Funding search · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · grants
The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation: all 1,450 grants
Largest first · $434.7M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview
- $175,000
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Boces Educational Foundation · Fredonia, NY · 2022
To support a needs assessment to improve cte programs for young adults in the southern tier.
- $172,373
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
To support capactity for ralph wilson park conservancy.
- $170,000
Independent Health Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Soccer for Success Buffalo
- $170,000
The Boston Foundation Inc (Dba the Philanthropic Initiative) · Boston, MA · 2024
Respite Pilot Program Expansion to Washtenaw County, MI
- $170,000
8 80 Cities · 2023
To suppport a four-day study trip and capacity building workshop in copenhagen for 20 urban park leaders from detroit and buffalo.
- $170,000
Insideout Literary Arts Project · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support just buffalo literary center to expand writing across the rustbelt: phase ii.
- $170,000
New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group · Salamanca, NY · 2022
To support farmers and the local food system in western new york.
- $167,000
Neutral Zone · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To support and expand the youth driven spaces (yds) program in the southeast michigan.
- $167,000
Neutral Zone · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To support and expand the youth driven spaces program in the southeast michigan.
- $166,250
Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2022
To support the connecting with elusive caregivers program.
- $165,200
The Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program · Washington, DC · 2024
Aspen Institute Project Play
- $165,000
Monroe Community College Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2022
To complete a business plan for a workforce supercenter.
- $163,666
Natural Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2024
WNY Ladders to the Outdoors Program
- $160,000
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program · Detroit, MI · 2024
Staff Capacity-Building Support
- $160,000
STEM Next Opportunity Fund · San Diego, CA · 2023
To increase access to stem afterschool programs.
- $160,000
Women'S Sports Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct research focused on increasing girls' participation in youth sports and retention of female coaches.
- $159,000
Grantmakers in Aging · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support the grantmakers in aging family caregiving funders collaborative.
- $158,000
Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation · Jamestown, NY · 2023
To provide small businesses and nonprofits in chautauqua county with marketing-focused grants of $10,000 or less.
- $158,000
Girls On the Run of Southeastern Michigan · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
To expand its star power sites initiative, which serves girls in schools in high-poverty-areas in southeast michigan.
- $158,000
Grantmakers in Aging · White Plains, NY · 2023
To support the grantmakers in aging family caregiving funders collaborative.
- $155,538
Michigan Afterschool Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2024
Expansion of statewide quality and youth engagement efforts
- $150,000
Afterschool Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
America After 3PM 2025
- $150,000
Buffalo Bills Foundation · Orchard Park, NY · 2024
WNY Girls Modified Flag Football
- $150,000
Causewave Community Partners · Rochester, NY · 2024
Community Capacity Building
- $150,000
Data Driven Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Continued Regional Data Support for SEMI's Nonprofit Sector
- $150,000
Dream It Do It Western New York · Jamestown, NY · 2024
Dream It Do It Western New York
- $150,000
Mac Parkman Foundation for Adolescent Concussive Trauma · Anna Maria, FL · 2024
Concussive Trauma Training and Resource Development
- $150,000
Michigan Afterschool Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2024
Regional Afterschool Hub
- $150,000
Michigan Afterschool Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2024
Enhance communications support
- $150,000
Michigan Future · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Rising Income for All
- $150,000
Neutral Zone · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Amplifying Youth Voice and Empowerment
- $150,000
Causewave Community Partners · Rochester, NY · 2023
To support capacity-building programming for nonprofits in orleans, genesee, and monroe counties.
- $150,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support launch michigan to execute the k-12 mackinac framework agreement to integrate afterschool and early childhood education.
- $150,000
Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy · Detroit, MI · 2023
To provide general operating support to detroit food and entrepreneurship academy (dfa) to support their afterschool programming.
- $150,000
Early Childhood Investment Corporation · Lansing, MI · 2023
To strengthen the early childhood system in southeast michigan.
- $150,000
Heroes' Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support a stem focused afterschool program for young adults and to pilot a new stem program for middle-school students.
- $150,000
Michigan Future · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To develop bi-partisan support for a data-driven state policy agenda to attract high-quality employers and jobs in michigan.
- $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.
- $150,000
Causewave Community Partners · Rochester, NY · 2022
To support capacity building for nonprofits in orleans, genesee, and monroe counties
- $150,000
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
To support the implementation of the buffalo youth employment coalitions strategic action plan.
- $150,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
To support launch michigan in executing its newly-approved k-12 mackinac framework agreement.
- $150,000
Heroes' Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support a project-based stem focused afterschool program for young adults
- $150,000
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the city of detroits participation in the brookings metro transforming cities lab.
- $147,765
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Equipment Share Pilot
- $145,000
City Swim Project · Buffalo, NY · 2023
To support the continued expansion of its swimming programs and capacity to help serve youth in buffalo.
- $145,000
Insideout Literary Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023
Insideout and the just buffalo literary center will collaborate across regions and expand their joint capacity-building effort.
- $145,000
City Swim Project · Buffalo, NY · 2022
To support swimming programs and capacity serve youth from low income communities in buffalo.
- $143,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support capacity building & programmatic activities at project play southeast michigan
- $140,690
Western New York Land Conservancy · East Aurora, NY · 2024
Local Provenance Native Plants at Ralph Wilson Park
- $140,000
Racquet Up Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support capacity building and program development at a sports-based afterschool program.
