Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo1
Buffalo, NY
$500KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
WNY Forward Fund
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The Western New York Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 16-0845962 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Beth K Gosch
- Phone
- (716) 839-4225
- Deadlines
- June 30th and November 30th
- Application materials
- See Foundation's Website - Electronic Submission Required
- Restrictions
- See Foundation's Website
Original filing text
- Contact
- Beth K Gosch
- Address
- 2495 Main Street Ste 464 Buffalo, NY, 14214
- Phone
- 7168394225
- Deadlines
- June 30th and November 30th
- Application materials
- See Foundation's Website - Electronic Submission Required
- Restrictions
- See Foundation's Website
Reported organization name: The Western New York Foundation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | $1.5M |
| 2024 | 134 | $1.2M |
Where The Western New York Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County
Buffalo, NY
$108.5KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
iCAP Consulting
Jewish Family Services
BUFFALO, NY
$100KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Refugee partnership crisis response fund
Massachusetts Avenue Project
Buffalo, NE
$72.5KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Operations Director & Communications Manager
Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautuaqua
JAMESTOWN, NY
$52.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Icap implementation: staff expansion
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (261 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The Western New York Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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