2012 GRANTMAKING REPORT
Awarded: $34,925,026
Paid : $7,204 ,307 (21%)
Total Grant Funding: $34,327,901
Total # of Grants/PRIs/Loans: 150
Total PRI: $500,000
Total Loan Guarantees: $97,125
Strengthen Neighborhoods and Build Communities ------$12,115,500
1. Buffalo First, Inc. $10,000 BALLE 2012 Conference
2. Buffalo First, Inc. $25,000 Get the Rust Out: Shining Examples for a New Economy
3. Center Space, Inc. $500,000 PRI to support Center SPACE Buffalo
4. Goodwill Industries of WNY, Inc. $20,000 Mobile Safety Net Team (MSNT) Salaries
5. Kaleida Health Foundation $10,000,000 Children’s Hospital Naming Rights
6. Keep Western New York Beautiful, Inc. $50,000 Support Re-Tree WNY 1
7. LaunchNY $638,000 Implement Regional Entrepreneurship Action Plan (REAP) Initiative
8. People United for Sustainable Housing, Inc. (PUSH) $460,000 West Side Revitalization Project
9. Salvation Army of Lockport NY (The) $300,000 Raising Hope Capital Campaign
10. UB Regional Institute $112,500 Assessing Safety Net and opportunities to improve services in 12 WNY communities
Support Self Sufficiency, Education and Employment ------$8,183,885
1. American Red Cross Greater Buffalo Chapter $30,000 2012 basic human needs
2. Be-A-Friend Program, Inc. $75,000 Transforming Buffalo Through Mentoring and Education
3. BISON Scholarship Fund, Inc. (The) $390,000 BISON Scholarship Fund - Scholarship Support Initiative
4. BISSNET, Inc. $663,000 2012-2013 scholarships
5. Blessed Trinity RC Church $5,000 2012 basic human needs for Catholic Central Helping Hands Food Pantry
6. Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc. $15,000 2012 basic human needs (lunch & dinner program)
7. Buffalo Arts & Technology Center (BATC) $1,500,000 Support Buffalo Arts and Technology Center (roll over to org. upon receipt of 501c3)
8. Buffalo City Mission $100,000 2012 basic human needs
9. Buffalo Dream Center $20,000 2012 basic human needs
10. Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers, Inc. $20,000 2012 basic human needs
11. Buffalo Urban League $20,000 2012 basic human needs
12. Butler Mitchell Alumni Association (BMA) $5,000 2012 basic human needs – special holiday gift
13. Canisius High School $5,000 JROF Scholarship Commitment Award
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14. Cantalician Foundation $750,000 Western New York Cantalician Academic Campus
15. Cardinal O’Hara High School $2,500 JROF 2012 Scholarship Award
16. Catholic Charities of Buffalo $35,000 2012 basic human needs
17. Catholic Charities of Buffalo $5,000 Audrey E. Bennett Family Support Center Fund in memory of Audrey Bennett
18. Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc. $9,000 Building Wealth through Savings program
19. Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc. $12,500 2012 basic human needs
20. Cazenovia Community Resource Center Library $15,000 Support strategic planning (1:1 match)
21. Center for Employment Opportunities, Inc. (CEO) $175,000 CEO Buffalo: Comprehensive Re-entry Employment Services
22. Chautauqua County Rural Ministries Inc. (The) $12,500 2012 basic human needs
23. Child and Family Services $2,500 2012 basic human needs for Haven House
24. Community Action Organization of Erie County, Inc. $20,000 2012 basic human needs
25. Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo $270,000 2012-2013 ongoing JROF college scholarships
26. Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo $200,000 2013-2014 "SAY YES" scholarships
27. Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo $100,000 2013-2014 ongoing JROF College Scholarship Program
28. Community Missions of Niagara Frontier, Inc. $50,000 2012 basic human needs
29. Concerned Ecumenical Ministry, UWS, Buffalo NY, Inc. $20,000 2012 basic human needs for Loaves & Fishes dining room
30. Cradle Beach Camp, Inc. $209,000 Project SOAR Expansion
31. Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted M.D. Ctr. for the Visually Impaired $200,000 Support "Creating New Taxpayers (CNT)"
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32. Explore & More Children’s Museum $200,000 Museum Expansion & Planning
33. Family & Children's Service of Niagara, Inc. $2,500 2012 basic human needs for Passage House
34. Family Help Center (formerly Joan A. Male Family Support Ctr.) $20,000 2012 basic human needs
35. Family Promise of Western New York $5,000 2012 basic human needs
36. Fellowship Hill Ministries, Inc. $10,000 2012 basic human needs for Trading Post Community Care Center
37. Fillmore-Leroy Area Residents, Inc. (FLARE) $7,500 2012 basic human needs
38. FISH of East Aurora, Inc. $10,000 2012 basic human needs
39. Food Bank of WNY $125,000 2012 basic human needs
40. Food Bank of WNY $20,000 2012 basic human needs (Lean Protein Program)
41. Food Bank of WNY $10,000 2012 basic human needs (Blackrock/Riverside Pantry)
42. Friends of Night People, Inc. $25,000 2012 basic human needs
