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collaboration
2021 Annual Report
on the cover: Tulip Poplar Tree in South Park, photo by Margaret Lapp
above: Red Oak Trees in South Park, photo by Zhi Ting Phua
Resiliency
is in our nature
Just as a mighty oak is anchored and nourished by its roots, it takes a widespread and interconnected support system to help a community thrive. At the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, we are honored to participate in collaborative efforts that are nurturing transformational change and equitable growth in our region. Thanks to your generosity and trust, we are able to tap into meaningful partnerships and activate innovative ideas to address both longstanding and urgent community needs. Fortified by more than 100 years of experience and productive relationships, we will continue to work on your behalf to take Western New York to new heights.
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker President/CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Melissa G. Baumgart Chair, Board of Directors, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Cultivating
a family tradition of giving back
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DEDRICK FAMILY
“We try to be good community members. That has always been a mandate in our family,” reflects Paige Dedrick Thompson. Paige and her younger brother, Bram, grew up in Western New York, the children of Paul and Eden Dedrick. From them, she learned the importance of giving back. Paige’s parents met while Paul was running a dairy farm in Delevan, and Eden was a college student working in the local toy industry with her own father. They began dating in 1985. The following year, they founded Buffalo Games and, more than 30 years later, sold the thriving business. The Dedricks knew they wanted to make a charitable gift with the proceeds and include their grown children in their giving. “After the sale of our business, we hoped to begin something that would be more impactful than anything we had been able to do before, and to be plugged in with localized giving initiatives,” said Eden. After discussing the Community Foundation with their attorneys, who were familiar with its work in the region, Eden and Paul established a fund in 2018, and they put their children in charge of making all grant decisions. The Dedrick Family Fund supports various causes that are important to all four of them, including racial equity and the environment.
Through the Community Foundation, Paige and her brother have continued their learning about philanthropy, and their family has been able to connect with and support local organizations like Providence Farm Collective, which works toward cultivating farmer-led and community-rooted agriculture and food systems to actualize the rights of underserved people. “The support role of the Community Foundation has been extremely helpful,” Paige said. “The Community Foundation really takes the time to understand the kind of giving that we are interested in doing and is making our dollars go a lot farther than they might have gone otherwise.”
“A F TER THE S A LE OF OUR BUSINE S S , WE HOPED TO BEGIN SOME THING TH AT WOULD
be more impactful TH A N A N Y THING WE H A D B EEN A BLE TO D O BEFORE, A ND TO B E PLUGGED IN
Left: Paige Dedrick Thompson (center) spends time at Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park with Kristin Heltman-Weiss, Executive Director (left), and Mahamud Mberwa (right), Farm Mentor and Incubator Farmer.
WITH LOC A LIZED GI V ING INITI ATI V E S .”
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Creating an
evergreen legacy
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ANNE L. BIRD
“The question for me is—and always has been— what are the most important causes that I should contribute to? How can I be a good steward?” Those were sentiments the late Anne Bird shared with the Community Foundation. Whether contributing to causes most important to her or figuring out how to support the everchanging needs of Western New York, those were the questions she always strived to answer with the Community Foundation’s help. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1927, Anne graduated from Duke University in North Carolina, then headed to Ohio, where she met her husband, Charles. They started a family and lived in several American and Canadian cities before settling in East Aurora in 1966. Years later, when the couple began thinking about how they would leave their mark on Western New York, they were introduced to the Community Foundation by their attorney. In 2001, they established the Charles A. & Anne L. Bird Fund to support the organizations they cared about.
After Charles passed away in 2005, Anne, a lifelong learner, continued to study our region’s needs and solutions through the Community Foundation’s newsletters and annual community impact tours. Those experiences expanded her charitable interests. A 2010 tour to a local urban farm that works with teens to build community through growing and selling vegetables, composting, chicken raising and fish farming was really meaningful to Anne. She began supporting the organization because it reminded her of similar work her late grandson had done. “I will contribute to honor the memory of my smart, funny and dedicated grandson and to ensure the continuance of the kind of youth development work he prized so highly,” Anne shared. As Anne’s giving changed over time, her ongoing commitment to learn and think about how she could make a significant impact shaped her legacy. Upon Anne’s death in 2020, her endowment supports the areas of mental health, urban farming, food distribution, the stewardship of water resources, and specific charities important to her and Charles. Because Anne understood there will always be community needs that cannot be foreseen, she also created an endowment for the changing needs of Western New York over time. Through these funds, Anne continues to be a good steward of the community she loved so much.
Above: Charles and Anne Bird at about the time they started their fund. Left: Anne Bird stands outside the Central Terminal on a Community Foundation impact tour in 2017. COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT | 7
A gift that will
bloom forever
Wilfred and Joan Larson
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WILFRED AND JOAN L ARSON
Wilfred (Will) and Joan Larson were high school sweethearts who met in Brooklyn, New York, and married in 1949. The couple started a family and moved around as they advanced in their careers, landing in Buffalo in the early 1980s when Will got a job with Bristol-Myers, where he worked until he retired. The Larsons were active members of the community, and Will served on many nonprofit boards, including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Upon retirement, the couple moved to Naples, Florida, and spent their summers in Leland, Michigan, but Buffalo always remained near and dear to their hearts. When it came time to plan their charitable legacy, Will and Joan wanted to be able to continue to support performing arts, conservation and education in the three communities they called home. To maximize their generosity, they worked with their attorney to transition their private foundation to the community foundations in all three regions that were important to them, including the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
“From Will and Joan’s perspective, this made the most sense. They could make grants while they were alive and support the areas they cared about after their passing, forever,” explained the Larsons’ close family friend and attorney, who was asked by Will and Joan to make grant decisions in their names after their lifetimes. Their attorney appreciates that the Community Foundation handles the administrative burden so clients can focus on their giving. Now that both Will and Joan have passed, their fund at the Community Foundation supports nonprofits and causes that were meaningful to them such as cultural organizations, access to educational opportunities and the environment. “Will and Joan always felt an obligation to help every community that they were a part of,” noted their attorney. Through the Community Foundation, their generosity will live on forever.
“ W I L L A N D J O A N A LW AY S F E LT A N O B L I G AT I O N
to help every community TH AT THE Y WERE A PA RT OF.”
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Putting down roots for the future
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HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL (HOME)
Neighborhoods are where the American dream comes to life, where we plant roots and build a better life for our children. The neighborhoods that we live in shape our experiences, opportunities and collective future, and owning a home in our neighborhood of choice can provide us with both a sense of belonging and a feeling of security. However, not all houses in all areas have traditionally been available to everyone. In the early 1960s, discrimination prevented people from purchasing homes in their desired neighborhoods. As a result, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) was established in 1963 to promote the value of diversity and to ensure that all people have an equal opportunity to live in the housing and communities of their choice. “We are about advocacy, outreach, education, and the creation of affordable housing opportunities,” said DeAnna Eason, Executive Director of HOME. “We feel strongly that no one should be denied housing based on their protected class.” By providing families with security deposits, assisting clients with forms needed to stay in their property and partnering with fair housing investigators, HOME remains dedicated to promoting fair opportunities for all current and prospective homeowners today. Left page: DeAnna Eason, Executive Director of HOME, at the HOME offices in Buffalo. Left: HOME volunteers in 1965.
To ensure it will be able to advance housing equity for years to come, in 2011, HOME established an endowment at the Community Foundation. “We recognize what the Community Foundation has done in terms of building partnerships, and we appreciate its listening approach to learning about HOME and its future goals,” said Chuck Colston, HOME Board Chair. “The Foundation is a trusted partner with deep local knowledge.”
“ THE END OWMENT AT THE COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION A LLOWS HOME TO PUT ROOTS D OWN, SIMIL A R TO WH AT WE HOPE TO D O FOR OUR CLIENTS , PROV IDE S TA BILIT Y A ND HELP ENSURE A
foundation for the future.” The endowment has helped HOME plan for the future knowing it has a perpetual source of funding. “If there is something we can do to make it easier for the folks who experience discrimination— if we can provide some education, advocacy and enforcement—then that is what we want to do. That is why this fund was created,” DeAnna said. “The endowment at the Community Foundation allows HOME to put roots down, similar to what we hope to do for our clients, provide stability and help ensure a foundation for the future.”
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A visionary
community investment
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R ALPH C. WILSON, JR. FOUNDATION
With theaters, museums and concert halls reopening their doors, the Western New York arts and cultural scene is ready for its next act as an anchor for our region’s economic growth. Recognizing the importance of the arts sector to the Western New York economy, in December 2021, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation announced a $100 million commitment to support the financial strength and long-term viability of Western New York’s arts and culture community through an endowment at the Community Foundation. As the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation spends down its funding by 2035, it is identifying meaningful ways to carry on Mr. Wilson’s name and charitable legacy long after the Foundation’s life span. “By partnering with the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, we know that this endowment will permanently support the operations and sustainability of the region’s nonprofit arts and culture organizations for generations to come. This is a meaningful way to extend the legacy of Mr. Wilson,” said Jim Boyle, Vice President of Programs & Communications, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.
The endowment will carry out the wishes of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s trustees by centering inclusion and access to strengthen the arts and culture sector today, tomorrow and forever through three efforts. The first is creating permanent operational funding streams for 13 of the region’s largest arts and culture institutions that play a critical role as economic drivers. In addition to allowing these organizations to continue being strong and viable, the funding is designed to encourage development of creative, audience-centered initiatives that make them more inclusive, welcoming and accessible places for all. The second effort is a grant process that will provide $500,000 annually to support primarily small to mid-sized arts and culture organizations across eight counties of Western New York, plus Monroe County. In 2022, the Community Foundation will work with sector leaders to conduct listening and engagement sessions to shape the specifics of this opportunity, and the first grants will be awarded by the end of the year. Finally, $250,000 per year will be dedicated to the Community Foundation’s efforts to manage the grants process and support an inclusive and thriving arts sector.
