Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

GENEROSITY FOR GENERATIONS2 0 1 3 A N N U A L R E P O R T

GALLAGHER PIER, BUFFALO

T HE R E ’S NO L IMI T T O T H E GOOD WE CAN DO

CHESTNUT RIDGE, ORCHARD PARK

SCENIC PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL NOVAK

Infinite potential. Boundless optimism.

Endless opportunity. Year after year,

the partners who make up the Community

Foundation for Greater Buffalo come

together to make a difference. It’s a journey

that began more than 94 years ago and

is still going strong today. With your help,

we will continue to empower Generosity for

Generations, looking to the future but never

forgetting the forward-thinking individuals

who have brought us to this very moment.

Our approach to giving continues to grow

and evolve over time. And we are proud

to say—the best is yet to come.

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker

President and CEO

Gerard Mazurkiewicz

Chair, Board of Directors

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The son of two teachers, Daniel Lewis was taught that education is the great equalizer.

Sitting in his New York City office, the successful investor talks passionately about his love

for his hometown, the importance of giving back through the gift of education and how

he will share that legacy with his young son.

In fact, Daniel set up the Lewis Family

Foundation to make decisions together with

his parents and sister about how to give back

to their hometown.

“We all live in separate cities, and one of

the things that we talk about at the end

of every year is what we have seen

or been introduced to that inspired us

and want to give to collectively,” said Daniel.

“It’s a great family activity.”

When Daniel decided to focus his giving

on his hometown, he felt strongly about

finding a foundation based in Buffalo.

“The Community Foundation gives me a

direct line to the needs of Western New York

and creates choices for my giving. Plus,

it’s a great outsourcing tool that saves me

infrastructure, time and money.”

Right now, the Lewis Family believes that

the best chance we all have to succeed

is through education and they are supporting

the Say Yes Buffalo initiative, believing that it

will create hopeful change in our community.

“You can’t lose by sending a child to school and

giving them an opportunity,” Daniel emphasized.

THE LEWIS FAMILY FOUNDATION

IT ’S A WAY TO TEACH MY SON THAT GIVING TO YOUR COMMUNITYIS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT’S A LESSON I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO LEARN.

- DANIEL LE WIS -

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DANIEL LEWIS AND FAMILY

CHESTNUT RIDGE, ORCHARD PARK

AGNES CLARKE BROWN WITH HER SONS KEIRN (LEFT)

AND IVAN (RIGHT)

DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITY

AGNES CLARKE BROWN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Agnes Clarke Brown’s grandsons remember

that she could still kick and touch the ceiling

in her mid-80’s. This feisty, strong and

philanthropic woman, who lived to be 97,

created a powerful legacy of education that

has not only deeply shaped generations of

her own family, but generations of families in

her beloved hometown of Newfane, New York,

as well.

Born in 1894, Agnes started working

at the age of 16 to support her family. She

was married on her 20th birthday and gave

birth to two sons in the years that followed.

Never able to seek a formal education

herself, she made it her mission to provide

her sons with an excellent education.

Both went on to change lives in ways Agnes

probably never dreamed possible: one as a

world-renowned surgeon and the other as

a senior executive at the State Department.

“Her determination to educate her sons was

transformational for them because they both

capitalized on their education and had two

very interesting and successful careers,”

reminisces Colin Brown, Agnes’ grandson.

“As a consequence, my brother and I grew up

with that same expectation—that you will

do college preparatory classes and you will

go to college and, indeed, both of us have

gone on to earn graduate degrees.”

When it came time to honor Agnes’ legacy,

her sons agreed it was important to keep

connected to the deep family roots in

Newfane and pay tribute to her passion for

education. A scholarship was set up to send

one Newfane High School graduate

to college each year, covering the costs

of a four-year education.

Now that her sons have both passed, Agnes’

grandchildren continue to carry on the tradition

by staying involved in the scholarship fund.

AN EXCERPT: Letter from an Agnes Clarke Brown Scholarship recipient pursuing a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics at Duke University

I hope you can see that the last four years have changed my life in wonderful ways that I never expected…I will always be grateful for your generosity.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Three generations of family: KC, Keirn and Clarke Brown

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO 2013 ANNUAL REPORT: GENEROSITY FOR GENERATIONS | 7

In the 1940s and 1950s, Bell Aerospace was attracting bright, creative, cutting edge

talent to Western New York to chart the course of our nation’s aviation history. Today, nearly

40 years after the company was sold to an out-of-town buyer, the Bell Fund is continuing

to give back to our community.

“Bell Aerospace’s leaders, including my father

[former CEO] felt strongly about attracting,

growing and keeping talented young

people in Buffalo,” said Bell Fund trustee

William G. Gisel Jr. “The Bell Fund allows

us to preserve the legacy of an influential

company in Western New York history

while helping future generations.”

In 1960, the Bell Fund was the first private

foundation to transfer its assets to the

Community Foundation to ensure that its

objectives would always be met and that Bell

Aerospace, regardless of its location, would

continue to support Western New York.

The trustees, including Charles Kreiner,

a long-time Bell Aerospace employee, and

Mr. Gisel, determine where grants are

awarded each year and the Community

Foundation provides the oversight of

investments, along with the infrastructure

to meet the trustees’ charitable objectives.

“We’ve asked that the Community Foundation

educate us on the organizations making

a difference in Western New York.

The Community Foundation team has

a finger on the pulse of our community,

and their advice has been invaluable to us

as we make decisions about awarding

grants,” said Mr. Gisel.

Speaking about their objectives for the fund,

Mr. Kreiner added, “We want to ensure that

organizations that educate our young people

on the region’s rich aviation history, like the

Niagara Aerospace Museum, are around for

generations to come.”

THE BELL FUND TRUST

A LEGACY T H AT WO R K S F O R

WESTERN NEW YORKN O W A N D ALWAYS


CHARLES KREINER AND WILLIAM G. GISEL JR.

There are generations of Buffalo Seminary women making a positive impact around the world

right this very minute. When it comes to longevity and a commitment to our community,

Buffalo Seminary and the Community Foundation are ideal partners. In fact, the partnership

began 90 years ago when the all girls college-preparatory school’s Graduates Association (now

Alumnae Association) established the first scholarship fund at the Community Foundation in 1924.

In 2011, the Buffalo Seminary Board of Trustees decided to take the school’s partnership

with the Community Foundation to the next level by asking the Community Foundation

to manage its endowment funds to maximize the investments. It was a decision that the

Board of Trustees did not take lightly.

“In the end, two things stood out to us about

the Community Foundation. Firstly, our

donors were impressed by how the funds

are managed, and secondly, the overall

performance of the Community Foundation’s

investment strategy. The superior investment

won the day when it came time to make

a final decision,” said Board of Trustees

Chair, David Knauss.

“We also recognized tremendous value in

the credibility of the Community Foundation.

Those who know it respect it, and recognize

the Community Foundation is a credible

place to keep funds. That’s important

as we look to increase our endowment,”

said Jody Douglass, Head of School.

Buffalo Seminary relies on the Community

Foundation to watch over its endowment

so its team can focus on educating

young women.

“By letting the Community Foundation

do what they do best, managing endowments,

we are able to do what we do best—ensuring

our young women are empowered to shape

the world,” said Ms. Douglass.

BUFFALO SEMINARY

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: Gabrielle DeRose, President of the Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association David Knauss, Chair of the Buffalo Seminary Board of Trustees Jody Douglass, Head of School at Buffalo Seminary


INVESTING

IN WOMEN’S E D U CAT I O N

MR. AND MRS. GEORGE F. RAND FUND


George’s grandchildren and great-

grandchildren, many of whom are still involved

in charitable giving through the Community

Foundation today, credit George’s vision,

as well as his son’s decision to start the first

endowment at the Community Foundation

after George and his wife died tragically

in a plane crash. By carrying on George’s

wishes with the creation of the Mr. and Mrs.

George F. Rand Fund, his son made it possible

for hundreds of others to give back in the

same way. The good the Rand family

has done for our community is immeasurable.

“Hopefully, 90 years from now, my

great-grandchildren will be sitting here talking

about how my great grandfather’s vision

became real in 1919,” said Jayne Rand,

great-granddaughter of George F. Rand.

In 1919, George F. Rand, President of Marine Midland Bank, asked his attorney Edward H.

Letchworth to visit Cleveland to learn about its community foundation. George was inspired

by the concept of a community foundation that would bring together individuals with various

charitable interests to collectively address the needs of the community, and brought it home

to his beloved Buffalo. But he likely didn’t envision how that community foundation would

evolve through the generations—or did he?

“I really don’t know what motivated Big George except for his love of Buffalo and

his community spirit, and that translated to my father and then to me,” said Calvin Rand,

grandson of George F. Rand.

It’s paramount to George’s family that the

concept he envisioned, and trusted in, will live

on for generations. His fund is still relevant

today, and will continue to be for generations

to come, through its support of the changing

needs in our community.

Fourth and third generation members of the Rand family: Jayne and Calvin

BIRDSONG PARKLANDS, ORCHARD PARK

GEORGE F. RAND

A VISION F O R A BRIGHT

A N DVIBRANT

FUTURE

1919Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund

1920sJacob F. Schoellkopf-Jefferson Penn Fund

William Henry Andrews Bequest

Lilla B. McCready Bequest

1930sJacob G. Joseph Bequest

Albert J. Klinck Memorial Fund

Harry S. Hilliker Bequest

Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund

1940s Louis R. Davidson Bequest

William Hengerer Company Fund

George F. Rand Bequest

Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust

Howard Kellogg Trust

Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund

Madeline A. Kraft Bequest

1950sSpecial Fund #7

J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest

Ellsworth M. Statler Trust

Charles & Marion Hahn Fund

M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr.

Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund

C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust

Edward H. Letchworth Bequest

1960sAnna May Andrews Trust

Louise Kimberly Bequest

Thekla R. Groben Bequest

Edna Foster Smith Bequest

J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund

1970sGretchen Rand Penney Bequest

Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest

Martin A. Buecking Bequest

CHANGE MAKERS


The Community Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to serve clients who care about

making Western New York a better region for all. Some of these clients have established

endowment funds to address the changing needs of the community over time. George Rand

was the first change maker. Today, more than 100 change makers, listed on the subsequent

pages, have asked the Community Foundation to address those changing needs in their

name forever by establishing an endowment fund for perpetual support.

The changing needs designation ensures that their endowment will always be relevant and

allows us to engage the community in co-creating shared solutions. Those needs are identified

through thoughtful and comprehensive research and are carefully woven into the Community

Foundation’s strategic plan. In 2007, the Board of Directors selected four community goals on

which to focus: Improve educational achievement for low-income students; Increase racial/

ethnic equity; Enhance and leverage significant natural resources; and Strengthen the region

as a center for architecture, arts, and culture.

Thanks to the visionaries listed below, the Community Foundation is driving change in these

areas through the initiatives highlighted on pages 18–27.


Catherine Swerdloff Bequest

Herbert F. & Bertha W. Darling Trust

Ralph Kimberly Bequest

Philip S. Savage Trust

Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund

Josephine Biontolillo Bequest

Jean Knowlton Brown Fund

Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest

1980sIda M. Mevius Bequest

Open Key Fund

Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

William F. Goodson Bequest

Albert, Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Funds

Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest

Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund

Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund

Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund

Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund

Edward C. Schlenker Trust

The D-B Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust

Ruth E. Farrington Bequest

Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest

Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund

Howard T. Saperston Sr. Trust

Ina D. Alt Trust

1990sWilliam L. Van Schoonhoven Fund

Walter L. Byram Bequest

William B. Walsh Trust Fund

Eileen & Rupert Warren Charitable Fund

Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund

Kittinger Family Fund

Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund

Howard C. Laverack Bequest

Natalie Kubera Roth Fund

William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund

Henry M., Patricia A. & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest

Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund

Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund

G. R. S. Fund

Evelyn Stiem Fund

Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke Jr. Fund

Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith Jr. Changing Needs Fund

Betty Ball Wilder Fund

Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest

2000sM. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs

Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Fund

Niagara Area Foundation Endowment Fund

Anonymous

Norma E. Pfeifer Fund

Thelma L. & Milfred R. Beck Fund

Kuang Mei Wang Fund

Betty Crump Fund

Wyoming Foundation Endowment Fund

Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund

June Farrington Fund

Herman Spiegel & Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund

2010sElizabeth Deichman Fund

H. Reed Hunt Fund

Ilene N. Hein Fund

Edmond & Margaretha Lawrence Fund

Langley Family Fund

NIAGARA RIVER RAPIDS, NIAGARA FALLS

A POWERFUL FORCE F O R P O S I T I V E C H A N G E

The Community Foundation would also like

to recognize the generous donors who,

in 2013, demonstrated their belief in our

community’s potential by contributing to

the Community Foundation in support of

its efforts to drive positive change in WNY.

