq. Peter J. Grogan, CFP, CLU, AIFA, AEP Thomas P. Grogan, CPA, CFP Gordon R. Gross, Esq.* JD Hartman Jeffrey Hirshberg, CPA Elizabeth R. Hulley, CFP Jeffrey A. Human, Esq. Thomas R. Hyde, Esq. Robert P. Ingrasci, CPA Luke T. Jacobs, Esq. Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA Ralph M. Jeswald, CPA Jeffrey H. Katz, Esq. Leslie R. Kellogg, Esq. Kevin S. Klein, CFP, CRPC, CPFA Charles F. Kreiner, Jr. Richard P. Krieger, Esq. Robert J. Kresse, Esq. Amy Jo Lauber, CFP Sally B. Logan, Esq. Ronald Lojacono, CFP David J. Luzon, Esq. James L. Magavern, Esq. Teresa M. Majors, CPA Anthony D. Mancinelli, Esq.

Christopher M. Marks, Esq., MBA Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, CPA Patrick T. McGuire, Esq. Mindy Menke, Esq. Laurie L. Menzies, Esq. Gary L. Mucci, Esq. Alison Mueller Michael E. Munschauer, CFP David A. Nelson, CPA Albert A. Nigro, CPA, CVA Erik O’Neill, CFP Anthony J. Ogorek, ED.D., CFP Jon K. Pellish, CPA Elizabeth Perry, Esq. John Pieroni, CFP Michael A. Piette, Esq. Justin Reid, CPA, CHFP Bruce D. Reinoso, Esq. George E. Riedel, Jr., Esq. Edward C. Robinson, Esq. Daniel A. Roblin III, CFP Robert W. Romeo, CFP Laurence K. Rubin, Esq. Mimi Schanzlin, MBA, CFP Alan K. Scheff Hyman M. Scheff Richard G. Schwind, Esq. Daniel D. Shonn, Jr., Esq. Daniel Byles-Smith, CPA, CFP

Jamie M. Smith, Esq. Michael Songin, CPA Ellen Grimm Spencer, Esq. Peter D. Spira, CFP Rosemarie C. Steeb, CPA* Mark Stevens Dennis J. Szymkowiak, CPA Charles Telford, Esq. Melanie C. Tisdale, Esq. Mark A. Tronconi, CPA Nicole R. Tzetzo, Esq. Gregory J. Urban, CPA, CVA Carolyn D. Valenti, CPA Marla Waiss, Esq. Edward F. Walsh, Jr., CPCU, CIC Lisa J. Walsh Thomas H. Waring, Jr., ChFC, CLU Hon. William M. Weir, Esq. Sharon Wick, Esq. Richard Wojciechowski, CPA Lee C. Wortham, MBA Richard Wright, Jr., CPA Suzanne W. Yount, ChFC, CLU* Jon V. Zucarelli, CPA Thomas R. Zugger, ChFC, CLU *Deceased

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Moving Niagara County forward, together.

From the charm of Lewiston, to the bustle of Lockport, to the tranquility of Barker, Niagara County is steeped in history and natural beauty. Preserving the past for future generations to enjoy is key to those who love the region.

Established in 2000, the Niagara Area Foundation is committed to strengthening the Niagara region by addressing critical needs to improve lives. Through the years, the Niagara Area Foundation has supported the arts, civic needs, community development, education, the environment, and health and human services with an emphasis on positive youth development.

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Guests enter the Kenan House during the “Moving Lockport Forward, Together” bus tour.

The Niagara Area Foundation uses the expertise and infrastructure of the Community Foundation to guide and support its work in grantmaking, fund development, client services, investment oversight, accounting and fiduciary reporting. The Niagara Area Foundation currently has more than $8 million in assets.

In June 2019, the Niagara Area Foundation and the Grigg Lewis Foundation co-hosted a bus tour focused on “Moving Lockport Forward, Together.” The goal of the afternoon was to showcase the investments and partnerships that are driving change across Lockport and how generosity is strengthening the region by creating opportunity for all.

N IAGAR A AR E A FO U N DATI O N FU N DS Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund Martha H. Beeman and Judge William L. Kellick Endowment Fund The Lorraine M. & Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust Barbara C. and Edward M. Brink Fund BRI-NK Foundation Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund 50

Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund Jerry and Liz Canada Fund Joanne and Franklyn Collins Fund Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund Eastern Niagara Fund Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund Grace Foundation Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund

Laird Family Foundation Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund - Andrews Fund Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund Joseph and Riva Mehr Fund Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund

Niagara Education Foundation Fund 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

Fern J. White & Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund YWCA of Niagara Fund YWCA of Niagara Munk/ Human Memorial Scholarship Trust YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence

Enriching Wyoming County.

A region that stretches to encompass the rural beauty of Castile to the infinite vistas of Java to its hub of Warsaw, Wyoming County is one of rolling hills, breathtaking scenery and a rich past.

To preserve these assets and to improve the quality of life for its 40,000 residents, Dr. James MacCallum established the Wyoming Foundation 82 in 1974. In order to expand its capacity and better serve residents, the Wyoming Foundation became a division of the Community Foundation in 2007.

This partnership allows the Wyoming Foundation to concentrate on responding to the community’s current and emerging needs, while benefiting from the Community Foundation’s century of expertise and infrastructure.

The Wyoming Foundation supports a variety of cultural, educational and human services Wyoming Foundation Vice Chair Eric Szucs organizations, and in 2019, it supported projects delivers a grant check to the Warsaw Historical Society for their historic across the county, which tie together the past, photograph project. present and future. Grants were awarded to the Middlebury Historical Society, the Warsaw Historical Society and the Wyoming Free Circulating Library to help them tell the story of Wyoming County’s rich history.

W YOM I N G FO U N DATI O N FU N DS 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 Sam and Cherie Gullo Foundation Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund Mabel Mason Fund Middlebury Historical Society Fund Mr. and Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund Silver Lake Institute 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

The Wyoming Foundation also supported various programs and projects at the Arts Council of Wyoming County, Eagle Free Library, Buffalo Audubon Society and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, all of which are making the community a better place for residents to live and visitors to enjoy.

The Wyoming Foundation is also investing the in the next generation through the work of the Business Education Council and GLOW YMCA by helping to provide the skills youth need to be the leaders of tomorrow.

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New Funds Funds established in 2018 and 2019 Anonymous (2) Akron, NY Community Band Fund Amherst Central Alumni Foundation Joyce & Stuart Angert Philanthropic Fund The Stuart and Joyce Angert Fund Beard Family - In Honor of Michael Dorian Beard Beechwood/Blocher Fund Matthew Benedict’s One Last Goal Fund Bennett Alumni Association Foundation Fund The Hubert & Dennis Bernhardt Foundation Rosemary P. Biddle Fund Boubaris Family Foundation Buffalo Bills Social Justice Fund Cappuccino Family Foundation S. J. Cassata Memorial Scholarship Fund at Depew High School

Centennial Changing Needs Endowment Fund CGLI Match Fund Child Care Resource Network Gary M. Crosby Endowed Scholarship Fund Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker & Adrian F. Dedecker III Centennial Endowment Dedrick Family Foundation Derby Fund Drs. Bonita R. & Henry J. Durand Fund East Side Collaborative Fund Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund EHS, Inc. Reserve Fund Fagin Family Foundation #2 FANA Adoption Support Fund Daniel C. and Beatrice M. Fisher Fund George Byron Fisher Fund Richard and Patricia Garman Endowment for Lutheran Organizations

Richard and Patricia Garman Endowment for Outdoor and Environmental Education Richard and Patricia Garman Scholarship for East Aurora Union Free High School J. Giles Foundation John and Catherine Gillespie Fund The Gow School Fund Grassroots Gardens Legal Defense Fund Greene Family Fund Gross Family Fund Herbst-Miller Family Fund Jean Bernecky Hess Fund Hulley WNY Changing Needs Fund Nick Iannarelli Memorial Fund Jacobs Endowment Fund Kevin Guest House Endowment Fund Klein Family Foundation The LaFalce Foundation Sally S. Lenahan Bequest Andrée and Joel Lippes

Samuel D. Magavern Fund The MaRK Foundation The Mathews Family Fund Frank Mesiah Family Legacy Fund Albertine K. Moran Fund The Michael E. and Lorrie Chamberlain Munschauer Centennial Fund The Myszka Family Fund North Park Lutheran Church Fund Park School Cash Reserve Fund Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Endowment Fund Raina Family Fund Reed Family Fund Gerald F. and Karen Reger Centennial Changing Needs Endowment Gerald F. and Karen Reger Family Foundation Mary N. Riggs Library Fund Andrew J. Rudnick Fund Rural Outreach Center (ROC) Salem UCC Endowment Fund

T H E K E VI N G U E ST H O U S E The Kevin Guest House was established in 1972 as America’s first healthcare hospitality house.