Left: Installation view of Swoon: Seven Contemplations at Albright-Knox Northland, September 26, 2020–January 10, 2021. Right: Leaders from the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor and its anchor institutions celebrate with Mary Wilson, lifetime trustee of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, at the announcement in December. Scan this QR code to learn more about the investment. COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT | 13
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” —
NELSON HENDERSON
collaborative INITI ATI V E S
Letchworth State Park, photo by John Witt Photography
WNY COVID -19 COMMUNIT Y RESPONSE FUND
From collaboration blossoms change When the pandemic arrived on our doorsteps in mid-March 2020, dozens of funders in Western New York quickly joined forces to respond to the rapidly changing needs in our community. In 2021, we continued to face serious challenges, loss and uncertainty together. Led by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, The John R. Oishei Foundation, the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York, and the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, a convening call was held on March 13, 2020, to assess the willingness to stage a coordinated and regional philanthropic response. The answer was a resounding “yes,” and the WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund was created. The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation and the Western New York Foundation joined in leading the effort that rapidly grew to include more than 60 funding partners. You can see a full list of all who contributed at WNYResponds.org. The Fund’s response included two approaches to grantmaking through a racial equity lens:
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE GR ANTS
MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER
The Fund’s first priority was to ensure that dollars were distributed as efficiently and effectively as possible to organizations serving on the front lines responding to the crisis.
As the crisis unfolded, the funders collaborative raised an important question: How do we use this moment and unprecedented collaboration to innovate and strengthen our region’s ability to face the future?
In 2020 and 2021, four rounds of funding totaling more than $11.3 million addressed immediate needs in our community in the areas of food, housing, healthcare, childcare, mental health, transportation and other emergency services. Funding went to organizations serving residents throughout the eight counties of Western New York and were granted strategically to fill gaps in emergency needs until public funding became available.
The answer was to create the Moving Forward Together initiative to address critical systems in need. It proactively convened efforts and also issued a call to nonprofit leaders to propose collaborative solutions. To date, the Fund has granted $2.42 million to support 18 Moving Forward Together initiatives encompassing more than 680 partners across Western New York. This work is facilitated by the Community Foundation and expected to continue in 2022 and beyond.
Top needs covered:
housing
healthcare
childcare
mental health
food
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transportation
EX AMPLES OF MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS Food System SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE:
We all should have the opportunity, and access, to put healthy and affordable food on the table while supporting our local producers.
COMMUNITY SOLUTION: Food Future WNY is an initiative of the Fund
that is led by the Western New York Foundation. This solution includes a community-focused, regionally coordinated planning effort facilitated by a national team of four food system experts working side by side with a diverse group of 19 key stakeholders, including urban and rural farmers and distribution partners like FeedMore WNY and FoodLink. The planning effort is expected to take approximately 18 months and finish in June 2022. You can learn more at FoodFutureWNY.org.
The team leading Food Future WNY visits Gakwi:yo:h Farms and enjoys traditional mush made by Michael Snyder as he shares how the Seneca Nation of Indians is working to preserve its rich agricultural legacy.
Digital Access SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE:
Given how the pandemic has changed our world, everyone should be able to easily and affordably press a button to connect with the digital world for school, work and life, including telemedicine.
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS:
1 | The WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund proactively convened a community-wide coalition to bring together all the stakeholders advocating for digital equity and inclusion throughout Western New York. The WNY Digital Equity Coalition, led by the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation, includes more than 50 community partners working to inventory existing resources and advocate for our region’s fair share of funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was passed in late 2021. Learn more at wnydigitalequity.org.
2 | In Orleans County, a group of stakeholders developed an idea to address residents’ lack of understanding about how to use critical digital tools. A Moving Forward Together grant made to the Orleans Digital Literacy Initiative has allowed the group, led by the Orleans United Way, to evaluate and prioritize 14 solutions designed to improve digital literacy among residents in this rural community. Solutions include hiring technology coaches and creating basic internet education programs that are easy to access through local nonprofit groups, libraries and community organizations.
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GRE ATER BUFFALO R ACIAL EQUIT Y ROUNDTABLE
Growing partnerships to
accelerate equity Advancing racial equity in our community requires a unique balance of urgency and long-term commitment. Building trusted partnerships and coalitions to break down barriers and rewrite policies and practices takes the unwavering dedication of leaders from all sectors willing to lead change. In 2015, the Community Foundation convened the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable. Its 31 current members, along with more than 250 partners, are advancing a 10-point strategic agenda to close racial equity gaps in our community. Here are a few initiatives of the Roundtable that are driving systems change in our community.
REENTRY COALITION To address Erie County’s above average recidivism rate, the Reentry Coalition opened the Service Link Stop (SLS) in late 2020 to help individuals released from jail find accessible paths toward economic self-sufficiency and away from re-arrest. The SLS now has 14 partners on site that offer programs and services that help connect people to housing, employment opportunities, mental health services and more. In addition, the Reentry Coalition responded to the need to provide access to these services online and began working with 2-1-1 WNY to create a virtual SLS and to expand support beyond the physical location.
JUVENILE JUSTICE WORKS This coalition of more than 35 partners, including Buffalo Public Schools, Erie County Probation and Buffalo Police Department, completed an action plan in 2021 for our community with the W. Haywood Burns Institute to reduce contact with and improve outcomes resulting from the juvenile justice systems. Juvenile Justice Works also hosted focus groups with community leaders and youth. The overarching theme from the focus groups was that everyone must participate in order to strengthen community policing. Additionally, Juvenile Justice Works partnered with the principals of five Buffalo Public Schools to implement restorative justice programs in the district.
R ACIAL EQUIT Y IMPACT ANALYSIS TR AINING The Roundtable continues to provide Racial Equity Impact Analysis training for leaders in our community. To date, 3,556 individuals representing 142 unduplicated businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations have participated, leading to important changes in policies and processes by employing a racial equity lens during decision-making that benefits thousands more. 18 | COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
Members of the Breaking Barriers Youth Leadership Council
BUSINESS LE ADERS TA SK FORCE
BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR ALIGNMENT
Adding two new members in 2021, this group of 14 major local employers is committed to working together to increase purchasing power with businesses of color and building their capacity to grow. Through its Buffalo Purchasing Initiative, the member companies increased the number of businesses of color they worked with to 89. The number of working relationship increased 13 percent from 2020. Additionally, the group has formed new partnerships with community groups and increased trainings available to businesses to help strengthen vendor procurement policies and practices.
The inspiring group of Breaking Barriers Youth Leadership Council members and graduates continues to grow stronger and more effective in advocating for social justice, racial equity and policy change in our community. In 2021, they began working with the Buffalo Public Schools and Dr. Fatima Morrell to create elective programming for all incoming male freshmen. Malik Stubbs, veteran Breaking Barriers member, was also a featured panelist at the launch of the Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum series, which focused on the antidote to structural racism on May 27.
Scan this QR code to learn about the impact of this work first hand from two local businesses of color that have started working relationships with Buffalo Purchasing Initiative member, Wegmans.
Scan this QR code to watch a video produced by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the 2021 National Day of Racial Healing that highlights the Boys and Young Men of Color alignment.
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YOUTH EMPLOYMENT COALITION There has never been a better moment to double down on our region’s future and invest in providing our young people every opportunity to apply their talent and creativity to power our economic growth. The Racial Equity Roundtable’s Youth Employment Coalition is working to ensure that all our youth have access to pathways to opportunity with a particular focus on youth who are disconnected from school and the workforce.
local youth will help design a career center in the City of Buffalo, which is slated to open in fall 2022. The center will offer career coaches who will be working in partnership with the Buffalo Public Schools and youth employment agencies to provide services necessary to overcome barriers on the path to a career. Those same pathways and supports will be mirrored in a new website to help youth navigate online as well.
This Coalition comprises more than 50 partners, including government, nonprofits and businesses, and was convened to create a coordinated approach for youth ages 16–24 to access career pathways leading to family sustaining jobs. This work is grounded in data, centers the voice of youth, and will engage employers to help young people move successfully toward their individual life goals.
Say Yes Buffalo is working with the Coalition to collect data to track and monitor progress on the goal and is helping connect youth to high-quality paid employment and training/educational opportunities through apprenticeships. The Buffalo Niagara Partnership is assisting in connecting our youth to fill important openings that businesses need in order to grow.
Community partners throughout our region are connecting and engaging on the ground to lift up this initiative. To start, we must ensure that youth have access to a coordinated and clearly articulated system of pathways and supports that will enable them to get jobs in high-demand/high-interest industries. Led by SUNY Erie Community College and The Service Collaborative of WNY,
Investing in the talented, vibrant, creative and energetic young people who call Buffalo home will catapult our region’s growth.
MORE TH A N 5 0 PA RTNERS A RE WORK ING TO ENSURE TH AT A LL YOUTH C A N
contribute their talent and creativity TO OUR REGION’S Students, pictured here at Northland Workforce Training Center, were offered paid internships to attend training that focused on learning advanced manufacturing skills.
ECONOMIC GROW TH .
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Building a canopy
of opportunity
Co-Chairs of the Youth Employment Coalition at the SUNY Erie Community College City campus, from left: Sherman Webb-Middlebrooks, CoNECT, Petrina Cheatom-Hill, SUNY Erie Community College, and Thomas Beauford Jr., Buffalo Urban League.
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Creating a supportive environment where
students can flourish
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SAY YES BUFFALO
“Say Yes Buffalo gives students a chance to dream big,” said Tyler Carpenter, a neuro-nurse at Buffalo General Hospital and a Say Yes Buffalo Scholar. Tyler graduated from City Honors in 2014, and a Say Yes Buffalo scholarship helped her attend SUNY Erie Community College and Trocaire College, where she graduated with her nursing degree in 2021. Tyler is one of more than 2,000 students who have earned degrees with the support of the Say Yes Buffalo scholarships since its launch in December 2011. At that time, the Community Foundation played a key leadership role in bringing the collaborative effort to Buffalo. Today, the story of Say Yes Buffalo is one that spans more than a decade, with its earliest scholars now out of college, into their careers and contributing to our region’s economic growth. In 2012, the graduation rate of Buffalo Public Schools students was a mere 49 percent. With Say Yes Buffalo’s promise to provide scholarships to eligible graduates of Buffalo public and charter schools, as of 2020, the district’s rate had climbed 27 percentage points to 76 percent. Today, students can use those scholarships to attend all SUNY/CUNY schools and more than 100 private colleges and universities across the country.
“S AY Y E S BUFFA LO
opened my eyes TO THE DIFFERENT ROUTE S I COULD TA K E TO GE T TO WHERE
To ensure the scholarships are available forever, Say Yes Buffalo is currently working toward a goal of raising $100 million for its endowment at the Community Foundation. Over $25 million has been raised to date and all donations to the endowment are eligible for a match. Since its inception, Say Yes Buffalo has expanded its reach to support children as young as preschoolers with services including preventive supports, legal clinics, healthcare and summer camps. It also now extends support to college students, including mentoring, mental healthcare, on-campus success counselors and paid internships. “Say Yes helped me with resume building and interview skills, and sometimes just provided a listening ear,” said Tyler. “It also opened my eyes to the different routes I could take to get to where I wanted to go.” Programming for high school students will soon include apprenticeships in high-demand career pathways with large local employers across the IT, Business Operations and Advanced Manufacturing sectors. With hundreds of partners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Say Yes Buffalo is committed to strengthening the Western New York economy by investing in the education of Buffalo’s future workforce. Tyler noted, “It is inspiring to see how many students are able to fulfill their dreams because of Say Yes Buffalo.”