These gifts allow the Community Foundation

flexibility to address our community’s most

pressing needs, while simultaneously

enhancing our ability to capitalize on unique

opportunities. By linking arms and working

with clients, funding partners, nonprofit

organizations and representatives in

government, the Community Foundation

is creating bonds that are strengthening our

community and forging new solutions to many

of our region’s long-standing challenges.

To learn more about becoming a change maker,

please contact the Community Foundation’s

Vice President of Giving Strategies,

Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217.


Ms. Frances Cox

Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Dadd

Elizabeth Delight Dann

Ms. Valerie DeBerry

Mr. Calvin S. DeGolyer Jr.

Betsy & Peter A. Diachun

Gayle L. Eagan, Esq.

Ross & Mary Alice Eckert

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Effman, Esq.

Mr. Donald T. Eichenauer

Emerling Farms LLC

Estate of June Farrington

Mr. & Mrs. Theron A. Foote

Ms. Marian H. Foster

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Fulmer

Dr. Danis J. Gehl & Mr. Scott W. Gehl

Mr. & Mrs. James F. Gillen

Healing Hands Massage & Spa, LLC

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart C. Hempel

Aravind & Elizabeth S. Herle

Mr. & Mrs. Sherlock A. Herrick Jr.

Jacqueline Hoyt

Ms. Gail C. Humphrey

Estate of H. Reed Hunt

Bill & Anne Joyce

Ms. Colleen Kennedy & Mr. Joseph Rivellino

Mr. Timothy Kibler

Mr. & Mrs. Hans R. Kunze

Ms. Sandra Kushner

Estate of Frank P. Langley Jr.

Estate of Margaretha Lawrence

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney D. Logan

Lumsden & McCormick, LLP

Timothy & Carolyn Lyons

Mr. Thomas S. Maimone

Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro

Ms. Cynthia M. Appleton

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Ash

Mr. Charles E. Balbach

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Bertoldo

Mr. & Mrs. Denis C. Berwanger

Ms. Adrianna Betts

James & Joanne Biltekoff

Mr. & Mrs. George A. Bishop

Ms. Sara Van Arsdale Bliss

Mr. Michael R. Brace, CFA

Ms. Joyce Buchholtz

Mr. James E. Cheesman

Mrs. Karen A. Christie

Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Cohen

Ms. Anne Conable

Ms. Mary Conable

Mr. David B. Cox

CHANGE MAKERS: ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Community Foundation Board Members, Charles Balbach and Alphonso O’Neil-White

Ms. Kay Sheehan

Mr. Matthew F. Slazak

The Society of the Buffalo

Southview Farm L.P.

Dr. & Mrs. William D. Stavisky

Dr. Richard A. Stockton Jr.

Michael & Marsha Joy Sullivan

Univera Healthcare

Dr. Francisco & Janet Vasquez

Mary Verbeck

Dr. & Mrs. John M. Wadsworth

Estate of William B. Walsh

Mr. & Mrs. John N. Walsh III

David & Susan Zebro

Ms. Cory E. Zoeller

Ms. Carol L. Zwolski

Ms. Audrey K. Parmele

Ms. Vera C. Parmiter

Dr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Reagan

Robinson & Hackemer Funeral Home, Inc.

John P. Robshaw Jr., Esq.

Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation

Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick

Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Saab

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Sage

Dr. Anne Saldanha

Mrs. Stephanie A. Saunders

Mr. Christopher Schaeffer

Jane A.C. Schmieder, Esq.

Katie & Jake Schneider

JF & WS Schoellkopf Foundation

Hugh B. Scott, J.D.


Sumnesh Mathur

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz

Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. McCarthy Jr.

Ms. Elizabeth McCormick

Ms. Joyce I. Metcalf

Ms. Cheryl A. Miller

Jock & Betsy Mitchell

Mr. & Mrs. Hans Moeller

Ms. Joan B. Mokdessi

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy F. Moran, Esq.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

Gary L. Mucci, Esq.

Michael E. Munschauer, CFP

National Fuel Gas Company Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Alphonso O’Neil-White

Jennifer J. Parker, J.D.

Ms. Ruth A. Parker

Donors Dr. Joan Yang and Ruth Mathews talk with the Community Foundation’s Kate Masiello at a summer reception.

12:1

FOR EVERY $1 GIVEN TO SUPPORT THE CHANGING NEEDS O F W E S T E R N N E W Y O R K , THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION H A S B R O U G H T I N

$12 MORE TO SUPPORT KEY INITIATIVES

BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY

ABOVE: Say Yes Buffalo scholars currently enrolled in area colleges and universities enjoy dinner with Angel Donor Roger Hungerford, center, and Say Yes Buffalo executive director, David Rust, second from the left.

SAY YES TO A NEW GENERATION OF HOPES AND D R E A M S

SAY YES BUFFALO

In 2013, thanks to the support of our generous Angel Donors who have contributed

more than $19 million, almost 1,000 students headed off to college. Many of those students

wouldn’t have had that opportunity without the Say Yes Buffalo partnership.

While the driving force behind Say Yes Buffalo is a universal scholarship program, financial

aid for college is just one component of the effort, which seeks to remove all barriers

to educational success. To address the academic, health and behavioral challenges our

students face, Say Yes Buffalo and its partners are putting people and programs run

by respected community-based organizations directly into Buffalo Public School buildings.

To guide this work, Say Yes Buffalo created and launched a Student Management System—

the first of its kind to be rolled out to a public school district in the nation. This comprehensive

system tracks attendance, health, behavioral and academic indicators based on input from

parents, students, school counselors, and teachers to identify whether students are on track

academically. If they are not, the system helps connect students to the different supports

and services available to put them back on track.

Here’s a look at the other Say Yes Buffalo successes in 2013 by the numbers:

THERE ARE NOW 127 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY P A R T N E R S, I N C LUD ING A L L IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS

83% O F EL I G I B L E P U B L I C S C H O O L STUDENTS APPLIED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS


“When Say Yes launched I said, Yes, here we go! Yes to everything. Yes, you can go to college. Yes, you can accomplish your dreams. Yes, you can be a role model.”

- JAMES GRICE, FATHER OF A SAY YES BUFFALO STUDENT AT MEDAILLE COLLEGE -

STUDENTS

ENROLLED IN COLLEGE

THIS PAST FALL WITH THE HELP OF SAY YES BUFFALO995

COMMUNITIES OF GIVING LEGACY INITIATIVE


Samantha and 1,000 other high school

students in Buffalo participated in the

Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative’s

“Success Looks Like Me” program in 2013.

The “pay it forward” initiative is the product

of a dedicated council of professionals

of color who strive to inspire positive change

and expand the minds of low-income

youth of color via access to people, places

and experiences.

Through “Success Looks Like Me,” students

are exposed to the possibilities of different

careers and career paths. Guest speakers

have included Michael Morgan, conductor

of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and

Steve Finch, Hutch Tech graduate and

the plant manager of the General Motors

Tonawanda Powertrain Plant. Both emphasized

to the students that it is important to think

long-term and be confident in yourself and

your ability to create your own path to success.

The Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative

also sponsored Close Up Washington DC,

a program in partnership with the Close Up

Foundation, which provides hands-on

learning by experiencing Washington DC

as a living classroom. During the 2013 trip,

12 students were given access to the people,

processes, and places that make the nation’s

capital so unique.

Additionally, the Communities of Giving

Legacy Initiative’s council is engaging

young professionals as part of its Emerging

Philanthropists of Color Initiative. These

young, energetic entrepreneurial individuals

are expanding their professional network and

learning how to be positive role models and

philanthropists in our community.

These experiences wouldn’t be possible

without the Communities of Giving Legacy

Initiative’s generous donors who helped

achieve major milestones in 2013, including

reaching the endowment challenge goal and

building the endowment to almost $500,000.

This achievement solidifies the Communities

of Giving Legacy Initative’s future to

continue to inspire and create life-changing

experiences for our youth of color.

“It was life changing. It made me raise my standards… I’ve decided to go to college.”

- SAMANTHA , “SUCCESS LOOKS L IKE ME” PARTICIPANT -

LEWISTON-QUEENSTON BRIDGE, LEWISTON

STEVE FINCH, PLANT MANAGER AT THE GENERAL MOTORS

TONAWANDA POWERTRAIN PLANT

SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE ME

BRIDGING TODAY’S PROFESSIONALS TO TOMORROW’S LEADERS

CLOSE UP WASHINGTON DC

FALL FOLIAGE, WARSAW

MAKING OUR COMMUNITY RICH WITH CULTURAL COLOR

FUND FOR THE ARTS MEMBERS

FUND FOR THE ARTS

For nearly a decade, representatives

from family, private and corporate foundations

have been meeting regularly to assess the

needs of our arts community and determine

how they can work together to develop

and fund capacity building. Since 2005,

more than $2.2 million has been directed

to sector-wide arts needs in our community

through the Fund for the Arts, including

the formation of the Arts Services Initiative

of Western New York (ASI), which brings

together organizations and individual artists

to strengthen our arts community through

collaborations, education and advocacy.

In 2013, to give children in the community

the opportunity for educational enrichment

through arts, funds were directed by

the Fund for the Arts to support the

Arts Partners for Learning (APL). The APL,

an initiative of Young Audiences, takes best

practices from across the country to build

capacity for arts education in the eight

Passing on a love of arts doesn’t just happen from parent to child. It takes an entire

community to cultivate an appreciation for culture. It’s critical that organizations and funders

in the community come together to provide support to protect our region’s cultural gems.

The Fund for the Arts addresses this need by bringing together Western New York arts

funders to strengthen our essential arts and cultural sector.

counties of Western New York to benefit

children in kindergarten through high school.

ASI and APL are just two of the six

sector-wide organizations that participated in

two successful cultural summits held in 2013.

The quarterly summits, which were made

possible by the Fund for the Arts, brought

together local arts and cultural networks

from the six organizations to learn more

about each other, exchange ideas and find

ways to work together to build on strengths

and diminish weaknesses. Representatives

from arts groups throughout Western

New York attended the summits.

Participants deemed the summits such

a success that more are planned in 2014 to

build on the momentum of growing arts and

cultural partnerships throughout our region.

AT LEFT, FRONT ROW: Brian Baird, Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation; Beth Gosch, The Western New York Foundation; Paul Hogan, The John R. Oishei Foundation; BACK ROW: Nancy Brock, The M&T Charitable Foundation; Jean McKeown, Community Foundation; Cindy Abbott Letro, Community Foundation Board Member; Nancy Davis, The Davis Family Foundation; Clotilde Dedecker, Community Foundation; NOT PICTURED: Elizabeth Gurney, First Niagara Foundation; Janet Day, Margaret L. Wendt Foundation; Peter Fleischmann, The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies; The Marks Family Foundation

Students participate in Young Audiences’ Underground Railroad writing workshops as a part of the Arts Partners for Learning Initiative


WESTERN NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE

Envision the power and influence of

Niagara Falls, one of our region’s greatest

natural resources. Picture the lakes, rivers and

streams that come together to create that

power and beauty. It is a perfect analogy for the

Western New York Environmental Alliance.

