Jerry and Karen Reger

Tuning in to the community’s changing needs

“The Community Foundation makes charitable giving easy,” said Jerry Reger.

Jerry and his wife, Karen, are supporting the ever-changing needs of Western New York through a fund they established at the Community Foundation.

The Regers noted that growing up, their parents fell upon times when they needed help. This has inspired them to pay it forward, a notion they have instilled in their own children.

As the Community Foundation’s retired Chief Financial Officer, Jerry knows a thing or two about investments, and he appreciates the Community Foundation’s approach to utilizing world-class investment managers with a goal of outperforming appropriate target market benchmarks over long periods of time.

“I’m pretty good at investing, but there’s no way I can emulate what the Community Foundation does from the investment perspective,” he said.

Additionally, the Regers appreciate the education that goes along with being Community Foundation clients. “I think I know a lot about Buffalo, but every time we do something like the Impact Bus Tour, we get a better understanding of things that we want to do with our charitable giving,” Jerry noted.

 

“There will be times in your life when you’re down, and when you’re not down, it’s important to make sure that you help people in need. And that’s really what the Community Foundation does best.”

-Jerry Reger

 

This story is featured in our 2024 Annual Report.