Recent Updates
Health Leadership Fellows Applications Now Accepted
Applications for Health Leadership Fellows Cohort 13 are now being accepted. The goal of the Health Leadership Fellows program is to develop and strengthen a diverse network of collaborative leaders with organizations and systems...
Announcing Our Age-Friendly: Go Local 3.0 Cohort for 2026-2027
We are pleased to present the newest members of our Age-Friendly: Go Local program. These 19 organizations, which make up the program’s third cohort, will focus on projects that advance…
Ten WNY Nonprofits Selected for StoryGrowing WNY 2026
Program offers communications expertise to help accelerate nonprofit impact and influence narrative change (Buffalo, NY) Ten nonprofit organizations have been selected from a field of more than 40 applicants to...
New York State’s Medicaid 1115 Waiver: Building Stronger Social Care Networks and Sustainable Community-Based Organizations
Established in 1965, Medicaid was designed as a federal-state medical insurance program for people with low incomes. Today, the program in New York State is poised to be so much…
Daemen and Health Foundation Announce Partnership on Fellows Program
Daemen University and the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York (HFWCNY) have partnered to offer graduates of the HFWCNY’s Health Leadership Fellows program six academic credits toward Daemen’s Leadership...
Cohort 11 Graduates from the Health Leadership Fellows Program
Congratulations to our newest Fellows! Since 2005, our Health Leadership Fellows program has been building and strengthening a network of collaborative leaders across health-related organizations in western and central New…
Health Foundation Awards More Than $220,000 in Grant Funding for Grassroots Efforts Focused on Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention
The second cohort of Imagine Nonviolence reflects an increased investment in the community-driven program The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has awarded more than $220,000 in grants…
Health Foundation Awards More Than $400,000 in New Grants in Third Quarter of 2025
During the third quarter of 2025, the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York invested in partnerships and programs to improve community health in western and central New York….
Health Foundation Awards $500,000 to Strengthen Health Care Workforce and Nonprofit Sector
BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, NY – The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York is awarding $500,000 as part of an annual initiative made possible by a 2022 gift from…
Health Foundation Awards More Than $2 Million in New Grants in Second Quarter of 2025
During the second quarter of 2025, the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York invested in partnerships and programs to improve community health in western and central New York….