I WA NTED TO GO.”
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TONAWANDA COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM
Gathering community input to
sprout change
North Tonawanda, Village of It is not every day that Kenmore, the southern part of the an entire community has the Town of Grand Island, and Buffalo’s opportunity to weigh in on a Riverside neighborhood. grant process. However, that is exactly what happened The Community Foundation when two state agencies, convened a Community Advisory the New York Office of the Panel of 12 area leaders to work Attorney General and the with the State every step of the Department of Environmental way to create a fair, transparent Conservation, selected the and inclusive way for residents Community Foundation to to participate. administer the Tonawanda Community Environmental In the fall of 2021, nearly 3,000 Benefits Program (EBP) – an residents ages 16 and older Community outreach included creating lawn signs and partnering with libraries to over $900,000 grant program learned about environmental establish balloting locations. with funds obtained from a projects and cast their ballots for previous settlement reached a variety of small to medium and by the State over environmental violations at the large-scale environmental projects that would directly former Tonawanda Coke facility. impact their community. Participants cast their ballots on a special website, TonawandaFund.org, designed The State relied on the Community Foundation for easy balloting. Recognizing that digital access is a as a trusted partner to work with the community challenge for some, residents were able to cast ballots to develop and carry out an equitable process to in person at six libraries in the affected communities. distribute dollars and make a positive impact on Area residents worked with the Community Foundation the environment. to promote participation with a broad social media campaign, lawn signs, posters and ads in local The primary goal of the Tonawanda Community newspapers. The final projects selected for funding by EBP was to fund projects that will improve the the State directly mirrored the results of the community environment or public health in the Tonawanda balloting process. community, geographically defined as: Town of Tonawanda, City of Tonawanda,
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Nearly 3,000 people cast ballots for their preferred grant recipients and the final projects selected by New York State directly mirror those results. In December, more than $900,000 was awarded to support the following 14 projects:
Grantees Grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 for small- to medium-scale projects include:
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning: “Senior Focused E-Waste Collection”
Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment: “Plant for Nature! Ecological Gardening for Community Health and Native Plant Giveaway”
Thomas Edison PTA: “Thomas Edison ParentTeacher Association Community Garden”
Citizen Science Community Resources: “Community Victory Garden” Erie County Department of Environment and Planning: “Subsidized Community Rain Barrel/Compost Bin Sale” Kenmore Village Improvement Society: “Treasure Our Trees and Save the Bees” Town of Tonawanda Public Library: “Rain Garden and Welcoming Outdoor Public Space at Kenilworth Library” Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District: “Tree Planting and Beautification at Edison Elementary School” City of Tonawanda Public Library: “City of Tonawanda Public Library Community Reading Garden”
Project Pride of North Tonawanda: “Manhattan Street Rain Garden Improvements” Grants ranging from $25,001 to $250,000 for projects larger in scale and scope: Town of Tonawanda: “Kenney Field Park Multi-Use Trail, Inclusive Playground and Mural Wall” Western New York Land Conservancy: “Creating New Nature Preserves, Improving Public Access, Restoring Wildlife Habitat, and Offering Environmental Education” Clean Air Coalition: “Organizing Our Environmental Justice Values in Action” Niagara River Greenway Commission: “Building Stewardship and Strengthening Pride of the Greater Tonawanda Community”
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The 2021 Pay It Forward Award recipients were (pictured left to right, top to bottom): Terence Jenkins, Waterfront Elementary School Dinorah Santos, The Belle Center Stan Martin, HOPE Buffalo Hispanic Women’s League
Scan this QR code or visit thecgli.org to watch the awards.
Blazing a trail
to the future
Glen Falls Park photo by Amy VanNote Photography
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COMMUNITIES OF GIVING LEGACY INITIATIVE
The Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative (CGLI) is working diligently to deepen roots and build opportunities across generations within communities of color. From offering high school students unique educational experiences, to providing networking opportunities for young professionals, the CGLI is dedicated to cultivating positive change in the lives of trailblazing youth of color living in Western New York. In June, high school juniors completed The Young Philanthropists (TYPs), a teen leadership program that provides hands-on experience working with the pillars of philanthropy. TYPs learned about investing for nonprofit purposes and root cause analysis, which led to rich conversations around systems and symptoms of social justice in the youths’ communities. Upon program completion, students were honored at a virtual Capstone Ceremony, during which they also awarded $1,500 grants to the Buffalo Urban League and The Belle Center. In the summer, there was an opportunity for students to participate in the Close Up program, an educational trip to Washington, D.C., to learn about public policy, government and democracy, while interacting with peers from around the country.
The Emerging Philanthropists of Color (EPC) grant process was also open during that time. EPC is a unique giving circle that offers access to people, places and experiences for entrepreneurial individuals of color who are enthusiastic about collective giving. EPC members awarded $2,500 grants to the Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative and King Urban Life Center. To cap off the year, the CGLI held its annual Pay It Forward Awards, recognizing community leaders for their personal and professional accomplishments that have increased philanthropy, services and education in communities of color in Western New York. The 2021 ceremony was a night to remember, featuring multiple generations from the CGLI family, including Council members, EPC members and TYPs. It also included special live performances by Sirgourney Cook, a classically trained opera singer, and Marquis “Ten Thousand” Burton, a spoken word poet. Always looking ahead, the CGLI continues to find innovative ways to provide the social, educational and cultural resources that are so important to the success of youth of color, and remains committed to paying it forward to the next generation.
High school juniors completed the CGLI’s The Young Philanthropists teen leadership program in June.
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A
bold vision
for a brighter tomorrow
— A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE GREATER BUFFALO REGION WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
Lincoln Parkway, photo by Zhi Ting Phua
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COMMUNIT Y GOALS
To facilitate long-term transformative change in our region, the Community Foundation prioritizes its leadership work using community goals developed through a strategic planning process led by the Board of Directors and includes analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, as well as resident input. This work is supported by Change Makers, who understand that the unique challenges of Western New York, as well as the solutions, are ever-changing. Through endowment funds, Change Makers make an impact now, and into the future, to provide sustainable support to address these changing needs. The following pages list our current goals and the Change Makers that support them.
R ACIAL EQUIT Y
EDUC ATION
Increase racial/ethnic equity.
Improve educational achievement and workforce readiness for residents living in low-income households.
ENVIRONMENT
ARTS AND CULTURE
Protect and restore significant environmental resources and promote equitable access.
Strengthen the region as a center for architecture, arts and culture.
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PERMANENT CHANGING NEEDS ENDOWMENT FUNDS
The work you read about on the previous pages was made possible by our Change Makers, who have established endowments that address the changing needs of our community over time and those who support this work on an annual basis. 1910s
Madeline A. Kraft Bequest
J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund
Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund
Special Fund #7
Horace B. Pomeroy Fund
Ellsworth M. Statler Trust
1920s
George F. Rand Bequest
William Henry Andrews Bequest
Jacob F. and Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust
1960s
Lilla B. McCready Bequest Jacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund
Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund
1930s
1950s
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
Anna May Andrews Trust Thekla R. Groben Bequest J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund Edna Foster Smith Bequest 1970s
M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr.
Josephine Biontolillo Bequest Jean Knowlton Brown Fund
Charles & Marion Hahn Fund
Martin A. Buecking Bequest
Edward H. Letchworth Bequest
Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest
Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund
Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust
C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust
Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund Louise Kimberly Bequest
Change Makers Gordon and Gretchen Gross spent their lifetimes giving back to the Western New York community in meaningful ways to them. Trusting the Community Foundation to address the changing needs in our community forever is just one way their generosity will live on forever. The couple is pictured here in 2013 holding an award the Community Foundation established in Gordon’s name that honors professional advisors in our community, along with family members and former Community Foundation Board Chair, Gerard Mazurkiewicz.
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Change
is in the air
Palm Tree, Larry W. Griffis Jr., Griffis Sculpture Park, East Otto
1970s cont. Ralph Kimberly Bequest Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest Philip S. Savage Trust Catherine Swerdloff Bequest Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest 1980s
Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund
Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund
Ruth and Darwin Schmitt Fund
Harvey Family Fund
Albert, Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Funds Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund
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
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
Daphne Hare 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
Howard T. Saperston Sr. Trust
Fuzak Family/Joan M. & Victor T. Fuzak Fund
Edward C. Schlenker Trust
G. R. S. Fund
Eileen and Rupert Warren Charitable Fund
Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund
William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund
Betty Ball Wilder Fund
Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund
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2000s
Endowment Fund
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
Evelyn Swarts Fund
Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund
Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund
Sally S. Lenahan Bequest Barbara Wirtner Liberatore Fund
Kuang Mei Wang Fund
The Mathews Family Fund
Alyne D. White Bequest
Frank Mesiah Family Legacy Fund
Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund
The Michael E. and Lorrie Chamberlain Munschauer Centennial Fund
2010s Anonymous (2) James & Kristin Allen Fund Sheriff Michael S. Amico Fund Joyce & Stuart Angert Philanthropic Fund Lawrence M. Appleby Fund
Heather J. DePaolo-Johnny Memorial Fund
Charles and Ione Arrick Charitable Fund
DePerno Family Fund
Beard Family - In Honor of Michael Dorian Beard
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 D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund A. David & Heather M. Jones Advisory Fund Kreher Family Fund
Edna L. Carroll Trust Centennial Changing Needs Endowment Fund
Arlene & Ruth Mathews Fund Melson Fund Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund Norma E. Pfeifer Fund Herman Spiegel & Amanda Spiegel Memorial 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
Beuline Crawford Bequest
Jim Y. and Emilia M. Tou Foundation
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker & Adrian F. Dedecker III Centennial Endowment
Vogt Family Foundation Fund for WNY
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
William F. Long Fund
Rosemarie C. Steeb
Belmore Hicks Bridgford Fund
Normandy Fund
The Gregory Family Fund
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for the Community Foundation 2020s Lucas, Clayton, and Gabrielle Baumgart Changing Needs Endowment Peter W. Bridgford Trust Rose M. Bridwell Bequest
Gross Family Fund
Amico Castiglione Charitable Fund
Ilene N. Hein Fund
Cox-Conant Fund
John Hulley & Elizabeth Rydzynski-Hulley Fund
Joan B. and James L. Crane, Jr. Fund
Hulley WNY Changing Needs Fund
Raymond and Maryann Laks Foundation
H. Reed Hunt Fund Kucera - Graham Family Foundation
William and Janet Long Fund
Langley Family Fund
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Connecting
people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York
Hoyt Lake, photo by William Scheider
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ANNUAL CHANGE MAKERS
Anonymous (2) Dr. Tamara Alsace
Mr. Owen Herne and Ms. Lisa Manchester
The Stuart and Joyce Angert Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Horton Ms. Terri Humberstone
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Ash
Ms. Gail C. Humphrey
Jennifer Balbach
Ms. Patricia K. Humphrey
Ms. Melissa Baumgart
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy M. Jacobs Jr.
