The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $10.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  City Within a Park Fund

• $7.5M

  Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Detroit Riverfront Finishline Fund

• $6.5M

  Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Construction Support - Ralph Wilson Park

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  RCWJRF Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  RCWJRF Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative

• $4.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park: Phase 1 GMP Package 2

• $3.8M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  To sustain the Arts and Culture Sector

• $3.8M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Support for the Arts and Culture Sector in WNY

• $2.6M

  Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park/ Shoreline Implementation & Capacity

• $2.5M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Phase 1 Expansion/ Ralph Wilson Park

• $2.4M

  The Boston Foundation Inc (Dba the Philanthropic Initiative) · Boston, MA · 2024

  Exhale, The Family Caregiver Initiative- Southeast Michigan Expansion

• $2.0M

  Greater Rochester Chamber Foundation (Roc2025 Fund) · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Regional Revitalization Partnership's West Main Commercial Corridor Program

• $2.0M

  Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Strategic Neighborhood Fund 3

• $2.0M

  Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy: Organizational Capacity & Future Sustainability

• $2.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park: Play Garden + Phase 2 GMP Advance

• $1.6M

  Pedals Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  PEDALS Michigan Expansion

• $1.6M

  Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Co.act Detroit: Accelerating Collaborative Action

• $1.6M

  Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance · Lansing, MI · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Loop Trail on Belle Isle - Phase 2

• $1.3M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park Capacity Grant

• $1.3M

  Natural Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2024

  WNY Southern Tier and Artpark State Park Trail Projects

• $1.2M

  Macomb Community College Foundation · Warren, MI · 2024

  D3C3 implementation Phase I

• $1.1M

  Oakland Community College · Auburn Hills, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I

• $1.1M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Phase Two of Project Play: Southeast Michigan

• $1.0M

  Buffalo State College Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Great Lakes Center & Dart Street Study

• $1.0M

  Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Driving Small Business Growth Via Equitable Economic Development in Detroit

• $1.0M

  Central Terminal Restoration Corp · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Central Terminal Restoration: Programming and Capacity

• $1.0M

  Friends of the Detroit River · Taylor, MI · 2024

  Downriver linked greenways system improvements

• $1.0M

  Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative · Chelsea, MI · 2024

  Iron Belle Trail Expansion in Washtenaw and Wayne Counties

• $1.0M

  Friends of the Rouge · Plymouth, MI · 2024

  Connecting the Rouge: Rouge Gateway Trail Connectors

• $1.0M

  Economic Development Group Dba the Northland Workforce Training Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  WNY Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Coalition: Clean Tech Training

• $1.0M

  Detroit Economic Growth Association · Detroit, MI · 2024

  City of Detroit - Parks Lighting

• $1.0M

  Monroe County Community College · Monroe, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I

• $1.0M

  Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation general operations support.

• $1.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park/ Phase 1 Construction Cost Increase

• $1.0M

  Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  BGCSM Sports Ecosystem

• $1.0M

  Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Medina High Wall

• $1.0M

  Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Advancing Inclusive High-Growth Entrepreneurship

• $1.0M

  Launch Ny · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ensuring a Mature, Sustainable Venture Development Organization

• $985,347

  Causewave Community Partners · Rochester, NY · 2024

  NextWave Mission Accelerator

• $982,780

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Project Play Western New York

• $950,000

  Jamestown Community College Foundation · Jamestown, NY · 2024

  WNY Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Coalition: Advanced Manufacturing Technician Training

• $900,000

  The Boston Foundation Inc (Dba the Philanthropic Initiative) · Boston, MA · 2024

  WNY Respite Program

• $850,000

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Programming, Capital, and Capacity Support for Detroit's Regional Parks

• $845,175

  The Western New York Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  iCAP Expansion

• $800,000

  Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Michigan Street AAHC: Capacity & Program Support

• $750,000

  Enterprise Community Partners · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Enterprise Detroit CDO Fund Phase 2

• $750,000

  Fair Food Network · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Michigan Good Food Fund-Southeast Michigan Regional Food Network

• $750,000

  Henry Ford Community College Foundation · Dearborn, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I

• $750,000

  Niagara Arts and Cultural Center · Niagara Falls, NY · 2024

  NACC Theater Renovation

• $750,000

  Lawrence Technological University · Southfield, MI · 2024

  Growing the Accelerator's Capacity to Support Advanced Manufacturing

• $740,000

  Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  RRP -- East Buffalo Small Business

• $737,809

  Ny Funders Alliance Initiatives Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2024

  Western New York Nonprofit Support Group

• $716,259

  Lakeshore Connections · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Help Me Grow

• $700,000

  Washtenaw Community College · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I: Advance Ypsi