The Alliance is a group of nearly 100

environmental organizations in Western

New York, brought together by the Community

Foundation, to act as a powerful advocate

for our region’s environment.

The 2013 Action Agenda, developed and

approved by Alliance members, served as a

road map for those advocacy efforts through

nine working groups. The Growing Working

Group focused on educating Erie County

residents and leaders about the need for

a Food Policy Council to create a stronger

connection between local food producers and

consumers to address issues such as obesity,

access to fresh food and nutrition in schools.

The work was deemed a success when the

Food Policy Council of Buffalo & Erie County

was established in May under the Erie County

Board of Health.

The Waste and Pollution Working Group

unveiled an eye-opening Mapping Waste

Report that received major media attention and

created an important opportunity to educate

politicians on a local and national level.

The report, thought to be the most

comprehensive look at hazardous waste sites

ever conducted in Western New York, detailed

more than 1,000 waste sites in Erie, Niagara

and Cattaraugus counties.

The Western New York Environmental Alliance,

in partnership with the Community Foundation,

also introduced a new community information

texting tool called Grow 716, allowing Western

New York Environmental Alliance member

organizations to interact directly with our

community. Visit grow716.org to see our current

campaigns and results. Grow 716 was made

possible through a matching grant from the

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,

a national, private foundation that has provided

funding to Western New York through the

Community Foundation three times in the past

five years.

Members of the Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA) met with Region 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Judith Enck after her presentation at the 2013 WNYEA Annual Congress.

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT:

Ryan McPherson, Chairman of WNYEA; Judith Enck; Cara Matteliano, Community Foundation; Richard Stockton, Community Foundation Board Member; Robert Knoer, past Chairman of WNYEA


JILL SPISIAK JEDLICKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUFFALO NIAGARA RIVERKEEPER, SPEAKS AT THE WESTERN NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE’S EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SOLAR STRAND.

A BUFFALO HOMEOWNER AND HER DAUGHTER PARTICIPATE IN THE ASTHMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM THROUGH THE GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE.

LOWER AKRON FALLS, AKRON

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR HOMEOWNERS

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT:

Stephanie Smith, Jericho Road Community Health Center; Stephanie J. Simeon, Executive Director of Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc.; Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman; Cara Matteliano, Community Foundation; The Honorable Byron Brown, Mayor of Buffalo

If someone said “Sawyog!” to you, would you

know what he or she is saying? It means “help”

in Nepalese, just one of the languages spoken

by Buffalo’s growing refugee population.

Refugees are settling in some of the oldest

homes in Buffalo—homes which are in need

of urgent repairs for health, safety and

economic reasons.

In 2013, the Community Foundation, along with

the New York State Attorney General and nearly

a dozen partners, announced plans to expand the

Green and Healthy Homes Initiative. New funding

will address the language barriers in Buffalo

and educate homeowners on the health hazards

and help them access available resources.

The Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

brings together more than a dozen active

partners, some of which include: the City of

Buffalo; the Erie County Department of Health;

Belmont Housing Resources; Heart of the City

Neighborhoods; Matt Urban Human Services

Center; Neighborhood Housing Services —

South Buffalo; New Buffalo Impact; PUSH

Buffalo; West Side Neighborhood Housing

Services; and the U.S. Department of Housing

and Urban Development. Together, they work

side-by-side with homeowners to address

critical changes that will make their homes

more energy efficient and healthy.

In 2013, the Green and Healthy Homes

Initiative helped more than 200 homeowners

save energy and protect children’s health

by addressing critical housing issues in

low-income neighborhoods. These issues range

from drafty windows to removing dangerous

lead paint that can create serious health

problems for children. By adding insulation and

energy efficient appliances, homeowners on a

tight budget also benefit from lower energy bills.

In addition to educating homeowners,

the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

provides on-the-job training to the unemployed

and underemployed, which equips them

with a skill set to earn higher wages to better

support their families. To date, more than

175 people have secured jobs through its

training program.

Because of the successes here in Buffalo,

in 2013, the New York State Attorney General

announced plans to expand the Green

and Healthy Homes Initiative to Rochester

and Syracuse, highlighting our work as a model

for our neighbors to the east.


New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that he is providing nearly $2.2 million for a two-pronged expansion of the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative in Western and Central NY.

GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE

THE LEGACY SOCIETY


Anonymous (11)

Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen*

Mr. & Mrs. H. John Angelbeck

Mr. Lawrence Appleby*

Mr. C. Dixon Arrick* & Mrs. Ione B. Arrick



Allene C. Barans

Henry & Susan Beamer

Thomas R. & Judy Beecher

Ms. Dianne Bennett & Mr. William Graebner

Mr. Harry J. Beu*

Dr. Mary H. Botsford*

Mr. Richard W. Bowen*

Ms. Mary L. Brink

Jean M. Brown*

Keirn C. Brown Sr.*

Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Bruner

Michael & Glenys Butler

Mr.* & Mrs. Charles Burdette

Dr. William & Dr. Susan Carney

Leslie Carraway & B.J. Verts*

Ms. Mary E. Clemesha*

Anthony J. & Carmela M. Colucci Jr.

Mrs. James L. Crane Jr.

Ms. Beuline Crawford

Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump

Mrs. Wilma T. Csont

Mr.* & Mrs. Matthew Cyran

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Czajka

Chet* & Delight Dann

Miss Virginia Deuel

Larry R. & Sheila Drake

Judith & Alan Duchan


Mrs. Kenneth H. Eckhert

Miss June M. Farrington*

Miss Ruth Farrington*

Dr. Edward A. Fial*

Ms. Anne Catt Filer*

Dr. Mildred J. Fischle

Ms. Carol A. Fowler

Jean S. Frederick

Mr. Fred* & Mrs. Fay Friedman

Mrs. Dorothy T. Ferguson

Mr. Dennis J. Galucki & Ms. Barbara Mierzwa

Mr. Andrew C. Giarrizzo

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Gioia

Jane Taylor Goraj*

Constance A. Greco

Gordon & Gretchen Gross

Mr. Michael Hamann

Thomas J. Hanifin

Mr. Hans Heckelman

Ms. Alice B. Hilborn

Ms. Judith A. Hirsch

Mr.* & Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins Jr.

Mary Louise Hopkins

Phillip & Jayne* Hubbell

John & Bette Hulley

Mr. & Mrs. H. Reed Hunt*

Rev. Dr. Leona M. Irsch

Dr. Thomas A. Jambro

Gail & Bruce Johnstone

Mr. & Mrs. A. David Jones

Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Kashin

James S. Keysa, Esq.

Ms. Jane B. Kinkead*

Mr.* & Mrs. Irvine J. Kittinger Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Koch

Dr. Irwin H. Cheskin* & Mr. Edward Koryl

Dr. Kenneth A. Krackow

Leonard H. & Sylvia J. Kratzke

Rev. & Mrs. Warren W. Lane*

Mr. Harry H. Lang Jr.

Mr. Frank P. Langley Jr.*

Mrs. Margaretha Lawrence*

Philip C. Lombardo*

Mrs. William F. Long

Ms. Jo Ann Long

James & Margel Marean

Ms. Marie A. Marshall

Mrs. L.B. McCowan

Mrs. Kathleen Modd

Richard E. Moot, Esq.

Ms. Albertine K. Moran

Mr. Robert North Jr.*

James R. Owen

Jane M. Pattison

J. Warren Perry, Ph.D., D.Sc.*

Dr. Charles D. Perry*

Mr. Arlan Peters & Mr. Dominick T. DeFillippo

Mrs. Barbara Pickburn*

Edwin & Georgina Polokoff

Mr. & Mrs. Braman Pomeroy*

Jayne K. Rand

Ms. Dorothy Rapp

Mr. Alfred H. Rasp

Managing the charitable legacies of generous individuals is central to the work of the

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. The Community Foundation Legacy Society

was created in 1999 to acknowledge those individuals who have committed to supporting

our community in the future through a planned gift. According to their specific directions,

the Community Foundation will support the organizations, issues and communities these

individuals care about, in their names, forever.

Making arrangements for your charitable legacy is a simple process and we are here

to help. If you are interested in supporting the community beyond your lifetime,

please contact Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217, or [email protected].


RICHARD* & RUTH STOCKTON

Dr. Louis M. Ricci

Mrs. Lynn Robillard

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Rosche*

Ms. Doris F. Rosen

Dr. Andrew J. Rudnick

Dr. & Mrs. James Russell

Ms. Geraldine N. Ryder

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Sampson

Ms. Melba Y. Seibold*

Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Sheets Jr.

A. Warren & Gretchen L. Smith Jr.*

Ms. Susan M. Spadinger

Rosemarie C. Steeb

Richard A.* & Ruth V. Stockton


Mr. Franz T. Stone*

Mr. Peter W. Swanson Jr.*

Dr. Walter* & Jeanie M. Sy

Stanley A. & Sharon K. Tirrell

Mr. William Townsend

Miss Guida Tyldesley

Mr. Charles L. Van Arsdale

Mr. William L. Van Schoonhoven*

Dr. Raymond C. & Ms. Sheila M. Vaughan

Dr. & Mrs. John M. Wadsworth

Ms. Carol A. Wagner

Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Wagner*

Emily W. Wettlaufer

Mr. Jay Wopperer & Ms. Linda Schmieder

David & Susan Zebro

Mr. Eddie Zewin* & Mrs. Christine Zewin

Richard & Ruth Stockton spent the majority of their

lives in Buffalo, always appreciating its challenges and

treasures. At the urging of their son, Rick, and advisors,

Richard & Ruth Stockton took steps to ensure a portion

of their estate would support the community they love for

decades to come through the Community Foundation.

*deceased


OUR APPROACH TO CHARITABLE INVESTMENTS

The Community Foundation’s Investment Committee has oversight of nearly $300 million

in charitable assets. Members of the committee are specifically recruited because of their

knowledge of investments. They receive advice throughout the year from our independent

investment consultant, Colonial Consulting, Inc., who specializes in large endowment funds.

Together they work to allocate the charitable assets entrusted to the Community Foundation’s

care into a highly diversified mix of global equities, fixed income and alternative investment

strategies, which include more than 29 different investment management organizations

pursuing strategies within 13 different asset classes. Within each asset class, the Community

Foundation seeks to utilize world-class investment managers who are able to outperform

appropriate target market benchmarks over long periods.

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Charles E. Balbach

Gary Brost

Joseph J. Castiglia

Luke Jacobs, Esq., Chair

William Joyce

Laurence W. Franz, Ph.D

Richard O. Hopkins

Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA


PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: Michael E. Munschauer, CFP; Laurence W. Franz, Ph.D; Gary Brost; Luke Jacobs, Esq.; William Joyce; Charles E. Balbach; Michael Miller, Managing Director at Colonial Consulting; Richard O. Hopkins

NOT PICTURED: Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA and Joseph J. Castiglia


The Community Foundation received an unmodified (clean) audit opinion on its 2013 financial

statements. Audited financial statements are available at cfgb.org or by request. Please contact

Jerry Reger, CFO/CAO at (716) 852-2857, ext. 226.

STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATION

The size of the Community Foundation’s investment pool allows us to have a highly diversified

portfolio with access to the full range of asset classes and top investment managers,

increasing the likelihood of exceeding performance objectives under varying economic

and market conditions.