Benevity Community Impact
Estate of Isabel V. James
Ms. Nancy G. Berg
Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Bertoldo Denis & Nancy Berwanger James and Joanne Biltekoff Mr. & Mrs. David J. Blesy Ms. Sara Van Arsdale Bliss Dan & Jean Burling
Community Foundation Board members reconnect during a Board dinner hosted by Hon. Rose H. and Lester Sconiers. From left: Hal Payne, Melissa Baumgart, Steve Finch, Hon. Rose H. Sconiers, Lester Sconiers and Owen Herne.
Mr. Mark Byrnes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Johnson Bill and Anne Joyce Jeffrey H. Katz, Esq. Keith & Mary Beth Kibler Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Lane Myra S. Lawrence Legacy II Fund
Ms. Anne M. Callaghan Mr. James E. Cheesman The Michael Cohen Fund at The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Mrs. Ginger K. Comstock Ms. Margaret A. Conable and Mr. Kevin S. Crandell Betsy Constantine
Dr. Bonita Durand Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dutton Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund Mr. and Mrs. Owen Eddy Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Elliott Excel Fence, Inc. Fair Buffalo Fund Ms. Donna M. Ferry
Ms. Frances Cox Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Crosby Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump Margaret Dadd Esq. Ian Danic Ms. Marie Elena Deeney Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Diachun Dr. Gerard J. Diesfeld Ms. Barbara Dominesey Paul P. Dosberg Charitable Fund - Endowed
Mr. Steven Finch Mr. Theron A. Foote Lawrence and Deborah Franco
Mr. Michael J. Leggett Life Storage Foundation For A Better WNY Estate of Janet Long Timothy & Carolyn Lyons Tony and Kate Masiello Ruth Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Oluwole A. McFoy Dr. Leza M. Mesiah Ms. Cheryl A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Miller Mr. Michael M. Mohun Esq.
James & Marjorie Fulmer
Ms. Joan B. Mokdessi
Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Samantha Gaerte
Ms. Alexandra Montante Timothy & Rosemary Moran
Ms. Dottie Gallagher
Gary L. Mucci, Esq.
Mr. Scott A. Gebhardt
Michael E. Munschauer, CFP
Sharon & Dan Gerstman
Barbara J. Myers
Mr. James F. Gillen
Dr. Thaddeus Naprawa
Mr. Pete Grum
David Nelson, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Hempel
Jean Nuwer
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Generosity
for all seasons
Sturgeon Point, photo by John Witt Photography
Mr. Eric Parker
Rutecki Family Charitable Fund
Ms. Tracy L. Steen
Ms. Ruth A. Parker
Dr. Anne Saldanha
Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr.
Estate of Donald A. Pause
Mr. Brian S. Schell
Edward & Beverly Strusa
Mr. Hal D. Payne
Jane A.C. Schmieder, Esq.
Richard and Nancy Swanson
Pope Law Firm, PLLC
Ruth and Darwin Schmitt Fund
Swiss Valley Farms LLC
Emily Procknal
Hon. Rose H. Sconiers
Eric J. Szucs
Ms. Linda Purdy
The Mark L. Serventi Family Foundation
Jordan Toth
Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan Ms. Amy Habib Rittling
Ms. Gail L. Shadbolt
Robinson and Hackemer Funeral Home, Inc.
Ms. Kay Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sluka
J. Sebastien Rogers, Esq.
Eleanor Ann Smith
Andrew J. Rudnick Fund
Ryan Sobeck
Dr. James Russell
John and Kristin Somers
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Mr. George VanArsdale and Ms. Elizabeth Osta Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Walczak Jack Walsh Mr. Ronald E. Wert
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“If you’re going to live, leave a legacy.
Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.” — M AYA A NGELOU
financial REPORTING
Kwanzan Cherry Tree at Symphony Circle, photo by Zhi Ting Phua
OUR APPROACH TO CHARITABLE INVESTING
Investment Committee The Community Foundation’s Investment Committee has oversight of more than $750 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, Crewcial Partners LLC (formerly 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 more than 50 different investment management organizations pursuing strategies within 11 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 that is consistently executed.
2021 Investment Committee Members
Top row, from left: Michael E. Munschauer, CFP; Gary Crosby; Michael Miller, Managing Director, Crewcial Partners; William L. Joyce.
Bottom row, from left: Jennifer Balbach, Chair; Allen “Pete” Grum; Luke Jacobs, Esq.; Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA.
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INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
The investments of the Community Foundation regularly outperform our benchmarks, on average adding 9.9 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.
AVER AGE ANNUAL RETURNS As of December 31, 2021 18% 16% 14%
16.6%
16.3% 16.4% 14.5%
12% 11.6%
11.6%
10%
9.9%
357.5% VS 272.8% CUMULATIVE RETURN
9.3%
8%
7.9%
7.7%
6%
6.8%
6.2%
4% 2% 0% LATEST YEAR
LATEST 3 YEARS
LATEST 5 YEARS
Community Foundation
LATEST 10 YEARS
LATEST 15 YEARS
LATEST 20 YEARS
Custom Market Benchmark**
Community Foundation Returns Presented Net of Investment Management Fees Investment results are presented net of all investments-related fees. **Weighted average of sector benchmarks
*Per the MSCI InvestorForce Endowments and Foundations Index.
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STR ATEGIC ASSET ALLOC ATION
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.
PRIVATE ASSETS: 13% HEDGE FUNDS: 11%
TOTAL ALTERNATIVES 24%
CASH: 1% GLOBAL BONDS: 4% TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES: 3%
TOTAL FIXED INCOME 14%
U.S. LARGE/MID CAP EQUITY: 18%
TOTAL EQUITY 62%
U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY: 5% NON-U.S. DEVELOPED EQUITY: 15% NON-U.S. EMERGING EQUITY: 6%
U.S. AGGREGATE BONDS: 6%
SELECT STRATEGIES: 18%
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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POWER OF ENDOWMENT
How will you be remembered?
Your legacy is ensured.
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. We can help.
Your gift is invested over time.
Please call Betsy Constantine, Executive Vice President, at (716) 852-2857 ext. 217, to arrange a consultation.
Earnings from your endowment fund are granted to support organizations and needs in the community, based on your direction.
THE IMPACT OF ENDOWMENTS 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 quadrupled to $9.1 million, all while giving $9.6 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.
$10.5 All balances in millions $9.0
$
9.1m
$
9.6m
$7.5 $6.0 $4.5 $3.0 $1.5
$
2.1m
$0.0 ORIGINAL GIFT IN 1978
VALUE IN 2021
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TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1978
PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR HONOR ROLL
For more than 100 years, the Community Foundation has partnered with attorneys, certified public accountants and financial professionals to ensure that their clients’ charitable goals are achieved. We offer our support as a charitable giving resource to advisors and their clients to help maximize the impact of clients’ giving in the ways most important to them. The following are professional advisors we have had the opportunity to collaborate with in 2020 and 2021. Wyatt R. Arthurs, CFP
Mary Ann Coulson, CRPC, CDFA
Thomas J. Hanlon, CFA, CFP, CEBS
Brian D. Baird, Esq.
Judy N. Cuzzacrea Wagner, Esq.
Thomas F. Hewner, Esq.
David R. Barrett, CPA
Michael A. de Freitas, Esq.
Jeffrey Hirshberg, CPA
James M. Barrett, CFP
Catherine B. Eberl, Esq.
J. Austin Houlding, CPFA
Thomas R. Beecher, Jr., Esq.
David D. Fenster, Esq.
Elizabeth R. Hulley, CFP
Jason Bird, CFP, CAP
Sarah E. Fenster, Esq.
Jeffrey A. Human, Esq.
Michael R. Brace, CFA
Jennifer G. Flannery, Esq.
Thomas R. Hyde, Esq.
Peter J. Brevorka, Esq.
Thomas E. Fowler, Sr., Esq.
James E. Iglewski
Daniel Byles-Smith, CPA, CFP
Lawrence C. Franco, Esq.
Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA
Dennis P. Cleary, Esq.
Scott A. Gardner, Esq.
Robert S. Jellinick, CPFA
David J. Colligan, Esq.
Nickole M. Garrison, CPA
Ralph M. Jeswald, CPA
Mark P. Collard, CPWA, AIF, CIS, EMBA
Patricia George, Esq.
Edwin M. Johnston III
Michael J. Collesano, Esq.
Nicholas Gnacinski
Jeffrey H. Katz, Esq.
Jill E. Colombo, CPA
Christina L. Good, Esq.
Brian J. Kern, CPA
Robert W. Constantine, Esq.
Christopher T. Greene, Esq.
Charles F. Kreiner, Jr.
Edward Cosgrove, Esq.
Peter J. Grogan, CFP, CLU, AIFA, AEP
Richard P. Krieger, Esq.
On October 26, the Community Foundation hosted a special event, Year-End Non-Cash and Charitable Planning Opportunities featuring nationally-known speaker Bryan Clontz, Founder and President of Charitable Solutions, LLC. Scan this QR code to watch the recording of Bryan’s presentation.
Amy Jo Lauber, CFP Christine A. Learman, CPA, PC
“I think one of the great advantages of working with the Community Foundation is centralizing an individual’s ability to fund their charitable giving. The Community Foundation helps both in the mechanics and in the ability to provide information that will help these individuals clarify their donative intent, in addition to taking on the administrative work.”
John F. Leone, Esq. Gerald S. Lippes, Esq. Sally B. Logan, Esq. Steven M. Lustig, CPA, CLU David J. Luzon, Esq. James Magavern, Esq. Kelly E. Marks, Esq. Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, CPA Margaret Nucci, AIF Anthony J. Ogorek, ED.D., CFP Andrew J. Pace, Esq.
