Grants Awarded
The Foundation provides direct grants to fund programs and services in our four focus areas of intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health, and substance use disorders, and requests that build and/or strengthen the systems, structures, cultures, skills, resources and power that organizations need to serve their communities. A list of grants awarded in 2024 is included below.
Capacity Building
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MASSACHUSETTS
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Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Project Accessibility
$8,596 -
Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc.
Amplifying Student Voices through BHI Programs
$22,900 -
Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc.
General Operating Grant, Cohort 2
$350,000 -
Calmer Choice
Beyond Crisis: Designing a Strategic Plan for Human & Organizational Flourishing
$20,000 -
Cape Abilities, Inc.
Lyndon Center Renovation Small Capital Project
$24,000 -
Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf
Strategic Planning to Build a Clear Vision for Our Future
$25,000 -
Cotuit Center for the Arts
The Accessible Art Bus Outreach Project
$30,000 -
Essex County Community Foundation
Community Foundation Partnership Grant
$75,000 -
Express Yourself, Inc.
Professional Development – Sustaining, Strengthening, and Supporting Staff Through Professional Development and Mental Wellness
$20,000 -
Family Services of Merrimack Valley Inc.
Blackbaud Migration
$19,104 -
Friends of Northshore Education Consortium
General Operating Grant, Cohort 2
$350,000 -
Friends of Northshore Education Consortium
Transportation for Special Needs Students and Students in Recovery
$17,950 -
Gosnold – Centerville
Gosnold Social Model at Shore Road: Wellness Program
$20,000 -
Institute for Nonprofit Practice
General Operating Support
$300,000 -
Institute for Nonprofit Practice
INP Leadership Training MA 2024
$250,000 -
Institute for Nonprofit Practice
INP Leadership Training MA 2024 Grant 24-05821
$30,000 -
Institute for Nonprofit Practice
INP Leadership Training MA 2024 Grant 24-05821
$20,000 -
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
Professional Development: A Commitment to Excellence
$20,000 -
John Ashford Link House Inc
LHI IT Upgrade
$30,000 -
Latham Centers, Inc.
Latham School Kitchen Expansion
$20,000 -
Latham Centers, Inc.
Amplifying Youth Leadership
$12,000 -
LEAP for Education, Inc.
Leveraging Technology in a Summer Career Mentoring Program for Underserved Youth
$30,000 -
LYSOA INC
Increasing Access to Meaningful Community Engagement for High- and Proven-Risk Youth in Lynn
$25,000 -
Martha's Vineyard Public Schools
Scaling Up Collaborative Problem Solving at MVYPS
$20,000 -
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc.
Youth Climate Leadership: A Voice for All
$25,000 -
Methuen Public Schools
Advancing Methuen's Comprehensive School Mental Health System through Investment in Mental Health and Neurocognitive Skill Development
$20,000 -
Nauset Youth Alliance
Mental Health and Challenging Behaviors in Students
$15,000 -
SafeBAE
SafeBAE Peer Educator Training
$25,000 -
Salem Public Schools
Creating Model Classrooms for Co-Teaching in Partnership with Blue Engine
$30,000 -
Sassafras Earth Education
Strategic Planning
$15,000 -
Sharing Kindness, Inc.
Co-creating a Cape & Islands Youth Advisory Committee
$25,000 -
Spaulding Cape Cod
The Ward Center's Wellness Program
$20,000 -
The Cape Cod Foundation
Community Foundation Partnership Grant
$25,000 -
The Island Autism Group Inc
ED & Board Development
$25,000 -
Triton Regional School District
Strengthening our Collaborative Problem Solving Capacity
$26,810 -
YMCA of the North Shore
Mindyra
$10,000 -
NEW YORK
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Arts for Learning WNY (formerly Young Audiences of Western New York)
Arts for Learning Sensory Kits & Visual Schedule Aids
$22,150 -
Bishop Timon St. Jude High School
Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School Mental Health and Wellness Supports
$4,100 -
Bridges From Borders, Inc.
2024-2025 School Year BFB Organizational Development Project
$20,000 -
Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology
This is Now: Amplifying Youth Voices through Leadership and Arts Advocacy
$25,000 -
Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology
An Inflection Point: Strategic and Succession Planning during a Period of Critical Growth
$20,000 -
Buffalo String Works
Students for Change
$23,000 -
Causewave Community Partners
NextWave Mission Accelerator
$500,000 -
Cazenovia Recovery Systems, Inc.
Expanding Access to SUD Residential Services for Women and their Children
$30,000 -
Center for Self Advocacy
General Operating Grant, Cohort 2
$350,000 -
Christian Counseling Ministries of Western New York, Inc.
Small Capital Project: Interior Upgrades
$15,000 -
City Year Buffalo
Increasing Capacity to Support Neuro-Diverse Corps Members
$20,000 -
Compeer West, Inc.
Coaching and Conferences
$14,642 -
Cradle Beach, Inc.
Cradle Beach- Financial Workstream Analysis
$25,000 -
Creative Restorations, Inc.
Erie CARES
$12,300 -
EPIC – Every Person Influences Children
Data Assessment, Planning and Implementation
$22,000 -
Erie County Anti-Stigma Coalition
Anti-Stigma Coalition Strategic Review
$30,000 -
Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition, Inc.
Staff & Board Capacity Investment
$20,000 -
Explore Buffalo
Expanding Tours for Young Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Learning Disabilities
$5,000 -
Family Promise of Western New York
Trauma Informed Care & Universal Design Organizational Evaluation
$13,200 -
Friends of Youngstown
Sensory Room at Youngstown Recreation
$7,500 -
Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of Western New York, Inc.