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Salem UCC Reserves Fund Carmelo A. and Lynn L. Scaccia Fund Scharf-Van Heusen Fund Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation S & J Schwartz Fund Sherwood Family Fund Amy & Ken Shuman Fund Silver Lake Institute Fund Simon Family Foundation The Somers Foundation The Stockton Family Changing Needs Fund Peter G. Taylor Endowment Robin & Sharon Tomasula Foundation Trinity Episcopal Church of Buffalo Fund Vogt Family Foundation Fund for WNY The James and Michal Wadsworth Fund The Weiss Family Fund David Zapfel Charitable Fund

FR AN K M E S IAH

A Champion for Change.

Veteran. Teacher. Police officer. Not only was Frank Mesiah all of these things, but he also worked tirelessly to advance racial equity in Western New York.

For nearly 20 years, Frank served as president of the NAACP Buffalo 84 Branch, whose mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination.

He also served as First Vice President of the New York State Conference of NAACP Branches and as Regional Administrator in the Division of Equal Opportunity Development of the New York State Department of Labor. Even after retirement, Frank continued to conduct educational workshops on diversity, harassment prevention and affirmative action programs.

Locally, Frank was known for his steadfast work to advance civil rights. A long-standing resident of the Parkside Community, Frank helped establish one of the oldest block clubs in Buffalo.

To honor their father’s incredible legacy of fighting for justice, Frank’s children established the Frank Mesiah Family Legacy Fund at the Community Foundation to support the community’s changing needs. Now Frank’s legacy will serve as a catalyst for positive change in Western New York forever.

All Funds For 100 years, generous individuals, families, foundations and organizations have entrusted the Community Foundation to steward their charitable resources. We are honored to help these clients make the most of their generosity and take great care to carry out their wishes exactly as they have directed. 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, Executive Vice President, at (716) 852–2857 ext. 217.

1910s Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund 1920s William Henry Andrews Bequest Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association Frank S. Fosdick Scholarship Lilla B. McCready Bequest Jacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund The Jacob F. Schoellkopf Trust for the University of Buffalo Frederick A. Vogt Scholarship Fund Elizabeth DeWees Walker Scholarship Fund 1930s Andrew C. Hansen Scholarship Fund

Harry S. Hilliker Bequest Blanche B. Joseph Trust Jacob G. Joseph Bequest Jacob G. Joseph Bequest (Camp) Jacob G. Joseph Bequest Jewish Federation Albert J. Klinck Memorial Funds Charles Elbert Rhodes Scholarship Bequest Sara B. Richmond Scholarship Fund Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Roswell Park Emmie F. Schoellkopf Fund Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund 1940s Louis R. Davidson Bequest 53

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Pauline Ellis Scholarship Fund William Hengerer Company Fund Howard Kellogg Trust Madeline A. Kraft Bequest Edith Haake Lankler Scholarship Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund Edward H. Moeller Scholarship Fund Horace B. Pomeroy Fund George F. Rand Bequest Jacob F. and Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust

Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund 1950s Grover E. Bell Award Lawrence D. Bell Bequest Grace Neff Daniels Memorial Fund Empire of America Federal Savings Bank Scholarship Fund M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr. Charles & Marion Hahn Fund

International Association of Administrative Professionals Scholarship Fund Edward H. Letchworth Bequest Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund Amos J. & Leigh Hunt Minkel Memorial Student Fund George F. & Isabel W. Rand Memorial Fund John P. Samson Memorial Fund C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest

Special Fund #7 Ellsworth M. Statler Trust 1960s Anna May Andrews Trust C. Edgar Barlow Scholarship Fund George E. Becker Fund for Heart Research Bell Fund Trust #1 Bell Fund Trust #2 Herman G. & Emma A. Ernst Fund Emmons B. Farrar Scholarship Fund

Greater Buffalo Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Fund Thekla R. Groben Bequest Rae A. Hanigan Memorial Fund Herbert A. Hickman Fund Mildred Moffat Bequest Rumsey Fund J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund Edna Foster Smith Bequest Stephen W. Tilton Bequest Fund Ethel Vick Wallace Townsend Memorial Fund

T H E J O H N R . O I S H E I FO U N DATI O N The power of collective impact is what brings the Community Foundation and The John R. Oishei Foundation together on many different initiatives that are shaping a better future for all. Whether working together to bring Say Yes to Education to Buffalo, as co-founders of the Fund for the Arts, being active participants in the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable or helping to get the Liftoff program off of the ground, both foundations have a deep appreciation for their longstanding partnership and their track record of being better together.

With the common goal of driving much-needed change to strengthen our region, The John R. Oishei Foundation also relies on the Community Foundation to execute its college scholarship program. “It is our vision that as we give these deserving students an opportunity to attend college, they will, in turn, become active community contributors,” said Blythe Merrill, Senior Vice President of Programs at The John R. Oishei Foundation. “By leveraging our shared knowledge and limited resources, we are enhancing our impact and solving problems much more so than we could do on our own.”

John R. Oishei was a Buffalo businessman who started Trico Products Corporation, which grew to be one of the world’s leading manufacturers of windshield wipers.

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Robert Gioia, President of The John R. Oishei

All Funds United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust 1970s Cameron Baird Fund Edgar Bellersheim Scholarship Fund Bennett High School Alumni Scholarship Fund Josephine Biontolillo Bequest Corrine G. Bird Bequest Anthony A. Brese Scholarship Rosalie H. Bretzfelder Fund John Bridge Memorial Fund Jean Knowlton Brown Fund Martin A. Buecking Bequest Margaret E. Carnahan Bequest Dr. Norman Chassin Endowment Fund

Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust David Donald Fund Theodore S. Fassett Memorial Fund Marjorie D. Frink Scholarship Fund Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund The Anthony H. and Richard E. Gioia Fund Elmer P. Groben Memorial Fund Loren Hendrix Memorial Award Carolynne Schutz Hoddick Memorial Campership Fund Martin R. Hughson Memorial Fund Nellie Karlak Scholarship Ruth M. Keeney Bequest

Louise Kimberly Bequest Ralph Kimberly Bequest Charles M. Knapp Educational Memorial Fund Howard J. Knorl Scholarship Fund Howard G. Kreiner Bequest Albert H. Laub Bequest L.K.P. Trust Edward P. Lupfer Memorial Scholarship Lloyd A. Miller Scholarship Fund Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest Douglas L. Rehlaender Trust Philip S. Savage Trust Albert R. & Alma E. Shadle Endowment Fund Harris N. Snyder Fund Lucie M. Stanton Memorial Trust

Daniel W. Streeter Memorial Fund Catherine Swerdloff Bequest Helen V. Walker Bequest Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest Gustav & Grete M. Zimmer Bequest 1980s Ina D. Alt Trust Joseph & Margaret Andrews Educational Trust Fund Annual Odd Fellows-Rebekah Award Cameron Baird Endowment Fund for BP Chorus Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund Dr. Germante L. Boncaldo Scholarship Fund

Richard Boyd Bowen Memorial Scholarship Fund Irma Brand Bequest James E. Braunberns Bequest Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Endowment Fund Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund Cargill Scholarship Fund Gustaf & Sigrid Carlson Memorial Fund Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Scholarship Gerhard A. & Lura L. Cook Educational Fund Joseph & Bernadette S. Corcoran Fund

J O E A N D B R E T T S K I S C H O L AR S H I P Skiing was more than just a sport to Joe and Brett. “They felt skiing helped them develop discipline and character and learn to accept disappointment,” said their mother, Peggy Stearns.