• $664,845

  Lakeshore Connections · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  PEDALS WNY Expansion

• $625,000

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  NEI Inclusive Small Business Support Network 2021 - 2025

• $625,000

  Nybdc Local Development Corporation Dba Pursuit Community Finance · Albany, NY · 2024

  WNY Small Business Loan Fund

• $612,283

  Ymca of Metropolitan Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

  "Y on the Fly" Mobile Equipment Sharing Project

• $600,000

  Center for Regional Strategies · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Greater Niagara Agritourism Scoping Initiative & Property Improvement Program

• $600,000

  Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I

• $598,500

  Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2024

  Detroit Equitable Development Initiative

• $500,000

  Monroe Community College Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Finger Lakes Workforce Development (FWD) Center

• $500,000

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Shoreline Trail Enhancement Project - Phase 1 and 2

• $500,000

  Center for Regional Strategies · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Phase 1: Accelerate Ideas "Rapid Prize" Competition

• $500,000

  Advancing Macomb Foundation · Mount Clemens, MI · 2024

  Great Lakes Way Trail - connect gap/pedestrian bridge

• $500,000

  Caringbridge · Bloomington, MN · 2024

  Caregiver Journey Research Initiative

• $500,000

  Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Club · Niagara Falls, NY · 2024

  Innovate & Inspire: Strengthening Boys & Girls Clubs Across WNY

• $500,000

  Oakland Schools · Waterford, MI · 2024

  Help Me Grow Michigan Expansion

• $500,000

  Rochesterworks · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Rochester Downtown Career Center

• $500,000

  Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers · Americus, GA · 2024

  RCI Strategic Planning for Action

• $500,000

  Friends of Wayne County Parks · Livonia, MI · 2024

  Holliday Nature Preserve

• $500,000

  Greater Rochester Housing Partnership · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Harper's Corner Revitalization

• $500,000

  Connected Communities · Rochester, NY · 2024

  The Greenwood Project/ Rochester RRP

• $500,000

  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation · Jamestown, NY · 2024

  The Capacity Lab

• $482,482

  Grantmakers in Aging · White Plains, NY · 2024

  Building an Aging Philanthropy Movement

• $457,747

  Micah 6 Community · Pontiac, MI · 2024

  Webster Community Center

• $410,000

  Michigan Municipal League Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  SEMI Rural Economic Development Phase III

• $407,000

  Schoolcraft College · Livonia, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I

• $400,000

  Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative · Chelsea, MI · 2024

  Border to Border Trail/ Barton Bandemer Tunnel

• $400,000

  Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2024

  WNY Advanced Manufacturing and Tech Coalition: IT Training

• $400,000

  Michigan Founders Fund · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  Michigan Founders Fund Expansion & Staffing

• $375,000

  Techbuffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Tech Academy

• $367,819

  Ardent Solutions · Wellsville, NY · 2024

  Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center Safety Net Proposal

• $364,980

  Detroit Area Agency On Aging · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Living Our Legacies - Recruitment and Testing

• $350,000

  Alfred State College Development Fund · Alfred, NY · 2024

  Southern Tier Community College Collaborative

• $350,000

  Michigan College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Phase I Implementation Support

• $350,000

  Youthprise · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  Afterschool Infrastructure for Youth Voice

• $333,333

  Greater Rochester Chamber Foundation (Roc2025 Fund) · Rochester, NY · 2024

  ROC2025 Capacity Building

• $300,000

  The Michigan Women'S Foundation Dba Michigan Women Forward · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Expand, Scale and Increase Microlending Impact in SEMI

• $300,000

  Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Grow Detroit's Young Talent - Industry-Led Trainings

• $300,000

  National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

  Care Can't Wait Michigan

• $300,000

  Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  SummerWorks and Youth Policy Lab Fellowship

• $300,000

  Rochester Museum & Science Center · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Afterschool STEAM Capacity-Building

• $300,000

  St Clair County Community College · Port Huron, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I

• $300,000

  National Alliance for Caregiving · Washington, DC · 2024

  Caregiving in the United States Data Project

• $300,000

  Atlantic Impact · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Skilled Trades for Detroit Youth

• $300,000

  The Nature Conservancy · Lansing, MI · 2024

  GSI in the Eastern Market District

• $300,000

  Olean Business Development Corp · Olean, NY · 2024

  OBDC Entrepreneurial Capacity Support

• $300,000

  American Institutes for Research · New York, NY · 2024

  D3C3 Evaluation

• $300,000

  Center for Regional Strategies · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  WNY Advanced Manufacturing and Tech Coalition -- Intermediary