GLYS Youth Advisory Board
$25,000 -
Grand Island Central School District
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
$25,000 -
Harmonia Collaborative Care
Emergency Support
$250,000 -
Hilbert College
Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling Training Program Expansion
$20,000 -
Homespace Corp.
New Vehicle For Transportation of Homespace Clients
$26,766 -
Jewish Family Services of Western New York
Person Centered Data at JFS
$14,973 -
Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District
KenTon Big Picture Learning BP Cafe
$7,100 -
Mental Health Advocates of WNY (formerly Mental Health Association of Erie County)
Youth Peer Advocates Bridge Funding
$139,380 -
Mental Health Advocates of WNY (formerly Mental Health Association of Erie County)
iCAP Implementation Support
$75,000 -
Momentum Choir, Inc.
Choir Outreach Coordination
$20,000 -
Parent Network of Western New York, Inc.
Professional Development and Technology
$17,400 -
Plymouth Crossroads United Church Home Inc
Upgraded Case Records for Federal Audit
$5,509 -
Rock Autism, Inc.
Rock Autism Multimedia Vocational Programs & Internships
$10,000 -
Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped, Inc.
Technology consultant to evaluate, streamline, and optimize the software platforms used by SABAH.
$18,000 -
The Arc Erie County New York
Black Water Acres Teaching Kitchen Equipment
$20,000 -
The Champion Project
High Five Staffing/Capacity Enhancement Project
$120,000 -
The Prevention Council of Erie County, Inc.
"Asking for a Friend" Summer Leadership Program
$25,000 -
The Rural Outreach Center, Inc
ROC Billing Specialist for Capacity Growth
$30,000 -
The Summit Center
Security Improvements at Summit Academy
$15,000 -
Value Network
Value Network Data Engineer
$200,000 -
Villa Maria College
The Care Center at Villa Maria College: Supporting Positive Mental Health to Enhance Academic Growth
$25,000 -
Western New York Nonprofit Support Group
WNY Nonprofit Support Group – Year 2 Funding
$137,035 -
WNY Mobile Overdose Prevention Services
WNY Mobile OPS
$10,000 -
YMCA Buffalo Niagara
Inclusive & Adaptive Services
$15,000 -
YWCA of Western New York
Training Staff in Mental Health and Trauma Informed Care Built on a Foundation of Equity Intelligence
$15,000
Community Change
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MASSACHUSETTS
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City of Gloucester Health Department
Cape Ann/North Shore Youth Mental Health Access
$150,000 -
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Children and Youth with Co-Occurring ASD and Behavioral Health Needs: Improving Access to Services and Supports
$75,000 -
NEW YORK
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New York Funders Alliance
Liftoff Western New York
$150,000 -
Partnership for the Public Good
Building Safer, Stronger Communities: Bringing a Community Responder Team to Erie County to Address Mental Health, Substance Use, and Other Needs
$225,000 -
Px21
Px21 Expanded Environmental Prevention and System Support 2024
$104,810
Programs and Services
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MASSACHUSETTS
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Beverly Children's Learning Center, Inc.
Inclusion Specialist
$60,000 -
Cape Cod Children's Place
Building Recovery and Parenting Capital for All
$150,000 -
Center for Law and Education
All-Aboard Project
$120,000 -
Cotuit Center for the Arts
The CCftA Visual and Performing Arts Internship Project
$50,000 -
Girls Incorporated of Lynn
Part of the Solution – Learn to Live
$25,000 -
Lawrence/Methuen Community Coalition
Hope through Recovery, Building our Future
$50,000 -
Massachusetts Advocates for Children
Lawrence Inclusion Sustainability Initiative
$40,000 -
Merrimack Valley YMCA
Join Empowering Diverse Initiatives: JEDI at the Y
$24,026 -
Northeast Hospital Corporation
The Gloucester High School School-Based Health Center: A Program of Addison Gilbert Hospital and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
$58,000 -
Northern Essex Community College Foundation
College Success for Complex Learners
$175,612 -
Project Adventure, Inc.
Therapeutic Support Groups
$100,000 -
Raw Art Works, Inc.
Tiered Mental Health Support for Underserved Youth
$150,000 -
Sharing Kindness, Inc.
Improving the Mental Health of Bereaved Children, Youth and Young Adults: Decreasing the Long-Term Risks Associated With Unaddressed Grief
$120,000 -
The Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space Inc
The Cordial Eye's Creative Care Program
$94,464 -
The Nan Project
TNP Expansion to Cape Cod
$150,000 -
Tufts Medical Center
Family Navigator for CCSN Pod, Lawrence
$100,000 -
NEW YORK
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Back To Basics Outreach Ministries, Inc.
Buffalo HEAT (Health, Empowerment, Attitude, Teamwork)
$122,013 -
Collaborative Center for Social Innovation
Ecorestoration: Connecting with Nature for Climate Resilient Communities
$36,004 -
Community Network for Engagement, Connection and Transformation (CoNECT)
Holistic Suspension Prevention, Diversion, and Representation in Buffalo Public Schools
$120,000 -
Creative Restorations, Inc.
PATH to Freedom
$60,000 -
Daemen University
Daemen Comprehensive Transition Postsecondary Program
$175,100 -
Fantastic Friends of WNY, Inc.
Fantastic Friends Cosplay Program
$23,616 -
Frontier Central School District
Frontier Central School District Substance Abuse Prevention Supports
$42,690 -
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
The Juvenile Justice Youth Reentry Advocacy Project
$150,000 -
Niagara University
Building Bridges to Inclusion Excellence: Transforming Futures for Students with Disabilities
$175,000 -
Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc.
Say Yes Buffalo School-Based Preventive Services Program
$100,000 -
Transforming Care
Becoming L'Arche Buffalo and Western New York
$138,805