- $139,700
The Rural Outreach Center (Roc) · East Aurora, NY · 2022
To support play-based programs serving rural communities.
- $138,000
Ny Funders Alliance Initiatives Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Support for the nonprofit support group to improve the functionality of the impact hq online communication and resource hub.
- $135,185
West Side Rowing Club · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Community Outreach Rowing Program
- $135,000
Trocaire College · Buffalo, NY · 2024
WNY Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Coalition: Jump Start Plus
- $133,500
Michigan Association of United Ways · Lansing, MI · 2022
To support the expansion of the michigan afterschool partnerships statewide quality and youth engagement efforts
- $132,000
West Side Rowing Club · Buffalo, NY · 2022
To support a youth sports programs that provides access for kids to sample rowing.
- $131,450
Parks & Trails New York · Albany, NY · 2024
WNY Trail Towns Seed Grant Program
- $130,900
Southeast Michigan Senior Regional Collaborative · Detroit, MI · 2024
Strengthening the SRC Through Collaborative Caregiving
- $130,000
City Swim Project · Buffalo, NY · 2024
City Swim Project
- $130,000
The Yunion · Detroit, MI · 2024
Centering CATTA for Strategic Impact
- $130,000
Wib Inc Dba Chautauqua Works · Jamestown, NY · 2024
WNY Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Coalition: Workforce Investment Board Alignment
- $130,000
Natural Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2022
To support accessible recreation opportunities in state parks.
- $126,000
Willie Hutch Jones Educational and Sports Program · Buffalo, NY · 2023
To advance the capacity building of a youth sports and afterschool organization allowing more youth to get involved in sports.
- $125,000
Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation · Jamestown, NY · 2024
Chautauqua County Economic Development + Project Leveraging Fund
- $125,000
Girls On the Run of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
To reduce financial barriers to participation in a girl-focused youth sports program to increase parent engagement.
- $125,000
Michigan Association of United Ways · Lansing, MI · 2023
To provide capacity building support for the afterschool network in michigan.
- $125,000
Partnership for the Public Good · Buffalo, NY · 2023
To support collaboration efforts and capacity building for nonprofit organizations in western new york.
- $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.
- $125,000
The Basblue Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support zero to one fellowship and trailblazer in residence scholarship programs.
- $125,000
The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
To support wny advanced manufacturing coalition in case studies that will review the build back better regional challenge.
- $125,000
Weta-Tv · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support the caregiving project.
- $125,000
Atlantic Impact · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support a program that uses experiential learning to expose students to career pathways.
- $125,000
Parks & Trails New York · Albany, NY · 2022
To support the development of the genesee valley greenway trail town initiative.
- $125,000
Partnership for the Public Good · Buffalo, NY · 2022
To support collaboration & capacity building for nonprofits in western new york.
- $125,000
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the workforce leadership academy model in semi and wny.
- $125,000
The Basblue Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support zero to one fellowship program, trialblazer in residence and capacity.
- $125,000
Weta-Tv · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support the caregiving project, a documentary focused on caregiving.
- $124,888
Michigan Afterschool Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2023
To provide capacity building support for the afterschool network in michigan.
- $123,000
Willie Hutch Jones Educational and Sports Program · Buffalo, NY · 2024
WHJESP Capacity Building Plan
- $120,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Donor Advised Fund
- $120,000
Early Childhood Investment Corporation · Lansing, MI · 2022
To strengthen the early childhood system in southeast michigan
- $120,000
Funders Together To End Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the workforce matters fund for workforce equity.
- $119,750
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023
Trustee designated grant
- $118,000
Advancing Macomb Foundation · Mount Clemens, MI · 2023
To support interim operational and organizational capacity for a key capacity-building intermediary in macomb county.
- $117,000
Monroe County Intermediate School District · Monroe, MI · 2023
To support a pilot program that engages and supports families with young children before they enter kindergarten.
- $116,500
Southwest Detroit Business Association · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support expansion of the detroit small business advocacy center.
- $115,000
Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Exhale Sustainability Planning
- $112,386
Daemen University · Amherst, NY · 2024
Center for Allied and Unified Sport and Exercise (CAUSE)
- $110,000
Insideout Literary Arts Project · Detroit, MI · 2024
Writing Across the Rustbelt: Phase II
- $110,000
Police Athletic League of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Capacity-Building Implementation Support
- $110,000
Association On Aging in New York · Albany, NY · 2022
To support the launch of the archangels any care counts campaign in new york.
- $108,164
Michigan Afterschool Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2024
Capacity Building Support for ARPA Funding
- $108,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Evaluation of the generator z initiative
- $107,230
Holy Redeemer Grade School · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support an afterschool program focused on introducing students to all aspects of healthcare.
- $105,000
Women'S Sports Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Girls in Youth Play and Sports
- $103,000
Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024
Capacity building for Genesee and Orleans Counties
- $102,900
Michigan Community Resources · Detroit, MI · 2023
To support operations and organizational capacity.
- $102,382
Daemen University · Amherst, NY · 2022
To support the center for allied & unified sport & exercise.
- $101,926
Daemen University · Amherst, NY · 2023
To support the center for allied & unified sport & exercise to provide opportunities for people with disabilities.
- $101,750
STEM Next Opportunity Fund · San Diego, CA · 2024
Million Girls Moonshot State Capacity Building

