Buffalo, N.Y. — The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo announced awards totaling more than $710,000 to 31 Western New York nonprofit organizations through its 2023 Competitive Grants process. Competitive grants have been awarded to area nonprofits that support at least one of the Community Foundation’s four community goals:
- Achieve racial/ethnic equity
- Promote economic mobility through educational achievement, workforce readiness and access to family sustaining jobs for residents living in low-income households
- Steward significant environmental resources in the context of climate resilience
- Promote regional vibrancy through architecture, arts and culture
The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo 2023 Competitive Grants recipients are:
- 716 Squash – $18,000
- Ardent Solutions – $18,000
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo – $25,000
- Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society – $20,000
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park – $29,100
- Buffalo-Area Engineering Awareness for Minorities – $18,000
- Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology – $22,000
- Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper – $25,000
- Buffalo Prep – $50,000
- Clean Air Coalition of WNY – $20,000
- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County – $23,000
- Grassroots Gardens of WNY – $15,000
- Jericho Road Community Health Center – $20,000
- Just Buffalo Literary Center – $25,000
- King Urban Life Center – $30,000
- Lions SEE – $15,695
- Martin House Restoration Corporation – $24,000
- Massachusetts Avenue Project – $20,000
- MCC-DC dba West Side Community Services – $20,000
- Mental Health Advocates of WNY – $30,000
- Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission – $25,000
- Nusantara Arts – $20,000
- Peace of the City – $20,000
- Project Stork – $18,000
- Roger Tory Peterson Institute – $10,000
- Roycroft Campus Corporation – $20,000
- Seneca Street Community Development Corporation – $20,000
- Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources – $20,000
- The Advocacy Institute, a Project of the Tides Institute – $10,000
- Ujima Company – $30,000
- WNY Women’s Foundation – $50,000
Grant awards are made possible by clients who have established funds at the Community Foundation to address our community’s changing needs. Information about the 2024 Competitive Grants Process will be posted soon at cfgb.org/nonprofits/grants.
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About the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
For more than a century, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has enhanced and encouraged long-term philanthropy in the Western New York community. A 501 (c)(3) organization, the Community Foundation’s mission is: Connecting people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York. Established in 1919, the Community Foundation has made the most of the generosity of individuals, families, foundations and organizations who entrust charitable assets to the Community Foundation’s care. Learn more at cfgb.org.