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The legacies of the brothers, killed 27 days apart in automobile accidents in January and February 1988, both on their way to ski competitions, are carried on through the Joe and Brett Ski Scholarship at the Community Foundation. “We decided to award a scholarship to a ski racer based not only on the racer’s skiing ability, but also on his or her character and academic performance. Someone well-rounded,” Peggy said.

Each year, the scholarship helps a young athlete on the Kissing Bridge Racing Team attend a summer camp of his or her choice. Most winners have chosen to go to Mt. Hood, Oregon, where they train with Olympic athletes and enjoy outdoor adventures.

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M AD E LI N E DAVI S LG BT A RC H IV E S E N D OWM E NT FU N D The Madeline Davis LGBTQ+ Archive of WNY has become the region’s largest LGBTQ+ repository.

Begun by community activists in 2001 and transferred to Buffalo State College in 2009, this collection was originally comprised of 80 linear feet of unique historical material. Over the last decade, it has tripled in size through donations from more than 80 individuals, groups and diverse organizations. These tens of thousands of documents and items include photographs, organizational records, multimedia materials, pamphlets, posters, news clippings, radio shows, awards, signs, banners, plaques and published materials.

In 2016, the Madeline Davis LGBT Archives Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation was established to support the Archive and the continued preservation of LGBTQ+ and gender activism 87 materials. Donors to the fund have provided invaluable support that allows for outreach, collection development and student teaching. As a designated endowment fund, each year, the Archives receive Madeline Davis consistent funding to maintain and grow this exceptional, ever-growing and permanently housed collection – with the goal to provide avenues for outreach, programming and inquiry for future generations of students, communities, researchers and other scholars from Western New York and around the world.

All Funds 1980s cont.

Ethel M.C. Davis Scholarship Fund The D-B Trust Eaton Deabold Scholarship Fund Loraine Altro Dietz Scholarship Fund Paul P. Dosberg University of Pennsylvania Scholarship Ruth E. Farrington Bequest Harriet Frank Scholarship Fund William F. Goodson Bequest Industrial Educational Fund Ingleside Home Memorial Fund 56

Kensington High School Alumni Association Fund Alfred H. & Emma M. Kirchhofer Fund Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest Hubert George & Alice Shyne Leising Fund Katherine & John MacDonald Foundation Antoinette Malanowicz Fund for Cancer Research Arthur J., Alice M. & Dr. James McMullen Memorial Fund Ida M. Mevius Bequest Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund

Open Key Fund Pediatric Digestion & Motility Disorders Society Susan Harvey Prentis Fund Professional Engineers Fund Elizabeth A. Rambo Bequest Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Scholarship Fund Rupp Scholarship Award Fund C. Gordon Ryther Memorial Scholarship Fund Howard T. Saperston Sr. Trust Estelle Sawyer Writing Award

Edward C. Schlenker Trust Harley J. & Alice M. Schlieder Scholarship Ruth and Darwin Schmitt Fund Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund Judith Abbott 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 Joe & Brett Ski Scholarship Fund

Lucie M. Stanton Scholarship Fund Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund Grace & Francis Stewart Humanities Scholarship Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust Cecil J. Terwilliger Scholarship Fund James W. Vogel Memorial Scholarship Fund Margaret M. Ward Bequest Dr. Paul L. Warner Memorial Chemistry Award Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Fund

All Funds Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Student Fund Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund Lucinda Yang Scholarship Fund 1990s 21st Century Fund Allentown Village Society, Inc. Scholarship Fund Emily E. Babchak Memorial Fund Dara L. Barker Memorial Fund Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts Alanson C. Bigalow Scholarship Fund Peter D. Blacher Health Care Fund Virgil A. & Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund Brian H. Blesy Memorial Scholarship Fund BlueCross/BlueShield Physicians Fund for Children’s Health Bollier Family Fund Kathleen M. Box-Krycia Memorial Scholarship Fund BP/Carborundum Scholarship Fund Brzezinski Philanthropic Fund Walter L. Byram Bequest Callan Family Scholarship Fund Christopher Callan Memorial Scholarship Fund Elizabeth J. Cappella Birthday Trust Robert J. Chambers, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Willis E. Chilson Memorial Fund

Mark Chowaniec Memorial Fund Mary & Robert Chur Healthcare Scholarship Fund Bronson & Margaret Collins Scholarship Fund Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke Jr. Fund Russell E. Corser Fund Kathryn R. Cottrell Scholarship Fund Wilma T. Csont Fund Damon Family Fund Herbert F. & Jane K. Darling Philanthropic Fund Holly Augspurger Donaldson Fund Henry and Constance Drew Foundation for Children Jerome Dreyfuss Scholarship Fund Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest Esther Link Emig Fund FANA Scholarship Fund David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Scholarship Fund Burt Flickinger Jr. Leadership Fund Doris L. Flierl Trust Fund for the Environment Fuzak Family/Joan M. & Victor T. Fuzak Fund William Paul Ganley Scholarship Fund Eleanor M. and Willard A. Genrich Scholarship Fund

Norman Goldfarb Award Fund Joanne Champion Granger Fund Dr. Alan J. Gross Dental Student Fund G. R. S. Fund Lillian M. Gruener Business Education Scholarship Fund William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund Daphne Hare Fund Harvey Family Fund Hawk Creek Foundation Fund William J. & Frieda H. Heckelman Memorial Fund Mildred T. Hill Fund Geoffrey Hull Memorial Scholarship Irsch Fund D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Philanthropic Fund Jenna Kern Memorial Scholarship Fund C. Taylor Kew Memorial Fund James William Kideney & Isabel Houck Kideney Fund Kinerk Family Fund Kittinger Family Fund Kiwanis Club of Kensington Fund Albert P. & Maryon C. Krueger Fund L414 Children’s Memorial Fund

Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund Howard C. Laverack Bequest Mrs. Rosemary LoDestro Lett Memorial Fund Marie A. Marshall Fund Heather A. McGowan Scholarship Fund Frank and Donna McGuire Fund Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund Meals on Wheels of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment Barbara T. Meech & Robert B. Meech Fund Robert H. & Rita Meier Memorial Scholarship Fund Benjamin Milak Memorial Scholarship Fund Dr. Gustave P. Milkey & Janet B. Milkey Fund Alice Greger Miller Memorial Fund Sperry W. Miner Bequest MPZ Endowment Fund Sarah & Richard Munschauer Fund Nativity Fund Henry M., Patricia A. & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest Robert B. Newcomb Trust John R. Oishei Foundation Scholarship Program Fund Orchard Park Lions Club Trust Fund Orchard Park Public Library Endowment Fund

Robert Oristaglio Humanitarian Award Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund James R. Owen Scholar/ Athlete Cross Country Award Scholarship Norma & Samuel Payne Fund Hanna Peters Trust Albert & Mildred Pfrender Bequest Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Family Fund Benny J. Polizzi Memorial Award Fund Braman Pomeroy Trust Edgar F. Pope Scholarship Fund Read to Succeed Buffalo Endowment Fund Ruth B. Reinhardt Memorial Scholarship Fund Eugene T. Reville Memorial Scholarship Fund Charles and Alice Rolland Scholarship Fund Natalie Kubera Roth Fund Natalie Kubera Roth Fund for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Jane Ruff Memorial Fund Norman A. Schoell Scholarship Fund Richard G. Schwind & Rhoda Robertson Schwind Fund Irene Klingener Selover Fund Brenda Kurtz Shelton & Harry C. Shelton Fund Shifflet-Steffan Scholarship Fund 57

All Funds 1990s cont.

