For the Media
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Below, please find the latest news about the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, our clients, partners and grantees.
News
Multi-ethnic Effort to ‘Pay It Forward’ [Buffalo News]
As the “collaboration among various groups of color under the auspices of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo,” the Culture of Giving Legacy Initiative brings together 20 leaders of color, giving money and time to create a multi-ethnic philanthropic initiative focused on endowment-building.
Campaign Begins to End Prescription Drug Abuse [Buffalo News]
More than 50 community groups - coordinated by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York and including the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, John R. Oishei Foundation, Erie County Council for the Prevention of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, and Horizon Health Services - have launched a major initiative to reduce prescription painkiller abuse, especially among young people.
$100,000 Grant Available for Western New York Nonprofits
Applications are now being accepted for the Community Foundation’s 21st Century Fund grant.
‘Hands Across Buffalo’ Goal Is to Celebrate Diversity, Challenge Poverty [WGRZ-Channel 2]
To celebrate Buffalo’s diversity and unity, 7,000 people are expected to join hands next May along the length of Ferry Street, from the Niagara River to Bailey Avenue. Funding for the event has been provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
GM Leader Held Up as Model of Success for Local Students [WBFO 88.7]
About 40 students from various high schools in Buffalo toured General Motors’ Tonawanda Engine Plant as part of the “Success Looks Like Me” program - a youth program put on by the Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative, a fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
‘Hands Across Buffalo’ to Put Spotlight on City’s Diversity [Buffalo News]
In an event aided by a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, community organizations including the Homeless Alliance of Western New York Community and the Partnership for the Public Good are recruiting 7,000 people to stand along East and West Ferry streets – from the Niagara River to Bailey Avenue – in a “human chain” as part of a celebration of Buffalo’s wide diversity.
GM’s Finch to Share His Story with Students [Buffalo Business First]
GM’s Tonawanda Engine Plant Manager Steve Finch is hosting 40 Buffalo Public School students as part of the “Success Looks Like Me” role model program of the Cultures of Giving Legacy Initiative, a fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo which seeks to increase philanthropy within and for Western New York Communities of Color.
Arts Access Program Removes Barriers to the Arts in Buffalo [Buffalo News]
The new Arts Access Program will join the efforts of organizations such as the Partnership for the Public Good, the John R. Oishei and Community Foundations, PUSH Buffalo, and many small cultural organizations in providing increased access to WNY’s art community for the area’s low-income residents.
U.S.-Canadian Environmental Conference Set for Buffalo [Buffalo News]
Sponsored by Ecology and Environment Inc., the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, National Grid, and Wendel, a U.S.-Canadian environmental conference for local governments will be held in Buffalo next month, featuring a celebrity keynote speaker and international experts.
Buffalo After-school Programs Get Big Lift as District Partners with Say Yes [Buffalo News]
Buffalo’s public schools and Say Yes to Education are partnering in an effort to dramatically bolster after-school programs at half of the city’s 56 schools this fall.
Buffalo Promise Academy Takes Early Learning to Inner City [Buffalo Business First]
The Buffalo Promise Neighborhood initiative has raised $32 million from sources including the John R. Oishei Foundation, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and the HealthNow Healthy Living Fund.
Say Yes and Senator Gillibrand Announce Expansion of College Compact
Eleven new college and university partners commit to tuition aid for urban students; Say Yes also announces a $4.5 million grant from the Wallace Foundation to Support Efforts in Buffalo.
Valley Community Association Receives Nearly $1.5 Million [MetroWNY]
The Valley Community Association received approximately $1.5 million in local foundation, non-profit and state government grants - including one from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo - to support ongoing senior and youth services, waterfront revitalization and “Striving for Excellence” program initiatives.
Niagara Area Foundation Accepting Grant Applications
The Niagara Area Foundation is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations for the 2013 grant cycle.
Learning Center for Pre-schoolers Opens on Buffalo’s East Side [Buffalo News]
The one-story, 12,000-square-foot building, funded in part by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and the HealthNow Healthy Living Fund, will serve about 150 neighborhood children up to five years old.
