OLEAN, N.Y. – The Connie and Sandy Wolfinger Fund and the Wolfinger Family Fund – two donor advised funds established by Harold “Sandy” and Connie Wolfinger at the Cattaraugus Region
OLEAN — The Connie and Sandy Wolfinger Fund and the Wolfinger Family Fund have made possible $39,000 in grants in April to several nonprofit organizations thanks to their philanthropic generosity.
By KIRK WINDUS, COMMUNICATIONS AND FUND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
April 27, 2021 at 2:35 PM
The Wolfinger family
The Wolfinger family
Credits: Photo provided by CRCF
By KIRK WINDUS, COMMUNICATIONS AND FUND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
April 27, 2021 at 2:35 PM
The Wolfinger family recently decided to expand the philanthropic scope of the Wolfinger Family Fund and have made possible $5,500 in grants to organizations and projects chosen by the family.
The fund was originally established by area residents Sandy and Connie Wolfinger to support projects and equipment purchases in the Ellicottville, Smethport (PA) and Coudersport (PA) School districts. Those grants from the fund will continue, but this year and the years coming the family decided to also make donor advised grants to nonprofits chosen by the family.
Feb 15, 2021
For the third time since the beginning of the pandemic, philanthropic leaders in Cattaraugus County helped facilitate the distribution of microgrants from the WNY COVID-19 Community Fund Response Fund to organizations working on the front lines to provide relief to those most impacted by the ongoing pandemic, culminating in 36 grants totaling $45,000.
The Western New York COVID-19 Community Response Fund was created by the philanthropic community to support nonprofits addressing immediate needs in response to the COVID-19 crisis in the eight counties of Western New York.
In the prior rounds of grantmaking, the WNY Fund’s microgrant program issued $34,000 in relief funding to the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, which acted as the fiscal agent to distribute grants to organizations providing needed services to vulnerable and impacted populations.