Bernard and Carolyn Shilt Scholarship Fund Leonard S. Sikora Scholarship Fund Marjorie Joyce Simmons Memorial Medical Fund Dr. Barnett A. Slepian Memorial Fund Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith Jr. Changing Needs Fund Daunt & Irene Stenzel Scholarship Fund Charles F. Stewart Scholarship Fund Evelyn Stiem Fund The Stockton Family Fund Ralph W. & Jane P. Strobel Memorial Fund Studio Arena Theatre School Fund

Adele W. & Francis X. Sturner Trust Sustainable Use Fund of WNY John P. & Lorraine Altwater Sutkus Charitable Fund Joseph & Loretta Swart Fund Edna M. Theobald Trust William F. Thiel Trust Lisa Georger Thompson Memorial Fund Tifft Nature Preserve Fund Tops Friendly Markets Art & Music Scholarship William L. Van Schoonhoven Fund Variety Club Foundation Fund Wadsworth Fund Aaron Matthew Waldeck Scholarship Fund William B. Walsh Trust Fund

Eileen and Rupert Warren Charitable Fund Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund Western New York Land Conservancy Endowment Fund Fred H. & Lorene L. White Fund Betty Ball Wilder Fund Dick Wohler Hutch-Tech Professional Engineering Scholarship WNY Women’s Foundation Wyoming County Medical & Nursing Scholarships 2000s Acacia Park Fund Advancing Arts & Culture Endowment Fund Charlotte Albright Fund Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund

Paul & Jean Almeter Fund Amherst South Rotary Club Endowment Fund Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Foundation Arts Academy Fund Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth Nora Shea Barnwell Endowment Fund Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund Martha H. Beeman and Judge William L. Kellick Endowment Fund Charles A. & Anne L. Bird Fund

Anna Kowalska Bley Music Memorial Award Maurice G. Bley Drama Memorial Award Jule Bogner Philanthropic Fund Robert Bojdak & Sarah Williams Fund Book and Material Buying Endowment Fund Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Fund Boys & Girls Club of Eden Fund David & Jessica Brason Philanthropic Fund Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund Jean M. Brown Fund Henry W. & Martha L. Bruner Philanthropic Fund Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund

PROJ EC T PL AY WE ST E R N N E W YO R K Project Play Western New York is a collective impact initiative driven and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Youth Sports and Recreation focus area, in partnership with the Community Foundation. Nearly 90 individuals are involved in shaping the initiative and focused on ensuring all Western New York kids have the opportunity to be active through sport.

Throughout 2019, Project Play WNY supported one of its goals of reintroducing free play by hosting numerous Free Play Days that were free and open to the public. At these events, kids and adults were invited to enjoy a variety of backyard-style games.

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Children participate in a race at Project Play Western New York’s Free Play Day at the ADPRO Sports Training Center.

All Funds BTF Make a Dream Come True Scholarship Fund Buffalo Audubon Endowment Fund Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance Scholarship Fund Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Fund Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Permanent Endowment Fund Buffalo Rotary Foundation Fund Buffalo Yacht Club Fund Joseph E. Buran Music Fund Michael R. Butler & Glenys Maschoff Butler Fund Kate Cady Endowment Fund Calpin Family Fund Career Aspiration Scholarship Fund Leonard M. Castrianno Scholarship Fund Philip & Joyce Celniker Family Fund

Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature Fund R. Mark Chandley Scholarship Fund Clifford C. Chapman Memorial Fund Children’s Programming & Resources Endowment Fund Russell C. Christ Jr. Fund William & Ida Christie Fund for Music Frances G. Churchill Bequest Fund f.b.o. the Churchill Memorial United Methodist Church Velma C. Cobb Scholarship Fund Colligan Family Fund Joanne and Franklyn Collins Fund James and Judith Collord Fund Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative Endowment Fund

Community Impact Fund Conable Family Foundation Fund Owen D. Connolly Flex Fund Betty Crump Fund Mason O. Damon Endowment Fund Dorothy C. Darlak Memorial Fund Deaconess Hospital Nurses Alumni Fund James and Ethel DeAmesy Fund Decillis Family Philanthropic Fund Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund Elizabeth Deichman Fund f.b.o.

Buffalo Animal Shelter M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs Heather J. DePaolo-Johnny Memorial Fund

DePerno Family Fund Alfred H. & Irene N. Dobrak Trust Dopkins Philanthropic Fund Francis P. Douglas Memorial 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 ECMC Lifeline Fund Economic Self-Sufficiency Endowment Fund Eden Community Foundation Darwin E. & Evelyn E. Ellis Fund Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund Erie County SPCA Fund Evans Bank Foundation Fund

Derek Falkenbach Scholarship Fund June Farrington Fund Paul S. Feinstein Scholarship Fund Fischle - Laesser Endowment Fund Fisher Family Fund G&W Follies Scholarship Fund George & Lydia Richards Form Endowment Fund Fay & Fred Friedman Family Foundation Fund Fund for the Arts Galbraith Family Fund Sean P. Galliher Jr. Scholarship Fund Helen S. Garms Bequest Gateway - Longview Future Fund Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund George Family Foundation

M AR IA N N I NZI N NA Mariann Inzinna was a counselor at Heim Middle School in Williamsville. After she passed away, two endowment funds were established at the Community Foundation. One of the funds provides recognition annually for the student at Heim Middle School who, during the year, best exemplified Mariann Inzinna’s zest for going that extra mile.

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The Mariann Inzinna Camp Good Days & Special Times Fund is used to assist children with cancer, their siblings and children who have lost a parent or sibling to cancer with the costs of attending Camp Good Days, a camp located on Keuka Lake.

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Legendary hockey goalie Dominik Hasek, who spent nearly a decade wowing Sabres fans at the Aud and then at Marine Midland Arena, established The Dominik Hasek Sports & Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation in 2001 as a way to give back to the city that welcomed him. Dominik started the fund with $1 million, and to date, it has granted out over $850,000 to the Dominik Hasek Youth Hockey League (Hasek’s Heroes). The Community Foundation made it easy for Dominik to support the great organization he started, and through this fund, he has helped countless youth in Buffalo experience the joy of ice hockey.

All Funds 2000s cont.

Dena Goldstein Memorial Scholarship Fund Diane J. Goodberry Memorial Scholarship Fund Josephine Goodyear Foundation Graham-Kucera Philanthropic Fund Grassroots Gardens J. Milton Zeckhauser Memorial Fund Great Lakes United Endowment Fund Grelick Family Foundation Gordon R. & Gretchen S. Gross Family Fund Grosvenor Society Endowment Fund Seth Grosvenor Book and Material Endowment Fund Joan Willard Gruen Philanthropic Fund Ray and Doris Guenter Scholarship Fund Dominik Hasek Sports & Scholarship Fund 60

Health Foundation of Western and Central New York Philanthropic Fund Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund II Margaret Bierl Herr Memorial Fund Hispanic Women’s League Endowment Fund Historic & Architectural Landmarks Endowment Fund Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund L. Nelson Hopkins Jr. Family Fund Dr. Irene Hu and Ronald Chang Scholarship Fund Anne Sage Hubbell Fund Jayne & Phil Hubbell Foundation Hutch-Tech Alumni Scholarship Fund Increasing Racial & Ethnic Equity Endowment Fund

Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund Mariann Inzinna Camp Good Days & Special Times Fund Mariann Inzinna Extra Mile Fund Grover & Isabel James Fund A. Wesley Johns Fund (as established in the Will of June B. Johns) D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund A. David & Heather M. Jones Advisory Fund Junior League of Buffalo 1919 Fund Peter G. Karamanos II Scholarship Fund Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Karsten Scholarship Fund Donald E. Killingbeck Memorial Fund Barbara King & Marion Mabee Memorial Fund Klein Family Philanthropic Fund

Florence L. Knorl Memorial Kensington High School Scholarship Fund Kreher Family Fund Krieger Family Fund Columbus McKinnon Herbert P. Ladds Jr. Scholarship Fund Allen & Lillian Laese Memorial Fund Allen & Lillian Laese Scholarship Fund Lafayette High School Scholarship Fund Laird Family Foundation Lawley Insurance Scholarship Fund David & Marie Leamy Endowed Fund Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County Anonymous Donor Endowment Fund Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc. Fund Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc Permanent Endowment Fund

