Health Foundation for Western & Central New York

• Health Foundation for Western & Central New York funds work on older adults, children impacted by poverty and community health capacity across Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming, Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Tompkins, so check your organisation sits within this area before applying.
• Most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 363 grants to organisations fall between $2,500 and $87,500, and the median grant was $12,000, so a request in this range is realistic, though the foundation has made at least one grant of about $440,000.
• The filing gives no deadlines and states there is no set form for funding requests, so you can submit a straightforward proposal without needing to match a particular timetable or format.
• A substantial share, 68%, of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the previous two filings, suggesting it favours ongoing partnerships, so new applicants might expect relationship-building rather than a single quick ask.
• The foundation says it prioritises the most vulnerable and people in poverty, with an emphasis on children and older adults, and expects requests to align with its mission, vision and values and support one or more of its focus areas.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center · Erie niagara ahec doula coordination and service
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Child Care Solutions · Pedals cny 2023
  $268,9812024 tax year
• Cayuga County Community Health Network · Doula partnership of cayuga, cortland, herkimer and madison counties
  $260,0002024 tax year
• Ardent Solutions · Older adult trauma champions program
  $186,0002024 tax year
• Buffalo Center for Health Equity · Buffalo center for health equity continued partnership support
  $160,0002024 tax year
• New York State Association for Rural Health · Mackenzie scott 2024 rural health networks
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Ardent Solutions · Southern tier child advocacy center emergency funding
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Grantmakers Forum Of Ny Inc Dba Ny Funders Alliance Initiatives Fund · Nonprofit support group
  $128,2812024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.