Cathy Wettlaufer, Partner, Barclay Damon
Jon K. Pellish, CPA John Pieroni, CFP Justin Reid, CPA, CHFP George E. Riedel, Jr., Esq. Edward C. Robinson, Esq. Robert W. Romeo, CFP Jamie M. Smith, Esq. Ellen Grimm Spencer, Esq. Peter D. Spira, CFP Dennis J. Szymkowiak, CPA Mark A. Tronconi, CPA Marla Waiss, Esq.
We are honored to continue to partner with you and to be a resource on charitable giving in support of the overall goals you are seeking to achieve with your clients.
Catherine T. Wettlaufer, Esq. Thomas Whissel, Esq. Sharon Wick, Esq. Richard Wright, Jr., CPA Jon V. Zucarelli, CPA
Scan this QR code or visit cfgb.org/advisors to see a new page created on our website in 2021 with several resources that we hope professional advisors will find helpful in conversations with their clients.
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NIAGAR A ARE A FOUNDATION
Strengthening Niagara County From bustling cities to charming towns featuring an array of natural beauty like rushing water and sunflower fields, Niagara County has something for everyone. To preserve it for future generations and make the most of their charitable dollars, generous individuals turn to the Niagara Area Foundation (NAF). Established in 2000 by local community leaders, the NAF is committed to strengthening Niagara County by addressing critical needs to improve lives. For more than two decades, the NAF has supported the arts, civic needs, community development, education, the environment and health and human services with an emphasis on positive youth development. Each year, through a competitive grants process, the NAF supports numerous nonprofits that are located in—and support—Niagara County. In 2021, more than $58,000 in grants were awarded to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northtowns of WNY, Community Missions of Niagara Frontier, Inc., FeedMore WNY, Inc., Highland Clubhouse, Horizon Health Services, Mental Health Advocates of WNY, Service Collaborative of Western New York, and Youth Mentoring Services of Niagara County, Inc. To date, the NAF has awarded more than $4.5 million in grants to numerous organizations across the region.
The Niagara Area Foundation has supported numerous organizations in Niagara County, including Youth Mentoring Services.
Lockport, photo by John Witt Photography
FUNDS 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 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
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
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W YOMING FOUNDATION
Enhancing Wyoming County Whether experiencing quaint villages or rolling hills, gleaming waterfalls or forested nature trails, there is no denying the allure of Wyoming County. To improve the lives of its residents, the Wyoming Foundation was created in 1974 by Dr. James MacCallum. Today, it continues to serve as a trusted partner to provide deep local knowledge and a vehicle through which individuals give to causes and organizations they care about. In addition, the Foundation maximizes clients’ generosity by investing and growing their charitable assets. Each year, the Wyoming Foundation runs a competitive grants process where funding is distributed to support local nonprofit organizations. In 2021, the Wyoming Foundation continued to support organizations throughout the County. More than $28,000 in grants were awarded to Arcade Free Library, Arcade Historical Society, Eagle Free Library, LEAD Wyoming County, Oak Orchard Community Health, Shake on the Lake, WNY Rural Area Health Education Center, Wyoming Free Circulating Library and Young Audiences of WNY.
Letchworth State Park
FUNDS Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund Lawrence M. Appleby Fund Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest Russell C. Christ Jr. Fund James and Ethel DeAmesy Fund DeLaVergne Family Fund Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund Sam and Cherie Gullo Foundation Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Wyoming Foundation has supported many organizations, including the Wyoming County YMCA.
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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 creation of a thousand forests is
in one acorn.” —
R A LPH WA LD O EMERS ON
fund RECOGNITION
Knox Farm State Park, photo by Sarah Connaughton
LEGACY SOCIET Y
Established more than two decades ago, the Community Foundation Legacy Society was created to acknowledge individuals and couples who have committed to supporting Western New York and beyond in the future through a planned gift. Making arrangements Anonymous (11) Richard B. Adams Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen* Mr. & Mrs. H. John Angelbeck Mr. Lawrence Appleby* Mr. & Mrs. C. Dixon Arrick* Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Ash Jeff Bagel and Maryalice Nowak 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 Martha Buyer, Esq. Mrs. Helen M. Callan* Mr. John M. Callan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cardamone Leslie Carraway & B.J.* Verts
for a charitable legacy that makes the most of your generosity is a simple process. If you are interested in supporting what is important to you beyond your lifetime, please contact Betsy Constantine, Executive Vice President, at (716) 852-2857 ext. 217.
Mr. Paul Carroll Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio Jerry* and Barbara Castiglia 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* Paula C. Flynn Mr. Bob Fortenbaugh 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 Barbara Ina Goldstein Aimee Gomlak Jane Taylor Goraj* Dr. Susan P. Graham & Dr. Jon C. Kucera Gordon & Gretchen Gross* John Gucwa and William Majuk Mr. Michael Hamann Thomas J. Hanifin* Mr. Daniel E. Hannah
Michael and Glenys Butler
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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.* Wilfred & Joan Larson* Mrs. Margaretha Lawrence* Mr. Almon E. Leach* Mr. & Mrs. Julian & Barbara Leggett Gerald A. & Barbara E. Lipa Philip C. Lombardo* Ms. Jo Ann Long* Mrs. William F. Long* Jean Maday 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 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*
Don Pause Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr. Mr. Franz T. Stone* Cheryl S. Strub Father F. Norman Sullivan* 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. Steven Vathy and Ms. Leslie Fox 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. & Mrs. Christopher J. Whiteford Tom and Diana Witkowski Mr. Jay Wopperer & Ms. Linda Schmieder Mr. Charles E. Wright David & Susan* Zebro Mr. Eddie Zewin* & Mrs. Christine Zewin Barbara M. Ziegler *deceased
According to their specific wishes, the Community Foundation will support the organizations, issues and communities these individuals care about, in their names, forever. COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT | 49
2021 NEW FUNDS
Fischle Scholarship Fund
O'Loughlin Charitable Fund
The Stuart and Joyce Angert Fund
Fischle-Swartney Scholarship Fund
Patrick Reilly Foundation
Bennett Alumni Endowment Fund
Nathan Goldin Research Fund
Blackchief Family Foundation
The Wilbert H. Green Jr. Charitable Fund
African American Veterans Monument Inc.
Rose M. Bridwell Bequest Buffalo Seminary Carin Wyckoff Phillips '51 Scholarship Fund Jerry and Barbara Castiglia Family Fund Center for Elder Law and Justice Fund Cook Family Foundation Cox-Conant Fund Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund Fair Buffalo Fund
Greene Family Fund Healthy Community Alliance Hull House Foundation Ahmed & Farhana Khan Fund
Andrew J. Rudnick Fund Axel Sack Memorial Fund Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation South Buffalo Community Association Ronald A. Stanke Foundation Amy J. Vilz Fund
The Seymour H. Knox Foundation
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative
Raymond and Maryann Laks Foundation
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Trails Endowment for Western New York
Stanford Lipsey Fund
Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy
Long Pond Fund
Tom and Diana Witkowski Endowment Fund
Make a Difference UB MSW Scholarship
COX- CONANT FUND “I would like to be remembered as someone who contributed to the process of making Buffalo a better place,” the late Dr. Elizabeth “Babs” Conant said. “The Community Foundation has been instrumental in offering me ways to do that.” A lifelong activist for justice and human rights, Babs was committed to making a difference in her adopted hometown. In 2000, she established the first of many funds at the Community Foundation. Through a planned gift, Babs established the Fair Buffalo Fund. Activated when she passed away in 2020, this fund has provided one-time support to specific organizations, as well as on-going support for causes she cared about deeply. She also established the Cox-Conant Fund, which will provide annual funding to address Western New York’s changing needs in her name and in her spouse Camille’s name, forever. Babs’ legacy of generosity will make Buffalo a better place for all generations to come. 50 | COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
ALL FUNDS
Ellicottville, photo by Dan Aldrich
1910s Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund 1920s William Henry Andrews Bequest Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association
Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired
Charles & Marion Hahn Fund
Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Roswell Park
International Association of Administrative Professionals Scholarship Fund
Emmie F. Schoellkopf Fund
Edward H. Letchworth Bequest
Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund
Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund
1940s
Amos J. & Leigh Hunt Minkel Memorial Student Fund
Frank S. Fosdick Scholarship
Louis R. Davidson Bequest
Lilla B. McCready Bequest
Pauline Ellis Scholarship Fund
Jacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund
William Hengerer Company Fund
George F. & Isabel W. Rand Memorial Fund
Howard Kellogg Trust
John P. Samson Memorial Fund
Madeline A. Kraft Bequest
C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust
The Jacob F. Schoellkopf Trust for the University of Buffalo Frederick A. Vogt Scholarship Fund
Edith Haake Lankler Scholarship Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund
J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest Special Fund #7
Elizabeth DeWees Walker Scholarship Fund
Edward H. Moeller Scholarship Fund
1930s
Horace B. Pomeroy Fund
1960s
Andrew C. Hansen Scholarship Fund
George F. Rand Bequest
Anna May Andrews Trust
Jacob F. and Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust
C. Edgar Barlow 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
Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund 1950s Grover E. Bell Award Lawrence D. Bell Bequest
Ellsworth M. Statler Trust
George E. Becker Fund for Heart Research Bell Fund Trust #1 Bell Fund Trust #2 Herman G. & Emma A. Ernst Fund
Albert J. Klinck Memorial Funds
Grace Neff Daniels Memorial Fund
Emmons B. Farrar Scholarship Fund
Charles Elbert Rhodes Scholarship Bequest
Empire of America Federal Savings Bank Scholarship Fund
Greater Buffalo Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Fund
Sara B. Richmond Scholarship Fund
M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr.
Thekla R. Groben Bequest Rae A. Hanigan Memorial Fund
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1960s cont.
