Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Competitive Grants (Racial/Ethnic Equity / Regional Vibrancy through Arts and Culture / Economic Mobility through Educational Achievement)

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Competitive Grants (Racial/Ethnic Equity / Regional Vibrancy through Arts and Culture / Economic Mobility through Educational Achievement) is sponsored by Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. This competitive grant process aligns with four Community Goals, including increasing racial/ethnic equity, promoting economic mobility through educational achievement, and promoting regional vibrancy through architecture, arts, and culture.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Opens 2025 Competitive Grant Process, Accepting Letters of Intent - Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Buffalo, N. Y. – The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is now accepting Letters of Intent (LOI) for its 2025 competitive grant process through Feb.

3, 2025, at 4 p. m. Interested organizations should read the detailed guidelines and additional information that can be found online before submitting a Letter of Intent: https:// www.

cfgb. org/nonprofits/grants/community-foundation/ LOI proposals must address at least one of the solutions listed under the Community Foundation’s four Community Goals: Goal I: Increase racial/ethnic equity. Increase interaction and bridge racial/ethnic divides between residents and organizations throughout WNY.

Promote civic engagement and leadership in communities of color. NOTE: Organizations submitted a request under Community Goal I must demonstrate how racial equity is a cornerstone of the organization, weaving through its mission, programming, and day-to-day operations. Goal II: Promote economic mobility through educational achievement for residents living in low-income households.

Improve the school readiness of children (ages 5 and under) living in communities of poverty. Improve the academic achievement and postsecondary completion of students living in low-income households. Goal III: Steward significant environmental resources Protect and restore the region’s waterways.

Strengthen individual environmental organizations and support a more racially inclusive and collaborative environmental community. Goal IV: Promote regional vibrancy through architecture, arts, and culture. Increase access to long term arts instruction for children and youth living in low-income households.

Strengthen race equity through the arts. Restore and leverage significant historic buildings and architectural landmarks, with a preference for sites that promote cultural tourism. (Defining historic as official recognition by State/National Register of Historic Places or local preservation ordinance.)

Special funding is available to support programs that serve the visual, speech or hearing impaired (~$5,000). Preference for this special funding will be given to requests that also align with one or more of the four Community Goals listed above.

Additionally, applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in or serving one of the eight counties of Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming). 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 . Communities of Giving Legacy Initiatives