2024 Annual Report

New Grants Awarded in 2024

In 2024, the Health Foundation awarded new grants to organizations across western and central New York to advance health equity, strengthen the nonprofit ecosystem, and improve the health of young children and older adults. View our recent 990-PF forms here.

Total Grantmaking in 2024

$4,444,557

$3,061,244

Western New York

$1,383,313

Central New York

GRANTS BY VISION AREA

$1,659,854

Children 0-5

$1,631,226

Community Health Capacity

$1,014,027

Older Adults

$139,450

Other

An additional $459,085 in funds were distributed thanks to our MacKenzie Scott grant.

Accelerate Community Transportation ACT

$523,214

Age-Friendly: Go Local

$312,269 View the grantees here

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association – Rural Health Disparities Microgrant Fund

$3,000

American Society on Aging – Why Survive? Documentary

$16,000

Ardent Solutions – Growing Resiliency Through Trauma-Informed Care

$255,000

Best Self Behavioral Health – Black Mental Health Response Team

$5,000

Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network – Implicit Bias Project

$30,500

Buffalo Toronto Public Media – Public Interest Programming

$33,950

Buffalo Urban League – Mobile Maternal Health

$50,000

Catholic Health/Sisters of Charity Hospital – Health Equity Learning Collaborative

$12,500

Cattaraugus Community Action – Rural Health Disparities Microgrant Fund

$5,000

Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism -2024 Association of Health Care Journalists Conference

$10,000

Compeer West – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion DEI support

$3,210

Cornell Cooperative Extension – Elderberries

$20,000

Cornell Cooperative Extension – Elderberries Program Expansion

$112,425

Cost of Gun Violence Conference Sponsorship

$1,750

EPIC Every Person Influences Children – Family Engagement in Healthcare

$14,995

Fellows Action Network 2025-2026

$270,000

Grantmakers in Aging – Changing the Care Conversation, Phase 2

$15,000

Grantmakers in Aging – Older Americans Reauthorization Proposal Fund

$25,000

Help Me Grow – Fall Convening

$8,500

Holy Cross – Head Start

$7,000

Homeless Alliance of WNY – Transform Lives with Shared Housing

$8,500

Imagine Nonviolence

$150,000 View the grantees

Jericho Road – Integrated Maternal Healthcare Evaluation

$50,000

Liftoff WNY – Advocacy and Community Engagement

$50,000

March of Dimes – Maternal Outcomes Report Card

$25,000

Master Plan for Aging Town Halls

$20,000

Osborne Association – Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents training

$3,000

Police Athletic League of Buffalo – Healthy Living Farm 2 Fork sponsorship

$20,000

New York State Association for Rural Health – Transforming Rural Health

$150,000

Older Adult Trauma Champions Program

$285,500 View the grantees [link to that page in the report]

Southern Tier Community Health Center – Quality Improvement Dental Clinic

$36,000

Slow Roll Buffalo– Age-Friendly: Go Local

$10,000

StoryGrowing WNY 2024

$30,000

SUNY Research Foundation – Movers and Makers Expansion

$124,300

SUNY Upstate Medical University – Early Identification of Cognitive Decline

$80,000

Univera Healthcare Health Equity Innovation Awards

$125,000 View the grantees

Universal Primary Care – Addressing Maternal Care Needs

$100,000

Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative – Health Coaching Billing Implementation

$50,000

Western New York Volunteer Respite Project

$11,000