Life Storage Foundation For A Better WNY Olga Murray Lindberg National League of American Pen Women Scholarship Fund Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund William F. Long Fund Sam Lux Fund R & J Magavern Fund James & Margel Marean Endowed Fund Julia W. Marks Fund Mabel Mason Fund Arlene & Ruth Mathews Fund Belton & Mabel McCarley Scholarship Fund Grace Fallon & Rapier Hayden McMenamy Fund Joseph and Riva Mehr Fund Melson Fund MIBBS Fund Middlebury Historical Society Fund

All Funds Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund Susan & Richard Minekime Family Fund Miss Buffalo Fund Mitchell Family Philanthropic Fund MJH Fund Mothers’ Club of Buffalo Scholarship Fund Jon Newman Memorial Scholarship Fund Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund Niagara Education Foundation Fund Fund for Niagara Hospice Niagara Relicensing Environmental Coalition Fund NTHS Alliance for Higher Education & Development Fund Nathalie Hawthorne Olena Bequest Mary Louise Olmsted Fund Our Lady of Lebanon Fund Patricia L. Parkinson Scholarship Fund J. Warren Perry & Charles Donald Perry Memorial Trust Michael J. Perry Scholarship Fund Pet Emergency Endowment Fund Norma E. Pfeifer Fund PFLAG Buffalo/Niagara Endowment Fund Phillips Lytle Foundation Alexander & Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund Pickburn Memorial Fund for Wildlife

Pinto Foundation Fund Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York Fund Edwin Polokoff Fund Georgina Polokoff Fund Positive Youth Development Philanthropic Fund Preservation Buffalo Niagara, Inc. Fund Marnie Currie Quinones Scholarship Fund Rare Book and Special Collections Endowment Fund Gregory K. Raynor Memorial Fund Molly & Luke Rich Mental Health Fund Arthur H. & Olga M. Rosche Environmental Education Fund Ross Family Fund Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted Ross Fund Michael W. Russell Fund Sandstone Trust Schneider Family Fund Norman A. Schoell Charitable Fdtn Inc. Philanthropic Scholarship Fund The Schultz Family Fund D. Sinclair Scott & Dorothy Doane Scott Fund Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund Bernard & Estelle Siegel Fund Sigma Alpha Nu Scholarship Fund Society of Financial Service Professionals Buffalo Chapter Endowment Fund

Elizabeth & Mary June Sonnenberg Scholarship Fund 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 Rosemarie C. Steeb Endowment Fund Morton & Joan Stovroff Children’s Programming Endowment Fund Mark E. Strome Scholarship Fund Judy Summer Library Endowment Fund Swain Family Fund Thomas Swan Fund Swanson Community Fund Evelyn Swarts Fund Swift Family Philanthropic Fund Walter P. Sy, M.D. Scholarship Fund Ambassador Paul D. Taylor ‘56 Scholarship Fund Tobin/Filvaroff Family Endowment Margaret & Glenn Tome Scholarship Fund City of Tonawanda Library Endowment Fund Trocaire College Endowment Fund Dr. Clarence A. Tyler Scholarship Fund

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FA M I LI E S O F FA NA FANA, WNY, Inc., is an organization of more than 300 families who have adopted children from an orphanage in Bogotá, Colombia.

When its board was preparing to establish a scholarship fund, Paul Fuzak, Executive Director, had no problem recommending the Community Foundation. “We had such a positive experience when we established my sister’s fund and then expanded it when my father died [the Joan M. & Victor T. Fuzak Fund],” Paul said. “It was a natural tie-in.”

The FANA Fund provides college scholarships for all of the adopted children and their siblings, regardless of where they were born.

In addition to raising money for the scholarship fund, FANA has helped build a new orphanage in Bogotá, and provides healthcare and education for orphans who cannot be adopted and prenatal care for mothers.

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All Funds 2000s cont.

Jim & Donna Tyrpak Family Fund United Way Human Services Fund Urban Christian Ministries Fund USS The Sullivans (DD537) Fund Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund Marjorie Z. Van Arsdale Fund Wagner Family Fund Kuang Mei Wang Fund Monica M. Weidenbach Memorial Scholarship Fund Alyne D. White Bequest Fern J. White & Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund William and Betty Wilder Scholarship Fund

Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund WNY MEET Fund Genevieve Wojtusiak Fund Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund Wyoming Free Library Fund YMCA Buffalo Niagara Agency Endowment Fund YWCA of Niagara Fund YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence 2010s Anonymous (4) The AJL Fund Akron, NY Community Band Fund

Dorothy & Eugene Allbert Fund James & Kristin Allen Fund The Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund Amherst Central Alumni Foundation Sheriff Michael S. Amico Fund Joyce & Stuart Angert Philanthropic Fund The Stuart and Joyce Angert Fund Lawrence M. Appleby Fund Charles and Ione Arrick Charitable Fund Augustine Family Fund James M. and Barbara J. Barrett Family Foundation Beard Family - In Honor of Michael Dorian Beard

Beechwood/Blocher Fund Benaiah Fund Lana and Howard Benatovich Philanthropic Fund Matthew Benedict’s One Last Goal Fund Bennett Alumni Association Foundation Fund The Berardi Fund The Hubert & Dennis Bernhardt Foundation The Better Buffalo Fund Harry J. Beu Scholarship Fund Rosemary P. Biddle Fund Reverend A. Joseph Bissonette Memorial Fund The Robert Bodkin Foundation Boubaris Family Foundation

The Lorraine M. & Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust Belmore Hicks Bridgford Fund BRI-NK Foundation Barbara C. and Edward M. Brink Fund Maureen E. Brinkworth Memorial Scholarship Buffalo Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Endowment Fund Buffalo Bills Social Justice Fund Buffalo City Mission Fund Buffalo Eye Bank Foundation Endowment Fund Buffalo Forward Foundation Buffalo Green Fund

C H A R LOT T E ALB R I G HT With a family legacy rooted deep into the arts landscape in Western New York, Charlotte Albright ensured that her own love for animals would also live on for generations to come. The great-granddaughter of Elbridge G. Spaulding, Buffalo’s 13th mayor, and granddaughter of industrialist John J. Albright, whose generous gift in 1900 led to the building of the AlbrightKnox Art Gallery, Charlotte never married or had children and while she too was a talented artist, she had a special relationship with her animals.

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All Funds Buffalo Green Fund - Moscicki Fund Buffalo Prep Endowment Fund Buffalo Seminary Board Designated Investment Fund Buffalo Seminary Brown Funds Buffalo Seminary Core Investment Fund Buffalo Seminary Historic Dollar Value Preservation Fund Built to Play Fund Jerry and Liz Canada Fund Cappuccino Family Foundation Edna L. Carroll Trust Mary B. Cassata Library Studies and Information Department Scholarship Fund S. J. Cassata and Mary B. Cassata Communication Department Scholarship Fund S. J. Cassata Memorial Scholarship Fund at Depew High School Keith Celniker Memorial Fund Centennial Changing Needs Endowment Fund CGLI Match Fund Irwin H. Cheskin Fund Child Care Resource Network The Ilka Cohn Fund The Ilka Cohn Health Fund Michael Collins and Kathleen O’Leary Charitable Fund Community Services Support Foundation Angela Y. Coniglio Memorial Scholarship Fund The Peter C. Cornell Trust Beuline Crawford Bequest

BARBAR A ENNIS Gary M. Crosby Endowed Scholarship Fund Jeanette Marie Daigler (Class of 1965), Aldine M. Tarbell (Class of 1946) and Alan T. Karcich Scholarship Fund Madeline Davis LGBT Archives Endowment Fund The D-B Trust Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker & Adrian F. Dedecker III Centennial Endowment Dedrick Family Foundation Elizabeth Deichman Fund Derby Fund Virginia Deuel Memorial Fund Stu & Nancy Dorfman Foundation Jeffrey T. and Jeanne R. Dorn Fund Paul P. Dosberg Charitable Fund - Endowed Paul P. Dosberg Charitable Fund - Non-Endowed Charles G. Duffy Jr. and Virginia Leahy Duffy Scholarship Fund Drs. Bonita R. & Henry J. Durand Fund East Side Collaborative Fund Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund EHS, Inc. Reserve Fund Josephine & Michael Ervolina Charitable Fund Everywoman Legacy Fagin Family Foundation The Evelyn Falk Fund for the North Collins School District FANA Adoption Support Fund Worth L. Farrington Fund

