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2024 Annual Report

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Our mission is to improve the health and health care of the people and communities of western and central New York.

In Focus: The Stories of Three Grantee-Partners Working to Transform Rural Health
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In Focus: The Stories of Three Grantee-Partners Working to Transform Rural HealthCommunity Health Capacity

In Focus: The Stories of Three Grantee-Partners Working to Transform Rural Health

2024 Annual Report In 2024, as part of our Transform Rural Health campaign, we awarded unrestricted grants to three nonprofit organizations: Finger Lakes Community Health,…
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Spotlight on the Memory Café Collective: Finding Joy Through Connection and Respite
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Spotlight on the Memory Café Collective: Finding Joy Through Connection and RespiteOlder Adults

Spotlight on the Memory Café Collective: Finding Joy Through Connection and Respite

2024 Annual Report The first memory cafés appeared in the late 1990s and were the brainchild of Bere Miesen, a Dutch geriatric psychologist who recognized…
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Safer Communities Are Healthier Communities
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Safer Communities Are Healthier CommunitiesCommunity Health Capacity

Safer Communities Are Healthier Communities

2024 Annual Report Gun violence is a complex public health issue with many root causes, and addressing it requires not just one solution, but a…
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To Our Community Partners and Friends
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To Our Community Partners and FriendsAbout Us

To Our Community Partners and Friends

2024 Annual Report No matter who you are, your life has been touched by a nonprofit organization. Nonprofits help older adults thrive at home with…
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Health Leadership Fellows: 20 Years of Shaping Collaborative Community Leaders
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Health Leadership Fellows: 20 Years of Shaping Collaborative Community LeadersCommunity Health Capacity

Health Leadership Fellows: 20 Years of Shaping Collaborative Community Leaders

2024 Annual Report Not all leadership programs are created equal. Take, for example, the Health Foundation’s Health Leadership Fellows program, designed for executives and managers…
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Helping Families Thrive: Growing Up Strong
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Helping Families Thrive: Growing Up StrongYoung Children

Helping Families Thrive: Growing Up Strong

2024 Annual Report The experiences we have in our first few years of life have an impact on our long-term health and well-being, and having…
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Creating Safe, Trauma-Informed Spaces to Care for Older Adults
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Creating Safe, Trauma-Informed Spaces to Care for Older AdultsOlder Adults

Creating Safe, Trauma-Informed Spaces to Care for Older Adults

2024 Annual Report Nearly all of us will experience trauma in our lifetimes, and the ripple effect from those experiences can last for years or…
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Measuring the Impact of Reaching the Uninsured
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Measuring the Impact of Reaching the UninsuredAdvocacy

Measuring the Impact of Reaching the Uninsured

2024 Annual Report When people have comprehensive health coverage, they are more likely to stay healthy. That’s a simple fact—but keeping people covered is no…
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New Grants Awarded in 2024
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New Grants Awarded in 2024About Us

New Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Annual Report In 2024, the Health Foundation awarded new grants to organizations across western and central New York to advance health equity, strengthen the…
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Board of Trustees & Staff
Board of Trustees & StaffAbout Us

Board of Trustees & Staff

2024 Annual Report To improve the health and health care of the people and communities of western and central New York.A healthy central and western…
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About the Health Foundation

Based in Buffalo, NY with a second office in Syracuse, NY, the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York is an independent private foundation that serves 16 counties, including Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties in western New York, as well as Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Tompkins counties in central New York.

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