Recent Grants
Grant Distributions and Beneficiaries
For the year ended December 31, 2018, in excess of $10 million was distributed in grants to charitable beneficiaries from restricted, designated and donor advised funds. In that connection, Foundation donors recommended grants to over 1,376 local, national and international charitable organizations in support of religious, cultural, educational, social service and humanitarian causes.
Distributions are made on the basis of donor recommendations and restrictions. The Foundation cannot consider unsolicited grant proposals or requests for funds.
| BENEFICIARIES | GRANTS |
| Annual Campaign/Buffalo Jewish Federation | $908,759 |
| Local Jewish Agencies Grant recipients include: The Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Jewish Family Service, Kadimah Academy, The Bureau of Jewish Education, The Holocaust Resource Center, Weinberg Campus, and Area Temples and Synagogues |
$1,568,820 |
| Local Non-Jewish Organizations Grant recipients include: The United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, University at Buffalo, Olmsted Center for the Visually Impaired, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Burchfield-Penney Art Center |
$3,184,933 |
| National Non-Jewish Organizations Grant recipients include: The American Cancer Society, March of Dimes, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carnegie-Mellon University, Hospice, and the Museum of Modern Art |
$3,351,753 |
| National Jewish Organizations Grant recipients include: B’nai Brith, American Jewish Committee, Jewish Federations of North America, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
$1,171,638 |
| Scholarship Grants and Awards Academic Scholarships and Israel Experience Grants |
$240,287 |
| Total Distributions | $10,426,190 |