HEDGE FUNDS18%

PRIVATE EQUITY 3%

COMMODITIES4%

U.S. LARGE/MID CAP EQUITY

25%

U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY

7%

NON-U.S. DEVELOPED EQUITY

17%

NON-U.S. EMERGING EQUITY

6%U.S. AGGREGATE

BONDS6%

TREASURY INFLATION

PROTECTED SECURITIES

3%

U.S. HIGH YIELD BONDS

3%

GLOBAL BONDS4%

CASH1%

PRIVATE REAL ASSETS/ REAL ESTATE

3%

T O T A L ALTERNATIVES

28% T O TA L EQUITY

55%T O T A L F I X E D INCOME

17%

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013


INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE

LATEST 1 YEAR LATEST 3 YEARS LATEST 5 YEARS LATEST 7 YEARS LATEST 10 YEARS

*Weighted average of sector benchmarks. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

9.0%8.0%

6.2%

7.7%

11.8%

4.2%

6.0%

Community Foundation Custom Market Benchmark*

17.0%

13.8%

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

13.3%

The investments of the Community Foundation continue to consistently outperform our

benchmarks, adding 7.7% per year over the last ten years, resulting in a nationwide ranking

in the top 5% over the last five years, and in the top 25% over the last ten years. This growth

provides significant value to the charitable assets entrusted to the Community Foundation.

These strong long-term investment results are the product of the Community Foundation’s

decision to maintain a strategy that is driven by long-term objectives, while utilizing the size

of its asset pool and a thorough due diligence process to access exceptionally capable

investment management firms.

18.0%

16.0%

14.0%

12.0%

10.0%

8.0%

6.0%

4.0%

2.0%

0.0%

To learn how the investment strength of the Community Foundation can benefit the causes and

organizations you care about, please contact Betsy Constantine at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217.


COMPARED WITH OTHER LARGE ENDOWMENTS AND FOUNDATIONS

NATIONWIDE PER THE RUSSELL/MELLON INDEX, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION I N V E S T M E N T S H A V E CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED

IN THE TOP 25%

UNION SHIP CANAL BRIDGE, BUFFALO

C O N N E C T I N G T H E GENEROSITY O F T H E PA S T T O T H E N E E D S OF THE FUTURE

THAT’S THE POWER OF ENDOWMENT


Your legacy is ensured. Donors who endow

gifts can make a difference in their community

during their lifetime and, at the same time,

establish a legacy that lasts forever.

We can help. Please call Betsy Constantine

at (716) 852-2857, ext. 217 to arrange

for a consultation.

How will you be remembered? When you create an endowment fund

through the Community Foundation,

you can support the community you love

in your name, forever.

Your gift is invested over time. Earnings from your endowment fund are

granted to organizations and needs in the

community, based on your direction.

$8.0

$7.0

$6.0

$5.0

$4.0

$3.0

$2.0

$1.0

$0.0

ORIGINAL GIFT IN 1978

VALUE IN 2013

TOTAL GRANTS TO CHARITY SINCE 1978

$2.1

$6.9 $7.2

How it works: This endowment was established with $2.1 million in 1978 through a legacy gift (bequest) to

the Community Foundation from a parent in honor of his son, who died tragically as a young man.

Today, decades after both father and son have passed on, the initial gift has grown

to $6.9 million and has paid out $7.2 million in grants to the organizations they cared about.

Their fund will continue to honor this family’s charitable giving legacy by making grants

to their favorite organizations in their name forever.

All balances in millions


Maxine W. Awner, CPA

Brian D. Baird, Esq.

James M. Barrett, CPA

Carol Becker

Holly A. Beecher, Esq.

W. Lawrence Buck, CFP

Thomas E. Buffamante, CPA

Charles W. Chiampou, CPA, J.D.

Kevin Christner

David J. Colligan, Esq.

Anthony J. Colucci Jr.

Robert W. Constantine, Esq.

Karen Cook Serotte, Esq.

Dale B. Demyanick, CPA

Bert R. Dohl, Esq.

Richard B. Dopkins, Esq.

Kenneth C. Drake, MBA

Robert C. Drake


Catherine B. Eberl, Esq.

Patrick L. Emmerling, Esq.

William C. Farner, Esq.

David D. Fenster, Esq.

Jennifer G. Flannery, Esq.

Kathleen M. Flynn, MBA

Lawrence C. Franco, Esq.

Sue S. Gardner, Esq.

Kevin M. Gaskill

Robert F. Gaylord

Warren B. Gelman, Esq.

Patricia A. George, Esq.

Robert M. Glaser, CPA

Christopher T. Greene, Esq.

Gordon R. Gross, Esq.

Thomas J. Hanifin, Esq.

William D. Harrington, Esq.

Jeffrey Hirshberg, CPA

Elizabeth R. Hulley, CFP

Jeffrey A. Human, Esq.

Thomas R. Hyde, Esq.

Luke T. Jacobs, Esq.

Cheryl A. Jankowski, CPA

Edwin M. Johnston III

Jeffrey H. Katz, Esq.

Leslie R. Kellogg, Esq.

Henry G. Koziol Jr., CPA, CFP

Charles F. Kreiner Jr.

Robert J. Kresse, Esq.

Sally B. Logan, Esq.

Ronald Lojacono, CFP

David J. Luzon, Esq.

James L. Magavern, Esq.

Teresa M. Majors, CPA

Christopher M. Marks, Esq., MBA

Kelly E. Marks, Esq.

Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, CPA

Charles W. McCollum

Britta L. McKenna, Esq.

David J. McNamara, Esq.

Mindy Menke, Esq.

Gary L. Mucci, Esq.


Edward C. Northwood, Esq.

Michael A. Piette, Esq.

Richard C. Pohlman, Esq.

John P. Robshaw Jr., Esq.

Robert W. Romeo, CFP

Alan K. Scheff

Hyman Scheff

Daniel D. Shonn Jr., Esq.

Roger B. Simon, Esq.

Peter D. Spira, CFP

Deborah A. Stauring, CFP

Rosemarie C. Steeb, CPA

Linda Stravalaci Grear, Esq.

Charles E. Telford III, Esq.

Melanie C. Tisdale, Esq.

Robert J. Travis, CPA

Gregory J. Urban, CPA

James M. Wadsworth, Esq.

Lisa J. Walsh

Peter J. Walsh

Thomas Waring Jr.

Sharon L. Wick, Esq.

Timothy Winterhalter

Wayne D. Wisbaum, Esq.

Martin A. Zaklikowski, CFP

PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR HONOR ROLL

Since opening our doors in 1919, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has

partnered with hundreds of attorneys, CPAs and financial professionals to serve the needs

of their clients.

We are grateful to the many practitioners who think of us when looking for a way

to honor their clients’ wishes. We welcome the opportunity to meet with those who are

interested in learning about how the Community Foundation’s services can help maximize

their clients’ charitable giving.

In 2012 and 2013, we were proud to partner with more than 80 professionals who brought

the message of the Community Foundation to their clients and we are pleased to recognize

them here for their leadership.


Gordon R. Gross, pictured center with his family, celebrates with Community Foundation President/CEO, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, and Community Foundation Board Chair, Gerard Mazurkiewicz.

GORDON R. GROSS AWARD

In 2013, the Community Foundation established the Gordon R. Gross Award to recognize

its namesake, Gordon Gross, a professional advisor who is a tireless advocate and friend to

both the Community Foundation and Western New York. Gross served on the Community

Foundation Board of Directors from 1991–2001 and is an energetic family man, a generous

philanthropist, a highly regarded attorney and a spirited cyclist. The award is given to a

champion of the Community Foundation’s mission who has helped drive change in the

community through both personal and professional commitment. The award also recognizes

an individual who often introduces the idea of the Community Foundation to his or her clients.

The professional advisor who receives the award is committed to our community,

to philanthropic efforts throughout the region and to the Community Foundation’s work.

GREAT BEND, LETCHWORTH STATE PARK

WHERE HOPE IS PLANTED A COMMUNITY GROWS

2013 WYOMING FOUNDATION COUNCIL

WYOMING FOUNDATION

In a county with strong community roots

and the breathtaking Letchworth State Park

live more than 40,000 residents who are

the heart of the Wyoming Foundation’s

mission. Established in 1974, the Wyoming

Foundation works to strengthen the quality

of life in Wyoming County by encouraging

charitable giving, assessing and responding

to the community’s changing needs and

serving as a resource and catalyst for local

charitable activities.

After hosting a historic Needs Forum in 2012

to gauge the challenges facing residents

when it comes to health, arts and culture,

education and business, the Wyoming

Foundation turned conversation into action

to address those challenges. Key community

leaders began working together on solutions

to build an education-to-jobs pipeline and

attract more people to the county’s arts

and cultural gems.

While the 2012 Forum was the first local

gathering to address all needs in the county,

for 40 years the Wyoming Foundation has

made great strides to leverage the generosity

of its donors to benefit all the residents

in the county. Its $1.84 million endowment

has supported needs ranging from improving

literacy, to protecting the county’s natural


resources, to providing scholarships

to deserving students.

The volunteer leadership team of the

Wyoming Foundation, all of whom have roots

in the county, are leading and encouraging

philanthropy in the region by relying on

their deep local knowledge of the needs in

the community. For more information on how

you can get involved and support the efforts

of the Wyoming Foundation, a geographic

division of the Community Foundation,

please call (585) 285-4135.

FUNDSMichael & Elaine Almeter Fund

Lawrence M. Appleby Fund

Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth

Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest

Russell C. Christ Jr. Fund

James and Ethel DeAmesy Fund

Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund

Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mabel Mason Fund

Middlebury Historical Society Fund

Mr. and Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund

Mark E. Strome Scholarship Fund

Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund

Marjorie Z. Van Arsdale Fund

Gary Weidman Fund


Wyoming Free Library Fund

LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: Adrianna Betts; Joan Mokdessi; Barbara Dominesey*

BACK ROW: Laura Lane; Eric Szucs*; Anne Conable; Karen Six, Vice-Chair & Secretary; Scott Gardner, Chair; Tim Kibler

NOT PICTURED: Sally Bliss, Treasurer; Robert Kelley

*2014 Council Member-Elect

NIAGARA AREA FOUNDATION


In 2010, the Niagara Area Foundation

launched an initiative to improve early

childhood education. Federal Reserve Bank

studies have shown that investing in quality

childcare for young children helps to prevent

them from experiencing poverty later

in life. This research estimates that for

every dollar invested in quality childcare,

$17 are returned to the community through

the productivity of those children once

they reach adulthood. For this reason, the

Niagara Area Foundation focused its efforts

on giving childcare providers the skills

and training needed to positively impact

early childhood development.

By bringing key partners to the table, including

Niagara University, the United Way of Greater

Niagara, the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower

Foundation and the Grigg-Lewis Foundation,

the Niagara County Early Child Care Quality

Improvement Project (QIP) was created.

To date, more than 700 children have

benefitted from enriched care through QIP.

Hundreds of childcare providers participated

in skills training, and more than 87 teachers and

directors completed a 45-hour professional

development certificate program, resulting

in measurable quality improvements in 30

licensed childcare centers in Niagara County.

Founded in 2000 as a geographic division of the Community Foundation, the Niagara Area

Foundation was the first countywide initiative created to connect people, ideas and resources

to improve lives in Niagara County. An engaged and active volunteer team with roots in

Niagara County leads the Niagara Area Foundation, which is dedicated to understanding

critical needs in the community and finding long-term sustainable solutions to local needs.

In fact, more than $1 million has been awarded through the Niagara Area Foundation

to benefit Niagara County since the Foundation was formed.

After three successful years, the QIP

program has been adopted into Niagara

University’s curriculum. The University

has taken responsibility for training,

educating and mentoring childcare providers

and the program has been fully funded for

three additional years to embark on the next

phase, which includes extending the project

into infant and toddler classrooms.

If you would like to learn more about the

Niagara Area Foundation, please contact Holly

Mergenhagen, Esq. at (716) 852-2857, ext. 207.

