2010 Grant Funding for Organizations Serving Wyoming County
For information about the William F. Thiel grants available for organizations serving the medical needs of Wyoming County residents, click here.

2010 Community Foundation Competitive Grants
The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo's Letters of Intent (LOI) for our 2010 Competitive Grants Cycle is now closed.

For organizations invited to submit a full application:
-- Click here to download a microsoft word file with instructions on how to complete the process.

-- Click here to download a sample budget in microsoft excel

Key Dates: 

• LOI will be accepted until March 1, 2010
• Invitations for full grant proposals will be sent by April 30, 2010
• Grant briefing, for those applicants invited to submit a full application will be held May 5, 2010
• Full proposals will be due June 1, 2010
• Grant outcome notification will be sent to applicants in early August

LOI proposals must address at least one of four focus areas outlined here.  

Recent Grant Award Winners:

Click here to view 2010 Oliver G. and Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts grants.

Click here to view 2009 competitive grants.

Click here to view 2008 competitive grants.

GRANTS CRITERIA

Please note, the Foundation does not consider funding for:

• Endowments
• Religious purposes
• Schools not registered with the New York State Education Department
• Attendance at or sponsorship of fundraising events for organizations
• Annual events or festivals
• Any partisan political activity. Funds from the foundation cannot be used to support or oppose a candidate for political office.
• Projects and activities that have occurred. The Foundation will not, except in extraordinary cases, provide payment or reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to the funding decision being communicated to the applicant.

If you'd like to update your contact information to receive future updates about CFGB's granting, please complete this contact form.

Other Grants:

21st Century Fund Grant

Fund for Grantwriting for Environmental Collaboratives

Josephine Goodyear Foundation Grant

Niagara Area Foundation Grant