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  • WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund Is Seeking Ideas from Nonprofits to Address Challenges Magnified by COVID-19 Crisis

    News and EventsJun 18, 2020

    Buffalo, N.Y. – The Western New York COVID-19 Community Response Fund, a collaborative philanthropic effort launched in mid-March to address the COVID-19 crisis in our community, released a Request

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  • Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Announces Grant Awards from Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds

    News and EventsJun 12, 2020

    Buffalo, N.Y. – The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo announced that 98 Western New York organizations received more than $2 million in grant awards from endowment funds created to carry on

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  • BlueCross BlueShield Blue Fund Contributes Additional $900,000 to WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund

    News and EventsJun 9, 2020

    Buffalo, N.Y. —To address the growing needs in our community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York’s Blue Fund today announced a corporate

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  • Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo’s Commitment to Racial Equity

    News and EventsJun 5, 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has been compounded by the outpouring of voices calling for racial justice. We hear frustration, despair, anger and fear, but also hope, love and a genuine

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  • WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund Announces $1 Million in New Grants to Support Nonprofits

    News and EventsMay 28, 2020

    Buffalo, N.Y. – The Western New York COVID-19 Community Response Fund, announced that it has awarded nearly $1 million to an additional 47 nonprofit organizations, bringing the total grant

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