The WNY Forward Fund is a collaborative effort of 14 Western New York funders united to support community and nonprofits that provide essential programs and services in the face of major shifts in federal funding and priorities.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
State: New York
County: Allegany County (NY), Cattaraugus County (NY), Chautauqua County (NY), Erie County (NY), Genesee County (NY), Niagara County (NY), Orleans County (NY), Wyoming County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/20/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The philanthropic community’s goal in working together is to help protect and strengthen the community, while encouraging innovation and reimagining how to best use community resources for long-term resilience.
Priorities
- Strategic Alliances & Nonprofit Resiliency: Supports grant proposals from local nonprofits pursuing partnerships, shared services, mergers, or other collaborations to help organizations adapt to the evolving environment, and remain resilient and responsive to community needs.
- Civic Health & Common Ground: Exploring opportunities to fund and support initiatives that protect access to justice, due process, and legal defense and building deeper connections between public institutions and the stakeholders they serve.
- Impact Data & Storytelling: Backing efforts to collect and share critical data on how funding cuts affect organizations and the people they serve to help the community better understand, communicate, and respond to the region’s evolving needs.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and organizations using a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor
- Organizations serving residents of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua Counties
- Nonprofit organizations working to protect human rights and democracy, and to expand civic engagement and activation. Established and emerging
- nonprofit organizations focused on rapid response in upholding democracy and human rights and building civic infrastructure are eligible.
For more information, visit CFGB.
