Health Foundation for Western & Central New York

About Health Foundation for Western & Central New York

Health Foundation for Western & Central New York’s recent grantmaking is marked by large, repeated support for doula coordination and child-serving systems in the region. In 2025, it gave $300,000 to Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center for Erie Niagara AHEC doula coordination and service, and $268,981 to Child Care Solutions for PEDALS CNY 2023, showing a pattern of operational funding tied to service delivery and coordination. The foundation also backed Cayuga County Community Health Network with $335,000 and later $260,000 for the Doula Partnership of Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer and Madison Counties, indicating sustained support for the same regional initiative across multiple years. Its portfolio also reaches into perinatal support, childcare access, and child advocacy. Recent grants include emergency funding for Ardent Solutions’ Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center and continued partnership support for Buffalo Center for Health Equity. The foundation’s work centers on Western and Central New York and on organizations that can translate funding into direct services, network coordination, and program continuity. Across the grant list, the emphasis is on local intermediaries and nonprofit systems that connect families to maternal, early-childhood, and community health supports.

What Health Foundation for Western & Central New York Funds

Perinatal support is a core theme. The foundation awarded $335,000 to Cayuga County Community Health Network for the Doula Partnership of Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer and Madison Counties, then followed with $260,000 for the same effort in 2025. It also gave $300,000 to Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center for Erie Niagara AHEC doula coordination and service. Childcare access and early childhood navigation appear in the grant to Child Care Solutions for PEDALS CNY 2023 at $268,981, along with a separate $200,025 award for PEDALS CNY - Transition to Hub. In child advocacy, Ardent Solutions received $314,000 for Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center emergency funding and $150,000 for the same purpose the next year. The foundation also supports older-adult and caregiver work. Grants include $186,000 to Ardent Solutions for Older Adult Trauma Champions Program and $150,000 to Boston Foundation Inc for Western New York Caregiver Respite Program Expansion.

How Health Foundation for Western & Central New York Gives