Jean Knowlton Brown Fund
Ralph Kimberly Bequest
Herbert A. Hickman Fund
Martin A. Buecking Bequest
Mildred Moffat Bequest
Margaret E. Carnahan Bequest
Charles M. Knapp Educational Memorial Fund
Rumsey Fund
Dr. Norman Chassin Endowment Fund
J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund Edna Foster Smith Bequest Stephen W. Tilton Bequest Fund Ethel Vick Wallace Townsend Memorial Fund United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust 1970s
Howard G. Kreiner Bequest
Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest
Albert H. Laub Bequest
Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust
L.K.P. Trust Edward P. Lupfer Memorial Scholarship
David Donald Fund Theodore S. Fassett Memorial Fund
Lloyd A. Miller Scholarship Fund
Marjorie D. Frink Scholarship Fund Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund The Anthony H. and Richard E. Gioia Fund
Cameron Baird Fund Edgar Bellersheim Scholarship Fund
Elmer P. Groben Memorial 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
Howard J. Knorl Scholarship Fund
Loren Hendrix Memorial Award Carolynne Schutz Hoddick Memorial Campership Fund
Ruth M. Keeney Bequest Louise Kimberly 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
Martin R. Hughson Memorial Fund Nellie Karlak Scholarship
Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest
Catherine Swerdloff Bequest Helen V. Walker Bequest Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest Gustav & Grete M. Zimmer Bequest
21ST CENTURY FUND In March 2021, the 21st Century Fund, a giving circle of the Community Foundation, hosted its Final Vote Event virtually for the first time ever. After postponing the event in 2020, a record number of members voted online and FeedMore WNY was awarded a $100,000 grant for its GrowMore for Good project to purchase a 320 sq. ft. cargo container to create a hydroponic farm. It is capable of producing 200 lbs. of produce a week, which is harvested and distributed within 48 hours. You can learn more about 21st Century Fund membership at 21stCenturyFund.org. 52 | COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
Susan Harvey Prentis Fund Professional Engineers Fund Elizabeth A. Rambo Bequest Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund Scan this QR code to watch the event. In October, the Community Foundation hosted the 2021 Community Impact Session: Creating Career Pathway Opportunities for Youth. During this event, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker shared a snapshot of our region in light of the pandemic, and four guest speakers discussed the Youth Employment Coalition, one of the newest initiatives of the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable that focuses on creating career pathways for youth ages 16–24.
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
1980s
Ethel M.C. Davis Scholarship Fund
Ina D. Alt Trust
The D-B Trust
Joseph & Margaret Andrews Educational Trust Fund
Eaton Deabold Scholarship Fund
Annual Odd Fellows-Rebekah Award Cameron Baird Endowment Fund for Buffalo Philharmonic 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
Loraine Altro Dietz Scholarship Fund Paul P. Dosberg University of Pennsylvania Scholarship
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
Ruth E. Farrington Bequest
Albert G. Schuele Scholarship Fund
Harriet Frank Scholarship Fund
(Albert), Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Fund
William F. Goodson Bequest Industrial Educational Fund Ingleside Home Memorial Fund 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
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
Arthur J., Alice M. & Dr. James McMullen Memorial Fund
Dr. Paul L. Warner Memorial Chemistry Award
Ida M. Mevius Bequest
Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Fund
Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund Open Key Fund
Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Student Fund
Pediatric Digestion & Motility Disorders Society
Lucinda Yang Scholarship Fund
Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund
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BP/Carborundum Scholarship Fund
William Paul Ganley Scholarship Fund
Brzezinski Philanthropic Fund
Eleanor M. and Willard A. Genrich Scholarship Fund
Walter L. Byram Bequest Callan Family Scholarship Fund Christopher Callan Memorial Scholarship Fund
Community Foundation President & CEO, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker was awarded the 2021 Jim Casey Building Communities of Hope Award. This national award, named in honor of Casey, Family Programs founder Jim Casey recognizes leaders and communities that successfully bring together public, business, nonprofit, philanthropic and community partners to improve the safety and success of children and their families. Clotilde (right) is pictured here in 2019 with Felicia Beard, Senior Director of Racial Equity Initiatives at the Community Foundation and Dr. William C. Bell. 1990s
Elizabeth J. Cappella Birthday Trust
Allentown Village Society, Inc. Scholarship Fund Emily E. Babchak Memorial Fund Dara L. Barker Memorial Fund
Joanne Champion Granger Fund Dr. Alan J. Gross Dental Student Fund G. R. S. Fund
Robert J. Chambers, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lillian M. Gruener Business Education Scholarship Fund
Willis E. Chilson Memorial Fund
William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund
Mark Chowaniec Memorial Fund Mary & Robert Chur Healthcare Scholarship Fund Bronson & Margaret Collins Scholarship Fund Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke Jr. Fund
Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund Daphne Hare Fund Harvey Family Fund
Russell E. Corser Fund
Hawk Creek Foundation Fund
Kathryn R. Cottrell Scholarship Fund
William J. & Frieda H. Heckelman Memorial Fund
Wilma T. Csont Fund
Mildred T. Hill Fund
Damon Family Fund
Geoffrey Hull Memorial Scholarship
Herbert F. & Jane K. Darling Philanthropic Fund
21st Century Fund
Norman Goldfarb Award Fund
Holly Augspurger Donaldson Fund Henry and Constance Drew Foundation for Children Jerome Dreyfuss Scholarship Fund
Irsch Fund Jenna Kern Memorial Scholarship Fund C. Taylor Kew Memorial Fund James William Kideney & Isabel Houck Kideney Fund
Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts
Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest
Alanson C. Bigalow Scholarship Fund
Esther Link Emig Fund
Kittinger Family Fund
FANA Scholarship Fund
Kiwanis Club of Kensington Fund
Peter D. Blacher Health Care Fund
David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund
Virgil A. & Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund
Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund
Albert P. & Maryon C. Krueger 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
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
Kinerk Family 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
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In September 2021, Cara Matteliano, Community Foundation Senior Director, Policy and Strategic Partnerships, accepted an award from the Helen Lapp Society on behalf of the Community Foundation for its work in convening the WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund. Cara is pictured here with Dan Wiles, Executive Director of KenTon Meals on Wheels.
1990s cont. Heather A. McGowan Scholarship Fund Frank and Donna McGuire Fund Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund 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 The 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
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
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
Jane Ruff Memorial Fund
William F. Thiel Trust
Norman A. Schoell Scholarship Fund
Lisa Georger Thompson Memorial Fund
Richard G. Schwind & Rhoda Robertson Schwind Fund
Tifft Nature Preserve Fund
Irene Klingener Selover Fund
Tops Friendly Markets Art & Music Scholarship
Brenda Kurtz Shelton & Harry C. Shelton Fund
William L. Van Schoonhoven Fund
Bernard and Carolyn Shilt Scholarship Fund
Wadsworth Fund
Leonard S. Sikora Scholarship Fund Marjorie Joyce Simmons Memorial Medical Fund
Variety Club Foundation Fund Aaron Matthew Waldeck Scholarship Fund William B. Walsh Trust Fund Eileen and Rupert Warren Charitable Fund
Albert & Mildred Pfrender Bequest
Dr. Barnett A. Slepian Memorial Fund
Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Family Fund
Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith Jr. Changing Needs Fund
Western New York Land Conservancy Endowment Fund
Benny J. Polizzi Memorial Award Fund
Daunt & Irene Stenzel Scholarship Fund
Fred H. & Lorene L. White Fund
Braman Pomeroy Trust
Charles F. Stewart Scholarship Fund
Edgar F. Pope Scholarship Fund
Evelyn Stiem Fund
Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund
Betty Ball Wilder Fund Dick Wohler Hutch-Tech Professional Engineering Scholarship
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Community Foundation President & CEO Clotilde PerezBode Dedecker, was invited as one of 17 nonprofit leaders nationwide to join a commission to study the central role generosity plays in our society, its shifting nature, and the ways it is being reimagined across generations and communities. The Generosity Commission members are: Jane Wales, Chair, the Generosity Commission; Vice President, Aspen Institute
Heather Templeton Dill, President, John Templeton Foundation
Marla Blow, President & COO, Skoll Foundation
Wendy Guillies, President & CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Ann Mei Chang, CEO, Candid Dr. Cecilia Conrad, CEO, Lever for Change; Managing Director, MacArthur Foundation Asha Curran, CEO, Giving Tuesday Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, President & CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
1990s cont. WNY Women's Foundation Wyoming County Medical & Nursing Scholarships 2000s
Kenneth Hodder, National Commander, Salvation Army
Natalye Paquin, President & CEO, Points of Light Dr. Eboo Patel, author; CEO, Interfaith Youth Core Valerie Rockefeller, Trustee, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President, AARP Foundation
Rob Rosen, Director Philanthropic Partnerships, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Michael McAfee, President & CEO, PolicyLink
Jerre Stead, CEO, Clarivate; investor and philanthropist
Luis Miranda Jr., Founding Partner, MirRam Group
Nora Shea Barnwell Endowment Fund
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Fund
Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest
Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund
Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund
Jean M. Brown Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Eden Fund
Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund
Henry W. & Martha L. Bruner Philanthropic Fund
Advancing Arts & Culture Endowment Fund
Martha H. Beeman and Judge William L. Kellick Endowment Fund
Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund
Charlotte Albright Fund
Charles A. & Anne L. Bird Fund
BTF Make a Dream Come True Scholarship Fund
Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund
Anna Kowalska Bley Music Memorial Award
Buffalo Audubon Endowment Fund
Maurice G. Bley Drama Memorial Award
Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance Scholarship Fund
Jule Bogner Philanthropic Fund
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Fund
Anonymous Acacia Park 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
Robert Bojdak & Sarah Williams Fund Book and Material Buying Endowment Fund
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Permanent Endowment Fund Buffalo Rotary Foundation Fund
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2000s cont. Buffalo Yacht Club Fund Joseph E. Buran Music Fund Michael R. Butler & Glenys Maschoff Butler Fund Calpin Family Fund
Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund
Fischle - Laesser Endowment Fund
Elizabeth Deichman Fund f.b.o. Buffalo Animal Shelter
Fisher Family Fund
M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs Heather J. DePaolo-Johnny Memorial 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
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
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
Eastern Niagara Fund
Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund
Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund
George Family Foundation
Dr. Kenneth H. Sr. & Marjorie B. Eckhert Fund
Dena Goldstein Memorial Scholarship Fund
ECMC Lifeline Fund
Diane J. Goodberry Memorial Scholarship 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
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
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
The WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund was named Best COVID Philanthropy in the 2021 Buffalo Spree “Best of WNY” awards. The Fund has provided more than $13 million in grants to more than 400 nonprofit organizations since its founding in late March 2020.
