Recent Updates
Buffalo Center For Health Equity: Advocating For Community Voice In American Rescue Plan Allocations
At the Health Foundation, we truly enjoy highlighting our grantee partners and the amazing work that they do. Here is a spotlight from our 2021 annual report: Connections. The Buffalo…
Health Foundation Announces Micro-Grant Fund to Address Health Disparities in Rural Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 2, 2022 CONTACT: Kent Olden | Phone: 716-852-3030 ext. 109 | Email: kolden@hfwcny.org BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – In 2021, the Health Foundation for Western…
Conversations on Rural Health Disparities – Micro-Grant Funding
Upstate New York is home to many beautiful and vibrant rural communities. Many of the 16 counties that are served by the Health Foundation for Western and Central New…
Eight Local Non-Profits Selected for 2022 StoryGrowing WNY
The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York and The John R. Oishei Foundation-sponsored program aims to bolster marketing communications skills with a storytelling focus Eight local nonprofit organizations…
Health Foundation Selects 34 for Cohort 10 of Health Leadership Fellows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2022 Contact: Kent Olden Phone: 716-852-3030 ext. 109 Email: kolden@hfwcny.org The Health Foundation for Western and Central New York has selected 34 skilled professionals from…
New Report from Health Foundation Highlights Disparities, Systemic Needs for Community Health in WNY’S Southern Tier
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2022 Contact: Kerry Jones Waring | kjwaring@hfwcny.org | 716-852-3030 ext. 107 Social Determinants of Health Play Significant Role in Outcomes (BUFFALO, NY) The Health Foundation…
The Health Foundation Awards $674,950 in Grants in the Third Quarter of 2021
Funded projects include caregiver respite program expansion, early childhood needs assessments, and perinatal depression prevention. In the third quarter of 2021, the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York…
Health Foundation Announces New Grants Totaling More Than $2.8 Million in Second Half of 2020
Between June and December 2020, the Health Foundation awarded new grants totaling more than $2.8 million to support programs that improve the health of people in western and central New…
Q&A: How the Health Leadership Fellows Program Can Change Your Career
The goal of the Health Leadership Fellows program is to develop and strengthen a network of collaborative leaders across the health care landscape in western and central New York. One…
Our View: Better Health by the Numbers
By Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D. President Creating better community health is complex work. But here in Western New York, we’re hoping that focusing on a simple set of numbers—3-4-50—will make a…