43. Gerard Place Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. $12,500 2012 basic human needs
44. Goodwill Industries of WNY, Inc. $130,000 Veterans Employment Services
45. Goodwill Industries of WNY, Inc. $100,000 2012 basic human needs
46. Goodwill Industries of WNY, Inc. $203,385 Support the Mobile Safety Net Team
47. Greater Works Christian Fellowship $5,000 2012 basic human needs for Outreach Food Pantry and Clothing Closet
48. GROUP Ministries, Inc. $15,000 2012 basic human needs
49. Habitat for Humanity/Buffalo, Inc. $10,000 2012 basic human needs
50. Healthy Community Alliance, Inc. $5,000 2012 basic human needs 4
51. Heart, Love & Soul, Inc. $25,000 2012 basic human needs
52. Hearts and Hands: Faith in Action $5,000 2012 basic human needs
53. Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) $105,000 HOME: Mixed-Use Project Creating Stronger, More Diverse Communities
54. Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc. $10,000 2012 basic human needs
55. Kathleen Mary House $5,000 2012 basic human needs
56. Little Portion Friary $5,000 2012 basic human needs
57. Love, Inc. of Springville, NY (Love In the Name of Christ) $6,500 2012 basic human needs
58. Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center of WNY $20,000 2012 basic human needs
59. Madonna of the Streets, Inc. $12,500 2012 basic human needs
60. Meals on Wheels Foundation of WNY, Inc. $50,000 2012 basic human needs
61. National Center for Arts and Technology (NCAT) $600,000 2012 basic human needs
62. Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Co. $20,000 2012 basic human needs
63. Network of Religious Communities $22,500 2012 basic human needs for the Food for All Program
64. Niagara Community Action Program, Inc. $20,000 2012 basic human needs
65. Old First Ward Community Association $6,500 2012 basic human needs
66. Pathways Christian Fellowship $5,000 2012 basic human needs
67. Peace of the City Ministries $5,000 2012 basic human needs – special holiday gift
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68. Read to Succeed Buffalo, Inc. (formerly Good Schools for All) $115,000 Support 2012 community-wide literacy effort
69. Read to Succeed Buffalo, Inc. (formerly Good Schools for All) $495,000 Read to Succeed Buffalo Operating Fund
70. Salvation Army of Buffalo, NY (The) $50,000 2012 basic human needs
71. Service Collaborative of WNY, Inc. (The) (WNY AmeriCorps) $36,000 Support staff of the BHN Mobile Safety Net Team (Year 4)
72. Sisters of Mercy of the Americas $5,000 Enhance the care of retired Sisters in honor of Sister Barbara Ciarico
73. Society of St. Vincent de Paul $20,000 2012 basic human needs
74. Society of St. Vincent de Paul $5,000 2012 basic human needs (St. Amelia Food Pantry – Tonawanda)
75. St. Adalbert’s Response to Love Center $20,000 2012 basic human needs
76. St. David’s Episcopal Church (West Seneca Community Cupboard) $5,000 2012 basic human needs
77. St. John the Baptist Church $6,000 St. John's Outreach entrance steps replacement
78. St. John the Baptist Church $20,000 2012 basic human needs (Outreach Center)
79. St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute $10,000 Anthony F. Martino 84' Memorial Endowment Fund
80. Valley Community Association (The) $12,500 2012 basic human needs
81. Villa Maria College of Buffalo $5,500 2012 basic human needs (Sister Mary Josett Pantry)
82. Vive La Casa $20,000 2012 basic human needs
83. Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & WNY, Inc. $195,000 Buffalo CarShare - shared staff position and a match for commercial support
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84. Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & WNY, Inc. $10,000 Young Adults Environmental Leadership Program (YAELP 2013)
85. Western New York Law Center $150,000 Support the “Consumer Legal Advice and Resource Office” (CLARO) program
86. Western New York Veterans Housing Coalition, Inc. $10,000 2012 basic human needs
87. Westside Ministries, Inc. $200,000 Isaiah 61 Project
88. Young Audiences of Western New York, Inc. $5,000 Support for YA-WNY's move into the downtown library
89. YWCA of Niagara $6,500 2012 basic human needs
90. YWCA of the Tonawanda’s $7,500 2012 basic human needs
Enhance Community Health and Medical Research ------$9,537,550
1. Autistic Services, Inc. $12,300 Psychiatric consultation services
2. Buffalo Legacy Project, Inc. (The) $200,000 Psychiatric consultation services
3. Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus $150,000 Request to Raise Growth Capital
4. Church Mission of Help, Inc. $7,500 Psychiatric consultation services
5. Crisis Services, Inc. $60,000 Support "After Hours Crisis Phone Counseling" program (additional year)
6. Crisis Services, Inc. $100,000 Domestic violence helpline
7. Daemen College $530,000 Establish a Physical Therapy Wound Clinic and Wound Care Academy