The Celia Lipton Farris & Victor W. Farris Foundation Home Community Fund Victor W. Farris Textbook Scholarship Fund Edward A. & Stephanie E. Fial Fund Anne Catt Filer Fund First Niagara Foundation in Partnership with Key Bank for WNY Impact Investment Fund Daniel C. and Beatrice M. Fisher Fund George Byron Fisher Fund Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies The Philip Frandina Scholarship Fund Friends of Night People Endowment Fund The Fund for Nature Future Growth Fund Garman Family Foundation Richard and Patricia Garman Endowment for Lutheran Organizations Richard and Patricia Garman Endowment for Outdoor and Environmental Education Richard and Patricia Garman Scholarship for East Aurora Union Free High School Gelman-Koessler Foundation J. Giles Foundation John and Catherine Gillespie Fund Robert and Sally Gioia Fund The Gisel Family Fund Gondree Family Fund

In 2000, the Lockport community lost a giant when Barbara Ennis passed away. Barbara, a profoundly committed civic activist and business leader, who co-owned Mondottos Seafood with her husband, Tim, bravely battled pancreatic cancer.

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After she passed, Barbara’s circle of friends stepped forward to honor her legacy of giving.

They came to the Community Foundation where they knew their wishes would be carried out and the funds would go to support important causes in Barbara’s memory.

The Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund was started to support research for pancreatic cancer. The endowment fund is also to be used by the Niagara Area Foundation to meet community needs. The Barbara Ennis Memorial Volunteer Scholarship was created to reward students for community service and volunteerism.

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All Funds 2010s cont.

The Lillian Lewandowski Gondree Scholarship Fund The Gow School Fund Grace Foundation Grassroots Gardens Legal Defense Fund Greater Buffalo Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Fund Greene Family Fund The Gregory Family Fund Gronk Nation Youth Foundation Gross Family Fund Lou Gross Memorial Fund Sam and Cherie Gullo Foundation Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Theatre Fund Harvard Summer Community Service Fund HealthNow Healthy Living Endowment Fund HealthNow Healthy Living Fund Ilene N. Hein Fund Herbst-Miller Family Fund Heritage Christian Services Anne Wolf Quality of Life Fund Jean Bernecky Hess Fund Hispanic Heritage Council’s Ralph R. Hernandez Bilingual Education Scholarship L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. and Jane D. Hopkins Designated Advised Fund The Mary Lou Hopkins Fund The John R. Hotchkin Memorial Endowment Fund 64

Marie S. and Frederic K. Houston Fund Margaret Huffman Scholarship Fund John Hulley & Elizabeth Rydzynski-Hulley Fund Hulley WNY Changing Needs Fund H. Reed Hunt Fund Nick Iannarelli Memorial Fund Irish Classical Theatre Company Endowment Fund Bill and Jean Irr Family Foundation Jacobs Endowment Fund The Jacobs Foundation The Joy Family Foundation The William and Anne Joyce Fund Kenneth R. Kahn & Linda Angert Kahn Fund Kevin Guest House Endowment Fund KeyBank Inclusive Economy Fund Jane B. Kinkead Community Service Fund Klein Family Foundation John T. and Carol V. Kociela Endowment John and Byron Koekkoek Endowment for Fair Housing Education John and Byron Koekkoek Fund for Fair Housing Education Kucera - Graham Family Foundation The LaFalce Foundation Langley Family Fund Frank P. Langley Jr. Fund

Wilfred and Joan Larson Fund Robert and Tammy Laughlin Fund Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund Legacy II Fund Sally S. Lenahan Bequest Lewis Family Fund Barbara Wirtner Liberatore Fund Lions Blind & Charity Fund Andrée and Joel Lippes Stanford Lipsey Scholarship Fund Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund - Andrews Fund Locust Street Art Classes Forever Foundation Phillip C. and Josephine R. Saglibene-Lombardo Endowment Fund Jo Ann Long Charitable Fund Maria M. Love Endowment Fund Maria M. Love Long-term Fund George and Teresa Lukis Family Fund Lutheran Charities of Western New York Endowment Fund Lutheran Foundation of Western New York Endowment Fund Norman E. Mack II Fund The Maclay Family Foundation Samuel D. Magavern Fund The MaRK Foundation Martin House Endowment Fund

The Mathews Family Fund The Maverick Foundation Raymond F. May, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund McBride Veterinary Scholarship Fund The Michael J. McDermid Exemplary Citizenship Fund for the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation The Marilyn Gohr McTaggart Reveal Fund Frank Mesiah Family Legacy Fund Thomas and Jennie Militello Family Foundation Minority Bar Foundation Fund The MJA Wildlife Fund Albertine K. Moran Fund Richard H. Morse Fund Dr. Carol A. Munschauer Charitable Foundation The Michael E. and Lorrie Chamberlain Munschauer Centennial Fund The Myszka Family Fund NativityMiguel Middle School of Buffalo Fund The NFJC of WNY Fund The Rosa L. and LaMarr Norman, Sr. Education Fund Normandy Fund Robert and Marion North Fund North Park Lutheran Church Fund The O’Neil-White Family Fund Elsie & Eugene Oliver Memorial Scholarship Trust

Park School Cash Reserve Fund The Park School Foundation of Buffalo Donald A. Pause Fund Lois and Thomas Pause Charitable Fund The Ralph F. Peo Fund People Inc. Foundation Endowment Fund People Inc. Foundation Support Fund The Perelandra Fund The Peter and Tommy Fund Pieroni Greco Family Fund Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Endowment Fund David and Molly Quackenbush Fund Lawrence Quinn Fund Mary A. Hodson & Josephine E. Radziwon Memorial Scholarship Fund Raina Family Fund Reed Family Fund Gerald F. and Karen Reger Centennial Changing Needs Endowment Gerald F. and Karen Reger Family Foundation Reilly Family Foundation Mary N. Riggs Library Fund The Sylvia L. Rosen Philanthropic Fund Andrew J. Rudnick Fund The Rung Family Foundation Rural Outreach Center (ROC) The Nelson Russell Memorial Fund

All Funds Salem UCC Endowment Fund Salem UCC Reserves Fund Say Yes Buffalo Endowment Fund Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Fund Carmelo A. and Lynn L. Scaccia Fund Scharf-Van Heusen Fund Mr. and Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund Alan and Michele Scheff Family Fund Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Foundation Fund S & J Schwartz Fund Melba & Richard Seibold Fund Sherwood Family Fund Amy & Ken Shuman Fund Silver Lake Institute Fund Audrey and Lawrence Silverstein Foundation Simon Family Foundation The Thomas K. Singer Charitable Trust

Michele Sirianni Resident Education Fund SJM3 Fund A. Warren Smith Jr. & Gretchen L. Smith Fund The Somers Foundation Christina M. Sonne Fund Robert G. Sr. & Loretta L. Spampata Fund for Education Dr. Ralph and Lynn Sperrazza Family Scholarship Lee Ann Steiner / James A. Bourne Fund The E.W. Dann Stevens Perpetual Endowment Fund The Stockton Family Changing Needs Fund The Talboys Family Fund Peter G. Taylor Endowment Richard Tobe and Susan B. Tobe Donor Advised Fund Robin & Sharon Tomasula Foundation Jim Y. and Emilia M. Tou Foundation

Elinor Townsend Trust Townson Family Foundation Eleanor R. Treiber Art Scholarship Fund Trinity Episcopal Church of Buffalo Fund Turin Fund Blanch H. Van Valkenburgh Scholarship Fund Verizon Media Community Benefit Fund for Lockport Verizon Media Community Benefit Fund for Niagara County - Empire State Development Gertrude Angert Victor Child Development Fund Vogt Family Foundation Vogt Family Foundation Fund for WNY The James and Michal Wadsworth Fund Carol G. Wagner Fund for Historic Research & Preservation Norman F. Walawender Fund