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2000s cont. Seth Grosvenor Book and Material Endowment Fund Joan Willard Gruen Philanthropic Fund Ray and Doris Guenter Scholarship Fund Dominik Hasek Sports & Scholarship 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
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
Health Foundation of Western and Central New York Philanthropic Fund
Florence L. Knorl Memorial Kensington High School Scholarship Fund
Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund
Kreher Family Fund
Susan & Richard Minekime Family Fund
Krieger Family Fund
Mitchell Family Philanthropic Fund
Columbus McKinnon Herbert P. Ladds Jr. Scholarship Fund
MJH 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 Jayne & Phil Hubbell Foundation
Allen & Lillian Laese Memorial 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
Increasing Racial & Ethnic Equity Endowment Fund
Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc. Fund
Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund
Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc. Permanent Endowment 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
Mothers' Club of Buffalo Scholarship Fund
Allen & Lillian Laese Scholarship Fund
Hutch-Tech Alumni Scholarship Fund
Mariann Inzinna Camp Good Days & Special Times Fund
Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship 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 Julia W. Marks Fund
In September 2021, The Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition (BNSFC), which is supported by the Community Foundation, hosted community archaeological digs at the Michigan Street Baptist Church, in partnership with the University at Buffalo’s Archaeological Survey Department of Anthropology and the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor. With funding from the Network to Freedom, the BNSFC was able to excavate the site and learn what life was like in the 19th century for an African-American Baptist congregation.
Mabel Mason Fund
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2000s cont.
Georgina Polokoff Fund
Jon Newman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Positive Youth Development Philanthropic Fund
Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund
Preservation Buffalo Niagara, Inc. Fund
Niagara Education Foundation Fund
Marnie Currie Quinones Scholarship Fund
Fund for Niagara Hospice
Rare Book and Special Collections Endowment Fund
Niagara Relicensing Environmental Coalition Fund
Gregory K. Raynor Memorial Fund
NTHS Alliance for Higher Education & Development Fund
Molly & Luke Rich Mental Health Fund
Nathalie Hawthorne Olena Bequest
Arthur H. & Olga M. Rosche Environmental Education Fund
Mary Louise Olmsted Fund
Ross Family Fund
Our Lady of Lebanon Fund
Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted Ross 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
Herman Spiegel & Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund Janet M. Sporleder Scholarship 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
Michael W. Russell Fund
Swanson Community Fund
Sandstone Trust
Evelyn Swarts Fund
Schneider Family Fund
Walter P. Sy, M.D. Scholarship Fund
Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation Inc. Philanthropic Scholarship Fund
Ambassador Paul D. Taylor '56 Scholarship Fund
The Schultz Family Fund
Tobin/Filvaroff Family Endowment
D. Sinclair Scott & Dorothy Doane Scott Fund
Margaret & Glenn Tome Scholarship Fund
Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund
City of Tonawanda Library Endowment Fund
Bernard & Estelle Siegel Fund
Trocaire College Endowment Fund
Sigma Alpha Nu Scholarship Fund
Dr. Clarence A. Tyler Scholarship Fund
Society of Financial Service Professionals Buffalo Chapter Endowment Fund Elizabeth & Mary June Sonnenberg Scholarship Fund
Community Foundation President/CEO Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker virtually presented to a room full of attendees in Spain at Foro Demo, the annual meeting of the Asociación Españolas de Fundaciones.
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
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In January 2021, the Racial Equity Roundtable, along with the National Federation for Just Communities and the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Commission to Dismantle Racism and Discrimination, hosted the National Day of Racial Healing. This virtual live event featured a number of speakers, including remarks from Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church Michael Curry, who attended public schools in Buffalo. 2000s cont.
Augustine Family Fund
Fern J. White & Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund
James M. and Barbara J. Barrett Family Foundation
William and Betty Wilder Scholarship Fund
Beard Family - In Honor of Michael Dorian Beard
Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund
Beechwood/Blocher Fund
Buffalo Bills Social Justice Fund Buffalo City Mission Fund Buffalo Eye Bank Foundation Endowment Fund Buffalo Forward Foundation Buffalo Green Fund 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
Benaiah Fund
Built to Play Fund Jerry and Liz Canada Fund
Genevieve Wojtusiak Fund
Lana and Howard Benatovich Philanthropic Fund
Cappuccino Family Foundation
Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund
Matthew Benedict's One Last Goal Fund
Edna L. Carroll Trust
Wyoming Free Library Fund
Bennett Alumni Association Foundation Fund
WNY MEET Fund
YMCA Buffalo Niagara Agency Endowment Fund YWCA of Niagara Fund YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence
The Berardi Fund The Hubert & Dennis Bernhardt Foundation
Mary B. Cassata Library Studies and Information Department Scholarship Fund S. J. Cassata and Mary B. Cassata Communication Department Scholarship Fund
2010s
Harry J. Beu Scholarship Fund
S. J. Cassata Memorial Scholarship Fund at Depew High School
Anonymous (3)
Rosemary P. Biddle Fund
Keith Celniker Memorial Fund
The AJL Fund
Reverend A. Joseph Bissonette Memorial Fund
Centennial Changing Needs Endowment Fund
The Robert Bodkin Foundation
CGLI Match Fund
Boubaris Family Foundation
Irwin H. Cheskin Fund
The Lorraine M. & Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust
Child Care Resource Network
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 Lawrence M. Appleby Fund Charles and Ione Arrick Charitable Fund
The Better Buffalo Fund
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
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
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2010s cont. The Peter C. Cornell Trust Beuline Crawford Bequest Gary M. Crosby Endowed Scholarship Fund Jeanette Marie Daigler, Aldine M. Tarbell 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 Scholarship for East Aurora Union Free High School Richard and Patricia Garman Endowment for Lutheran Organizations Richard and Patricia Garman Endowment for Outdoor and Environmental Education Gelman-Koessler Foundation J. Giles Foundation Robert and Sally Gioia Fund The Gisel Family Fund Gondree Family Fund 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
In November, more than 40 coaches from across the region were honored at Project Play Western New York’s Coaches Honor Roll event, held at Highmark Stadium. The event recognized youth sports coaches, chosen through a communitywide nomination process, who focus on youth development and demonstrate sportsmanship, leadership and integrity.
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Community Foundation Board members reconnect during a Board dinner hosted by Hon. Rose H. and Lester Sconiers. Pictured here are Bonita R. Durand, Ph.D., and John Walsh III.
Lou and Marv Gross Memorial Fund Sam and Cherie Gullo Foundation 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 Marie S. and Frederic K. Houston Fund Margaret Huffman Scholarship 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
John Hulley & Elizabeth Rydzynski-Hulley Fund
Frank P. Langley Jr. Fund
Hulley WNY Changing Needs Fund
Robert and Tammy Laughlin Fund
H. Reed Hunt Fund
Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund
Nick Iannarelli Memorial Fund
Wilfred and Joan Larson Fund
Irish Classical Theatre Company Endowment Fund
Legacy II Fund
Bill and Jean Irr Family Foundation
Lewis Family Fund
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
Sally S. Lenahan Bequest Barbara Wirtner Liberatore Fund Lions Blind & Charity Fund
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
Stanford Lipsey Scholarship Fund
The Michael J. McDermid Exemplary Citizenship Fund for the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation
Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund - Andrews Fund
The Marilyn Gohr McTaggart Reveal Fund
Locust Street Art Classes Forever Foundation
Frank Mesiah Family Legacy Fund
Andrée and Joel Lippes
Thomas and Jennie Militello Family Foundation
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2010s cont.
Raina Family Fund
The Somers Foundation
Minority Bar Foundation Fund
Reed Family Fund
Christina M. Sonne Fund
The MJA Wildlife Fund
Gerald F. and Karen Reger Centennial Changing Needs Endowment
Robert G. Sr. & Loretta L. Spampata Fund for Education
Carol and Carl Montante 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
Gerald F. and Karen Reger Family Foundation Reilly Family Foundation Mary N. Riggs Library Fund The Sylvia L. Rosen Philanthropic Fund The Rung Family Foundation Rural Outreach Center (ROC) The Nelson Russell Memorial Fund
The NFJC of WNY Fund
Salem UCC Endowment Fund
The Rosa L. and LaMarr Norman, Sr. Education Fund
Salem UCC Reserves Fund
Normandy Fund Robert and Marion North Fund
Say Yes Buffalo Endowment Fund Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Fund
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
North Park Lutheran Church Fund
Carmelo A. and Lynn L. Scaccia Fund
The O'Neil-White Family Fund
Scharf-Van Heusen Fund
Townson Family Foundation
Elsie & Eugene Oliver Memorial Scholarship Trust
Mr. and Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund
Eleanor R. Treiber Art Scholarship Fund
The Park School Foundation of Buffalo
Alan and Michele Scheff Family Fund
Trinity Episcopal Church of Buffalo Fund
Donald A. Pause Fund
Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation
Turin Fund
Lois and Thomas Pause Charitable Fund
Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Foundation Fund
Blanch H. Van Valkenburgh Scholarship Fund
The Ralph F. Peo Fund
S & J Schwartz Fund
People Inc. Foundation Endowment Fund
Melba & Richard Seibold Fund
Verizon Media Community Benefit Fund for Lockport
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
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
Lawrence Quinn Fund Mary A. Hodson & Josephine E. Radziwon Memorial Scholarship Fund
SJM3 Fund A. Warren Smith Jr. & Gretchen L. Smith Fund
Elinor Townsend Trust
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
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James Wilding Fund
Edward and Kathleen Warnke Foundation
Walter Wiles Charitable Fund
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
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for the Community Foundation
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
Spc. Blake D. Whipple Memorial Scholarship Dorothy Barrow Wilding Fund
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Fund for Community Assets
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
MARGARET BIERL HERR MEMORIAL FUND Born in Buffalo in 1918, Walter Herr was an Army veteran of World War II, serving as a cryptographic staff sergeant with the 17th Signal Service Company in Washington, D.C., and in the European Theater. That led him to a long-time banking career in Western New York at Buffalo Savings and M&T Banks. In the early 1960s, Walter met and married Margaret Bierl, an avid animal lover. The couple enjoyed 36 years together and were actively involved in their community. Upon Margaret’s passing in 1997, Walter wanted to honor her legacy. He began writing poetry in her memory and also turned to the Community Foundation to help. Walter established the Margaret Bierl Herr Memorial Fund to support what was most meaningful to them, including churches and the Erie County SPCA. During his lifetime, Walter was able to recommend the distributions, knowing that beyond that, the fund would carry out his unique charitable wishes, in his beloved wife’s name, forever. Since Walter’s passing in 2005, the fund at the Community Foundation has continued to support areas that meant the most to him and Margaret, including churches, healthcare and animal shelter organizations. Because of their generosity, their legacy will always live on. COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT | 65
2020s African American Veterans Monument Inc.
