Garman Family Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Garman Family Foundation supports mental health, physical wellness, education and women and children in New York.
FUNDING AREAS: Mental health, physical wellness, education, women and children
IP TAKE: This is a good funder to know throughout the entire Western New York region, especially for local groups that focus on the needs of women and children. This is an accessible funder that welcomes contact.
PROFILE: Garman Family Foundation (GFF) is a family foundation that is administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo in New York. This is one of several grantmaking funds that are affiliated with this larger regional community foundation. Yet GFF has its own unique grantmaking preferences and topics of interest. GFF funds local efforts for mental health, physical wellness, education and women and children.
The Garman Family Foundation has two grant cycles per year and has recently changed the focus of its grants. For mental health, physical health and education grants, GFF prefers to support nonprofit efforts that benefit women and children the most. In general, GFF provides both program support and capital support, but it is not typically a funder of general operating support. Most grants are for one-year support, although GFF occasionally awards two-year support on a limited basis. It does not fund higher education scholarships, religious purposes, annual events or festivals, political activities or projects that have already occurred.
Important Grant Details:
Grants range between about $5,000 and $50,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the eight counties of Western New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming. Past local grantees include the Seneca Street Community Development Corp. Omega Mentoring Program and Kleinhans Music Hall Management.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Grantseekers must submit their applications electronically through the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo’s online system. The GFF application is typically available around mid-August and due in mid-September. GFF makes announcements about its grant decision in early-December. Direct general questions to Jean McKeown on the staff by email at jeanm@cfgb.org or by phone at 716-852-2857 ext. 204.
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