Niagara Area Foundation Council Chair, Betsy Diachun

Niagara Area Foundation Council Members: Betsy Diachun, Chair; Nancy J. D. Orsi, Vice-Chair; Vincent J. Davis, Treasurer; Jan Nichols, Secretary; Ross J. Eckert; Kenneth Franasiak; Melissa Morinello; Janice Nichols; Melanie Tisdale; Cathy Walker

NIAGARA RIVER GORGE, LEWISTON, NY

WHERE DREAMS ARE NURTURED LIVES ARE CHANGED

FUNDSDale L. Askey Memorial Fund


Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund

The Lorraine M. & Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust


Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund

Barbara C. & Edward M. Brink Fund

Caldwell Family Fund

Joanne & Franklyn Collins Fund

Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund

Eastern Niagara Fund

Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund

Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund

Freischlag Scholarship Fund

Grigg-Lewis Philanthropic Fund

Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund

Laird Family Foundation

Lewiston-Porter Alumni Association Endowment Fund

Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund

Lockport Lions Club Sight Fund

Lockport High School Foundation Philanthropic Fund

Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund

Joseph & Riva Mehr Fund

Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund


Niagara Education Foundation Fund

Niagara Family & Children’s Fund

Fund for Niagara Hospice

Elsie & Eugene Oliver Memorial Scholarship Trust

Our Lady of Lebanon Fund

Patricia L. Parkinson Scholarship Fund

Positive Youth Development Philanthropic Fund

The Thomas K. Singer Charitable Trust

Daunt & Irene Stenzel Scholarship Fund

Troop 6 Ernie Beamer Memorial Scout Fund

Fern J. White & Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund

Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund

YWCA of Niagara Fund

YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence

YWCA of Niagara Munk/Human Memorial Scholarship Trust



NEW CLIENTS 2013

Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund II


Buffalo Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Endowment Fund

Buffalo Forward Foundation

Buffalo Green Fund

Anne Catt Filer Fund

Community Services Support Foundation

The John R. Hotchkin Memorial Endowment Fund

Langley Family Fund


Lions Blind & Charity Fund

Martin House Endowment Fund


Hyman & Majorie Scheff Foundation #3

Gary Weidman Fund

Laurette Zwelling Fund

THE POWER OF ENDOWMENT$5.5

$5.0

$4.5

$4.0

$3.5

$3.0

$2.5

$2.0

$1.5

$0.5

$0.0


VALUE IN 2013


$2.0

$5.1

$2.9

To honor his wife’s life-long dedication to community, this donor established a fund in their

names to support the organizations she cared so much about after their lifetimes. The original

gift of $2 million in 1991 has since grown by 2.5 times its original value to $5.1 million and

has given $2.9 million in grants in their names to the community and organizations she cared

about so deeply.


Anonymous

Anonymous Donor Foundation Endowment Fund

21st Century Fund

43 x 79 Philanthropic Fund

Acacia Park Fund

Advancing Arts & Culture Endowment Fund

The AJL Fund

Charlotte Albright Fund

Dorothy & Eugene Allbert Fund

James & Kristin Allen Fund

The Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund

Robert A. & Ruth E. Allen Memorial Fund II

Allentown Village Society, Inc. Scholarship Fund

Michael & Elaine Almeter Fund

Paul & Jean Almeter Fund

Ina D. Alt Trust

Amherst South Rotary Club Endowment Fund

Anna May Andrews Trust

Joseph & Margaret Andrews Educational Trust Fund

William Henry Andrews Bequest

Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Foundation

The Joyce & Stuart Angert Fund

Annual Odd Fellows-Rebekah Award


Arts Academy Fund

Fund for the Arts

Arts Services Initiative

Dale L. Askey Memorial Fund

Emily E. Babchak Memorial Fund

Cameron Baird Endowment Fund for BP Chorus

Cameron Baird Fund

Dara L. Barker Memorial Fund

Leonard M. Barkin Environmental Conservation Trust for Youth

C. Edgar Barlow Scholarship Fund

Nora Shea Barnwell Endowment Fund

James M. & Barbara J. Barrett Family Foundation

Dr. Charles E. Bartlett Memorial Essay Contest

Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts

Henry E. & Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund


George E. Becker Fund for Heart Research

Bell Request—Buffalo General Hospital

Bell Bequest—Clarkson University

Bell Bequest—Crippled Children’s Guild

Bell Bequest—Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired

Bell Bequest— Erie County S.P.C.A.

Bell Bequest— Hobart College


The ribbon cutting ceremony at the renovated Kiddieland Testing Park at the Herschell Carrousel museum in North Tonawanda. The Community Foundation, through the Richard W. Bowen Fund, provided funding for the restoration.

ALL FUNDS

For 94 years, generous individuals, families and organizations have entrusted the Community

Foundation for Greater Buffalo to steward their charitable resources. We are honored

to help these clients make the most of their generosity and take great care to deliver grants

in their names exactly as they have directed.

The following pages list all of the charitable funds that made up the Community Foundation

in 2013.

For information about how the Community Foundation can help you establish a permanent

source of support to benefit the communities, causes and organizations you care about,

please contact Betsy Constantine at (716) 852–2857, ext. 217.


Bell Bequest— Mental Diseases

Bell Bequest—National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction

Bell Bequest—U.B. School of Engineering

Bell Fund Trust #1

Bell Fund Trust #2

Grover E. Bell Award

Herbert L. Bellamy Sr. & Irene A. Bellamy Philanthropic Fund

Edgar Bellersheim Scholarship Fund

Benaiah Fund

Adrian A. & Betsy B. Bennett Fund

Bennett Alumni Association Foundation Fund

Bennett High School Alumni Scholarship Fund

The Better Buffalo Fund

Harry J. Beu Scholarship Fund

Alanson C. Bigalow Scholarship Fund

Josephine Biontolillo Bequest

Charles A. & Anne L. Bird Fund

Corrine G. Bird Bequest

Peter D. Blacher Health Care Fund

Virgil A. & Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund

Brian H. Blesy Memorial Scholarship Fund

Anna Kowalska Bley Music Memorial Award

Maurice G. Bley Drama Memorial Award

BlueCross BlueShield Physicians Fund for Children’s Health

Jule Bogner Philanthropic Fund

Robert Bojdak & Sarah Williams Fund

Bollier Family Fund

Dr. Germante L. Boncaldo Scholarship Fund

Book and Material Buying Endowment Fund

Tom Borrelli Memorial Fund

Richard Boyd Bowen Memorial Scholarship Fund

Richard W. Bowen Fund

Kathleen M. Box-Krycia Mem. Scholarship Fund

Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Fund

Boys & Girls Club of Eden Fund

BP/Carborundum Scholarship Fund

BPS Officers Search Philanthropic Fund

The Lorraine M. & Eugene P. Brady Memorial Scholarship Trust

Irma Brand Bequest

David & Jessica Brason Philanthropic Fund

James E. Braunberns Bequest

Anthony A. Brese Scholarship

Rosalie H. Bretzfelder Fund

John Bridge Memorial Fund

Belmore Hicks Bridgford Fund

Brighter Future Philanthropic Fund

Barbara C. & Edward M. Brink Fund

Jean M. Brown Fund

Agnes Clarke Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund

Jean Knowlton Brown Fund

Ruben Brown Foundation

Henry W. & Martha L. Bruner Philanthropic Fund


Brzezinski Philanthropic Fund

BTF Make a Dream Come True Scholarship Fund

Jane & Lawrence Buck Philanthropic Fund

Sarah Hill Buck Philanthropic Fund

Martin A. Buecking Bequest

Buffalo Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Endowment Fund

Buffalo Audubon Endowment Fund

Buffalo Forward Foundation

Buffalo Green Fund

Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance Scholarship Fund

Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Fund

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Permanent Endowment Fund

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Endowment Fund

Buffalo Rotary Foundation Fund

Buffalo Seminary Alumnae Association Scholarship Fund

Buffalo Seminary Board Designated Investment Fund

Buffalo Seminary Brown Funds

Buffalo Seminary Core Investment Fund

Buffalo Seminary Historic Dollar Value Preservation Fund

Buffalo Seminary Jean Wright Hudson Fund

Buffalo Yacht Club Fund

Joseph E. Buran Music Fund

Burtsell-Steuernagel Memorial Fund

Michael R. Butler & Glenys Maschoff Butler Fund

Walter L. Byram Bequest

Kate Cady Endowment Fund

ALL FUNDS

Emerging Philanthropists of Color Committee members Karen Lee Spaulding, Aliyah Schultz and Stacy Lewis


The Caerus Forum Philanthropic Fund

Alfred Caffiero Foundation Philanthropic Fund

Caldwell Family Fund

Christopher Callan Memorial Scholarship Fund

Callan Family Scholarship Fund

Calpin Family Fund

Elizabeth J. Cappella Birthday Trust

Career Aspiration Scholarship Fund

Cargill Scholarship Fund

Gustaf & Sigrid Carlson Memorial Fund

Margaret E. Carnahan Bequest

Leonard M. Castrianno Scholarship Fund

Philip & Joyce Celniker Family Fund

Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature Fund

Eldon H. Chaddock Bequest

Robert J. Chambers, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund

R. Mark Chandley Scholarship Fund

Clifford C. Chapman Memorial Fund

Dr. Norman Chassin Endowment Fund

Irwin H. Cheskin Fund

Children’s Programming & Resources Endowment Fund

Willis E. Chilson Memorial Fund

Mark Chowaniec Memorial Fund

Russell C. Christ Jr. Fund

William & Ida Christie Fund for Music

Mary & Robert Chur Scholarship Fund

Frances G. Churchill Bequest Fund f.b.o. the Churchill Memorial United Methodist Church

Helen Anderson Cobb Bequest

Velma C. Cobb Scholarship Fund

The Ilka Cohn Educational Fund

The Ilka Cohn Health Fund

Colligan Family Fund

Collins Family Trust

Bronson & Margaret Collins Scholarship Fund

Joanne & Franklyn Collins Fund

Michael Collins & Kathleen O’Leary Charitable Fund

James & Judith Collord Fund


Community Impact Fund

Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative Endowment Fund

Conable Family Foundation Fund

Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund

Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Scholarship

Owen D. Connolly Flex Fund

Gerhard A. & Lura L. Cook Educational Fund

Sonja H. & Carlton P. Cooke Jr. Fund

Joseph & Bernadette S. Corcoran Fund

The Peter C. Cornell Trust

Russell E. Corser Fund

Kathryn R. Cottrell Scholarship Fund

Annette Cravens Fund

Betty Crump Fund

Wilma T. Csont Fund

Damon Family Fund

Mason O. Damon Endowment Fund

Grace Neff Daniels Memorial Fund

Dorothy C. Darlak Memorial Fund

Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative’s Chair, Jennifer Parker, and Emerging Philanthropists of Color Committee member, Edreys Wajed, visit at the Community Foundation’s Open House.

Community Foundation Board Member, Gayle Eagan and her husband, Jim, enjoy a tour of some of the work supported by the Community Foundation.



Herbert F. & Jane K. Darling Philanthropic Fund

Louis R. Davidson Bequest

Ethel M.C. Davis Scholarship Fund

Davis Family Fund

The D-B Trust

Eaton Deabold Scholarship Fund

Deaconess Hospital Nurses Alumni Fund

James & Ethel DeAmesy Fund

Decillis Family Philanthropic Fund

Eugene A. DeFelice, M.D. & Maryanne Harvey Fund

Elizabeth Deichman Fund

Elizabeth Deichman Fund fbo Buffalo Animal Shelter

M. Dolores Denman Fund for Community Needs

Heather J. DePaolo-Johnny Memorial Fund

DePerno Family Fund

Loraine Altro Dietz Scholarship Fund

Alfred H. & Irene N. Dobrak Trust

David Donald Fund

Holly Augspurger Donaldson Fund

Dopkins Philanthropic Fund

Stu & Nancy Dorfman Foundation

Paul P. Dosberg University of Pennsylvania Scholarship

Francis P. Douglas Memorial Fund

Henry and Constance Drew Foundation for Children

Joe & Brett Ski Scholarship Fund

Jerome Dreyfuss Scholarship Fund

Peter Dominik, Helen & Paul Leon Drumsta Memorial Fund

Eagan Family Endowment Fund

Eastern Niagara Fund

Ross & Mary Alice Eckert Fund

Dr. Kenneth H. Sr. & Marjorie B. Eckhert Fund (1)

Dr. Kenneth H. Sr. & Marjorie B. Eckhert Fund (2)

ECMC Lifeline Fund

Economic Self-Sufficiency Endowment Fund

Eden Community Foundation

Darwin E. & Evelyn E. Ellis Fund

Pauline Ellis Scholarship Fund

Marjorie & Mary Louise Emerson Bequest

Esther Link Emig Fund

Empire of America Federal Savings Bank Scholarship Fund

Barbara Ennis Endowment Fund

Fund for the Environment

Erie County SPCA Fund

Herman G. & Emma A. Ernst Fund

Herman G. and Emma A. Ernst Fund for Catholic Charities

ALL FUNDS

Donors Fay and Fred* Friedman

Community Foundation Board Member, Jim Biltekoff and his wife, Joanne, on a tour of the H.H. Richardson Complex.