8. Erie County Medical Center $1,000,000 Support ECMC Regional Center for Excellence for Transplantation & Kidney Care
9. Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center Inc. $116,500 Develop a participatory health assets inventory - Talking Health (PHAITH) Initiative
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10. Independent Health Foundation $80,000 Good for the Neighborhood - 4 additional years of support
11. Jacobs Institute, Inc. $500,000 Build out of the Jacobs Institute at the Gates Vascular Institute
12. Kaleida Health Foundation $4,000,000 Construction of Global Vascular Institute on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
13. Mental Health Association of Erie County, Inc. $5,000 Education programs in tribute to Thomas Baker
14. Mental Health Association of Erie County, Inc. $250 Education programs in memory of Sandra Scherer
15. Pursuing Perfection (P2), Inc. $15,000 Education programs in memory of Sandra Scherer
16. Roswell Park Alliance Foundation $2,000,000 Support "Making Room to Save Lives" (challenge matching grant)
17. Roswell Park Alliance Foundation $25,000 Research under the direction of Dr. Thomas Schwaab
18. University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc. $236,000 Support for five STOR projects selected by competition and peer review at UB
19. Weinberg Campus $500,000 Town Square for Aging
Expand the Impact of Regional Assets ------$3,707,351
1. Artpark $150,000 Family activities area
2. Buffalo History Museum (The) $10,000 Support to establish a "John R. Oishei Room" at the Lafayette Hotel
3. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra $233,326 Organizational annual support "Secure the Future" (endowment campaign)
4. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra $25,000 Support for BPO travel to NYC to perform Carnegie Hall on May 8th, 2013
5. Community Funds Inc. (aka New York Community Trust) $25,000 Arts & Culture Research Pooled Fund for the Cultural Data Project (CDP) Research
6. Forest Lawn Heritage Foundation, Inc. $50,000 Support the Margaret L. Wendt Archive and Resource Center
7. Give For Greatness $7,500 Core operations
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8. Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center, Inc. $2,500 Defray costs for television news coverage
9. Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center, Inc. $150,000 Master Plan: National Comedy Center in Train Station
10. Nature Conservancy, Central & Western New York Chapter (The) $32,500 Safeguarding New York’s Great Lakes for people and nature
11. Niagara County Historical Society, Inc. $44,000 The History Center Capacity Building
12. Niagara University $2,000,000 B. Thomas Golisano Science Center building grant
13. Shea’s Performing Arts Center $97,125 LOAN GUARANTY for Shea’s to reopen and operate Studio Arena Theatre
14. Ujima Company, Inc. $5,400 Support the development of The Exchange at Canal side
15. Villa Maria College $175,000 Strengthening services and technology for student success
16. Western New York Consortium of Higher Education $700,000 WNY Consortium of Higher Education
Build Organizational Strength through Operational Improvements ------$1,380,740
1. Association of Small Foundations $1,000 2012 contribution for general operating support
2. Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park $40,000 Deputy Director Position
3. Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy $110,000 Support core operations
4. Buffalo ReformED, Inc. $75,000 Generate quality research & education reform advocacy
5. Buffalo Urban League, Inc. $100,000 Re-establishing the agency's fundraising/financial dept.
6. Diocese of Buffalo, NY $5,000 Newman Center at UB
7. Erie County SPCA $250,000 Support for "Raise the Roof", capital campaign to build a new facility in West Seneca
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8. Food Bank of WNY $225,000 Direct Delivery Project
9. Hearts and Hands: Faith In Action $60,000 Support organizational capacity
10. Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes $130,000 Staff for Leadership Succession Plan
11. Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center of WNY $14,740 Consultant to develop a collaborative work plan
12. Make-A-Wish Foundation – Metro New York & WNY Chapter $5,000 Building organizational strength for Make-A-Wish in the Buffalo-Niagara Region
13. Veterans One-Stop Center of Western New York $300,000 Initial operations (1:2 match)
14. Visit Buffalo Niagara (formerly Bflo. Niagara Conv. & Visitors) $50,000 National Garden Festival
15. Willie Hutch Jones Educational & Sports Programs $15,000 Building organizational strength; Willie Hutch Jones Edu. & Sports Programs, Inc. (WHJSC)
Additional Funding: Julia R. & Estelle L. Foundation ------
1. EPIC (Every Person Influences Children) $300,000 Awarded (3) loans against EPIC’s Endowment Fund 10