Fischle-Swartney Scholarship Fund
Long Pond Fund
Kelly Diane Galloway Legacy Fund
Make a Difference - UB MSW Scholarship
The Stuart and Joyce Angert Fund
Joseph G. Giambra Legacy Fund
Muto Charitable Fund
AV3 Foundation
GLYS WNY
O'Loughlin Charitable Fund
Lucas, Clayton, and Gabrielle Baumgart Changing Needs Endowment
Nathan Goldin Research Fund
Open4 Fund
The Wilbert H. Green Jr. Charitable Fund
Vivian E. Pater Memorial Scholarship
Greene Family Fund
Patrick Reilly Foundation
Healthy Community Alliance
Andrew J. Rudnick Fund
Hull House Foundation
Rudzinski Family Foundation
Hurwitz-Kucera Fund
Axel Sack Memorial Fund
Just Buffalo Literary Center Legacy Fund
Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation
Bennett Alumni Endowment Fund Blackchief Family Foundation Rose M. Bridwell Bequest Buffalo Seminary Carin Wyckoff Phillips '51 Scholarship Fund Jerry and Barbara Castiglia Family Fund Amico Castiglione Charitable Fund
Linda Angert Kahn & Kenneth R. Kahn Fund
H. William and Mary B. Sippel Fund
Ahmed & Farhana Khan Fund
South Buffalo Community Association
Kirchner Family Fund
Ronald A. Stanke Foundation
Kirchner Family Scholarship Fund
Diann R. Takens Endowment Fund
Cook Family Foundation
Kite Charitable Fund
Amy J. Vilz Fund
Cox-Conant Fund
The Seymour H. Knox Foundation
Joan B. and James L. Crane, Jr. Fund
Leslie Shuman Kramer Lion of Judah Endowment
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative
DeLaVergne Family Fund
Raymond and Maryann Laks Foundation
Center for Elder Law and Justice Fund Community Leaders Response Fund
Mary Alice and Ross Jay Eckert Fund
Leadership Buffalo Legacy Fund
Christine Holly Emery Scholarship Fund
The Stanford and Judith C. Lipsey Capital Endowment Fund
Fair Buffalo Fund
Stanford Lipsey Fund
Fischle Scholarship Fund
William and Janet Long Fund
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Park Endowment Fund Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Trails Endowment for Western New York Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy Tom and Diana Witkowski Endowment Fund WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund
Allegany State Park, photo by Paul Crawford
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2021 CONTRIBUTORS AND FUNDING PARTNERS
During a challenging year, individuals, families, foundations and organizations gave generously to support causes important to them through the Community Foundation. $150 million was added to the Foundation to support cherished causes and nonprofit organizations. Below is a list of those who contributed $1,000 or more in charitable assets to the Community Foundation in 2021. Anonymous (7)
Keirn C. Brown, Jr.
African American Veterans Monument, Inc.
Henry and Martha Bruner
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Allen Dr. Tamara Alsace
Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park
Joyce and Stuart Angert
Buffalo Bills
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Ash
Buffalo Prep
Mr. Charles E. Balbach
Buffalo Seminary
Jennifer Balbach
Mr. Andrew T. Card Jr.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Mr. Wesley T. Carter
Bar Association of Erie County
Center for Elder Law & Justice, Inc.
Allene Barans Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barrett
Ruth D. Bryant
Mrs. Barbara Castiglia Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Ms. Melissa Baumgart
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc
Henry and Susan Beamer
Mr. James E. Cheesman
Benevity Community Impact
Children's Foundation of Erie County
Bennett Alumni Association Mr. & Mrs. David J. Blesy Mr. Robert J. Bojdak and Ms. Sarah Williams
Ciminelli Development Company, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Cipriani
The Michael Cohen Fund at The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies David J. Colligan, Esq. Colligan Law LLP Mr. Angelo F. Coniglio Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook Mrs. Jane M. Coughlin The Cravens Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Crosby Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump James H. Cummings Foundation, Inc. Deaconess Alumnae Association Paul and Eden Dedrick Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Ms. Mary Derby The Donald F. and Barbara L. Newman Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Dorfman Dr. Bonita Durand
In May, the Community Foundation hosted a book discussion for its clients. This conversation, facilitated by Francisco M. Vasquez, Ph.D., and Danis J. Gehl, Ph.D., was an opportunity for participants to connect with other Community Foundation clients and have meaningful dialogue on the important topic of racial equity. COMMUNIT Y FOUNDATION FOR GRE ATER BUFFA LO 2021 ANNUAL REPORT | 67
Gayle Eagan
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Gisel, Jr.
Hon. Susan and Mr. James E. Eagan
Philip L. Glick, MD & Drucy S. Borowitz, MD
East Hill Foundation
Howard F. and Lillian L. Gondree
Mr. Emil J. Karcich
Ross and Mary Alice Eckert
Dr. Samuel Goodloe Jr.
Episcopal Diocese of WNY
The Gow School
Mr. Donald M. Kellner and Mrs. Sandra E. Airnault
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Ervolina Jr.
Dr. Susan P. Graham and Dr. Jon C. Kucera
Mr. Mansoor Khan Dr. and Mrs. Mehdi Khan
Dr. Ellen Grant
Mr. Nasrullah Khan
Christopher T. and Cameron R. Greene
The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc.
Grigg Lewis Foundation Inc.
Mr. Gregory P. Koessler and Dr. Lisa A. Gelman-Koessler
Ms. Susan G. Ervolina ESL Federal Credit Union Mrs. Joan Ess Xandra Ess Evans Bank, N.A. Evergreen Health Services, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Marshall D. Fagin Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation The Celia Lipton & Victor W. Farris Foundation
Mr. Pete Grum Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hanley Harmac Medical Products Healthy Community Alliance John and Sarah Henry
Ms. Mary A. Ferguson
Heritage Christian Services Foundation
Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Foundation
Aravind and Elizabeth S. Herle Mrs. Jean Hess
Mr. Steven Finch
Hon. Kathy and William Hochul
First Niagara Foundation
Marie Houston
Five Star Bank
Mr. Philip H. Hubbell
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies
Hull House Foundation
Lawrence and Deborah Franco
Thomas C. Hunt & Laurie Dann
Friends of Night People Ms. Dottie Gallagher
Ms. Patricia K. Humphrey Tom and Martha Hyde Irr Supply Centers, Inc.
Mrs. Sue Gardner Gatehouse Realty, LLC Jeffrey M. Genrich Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. George
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy M. Jacobs Jr.
Joseph and Anna Gartner Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. James Kramer Mr. Peter Kucera and Mrs. Annie Hurwitz Mr. Raymond E. Laks Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Lane Mr. Neil Lange Lawley Insurance Inc. Myra S. Lawrence Leadership Buffalo, Inc. Patrick P. Lee Foundation Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County Bruno A. Lombardo, CFP Mr. Robert Lowery M&T Charitable Foundation Mr. Sam Magavern and Ms. Monica Angle
Ms. Anne T. Jalali
Martin House Restoration Corporation
Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA
Tony and Kate Masiello
Johnson & Johnson Foundation
Ruth Mathews
In December, Westminster Economic Development Initiative (WEDI) announced support from the Community Foundation, M&T Bank and The John R. Oishei Foundation for its capital campaign to build a new, expanded home for the West Side Bazaar on Niagara Street.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz
Multiple generations of the Vogt family met virtually with Community Foundation staff members to discuss their spring grantmaking.
Ms. Jean McKeown Ms. Lynda McKinley Medina Sandstone Society, Inc. Dr. Leza M. Mesiah Mid-America Football Officials Association Jock and Betsy Mitchell Mr. Michael M. Mohun, Esq. Ms. Joan Mooney Gary L. Mucci, Esq. F.E. Munschauer Family Foundation Michael E. Munschauer, CFP Mrs. Kathleen Murray Mr. and Mrs. Alfonse Muto, RPh Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Myszka Nichols School Nickel City Shirt Company Inc. Northwest Charitable Foundation Inc. Ed and Dawn Northwood Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Norton Trotter Oberrender The John R. Oishei Foundation Ms. Sandra S. O'Loughlin Orthopedic Surgery, P.C. James R. Owen
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Riley
Spaulding Family Foundation
Ms. Amy Habib Rittling
Mr. Ronald A. Stanke*
Mr. and Mrs. David Rogers
State Employees Federated Appeal Niagara Frontier
Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick Mr. Scott Rudzinski Dr. James Russell Mr. William Sack Dr. Anne Saldanha Salem United Church of Christ, Tonawanda, New York Scott and Kristin Saperston Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Mr. Carmelo A. Scaccia Mr. Robert A. Scharf and Dr. Lawrence Van Heusen Mr. and Mrs. Alan K. Scheff Hy* & Marjorie Scheff Jane A.C. Schmieder, Esq. Jake and Katie Schneider
People Inc.
Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr. Ms. Brenda Stubblefield Ronald & Margaret Talboys Mr. Samuel O. Tilton, Esq. The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation Mark and Kathleen Tufillaro Mrs. Patricia Tufillaro Uniland Development Corporation United Way of Buffalo & Erie County United Way of Southern Chautauqua County George Van Arsdale and Elizabeth Osta Verizon Media Mr. Heinz F. Vilz
Ms. Katharine Pierce
The Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pieroni
Drs. Jeffrey and Susan Schwartz
Pope Law Firm, PLLC
Hon. Rose H. Sconiers
Ms. Margaret Puzio
SCP Management LLC
Ward Family Foundation
Mr. Robert Pyle
The Mark L. Serventi Family Foundation
Steven & Ellen Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Wende
Mr. Patrick J. Shea
The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Sherwood, Esq.
Western New York Foundation
Mr. Ken and Mrs. Amy Shuman
Ms. Marilyn Wittman
Mr. Lawrence Quinn Alicia A. Quinones R&P Oak Hill LLC Mr. Nagendra and Mrs. Susan Raina Rakowski & Saia, PLLC
Mr. David & Mrs. Cynthia Silverstein
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Ms. Jacqueline Simon Mr. James Sorrentino
Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan
South Buffalo Community Association
Gerald F. & Karen Reger
Ms. Jeanne Vilz Walsh Duffield Companies Jack Walsh
Tom and Diana Witkowski Ms. Rae Ellen Zahradnik Zemsky Family Foundation *Deceased
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THE BOARD
Tamara O. Alsace, Ph.D.
Jennifer Chalmers Balbach
Melissa Baumgart, Chair
James Biltekoff
Gary Crosby
Bonita R. Durand, Ph.D.
Steve Finch
Dottie Gallagher
Allen “Pete” Grum
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Owen Herne, Esq.
Alice Jacobs, JD
Cheryl A. Jankowski
William Joyce
Jeffrey H. Katz, Esq.
Alex Montante
Hal D. Payne
Amy Habib Rittling, Esq.
Hon. Rose H. Sconiers
John F. Somers
John N. Walsh, III
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