*deceased


Josephine & Michael Ervolina Charitable Fund

Evans Bank Foundation Fund

Derek Falkenbach Scholarship Fund

FANA Scholarship Fund

Emmons B. Farrar Scholarship Fund

June Farrington Fund

Ruth E. Farrington Bequest

Theodore S. Fassett Memorial Fund

Paul S. Feinstein Scholarship Fund

David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund

Donald Ferguson Fund

Peter J. Ferraro Memorial Fund

Edward A. & Stephanie E. Fial Fund

Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Scholarship Fund

Anne Catt Filer Fund

Finer Buffalo Fund

Fischle-Laesser Endowment Fund

Fisher Family Fund

Burt Flickinger Jr. Leadership Fund

Doris L. Flierl Trust

G&W Follies Scholarship Fund

George & Lydia Richards Form Endowment Fund

Frank S. Fosdick Scholarship

Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Fund— Restricted

Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Fund — Philanthropic

Foundation For Jewish Philanthropies Fund— Custodial

M. Florence Fraley Fund in memory of her son, George K. Fraley Jr.

Franasiak Park Philanthropic Fund

The Philip Frandina Scholarship Fund

Harriet Frank Scholarship Fund

Jeffrey Freedman & Barbara Hamilton Philanthropic Fund

Freischlag Scholarship Fund

Fay & Fred Friedman Family Foundation Fund

Marjorie D. Frink Scholarship Fund

The Fund for Nature

Fuzak Family/Joan M. & Victor T. Fuzak Fund

Galbraith Family Fund

Lawrence J. & Elizabeth R. Gallick Fund

Sean P. Galliher Jr. Scholarship Fund

William Paul Ganley Scholarship Fund

Elizabeth Crosby Gardner Fund

Helen S. Garms Bequest

Gateway-Longview Future Fund

Stacy Marie Geercken Scholarship Fund

Eleanor M. & Willard A. Genrich Scholarship Fund

George Family Foundation

Jean E. Gilmore Philanthropic Fund

Robert & Sally Gioia Fund

The Anthony H. & Richard E. Gioia Fund

The Gisel Family Fund

Norman Goldfarb Award Fund

Dr. Richard & Cheri Goldman Philanthropic Fund

Dena Goldstein Memorial Scholarship Fund

Gondree Family Fund

Diane J. Goodberry Memorial Scholarship Fund

William F. Goodson Bequest

Josephine Goodyear Foundation Fund

Graham-Kucera Philanthropic Fund

Joanne Champion Granger Fund

Grassroots Gardens J. Milton Zeckhauser Memorial Endowment Fund

Great Lakes United Endowment Fund

Greater Buffalo Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Fund

Grelick Family Foundation

Grigg-Lewis Philanthropic Fund

Roberta Grimm Charitable Gift Fund

7.7% F O R F U N D S AT T H E

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS

ANNUAL GROWTH

2004

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2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013


Elmer P. Groben Memorial Fund

Thekla R. Groben Bequest

Gronk Nation Youth Foundation

Dr. Alan J. Gross Dental Student Fund

Gordon R. & Gretchen S. Gross Family Fund II

Lou Gross Memorial Fund

Grosvenor Society Endowment Fund

Seth Grosvenor Book and Material Endowment Fund

G. R. S. Fund

Joan Willard Gruen Philanthropic Fund

Lillian M. Gruener Business Education Scholarship Fund

William J.C. & Louise Grupp Memorial Fund

Ray Guenter Scholarship Fund

Helen Habermehl Charitable Lead Trust

Charles & Marion Hahn Fund

Gary P. Hall Endowment Fund

Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund

Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Theatre Fund

Thomas J. Hanifin BPO Fund II

Rae A. Hanigan Memorial Fund

Leonard L. & Blanche F. Hank Fund

Andrew C. Hansen Scholarship Fund

Daphne Hare Fund

Harvard Summer Community Service Fund

Harvey Family Fund

Dominik Hasek Sports & Scholarship Fund

Hawk Creek Foundation Fund

Health Foundation of Western and Central New York Philanthropic Fund

HealthNow Healthy Living Endowment Fund

HealthNow Healthy Living Fund

William J. & Frieda H. Heckelman Memorial Fund

Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund

Leo J. Winter & Marie R. Winter Heim Fund II

Ilene N. Hein Fund

Loren Hendrix Memorial Award

William Hengerer Company Fund

Margaret Bierl Herr Memorial Fund

Herbert A. Hickman Fund

High Tower Fund

Mildred T. Hill Fund

Harry S. Hilliker Bequest

Hispanic Women’s League Endowment Fund

Historic & Architectural Landmarks Endowment Fund

Carolynne Schutz Hoddick Memorial Campership Fund

L. Nelson Hopkins Jr. Family Fund

Katharine Pingrey Hopkins Memorial Scholarship Fund

The John R. Hotchkin Memorial Endowment Fund

Marie S. & Frederic K. Houston Fund

Dr. Irene Hu and Ronald Chang Scholarship Fund

Jayne & Phil Hubbell Foundation

Martin R. Hughson Memorial Fund

Geoffrey Hull Memorial Scholarship

Robert & Eileen Hull Fund

John Hulley & Elizabeth Rydzynski-Hulley Fund

Human Services Research & Planning Fund

H. Reed Hunt Fund

Hutch-Tech Alumni Scholarship Fund

Increasing Racial/Ethnic Equity Fund

Industrial Educational Fund

Ingleside Home Memorial Fund

Theresa Elizabeth Insana Memorial Scholarship Fund

International Association of Administrative Professionals Scholarship Fund

Mariann Inzinna Camp Good Days & Special Times Fund

ALL FUNDS

The Community Foundation’s Vice President of Finance, Myra Lawrence, leads donors Darwin and Ruth Schmitt on a tour of the Community Foundation’s new office at the Open House.


Mariann Inzinna Extra Mile Fund

Bill & Jean Irr Family Foundation

Irsch Fund

I.T.L. Philanthropic Fund

Grover & Isabel James Fund

A. Wesley Johns Fund (as established in the Will of June B. Johns)

D. Bruce & Gail Johnstone Fund

D. Bruce & Gail Johnstone Philanthropic Fund

Gail Johnstone Community Leadership Fund

A. David & Heather M. Jones Advisory Fund

Blanche B. Joseph Trust

Jacob G. Joseph Bequest

Jacob G. Joseph Bequest (Camp)

Jacob G. Joseph Bequest—Jewish Federation

Josh’s Journey Fund

The Joy Family Foundation

The William & Anne Joyce Fund

Junior League of Buffalo 1919 Fund

Just Pizza Charity Fund

Linda A. & Kenneth R. Kahn Fund

The Kaleida Health Fund to Support the Provision of Uncompensated Primary Care in Buffalo

Peter G. Karamanos II Scholarship Fund

Nellie Karlak Scholarship

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Karsten Scholarship Fund

Ruth M. Keeney Bequest

Ruth M. Keeney Scholarship

Howard Kellogg Trust

Kensington High School Alumni Association Fund

Jenna Kern Memorial Scholarship Fund

C. Taylor Kew Memorial Fund

James William Kideney & Isabel Houck Kideney Fund

Donald E. Killingbeck Memorial Fund

Louise Kimberly Bequest

Ralph Kimberly Bequest

Kinerk Family Fund

Barbara King & Marion Mabee Memorial Fund

Jane B. Kinkead Community Service Fund— Faith United Methodist Church

Jane B. Kinkead Community Service Fund—Greenfield

Alfred H. & Emma M. Kirchhofer Fund

Kittinger Family Fund

Kiwanis Club of Kensington Fund

Klein Family Philanthropic Fund

Albert J. Klinck Bequest— American Red Cross

Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Children’s Guild

Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Episcopal Church Home Foundation of WNY, Inc.

Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Evangelical Lutheran

Albert J. Klinck Bequest— Fresh Air Mission

Albert J. Klinck Memorial Fund

Charles M. Knapp Educational Memorial Fund

A doctor who spent his lifetime caring for the medical needs of a

small town left his estate to the Community Foundation to establish

a fund to provide for the education of its residents after his lifetime.

His original gift of $3 million has grown over 20 years to $6.8 million

and currently provides almost $250,000 annually to scholarships for

students from his hometown seeking a college education.


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VALUE IN 2013

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Florence L. Knorl Memorial Kensington High School Scholarship Fund

Howard J. Knorl Scholarship Fund

John T. & Carol V. Kociela Endowment

John Howland Koekkoek Endowment for Fair Housing Education

John Howland Koekkoek Endowment for Fair Housing Education #2

Madeline A. Kraft Bequest

Kreher Family Fund

Howard G. Kreiner Bequest

Krieger Family Fund

Albert P. & Maryon C. Krueger Fund

L414 Children’s Memorial Fund

Labor Of/For Love Fund

Herbert P. Ladds Jr. Scholarship Fund

Allen & Lillian Laese Memorial Fund

Allen & Lillian Laese Scholarship Fund

Lafayette High School Scholarship Fund

Dr. Harry G. LaForge Bequest

Laird Family Foundation

Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier Endowment Fund

Langley Family Fund

Frank P. Langley Jr. Fund

Frank P. Langley Jr. Philanthropic Fund

Edith Haake Lankler Scholarship

Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund

Albert H. Laub Bequest

Howard C. Laverack Bequest

Lawley Services, Inc. Scholarship Fund


David & Marie Leamy Endowed Fund

Legacy II Philanthropic Fund

Hubert George & Alice Shyne Leising Fund

Jamie Lembeck Memorial Fund

Edward H. Letchworth Bequest

Edward H. Letchworth Memorial Fund

Mrs. Rosemary LoDestro Lett Memorial Fund

Lewis Family Fund

Lewiston-Porter Alumni Association Endowment Fund

Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc. Fund

Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc. Permanent Endowment Fund

Olga Murray Lindberg— National League of American Pen Women Scholarship Fund

Lions Blind & Charity Fund

L.K.P. Trust

Lockport High School Foundation Philanthropic Fund

Lockport Lions Club Sight Fund

Lockport Public Library Endowment Fund

Locust Street Art Classes Forever Foundation

William F. Long Fund

Edward P. Lupfer Memorial Scholarship

Sam Lux Fund

Katherine & John MacDonald Foundation

Norman E. Mack II Fund

R & J Magavern Fund

Antoinette Malanowicz Fund for Cancer Research

Horace L. Mann Memorial Fund

James & Margel Marean Endowed Fund

Julia W. Marks Fund

Marie A. Marshall Fund

Martin House Endowment Fund

Mabel Mason Fund

Arlene & Ruth Mathews Fund

Raymond F. May, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund

Scott B. Maybee Scholarship Fund

Belton & Mabel McCarley Scholarship Fund

Lilla B. McCready Bequest

Heather A. McGowan Scholarship Fund

Frank & Donna McGuire Fund

Stephen C. McKinney Scholarship Fund

Grace Fallon & Rapier Hayden McMenamy Fund

Arthur J., Alice M. & Dr. James McMullen Memorial Fund

Meals on Wheels of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment

Barbara T. Meech & Robert B. Meech Fund

Joseph & Riva Mehr Fund

Robert H. & Rita Meier Memorial Scholarship Fund

Melson Fund

Messer Foundation— Permanent Fund

Ida M. Mevius Bequest

MIBBS Fund

ALL FUNDS

Alexander* and Irene Phillips, namesakes of the Alexander & Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund.