The Ward Family Fund Edward and Kathleen Warnke Foundation Watson Billings Family Foundation Evelyn T. Watson Fund for the Promotion and Advancement of “Historical Phases of Prophetic Teaching” Gary Weidman Fund The Weiss Family Fund Spc. Blake D. Whipple Memorial Award Spc. Blake D. Whipple Memorial Scholarship Dorothy Barrow Wilding Fund James Wilding Fund Walter Wiles Charitable Fund Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Endowment Fund for the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Wish Gift program to benefit Hunter’s Hope Foundation Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Explore & More Operations Fund

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Fund to benefit Western New York Amateur Football Alliance Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for Caregivers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for Community Assets Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for the Community Foundation Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for Design and Access Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for Youth Sports Paul Wojtaszek Scholarship Fund YouthTime YWCA of Niagara Munk/ Human Memorial Scholarship Trust David Zapfel Charitable Fund The Zebro Fund Laurette Zwelling Fund

LEO N A R D M . C A ST R IAN N O S C H O L A R S H I P FU N D Leonard M. Castrianno, a graduate of Williamsville East High School, was a junior stockbroker who worked 94 on the 105th floor of the North Tower in the World Trade Center, when his life was tragically cut short in the 9/11 attacks. To honor his legacy, his family established the Leonard M. Castrianno Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation. It supports students from Williamsville East who have a desire to succeed, an interest in obtaining knowledge and an involvement in community service, qualities Leonard exhibited every day.

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Permanent Legacies, Charitable Investments and Funding Partners 95 Individuals, families, foundations and organizations entrusted more than $57 million to the Community Foundation in 2019.

These dollars give individuals and families a way to pass down family values while providing support for favorite causes, creating sources of perpetual support for treasured nonprofit organizations and helping co-fund work to strengthen the community. Below is a list of those who entrusted $1,000 or more in charitable assets to the Community Foundation in 2019.

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Anonymous (9) Mr. Jeffrey Adams Dr. & Mrs. Tim & Tiffany Adams Mr. Lorenzo Alexander Mr. and Mrs. James A. Allen Amherst Central Alumni Foundation Ms. Leigh Anderson Joyce and Stuart Angert Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Ash Dr. Fred and Mary Ervolina Atkins Baillie Lumber Co. The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation Mr. Charles E. Balbach Jennifer Balbach Bank of America Charitable Foundation Bank on Buffalo Allene Barans Ms. Nancy Barnwell Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barrett Allan and Melissa Baumgart Henry and Susan Beamer Ms. Mary A. Beard Kaitlin Benedict & Justin Alger Benevity Community Impact Bennett Alumni Association Friends of Bennett High School Mr. and Mrs. Martin Berardi Mr. and Mrs. Craig H. Bernhardt Esq. Ms. Kathleen Lawley Best Mr. Jim Biddle, Jr. Ms. Barbara Billings James and Joanne Biltekoff

Mr. Robert J. Bojdak and Ms. Sarah Williams Mr. Corey Bojorquez Mr. Daniel Boland Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Boswell Mrs. Eleftheria Boubaris Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Brost Mr. John Brown Keirn C. Brown, Jr. Henry and Martha Bruner Ruth D. Bryant Mary Ann Budin Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills Foundation Buffalo Bills Player Community Leadership Committee Buffalo Board of Education Buffalo Harbor Cruises Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society The Buffalo Seminary Mr. EJ Butler Mr. Bruce Buyers Calamar Construction Management Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Calpin Drs. Andrew and Helen Cappuccino Mr. Andrew T. Card Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Carter Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Castrianno Mr. James E. Cheesman Child Care Resource Network Mr. William Christie Chur Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James A. Cipriani City of Buffalo

Michael and Joan Cohen The Robert and Patricia Colby Foundation Ms. Janet Coletti Colligan Law LLP David and Nancy Colligan Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc. Community Services Support Foundation Ms. Anne Conable Dr. Elizabeth Conant & Ms. Camille Cox Mr. Angelo F. Coniglio Ms. Lisa Corrin The Cravens Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Crosby Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump Curbell Plastics, Inc. Laurie Dann Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Davis Deaconess Alumnae Association Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D. Decillis Adrian F. & Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker Paul and Eden Dedrick Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Mr. Paul and Mrs. Eden Dedrick Delaware North Companies, Inc. Mr. Matthew Derby Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Dietrich Mr. Patrick DiMarco Dopkins & Company, LLP Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Dorfman Mr. Vladimir Ducasse Drs. Henry* and Bonita Durand

Hon. Susan and Mr. James E. Eagan Ross and Mary Alice Eckert Eden Community Foundation, Inc. David Elkhatib Erie County Erie-Niagara Chapter of the NYS Society of Professional Engineers Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Ervolina Jr. Ms. Susan G. Ervolina Mrs. Joan Ess Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ess Ms. Xandra Ess Evergreen Health Services, Inc. Everywoman Everywhere Coalition Mr. Gary Eye Dr. and Mrs. Marshall D. Fagin Families of FANA-WNY, Inc. The Celia Lipton & Victor W. Farris Foundation Ms. Donna M. Ferry Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Foundation Mr. Steven Finch Mr. Robert E. Firestine First Niagara Foundation First Shiloh Baptist Church Five Star Bank Mr. Tom Fontana Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies FoundationWest Lawrence and Deborah Franco Mr. Leslie Frazier Freed Maxick

Friends of Matthew Benedict Friends of Night People Ms. Dottie Gallagher Gallogly Family Foundation Mr. Dennis J. Galucki Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Galucki Gannon Family Foundation Dr. Danis J. Gehl and Mr. Scott W. Gehl Jeffrey M. Genrich Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. George Gerald Kelly Capital Corp.

Dr. John and Mrs. Catherine Gillespie Girls Giving for Good Inc. M. McCormack Gisel and W. Gisel Family Foundation Philip L. Glick MD & Drucy S. Borowitz MD Dr. Grant Golden and Deborah A. Goldman Dr. Samuel Goodloe Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Gorino The Gow School Susan Graham Revocable Trust Dr. Susan P. Graham and Dr. Jon C. Kucera Grassroots Gardens of WNY Greene Van Arsdale Foundation Christopher T. and Cameron R. Greene Mr. Peter J. Grogan Mr. Pete Grum Harvard Business School Club of Buffalo Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Western New York Mr. Stephen Hauschka

HealthNow New York Inc. The Carlos & Elizabeth Heath Foundation Heritage Christian Services Foundation Heritage Contract Flooring, L.L.C. Aravind and Elizabeth S. Herle Mrs. Jean Hess William & Kathleen Hochul Hodgson Russ LLP Mr. Andre Holmes Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Frederic & Marie Houston Mr. Philip H. Hubbell Mr. Jerry Hughes John & Elizabeth Hulley Ms. Kawanza A. Humphrey Mr. Roger L. Hungerford Mary Jo & Peter Hunt Thomas C. Hunt and Laurie Dann Mr. Micah Hyde Mr. and Mrs. William S. Iannarelli Irr Supply Centers, Inc. Mr. William R. Irr Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy M. Jacobs Jr. Mr. Paul E. Jacobs Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA Mr. and Mrs. Dean H. Jewett Tracy P. Johnson, Ph.D Gail & Bruce Johnstone Joseph and Anna Gartner Foundation Michael and Roberta Joseph Mr. Todd M. Joseph and Ms. Barbara J. Ostfeld Bill and Anne Joyce

C HA R LE S BA LBAC H

Giving Back is a Way of Life.

As a local businessman, Charles Balbach feels directly connected to the community that helped him become successful.

96 Now that he is retired, he spends time expressing his thanks through a range of charitable endeavors. Recognizing the community’s needs will change over time, Charles has chosen to leave a gift in his Will to the Community Foundation to address the most pressing needs of tomorrow’s community.

