The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

17 grants matching “workforce development” · $7.3M

• $1.0M

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

  WNY Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Coalition: Clean Tech Training

• $500,000

  Monroe Community College Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Finger Lakes Workforce Development (FWD) Center

• $100,000

  Bing Youth Institute · Detroit, MI · 2024

  BYI Workforce Development Initiative

• $1.0M

  Economic Development Group Doing Business As the Northland Workforce Traini · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To support education and training in middle-skill, middle-wage advanced manufacturing and clean energy careers.

• $700,000

  Monroe Community College Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2023

  To support start-up operational and capital equipment costs for the finger lakes workforce development center.

• $262,500

  Corporation for a Skilled Workforce · Hartland, MI · 2023

  To provide continued consulting support to develop a regional workforce infrastructure in southeast michigan.

• $230,000

  Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To support the sacra workforce development training program in the construction skilled trades and the launch of ah craft.

• $150,000

  Workforce Development Institute · Albany, NY · 2023

  To support the purchase of new equipment to expand the career and technical education program at alden high school.

• $125,000

  The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program · Washington, DC · 2023

  To support and build the capacity of organizations to develop and implement the workforce leadership academy model.

• $70,000

  Neutral Zone · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

  To support the future corps workforce development program.

• $50,000

  Ny Association of Training & Employment Professionals · Albany, NY · 2023

  To support nyatep's workforce development sector activities and issues in wny in 2024.

• $2.0M

  Monroe Community College Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2022

  To support start-up costs for the finger lakes workforce development center.

• $1.0M

  Economic Development Group Doing Business As the Northland Workforce Traini · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support education and training in advanced manufacturing and clean energy careers.

• $50,000

  Ny Association of Training & Employment Professionals · Albany, NY · 2022

  To support nyatep's workforce development sector activities and issues in wny in 2023.

• $48,000

  Corporation for a Skilled Workforce · Hartland, MI · 2022

  To increase intermediary capacity in the workforce development sector.

• $25,000

  We Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022

  To support workforce development and employment focused research.

• $25,000

  Economic Development Group Doing Business As the Northland Workforce Traini · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support technical assistance and direct funding for the buffalo peace makers.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Budc16 grants · $59.5M
• Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo31 grants · $34.5M
• Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan34 grants · $34.1M
• Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo20 grants · $21.5M
• Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan19 grants · $12.1M
• Detroit Riverfront Conservancy7 grants · $10.1M
• Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces2 grants · $7.7M
• Natural Heritage Trust5 grants · $7.5M
• Detroit Riverfront Conservancy2 grants · $6.5M
• Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper5 grants · $6.3M

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,450 grants.

• $12.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To ensure the execution of the first phase of construction for ralph c. Wilson, jr. Centennial park in buffalo, new york.

• $11.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To support the execution of an expanded first phase of construction for ralph c. Wilson, jr. Centennial park in buffalo.

• $11.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support an expanded 1st phase of construction for ralph wilson park in buffalo.

• $10.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  City Within a Park Fund

• $10.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To support the city within a park initiative.

• $10.0M

  Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To transform west riverfront park into the ralph c. Wilson, jr. Centennial park.

• $7.5M

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

  Detroit Riverfront Finishline Fund

• $7.5M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To enhance and sustain the arts and culture sector in western new york

• $7.5M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To enhance and sustain the arts and culture sector in southeast michigan

• $6.5M

  Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Construction Support - Ralph Wilson Park

• $6.3M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support phase 1 construction of ralph c. Wilson centennial park.

• $5.3M

  Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support the shoreline restoration of ralph wilson park.

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  RCWJRF Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  RCWJRF Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To enhance and sustain the arts and culture sector within wny.

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To support the sustainability of the unified greenway.

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To enhance and sustain the arts and culture sector in southeast michigan.

• $5.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support a pedestrian bridge to connect ralph wilson park to eastside neighborhoods

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support the rcwjrf inclusive arts & culture initiative.

• $5.0M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the rcwjrf inclusive arts & culture initiative.

• $4.2M

  Natural Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2022

  To support three major trail projects in western new york.

• $4.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park: Phase 1 GMP Package 2

• $3.8M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Support for the Arts and Culture Sector in WNY

• $3.8M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  To sustain the Arts and Culture Sector

• $3.0M

  Motown Museum · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To support the capital costs to expand the motown museum.

• $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

• $2.5M

  Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers · Americus, GA · 2022

  To support the "amplifying the voice of the american caregivers" .

• $2.4M

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

  Exhale, The Family Caregiver Initiative- Southeast Michigan Expansion

• $2.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park: Play Garden + Phase 2 GMP Advance

• $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

  Albright-Knox Art Gallery · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support the construction of the ralph c. Wilson, jr. Town square

• $2.0M

  Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022

  To support the scale of youth sports and recreation programs across southeast michigan.

• $2.0M

  Monroe Community College Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2022

  To support start-up costs for the finger lakes workforce development center.

• $2.0M

  Motown Museum · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the capital costs to expand the motown museum.

• $2.0M

  Natural Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2022

  To support a state of the art welcome center within niagara falls state park.

• $2.0M

  The Strong National Museum of Play · Rochester, NY · 2022

  To support the capital costs to expand the strong national museum of play.

• $1.9M

  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022

  To expand ournotes component of opennotes to identify family caregiver needs and resources

• $1.8M

  Lakeshore Connections · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To suppor the pedals program in wny for social-emotional learning supports in early childhood classrooms.