*deceased


Lloyd A. Miller Scholarship Fund

Susan & Richard Minekime Family Fund

Sperry W. Miner Bequest

Amos J. & Leigh Hunt Minkel Memorial Student Fund

Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund

Marcella & Felix Mioducki Fund for Cancer Research

Miss Buffalo Fund

Mitchell Family Philanthropic Fund

MJH Fund

Edward H. Moeller Scholarship Fund

Mildred Moffat Bequest

Mothers’ Club of Buffalo Scholarship Fund

MPZ Endowment Fund

Dan & Jeannine Mullan Philanthropic Fund

Sarah & Richard Munschauer Fund

Nativity Fund

Henry M., Patricia A. & Mary Brainard Naylon Bequest

Robert B. Newcomb Trust

Jon Newman Memorial Scholarship Fund

The NFJC of WNY Fund


Niagara Education Foundation Fund

Niagara Family & Children’s Fund

Fund for Niagara Hospice

Niagara Relicensing Environmental Coalition Fund

Norman A. Schoell Scholarship Fund

Middlebury Historical Society Fund

Thomas F. Miklejn Scholarship Fund

Benjamin Milak Memorial Scholarship Fund

Thomas & Jennie Militello Family Foundation

Dr. Gustave P. Milkey & Janet B. Milkey Fund

Alice Greger Miller Memorial Fund

NTHS Alliance for Higher Education & Development Fund

The John R. Oishei Foundation Scholarship Program Fund

Nathalie Hawthorne Olena Bequest


Mary Louise Olmsted Fund

Open Key Fund

Orchard Park Lions Club Trust Fund

Orchard Park Public Library Endowment Fund

Robert Oristaglio Humanitarian Award

Pearl B. & J. Lawrence Osborne Memorial Fund

Our Lady of Lebanon Fund

James R. Owen Scholar/Athlete Cross Country Award Scholarship

The Park School Foundation of Buffalo

Patricia L. Parkinson Scholarship Fund

Norma & Samuel Payne Fund

Pediatric Digestion & Motility Disorders Society

Gretchen Rand Penney Bequest

The Ralph F. Peo Fund

J. Warren Perry & Charles Donald Perry Memorial Trust

Michael J. Perry Scholarship Fund

Pet Emergency Endowment Fund

Hanna Peters Trust

Norma E. Pfeifer Fund

PFLAG Buffalo/Niagara Endowment Fund

750 FUNDS U N D E R T H E COMMUNITY FOUNDATION U M B R E L L A

Donors Anne Conable and Dennis Galucki take a look around the Community Foundation’s new office space at the June 2013 Open House.


Albert & Mildred Pfrender Bequest

Alexander & Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund

Phillips Lytle Foundation

Pickburn Memorial Fund for Wildlife

Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Family Fund

Pinto Foundation Fund

Planned Parenthood of Buffalo & Erie County Fund

Police Athletic League of Buffalo Agency Endowment Fund

Benny J. Polizzi Memorial Award Fund

Edwin Polokoff Fund

Georgina Polokoff Fund

Braman Pomeroy Trust

Horace B. Pomeroy Fund

Edgar F. Pope Scholarship Fund

Positive Youth Development Philanthropic Fund

Susan Harvey Prentis Fund

Professional Engineers Fund

Lawrence Quinn Fund

Marnie Currie Quinones Scholarship Fund

Mary A. Hodson & Josephine E Radziwon Memorial Scholarship Fund

Elizabeth A. Rambo Bequest

George F. Rand Bequest

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Rand Memorial Fund

George F. & Isabel W. Rand Memorial Fund

May C. Randazzo Scholarship Fund

Rare Book and Special Collections Endowment Fund

Gregory K. Raynor Memorial Fund

Read to Succeed Buffalo Endowment Fund

Douglas L. Rehlaender Trust

Ruth B. Reinhardt Memorial Scholarship Fund

Eugene T. Reville Memorial Scholarship Fund

Charles Elbert Rhodes Scholarship Bequest

Molly & Luke Rich Mental Health Fund

Sara B. Richmond Scholarship Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund— Buffalo Psychiatric Center

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Memorial Fund— Network of Religious Communities

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Riefler Scholarship Fund

Charles & Alice Rolland Scholarship Fund

Arthur H. & Olga M. Rosche Environmental Education Fund

Ross Family Fund

Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted Ross Fund

Natalie Kubera Roth Fund

Natalie Kubera Roth Fund for the Buffalo Philharmonic OrchestraJane Ruff Memorial Fund

Rumsey Fund

Rupp Scholarship Award Fund

The Nelson Russell Memorial Fund

Michael W. Russell Fund

C. Gordon Ryther Memorial Scholarship Fund

John P. Samson Memorial Fund

Sandstone Trust

Howard T. Saperston Sr. Trust

Philip S. Savage Trust

Estelle Sawyer Writing Award

Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Fund

C. Edgar & Roberta S. Schabacker Trust

Mr. & Mrs. George Schaumleffel Scholarship Fund

Alan & Michele Scheff Family Fund

Hy & Marjorie Scheff Foundation

Hyman & Marjorie Scheff Foundation #2

Hyman & Majorie Scheff Foundation #3

Edward C. Schlenker Trust

Harley J. & Alice M. Schlieder Scholarship

William Kenneth Schmitt Fund

Schneider Family Fund

Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation, Inc. Philanthropic Scholarship Fund

Alfred H. Schoellkopf-Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually Impaired

Alfred H. Schoellkopf— Roswell Park

Emmie F. Schoellkopf Fund

Jacob F. Schoellkopf— Jefferson Penn Fund

ALL FUNDS

The Community Foundation celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Joe and Brett Ski Scholarship with a reception to honor Dr. Peggy Stearns (front row, fifth from the left), and students who have received this award.


The Jacob F. Schoellkopf Trust for the University of Buffalo

Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Foundation Fund

Jacob F. & Wilma S. Schoellkopf Trust

J.F. Schoellkopf Jr. Bequest

J.F. Schoellkopf IV Memorial Fund

Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Fund

Judith Abbott Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

Walter H. Schoellkopf Memorial Fund

Laura C. Scholl Memorial Fund

Albert G. Schuele Scholarship Fund

(Albert), Maude & Marion Schuele Memorial Fund

Albert, Maude, & (Marion) Schuele Memorial Fund

The Schultz Family Fund

Richard G. Schwind & Rhoda Robertson Schwind Fund

D. Sinclair Scott & Dorothy Doane Scott Fund

Bill & Helen Secen Philanthropic Fund

Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund

Melba & Richard Seibold Fund

Irene Klingener Selover Fund

Albert R. & Alma E. Shadle Endowment Fund

Sgt. Daniel Shaw Memorial Fund

Brenda Kurtz Shelton & Harry C. Shelton Fund

Shifflet-Steffan Scholarship Fund

Bernard and Carolyn Shilt Scholarship Fund

Bernard & Estelle Siegel Fund

Sigma Alpha Nu Scholarship Fund

Leonard S. Sikora Scholarship Fund

Marjorie Joyce Simmons Memorial Medical Fund

The Thomas K. Singer Charitable Trust

SJM3 Fund

Dr. Barnett A. Slepian Memorial Fund

Edna Foster Smith Bequest

Gretchen L. & A. Warren Smith Jr. Changing Needs Fund

A. Warren Smith Jr. & Gretchen L. Smith Fund

Harris N. Snyder Fund

Society of Financial Service Professionals Buffalo Chapter Endowment Fund

Elizabeth & Mary June Sonnenberg Scholarship Fund

Sovran Foundation For A Better WNY

Special Fund #7

Herman Spiegel & Amanda Spiegel Memorial Fund

Janet M. Sporleder Scholarship Fund

St. John Hospice Endowment Fund

Janina B. Staniewicz Scholarship Fund

Barbara C. Stanikunas Scholarship Fund

Lucie M. Stanton Memorial Trust

Lucie M. Stanton Scholarship Fund

Ellsworth M. Statler Trust

Rosemarie C. Steeb Endowment Fund

Daunt & Irene Stenzel Scholarship Fund

The E.W. Dann Stevens Perpetual Endowment Fund

$30.6 MILLIONFUNDING THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS ATTRACTED FROM OUTSIDE OF

WESTERN NEW YORK TO INVEST IN OUR REGION

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Emerging Philanthropists of Color members participate in the Discovering the Roots of Philanthropy Retreat.

Donors Ron and Margaret Talboys enjoy a tour of the Community Foundation’s new offices at the Open House.

Richard C.R. Taggesell Fund

The Talboys Family Fund

Ambassador Paul D. Taylor ‘56 Scholarship Fund

Cecil J. Terwilliger Scholarship Fund

Edna M. Theobald Trust

William F. Thiel Trust

Lisa Georger Thompson Memorial Fund

Tifft Nature Preserve Fund

Stephen W. Tilton Bequest

Richard Tobe & Susan B. Tobe Donor Advised Fund

Tobin/Filvaroff Family Endowment

Margaret & Glenn Tome Scholarship Fund

City of Tonawanda Library Endowment Fund

Tops Friendly Markets Art & Music Scholarship

Elinor Townsend Trust

Ethel Vick Wallace Townsend Memorial Fund

Townson Family Foundation

Trocaire College Endowment Fund

Troop 6 Ernie Beamer Memorial Scout Fund

Dr. Clarence A. Tyler Scholarship Fund

Jim & Donna Tyrpak Family Fund

United Way of Buffalo & Erie County Endowment

United Way Human Services Fund

Urban Christian Ministries Fund

USS The Sullivans (DD537) Fund

William L. Van Schoonhoven Fund


Charles E. Stewart Memorial Fund

Charles F. Stewart Scholarship Fund

Grace & Francis Stewart Humanities Scholarship

Evelyn Stiem Fund

The Stockton Family Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Franz T. Stone Trust

Morton & Joan Stovroff Children’s Programming Endowment Fund

Daniel W. Streeter Memorial Fund

Ralph W. & Jane P. Strobel Memorial Fund

Mark E. Strome Scholarship Fund

Studio Arena Theatre School Fund

Adele W. & Francis X. Sturner Trust

Judy Summer Library Endowment Fund

Angelo F. Suozzi Memorial Scholarship Fund

Sustainable Use Fund of WNY

John P. & Lorraine Altwater Sutkus Charitable Fund

Swain Family Fund

Thomas Swan Fund

Swanson Community Fund

Joseph & Loretta Swart Fund

Evelyn Swarts Fund

Catherine Swerdloff Bequest

Swift Family Philanthropic Fund

Walter P. Sy, M.D. Scholarship Fund

Ruth S. Szalasny Memorial Scholarship Fund

ALL FUNDS

The Links Organization was honored at the 2013 Communities of Giving Legacy Initiative Pay It Forward Awards.

Donors Jim Owen and Jayne Rand visit the West Side Bazaar, the 2012 21st Century Fund grantee.