“With its history of careful stewardship and knowledge of the community, I trust that the Community Foundation will make good choices as to how my fund should be used after my lifetime,” Charles said.

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Permanent Legacies, Charitable Investments and Funding Partners

Junior League of Buffalo, Inc. Dr. Jeanette and Dr. Barbara S. Jurasek Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kahn Mr. Emil J. Karcich Mr. and Mrs. Boyd M. Kardash Kevin Guest House Key Bank Foundation Key Bank National Association Dr. and Mrs. Mehdi Khan Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Klein

The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc. Mr. Tyler Kroft Mr. Deon Lacey Lawley Insurance Inc. Patrick P. Lee Foundation Dr. Murray Levine Mr. Ryan Lewis The Angelo J Liberatore & Barbara W Liberatore Irrevocable Trust

Mr. Angelo Liberatore Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lippes William & Janet Long CRT Mr. Star Lotulelei Lougen, Valenti, Bookbinder & Weintraub, LLP Mr. Michael Love Lutheran Charities of Western New York M & T Charitable Foundation Maclay & Associates Inc.

Magavern Pool, Inc. Mr. James L. Magavern Mr. Sam Magavern and Ms. Monica Angle William J. Magavern II, Esq. Mrs. Sally M. Marks Martin House Restoration Corporation Tony and Kate Masiello Ruth Mathews Mrs. Jennie May

Mr. and Mrs. Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz Dr. Keith F. and Mary E. McBride Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. McCarthy Jr. Mrs. Mary Drew McKeone and Mr. John J. McKeone Ms. Jean McKeown Medina Sandstone Society, Inc. The Wayne & Patricia Mertz Charitable Fund Ms. Francesca Mesiah

MY R A L AWR E N C E

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Congratulations to Myra Lawrence, our Vice President of Finance, for celebrating 20 years at the Community Foundation. We thank Myra for all her hard work and dedication over the last two decades!

Myra (right) stands with Jean McKeown, Vice President, Community Impact, Felicia Beard, Senior Director, Racial Equity Initiatives and Andrew Gaerte, Associate Vice President, Giving Strategies, at the Community Foundation’s Centennial Celebration on September 24, 2019.

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Jeffrey Meyer Mid-America Football Officials Association Mrs. Mary Ann Milak-Young and Rev. David R. Young Mr. Matt Milano Mr. John Miller Teresa A. Miller J.D. Mr. Jordan Mills Jock and Betsy Mitchell Alex Montante Mothers’ Club of Buffalo Gary L. Mucci, Esq. The Mulroy Family Foundation F.E. Munschauer Family Foundation Michael and Lorrie Munschauer Ms. Sally D. Murphy Joan Murray & Robert Girardi Mrs. Kathleen Murray Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Myszka Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Nobel North Park Lutheran Church Northwest Charitable Foundation Inc. The John R. Oishei Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso O’NeilWhite Orthopedic Surgery, P.C. The OSC Charitable Foundation James R. Owen The Park School Foundation of Buffalo The Park School of Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Pavon Mr. Hal D. Payne Maria Pecenco

Pegula Sports and Entertainment, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Penfold People Inc. Phillips Lytle LLP Pierce Family Charitable Foundation Mr. James Pieri Mr. and Mrs. John Pieroni The Pike Company, Inc. Mrs. Priya Pinto Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Pollock Edwin Polokoff Revocable Trust Dr. Kevin and Merle Pranikoff Mr. Lawrence Quinn Alicia A. Quinones R&P Oak Hill LLC Mr. Nagendra and Mrs. Susan Raina Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation The Rankowitz Family Ms. Linda G. Ray RBC Wealth Management Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan Gerald F. & Karen Reger Helen C. Reilly Revocable Trust Mr. Kevin G. Reilly Rich Family Foundation, Inc. Anne Rimmler and Catherine Beltz-Foley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Roberts Mr. Herman Rodenberg* Mr. and Mrs. David Rogers Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham LLC

Rural Outreach Center Inc Hugh and Linda Russ Mr. David P. Rust Dr. Anne Saldanha Salem United Church of Christ, Tonawanda, New York Say Yes to Education Mr. Carmelo A. Scaccia Mr. Scott Schaevitz Mr. Robert A. Scharf and Dr. Lawrence Van Heusen Mr. and Mrs. Alan K. Scheff Hy and Marjorie Scheff Jane A.C. Schmieder, Esq. Jake and Katie Schneider The Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation, Inc. Drs. Jeffrey and Susan Schwartz Hon. Rose H. Sconiers Hon. Hugh and Trudy Scott The Mark L. Serventi Family Foundation Shawangunk Runners Mrs. Brenda K. Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Sherwood, Esq. Mr. Ken and Mrs. Amy Shuman Silver Lake Institute Mr. David & Mrs. Cynthia Silverstein Ms. Jacqueline Simon Mr. and Mrs. Nick Sinatra John Somers/Harmac Medical Products, Inc. Spaulding Family Foundation St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Mr. Julian Stanford Mr. Gerould R. Stange

DAV I D Z E B R O Local businessman David Zebro cites the Community Foundation’s investment returns and extensive knowledge of community needs as the reasons he chose to partner with the Community Foundation when he and his late wife, Susan, opened The Zebro Fund. “The 98 Foundation’s Investment Committee includes some of the best financial experts in our region and they produce above average returns and beat benchmarks,” said David. “The Foundation also knows what organizations are having the greatest impact on the issues I care about. My family has been very fortunate and I think we have an obligation to give something back—the Community Foundation helps us to do this easily and efficiently. I think going forward they have the strategic focus in our areas of interest that will benefit the community.”

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Permanent Legacies, Charitable Investments and Funding Partners

Ms. Tanya Staples The Statler Foundation Charlie S. Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr. Mr. Larry S. Stolzenburg CPA, PC Mr. and Mrs. James R. Swiezy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Swift Mrs. Jeanie M. Sy Ronald & Margaret Talboys Ms. Joann C. Thaesler Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation Mr. Samuel O. Tilton, Esq. Tiny Treasures Learning DayCare Center, Inc. Ms. Nancy Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Robin M. Tomasula, CLU Town of Collins Public Library Trinity Episcopal Church Mrs. Patricia Tufillaro Mr. and Mrs. David Udin Uniland Development Corporation United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Mr. George VanArsdale and Ms. Elizabeth Osta Dr. Francisco and Janet Vasquez Verizon Media Mr. Paul Vukelic 70

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wadsworth Walsh Duffield Insurance Chris & Jack Walsh Steven & Ellen Weiss The Weissman Family Foundation The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation Western New York Area Labor Federation Western New York Foundation Mr. Dave Wheat Mr. Arthur Wilk Friends of the Wilson Library Janet Wisbaum Scott & Linden Wise WNY Chapter of NYS Association of Certified Football Officials Charles Wright and Lina Marie Voutour Mr. Richard Wright Ms. Rae Ellen Zahradnik David Zebro Zemsky Family Foundation Zenner and Ritter, Inc. Zeron Foundation Reverend Vicki Zust

ROS E M A R I E STE E B

Personally and Professionally Inspiring Generosity.

Rosemarie Steeb was a CPA and small business owner who consistently recommended the Community 99 Foundation as a valuable partner to her clients who were charitably minded.

Before her passing, she established the Rosemarie C. Steeb Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation. Rosemarie was determined to use her financial acumen and resources to support her community.

In 2016, Rosemarie was honored posthumously with the Gordon R. Gross, Esq. Award for Professional Advisors. She is remembered for her kind and generous spirit and her deep commitment to the Western New York community. Rosemarie was always striving to provide effective solutions for her clients’ needs. It was this commitment that caused Rosemarie to consistently recommend the Community Foundation as a valuable partner to her clients. “The Foundation really listens to what donors want to accomplish with their giving, and because of its reputation, they can rest assured that their wishes will be carried out in perpetuity,” she once said.

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What will your legacy be?

There is no one in the world like you. Your hopes and dreams, your wishes for the future, the legacy that you will someday leave – are unlike those of anyone else. As you reflect and focus forward, let us help you tell your story of how you will do good forever.