• $1.6M

  Pedals Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

  PEDALS Michigan Expansion

• $1.6M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support the next phase of project play western new york.

• $1.6M

  Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Co.act Detroit: Accelerating Collaborative Action

• $1.6M

  Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To support nonprofit capacity-building and collaboration in southeast michigan.

• $1.6M

  Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support co.act detroit's operational and programmatic costs to support nonprofit capacity-building

• $1.6M

  Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance · Lansing, MI · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Loop Trail on Belle Isle - Phase 2

• $1.5M

  Pedals Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the pedals program in southeast michigan in early childhood classrooms.

• $1.5M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To support the start-up and on-going operations of a new regional, ceo-led workforce intermediary in southeast michigan.

• $1.5M

  Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative · Chelsea, MI · 2023

  To support the construction of multiple sections of the iron belle trail in washtenaw and wayne counties.

• $1.5M

  Launch Ny · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To provide continued operational support for advisory services to entrepreneurs in wny.

• $1.5M

  Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers · Americus, GA · 2023

  To support the "amplifying the voice of the american caregivers" initiative.

• $1.5M

  Detroit Economic Growth Association · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the construction of the joe louis greenway and warren trailhead.

• $1.5M

  Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the strategic neighborhood fund 2.0 initiative.

• $1.5M

  Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the access, mentorship and supports to michigan-based startups.

• $1.5M

  Launch Ny · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support the nonprofit seed fund and provide continued operational support.

• $1.5M

  The Boston Foundation Inc (Dba the Philanthropic Initiative) · Boston, MA · 2022

  To support communities care family caregiver respite program into wny.

• $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

• $1.3M

  Center for Regional Strategies · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To serve as the central intermediary for the implementation of the wny regional revitalization partnership.

• $1.3M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the new five-year strategy of the new economy initiative.

• $1.3M

  Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the launch of a new food distribution site and model for fresh produce and dairy.

• $1.2M

  Macomb Community College Foundation · Warren, MI · 2024

  D3C3 implementation Phase I

• $1.2M

  Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To develop, launch, and implement the two-year pilot phase of western new york youth apprenticeship partnership.

• $1.2M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support additoinal funding for the 2022 ralph c. Wilson, jr. Legacy funds

• $1.1M

  Oakland Community College · Auburn Hills, MI · 2023

  To support student success, k-12 alignment, and mobility sector talent pipeline development strategies as part of d3c3.

• $1.1M

  Oakland Community College · Auburn Hills, MI · 2022

  To support detroit drives degrees community college collaborative (d3c3).

• $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

• $1.1M

  Michigan Municipal League Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

  To support the development of the hamtramck recreation district (hrd).

• $1.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022

  To support additional funding for the 2022 ralph c. Wilson, jr. Legacy funds

• $1.0M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To support the next phase of project play southeast michigan.

• $1.0M

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To support the detroit parks coalition.

• $1.0M

  Buffalo State College Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Great Lakes Center & Dart Street Study

• $1.0M

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

  BGCSM Sports Ecosystem

• $1.0M

  Budc · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Ralph Wilson Park/ Phase 1 Construction Cost Increase

• $1.0M

  Central Terminal Restoration Corp · Buffalo, NY · 2024

  Central Terminal Restoration: Programming and Capacity

• $1.0M

  Detroit Economic Growth Association · Detroit, MI · 2024

  City of Detroit - Parks Lighting

• $1.0M

  Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation general operations support.

• $1.0M

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

  WNY Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Coalition: Clean Tech Training

• $1.0M

  Friends of the Detroit River · Taylor, MI · 2024

  Downriver linked greenways system improvements

• $1.0M

  Friends of the Rouge · Plymouth, MI · 2024

  Connecting the Rouge: Rouge Gateway Trail Connectors

• $1.0M

  Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative · Chelsea, MI · 2024

  Iron Belle Trail Expansion in Washtenaw and Wayne Counties

• $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

• $1.0M

  Monroe County Community College · Monroe, MI · 2024

  D3C3 Implementation Phase I

• $1.0M

  Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Medina High Wall

• $1.0M

  Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

  Driving Small Business Growth Via Equitable Economic Development in Detroit

• $1.0M

  Albright-Knox Art Gallery · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To support the construction of the ralph c. Wilson, jr. Town square as part of the albright-knox art gallerys campus expansion.

• $1.0M

  Center for Regional Strategies · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To support phase 1 of the 2032 strategic vision for the entrepreneurial ecosystem of wny.

• $1.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  East side parks fund to support historically underserved parks on buffalo's east side.

• $1.0M

  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To establish an endowment in honor of mary mclean wilson.

• $1.0M

  Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To catalyze inclusive economic growth by attracting new businesses and developing an economic development ecosystem.

• $1.0M

  Economic Development Group Doing Business As the Northland Workforce Traini · Buffalo, NY · 2023

  To support education and training in middle-skill, middle-wage advanced manufacturing and clean energy careers.

• $1.0M

  Institute for Healthcare Improvement · Boston, MA · 2023

  To launch carefront with seven health systems in semi and wny.

• $1.0M

  Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To support the strategic neighborhood fund 2.0 initiative to implement inclusive recovery and revitalization.

• $1.0M

  Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023

  For support of the first capital fund (fcf).

• $1.0M

  Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2023

  Support the medina high wall project.

• $1.0M

  Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023

  To support operations at techtown and its entrepreneurship and small business programs.

• $1.0M

  The Boston Foundation Inc (Dba the Philanthropic Initiative) · Boston, MA · 2023

  Support for the expansion of the communities care family caregiver respite program.

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