Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

““I love Buffalo — the people, the relationships, the direction, the football team,” remarked Betty Crump. “The Community Foundation has helped me feel even more connected and gives me one point of access to achieve multiple charitable goals.”

““The Community Foundation sincerely cares about us and makes sure that we’re in the best position possible to work toward our goal of supporting a high-quality education in a Buffalo public school,””

““We needed to have a place that our membership would trust; the Community Foundation was that place,””

“I know that the scholarship will stay forever at the Community Foundation.”

““I have enjoyed learning about the different avenues of fundraising to help maintain and advance the monument’s endowment for ongoing expenses,” Robin said.”

““It felt like a natural fit, knowing that the Community Foundation is responsible for many organizations’ endowments and investments,” explained Mark. “There was a level of comfort, professionalism and just accessibility.””

“To continue to grow and thrive, it gives us great peace of mind knowing that our future is in good hands.”

“The people there have a passion forwhat they do, and genuinely care about us succeeding.”

“We love working with the Community Foundation,”

“Even though we’re a small organization, the Community Foundation really makes us feel like our business is just asimportant as any other client,”

“As a not-for-profit, funding is crucial to us surviving. With the Community Foundation, we knew that we had found an organization – and people – that we could trust to help us,”

““The Community Foundation has been around for a long time,” noted the Hahns. “We know the Community Foundation and we trust them to carry out our charitable wishes.””

““We sleep well because we know that the Community Foundation is taking care of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s while we are taking care of the causes important to us,” they said.”

““Our story is about carrying out the charitable legacy our parents and grandparents built, which is why we have chosen to give through the Community Foundation,” reflects the third generation of the Hahn family.”

““We have been impressed with the Community Foundation’s approach to strategic planning and have seen what it can do. It is a well-steered ship and we have confidence in the long-term plan to address the needs of our community,””

““The Community Foundation has its finger on the pulse of Western New York. It knows the needs and how to connect those needs to resources,” said Agnes. “That is of immense value to us.””

“Whether offering advice, providing continuing education or just being accessible, the Community Foundation has been a wonderful partner,”

“The Community Foundation’s management allows our fund to grow far better than we could on our own, and it takes it off our plate. It’s been a very good partnership.”

““Working with the Community Foundation just made sense and really allows us to plant seeds of hope.””

““The support role of the Community Foundation has been extremely helpful,” Paige said. “The Community Foundation really takes the time to understand the kind of giving that we are interested in doing and is making our dollars go a lot farther than they might have gone otherwise.””

““Our fund at the Community Foundation allows us to involve our whole family and consistently support the charities we care about,” Bob said. “It’s perfect.””

““We liked the structure and flexibility of working with the Community Foundation,” said Tammy. “It allows us to support Western New York today and well into the future.””

“Every conversation has helped us move forward in our charitable giving.””

““And we feel so welcomed by everybody we have worked with.”

““The Community Foundation team is eager to help us do what we want to do,””