Elizabeth DeWees Walker Scholarship Fund

Helen V. Walker Bequest

William B. Walsh Trust Fund

Kuang Mei Wang Fund

Margaret M. Ward Bequest

The Ward Family Fund

Dr. Paul L. Warner Memorial Chemistry Award

Eileen & Rupert Warren Charitable Fund

Lessie Lee Watts Fund

Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Fund

Frieda W. Waugh Memorial Student Fund

Monica M. Weidenbach Memorial Scholarship Fund

Henrietta M. Wiley Bequest

Wilson Free Library Forever Friends Endowment Fund

Elizabeth W. Winters Philanthropic Fund

WNY Arts Initiative

WNY Lacrosse for Kids

WNY MEET Fund

WNY Women’s Foundation

Dick Wohler Hutch-Tech Professional Engineering Scholarship

Paul Wojtaszek Scholarship Fund

Genevieve Wojtusiak Fund

Polly Rumsey Wolfe Fund

Lee C. & Julie T. Wortham Family Fund

Wyoming County Medical & Nursing Scholarships


Wyoming Free Library Fund

Lucinda Yang Scholarship Fund

YMCA Buffalo Niagara Agency Endowment Fund

Charlotte Yudell M.D. & Alexander Richman M.D. Philanthropic Fund

YWCA of Niagara Ruth N. Downes Fund for Domestic Violence

YWCA of Niagara Munk/Human Memorial Scholarship Trust

YWCA of Niagara Fund

The Zebro Fund

Gustav & Grete M. Zimmer Bequest

Laurette Zwelling Fund


Blanch H. Van Valkenburgh Scholarship Fund

Marjorie and Charles Van Arsdale Family Fund

Marjorie Z. Van Arsdale Fund

Variety Club Foundation Fund

James W. Vogel Memorial Scholarship Fund

Frederick A. Vogt Scholarship Fund

Wadsworth Fund

Carol G. Wagner Fund for Historic Research & Preservation

Wagner Family Fund

Aaron Matthew Waldeck Scholarship Fund

Gary Weidman Fund

Bernard D. Welt & Ida Z. Welt Fund

Western New York Land Conservancy Endowment Fund

Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust

Alyne D. White Bequest

Fern J. White & Neva A. Jackling Scholarship Fund

Fred H. & Lorene L. White Fund

William & Betty Wilder Scholarship Fund

Betty Ball Wilder Fund

Walter Wiles Charitable Fund


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$0.8

$0.6

$0.4

$0.2

$0.0

VALUE IN 2013



$0.1

$1.7 $1.8

Established in 1936 through the bequest of a local businessman who

died suddenly, this fund has grown from $100,000 to more than

$1.7 million today. In the meantime, it has given grants of $1.8 million in

the donor’s name to organizations in our community.



Henry & Martha Bruner

Ruth D. Bryant & Earl M. Lynch

Buffalo Green Fund, Inc.

Buffalo Sabres Foundation

Buffalo Seminary

Buffalo Yacht Club Foundation, Inc.

Estate of Florence W. Buffum

Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Butler

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Castrianno

James E. Cheesman

Children’s Foundation of Erie County

The Church of Western New York

Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Cipriani

Citizens Bank

Ms. Ruth S. Cleary

Michael Cohen Fund

Michael Collins & Kathleen O’Leary


Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Constantine

Beuline Crawford

Ms. C. Elizabeth Crump

CTG

James H. Cummings Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert F. Darling Jr.


Mark & Nancy Davis

Deaconess Alumnae Association

Ms. Valerie J. DeBerry

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Decillis

Clotilde & Adrian Dedecker III

Delaware North Companies

Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Diachun

Ms. Margaret A. Diez

Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Dopkins

Ms. Donna Doran

Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Dorfman


Eastman Foundation

Anonymous (6)

Estate of Ruth E. Allen

Amgis Foundation

Joyce & Stuart Angert


The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation

Baird Foundation

Charles E. Balbach Revocable Trust


Baltimore Community Foundation

Bank of America

Allene Barans

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Barrett

Henry & Susan Beamer

James & Joanne Biltekoff

The Friends and Family of Brian Blesy

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Brason

Belmore H. Bridgford

Willow & Gary Brost

Estate of Keirn C. Brown

Mr. Keirn C. Brown Jr.

PERMANENT LEGACIES, CHARITABLE INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING PARTNERS

Individuals, families, foundations and organizations entrusted more than $17 million to

the Community Foundation in 2013. These dollars gave individuals and families an instrument

for passing down family values while providing support for favorite causes, created sources

of perpetual support for treasured nonprofit organizations, and helped co-fund work

on education, the arts and the environment.

Below is a list of those who entrusted $1,000 or more in charitable assets to

the Community Foundation in 2013.

Charlie and Allene Barans join a tour to see changing needs dollars at work on Buffalo’s West Side.

Jeffrey & Shelley Hirshberg

Judy J. Weisbeck Hotchkin

Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)

Frederic & Marie Houston

Mr. Philip H. Hubbell

Ms. Carolyn Human

Hunt Charitable Foundation

Estate of H. Reed Hunt

Martha & Tom Hyde

Irr Supply Centers, Inc.

Mr. William R. Irr

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Johnston III

Gail & Bruce Johnstone

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Jones

Bill & Anne Joyce

Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kahn

Kaleida Health

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Daniel Acker Scholarship Fund

Gerald Kelly Capital Corp.

Kensington High School Alumni Association

Key Bank Foundation

The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc.

Estate of Velma Jean Laird

Estate Frank P. Langley Jr.

Lawley Insurance

Estate Margaretha Lawrence

Patrick P. Lee Foundation

Daniel S. Leone

Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro

Daniel & Margaret Lewis

Lewiston Porter Alumni Association

Mr. Angelo Liberatore

Lions Blind & Charity Fund, Inc.

Standford Lipsey Philanthropic Fund

Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes, Inc.

M&T Charitable Foundation

Magavern Pool, Inc.

Mr. Sam Magavern & Ms. Monica Angle

Mr. & Mrs. James Marean

The Marks Family Foundation

Martin House Restoration Corporation

Ms. Ruth Mathews

Gerard & Barbara Mazurkiewicz

John McCarthy

Ms. Michaelene J. McFarlane

Michael & Barbara McQueeney

Jock & Betsy Mitchell

Gary L. Mucci, Esq.

Mr. Kenneth Myszka

Network for Good

Dr. Harry & Phyllis Newman

Sanford & Margery Nobel

Estate of Robert North Jr.

Alphonso & Marcia O’Neil-White

The John R. Oishei Foundation

Ms. Nancy J. Orsi

James R. Owen

The Park School of Buffalo

Mr. Melvin A. Parker, Esq. & Jennifer J. Parker

Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Penfold

PRSA Buffalo/Niagara Chapter

Mr. Jeffrey M. Reinhardt

David & Joan Rogers

Dr. & Mrs. Louis Rosati

Nan & Craig Rung

David Sabath

Saldanha Family Foundation


Erie-Niagara Chapter of the NYS Society of Professional Engineers

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Ervolina Jr.

Ms. Susan G. Ervolina

Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Ess

Evans Bank, N.A.

Mr. Gary Eye

Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Foundation

Estate of June Farrington

Estate of Anne Catt Filer

Mr. Steven Finch

First Niagara Foundation

Dr. Mildred J. Fischle

Judith Fisher

Estate of Norma Jean Foster

Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies

Jeffrey M. Genrich

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. George

Jeffrey & Michele Goldfarb

Dr. Susan P. Graham & Dr. Jon C. Kucera

Dr. & Mrs. Carl V. Granger

Roberta J. Grimm

Gronk Nation Youth Foundation

Gordon R. Gross, Esq.

Joan Willard Gruen

Pete Grum—Rand Capital

Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Western New York

Heritage Contract Flooring, LLC

Mr. Owen Herne & Ms. Lisa Manchester

Mr. & Mrs. Sherlock A. Herrick Jr.


Bruce and Gail Johnstone take a tour of the Community Foundation’s new offices at the Open House.


At her death in 1975, a widow gifted $400,000 to the Community Foundation to create

a fund as a tribute to her late beloved husband. Originally from Germany, the couple made

Buffalo their home and she wished to take care of their adopted community in perpetuity.

By the end of 2013 the fund had grown to more than $1 million and had given another

$1.5 million to support the changing needs of the community.


$1.6

$1.4

$1.2

$1.0

$0.8

$0.6

$0.4

$0.2

$0.0

VALUE IN 2013

$1.4


$0.4


$1.5All balances in millions


Ruth V. Stockton

John Sung

Ms. Cindy Susienka

Margaret G. Swift Charitable Lead Trust

Steve & Nicole Swift

Mrs. Jeanie M. Sy

Ronald & Margaret Talboys

Nancy Thompson

Tides Foundation

Mr. Edwin O. Tilton

Richard Tobe & Susan Bring Tobe

Ms. Nancy Tobin & Mr. David B. Filvaroff

John A. & Mary Clare Ward Family Foundation

Peter Weinmann & Amelida Ortiz-Weinmann

Weissman Family Foundation

The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation

Western New York Foundation

Cort & Denise Williams

Winthrop Financial, Inc.

Charles Wright & Lina Marie Voutour

Dr. Joan Yang

Mr. Lou Santiago

Say Yes To Education, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Alan K. Scheff

Hy & Marjorie Scheff

Mr. & Mrs. Jake Schneider

The Norman A. Schoell Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Estate of JF & WS Schoelkopf Foundation

Hugh B. Scott, J.D.

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Shaw

Shawangunk Runners

Mrs. Brenda K. Shelton

Simple Gifts Fund

Statler Foundation

LindaMarie & Michael Todd

Brian* & Martha Townson

Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo

United Way Donor Choice Program

United Way of Buffalo & Erie County

Univera Healthcare

Dr. Francisco & Janet Vasquez

Ms. Catherine A. Walker

Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. John N. Walsh III

*deceased


PAST CHAIRS OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD

PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS/PRESIDENTS/CEOS

Jacob F. Schoellkopf 1919–1922

Frank B. Baird 1922–1923

Jacob G. Joseph 1923–1927

Oliver Cabana Jr. 1927–1933

George F. Rand 1933–1942

Edward H. Letchworth, Esq. 1942–1958

Charles H. Diefendorf 1958–1966

J.F. Schoellkopf IV 1966–1969

Charles H. Diefendorf 1970–1971

George C. Letchworth 1971–1973

Howard T. Saperston Sr. 1973–1975

Robert I. Millonzi, Esq. 1975–1977

Adelbert Fleischmann, Esq. 1977–1978

Mrs. C. Taylor Wettlaufer 1978–1980

Irvine J. Kittinger Jr. 1980–1981

Mrs. George D. Unger 1981–1985

Philip M. Marshall, Esq. 1985–1987

Edwin Polokoff 1987–1989

Richard B. McCormick 1989–1991

Mrs. Warren W. Lane 1991–1993

Ronald J. Anthony 1993–1994

John T. Smythe 1994–1995

James B. Denman, Esq. 1995–1996

Gordon R. Gross, Esq. 1997–1998

Holly A. Donaldson 1999–2000

Ruth D. Bryant 2001–2002

Joseph F. Crangle 2003–2003

Robert D. Gioia 2004–2006

Joseph J. Castiglia 2007–2008

Andrew J. Rudnick, Ph.D. 2009–2010

Alphonso O’Neil-White 2011–2012

Dr. Frances Hollingshead 1920–1932

Sara Kerr 1932–1940, 1941–1947

Lars S. Potter 1940–1941

Daniel W. Streeter 1947–1963

Carlton P. Cooke 1963–1969

Charles E. Stewart 1970–1979

William L. Van Schoonhoven 1979–1996

Gail Johnstone 1997–2007

1. Marsha Joy Sullivan, Vice Chair

2. Danis J. Gehl, Ph.D.

3. Anne Saldanha, M.D.

4. Gerard Mazurkiewicz, CPA, Chair

5. Charles Balbach

6. Cindy Abbott Letro

7. James Biltekoff

8. Alphonso O’Neil-White

9. Gary L. Mucci, Esq.

10. Jock Mitchell

11. Jennifer J. Parker, J.D.

12. John N. Walsh, III

13. Gayle L. Eagan, Esq., Secretary

14. William Joyce, Vice Chair

15. Francisco Vasquez, Ph.D., Vice Chair

16. Hugh B. Scott, J.D.

17. Elizabeth Diachun, Ex-officio, Niagara Area Foundation Chair

18. Ross Eckert, Treasurer

19. Katie Schneider

20. Scott Gardner, Ex-officio, Wyoming Foundation Chair

21. Richard Stockton, Ph.D.

22. Valerie J. DeBerry

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