Overview
Western NY is our Calcutta…
At Mother Teresa’s directive to “find your own Calcutta,” The OSC Charitable Foundation was formed to support and promote educational, religious, health-related, cultural, and scientific research programs, primarily in the Greater Buffalo/Niagara region.
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What We're Up to
“The OSC Charitable Foundation has been an exemplary champion for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the thousands of students the museum serves through its educational initiatives. Together with her husband Jon, Board member and Convergence Council member Heather Williams has dedicated countless hours in service to the museum. By hosting and planning events and guiding community engagement strategies and sparking new connections between the museum and its many partners, she is deepening the museum’s capacity to make creative experiences accessible to everyone in our community. Heather and Jon and their partners at the OSC Charitable Foundation consistently amplify the power of art and culture as a uniting force in Western New York and an attraction of our region for visitors around the world.”
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Jon M. Williams
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John Yensan
Charities We Support
Back to Basics Outreach Ministries, is rooted in the Buffalo community and offers multiple services to help improve the quality of life for residents of the City of Buffalo. These services include addressing the problems of gang violence, prisoner re-entry, unemployment, homelessness, and your development.
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None Like You Family Education Community Outreach is a non-profit organization based in Buffalo, NY. We inform the public about environmental injustices, organize citywide outreach educational programs, research and design city green space
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Catholic Charities of Buffalo, NY has been protecting, strengthening and empowering the people of Western New York since 1923. We help people from all walks of life, including those in need and or most vulnerable - children, adults, older adults and families - without regard to religion, race or age. Our goal is optimum emotional, mental and physical health for all.
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The Albright Knox Art Gallery vision is to flourish as an exceptional hub of artistic and creative energies that enrich and transform people’s lives in our community, our nation, and the world. With a world-renowned collection of modern and contemporary art and a robust education program, the vision becomes the reality.
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Oishei Children’s Hospital is the regional center for comprehensive and state-of-the-art pediatric trauma, surgical and medical care, including neonatal, perinatal and obstetrical services.
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For more than half a century, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute scientists have been committed to finding the fundamental causes of many diseases.
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Founded in 1898 as the nation’s first cancer center, Roswell Park set the standard for today’s multidisciplinary approach to the highest quality cancer care.
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Founded in 1995, the BISON Children’s Scholarship Fund is a privately funded organization whose mission is to broaden the educational opportunities for Western. New York children by helping low-income families afford the cost of private K-12 schools.
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The WNY Women’s Foundation mission is to create a culture of possibility so each woman and girl can live, grow, and lead to her fullest potential.
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The mission of WNY Heroes is to provide veterans, members of the armed services, and the widows and children of deceased veterans with access to essential services, financial assistance, and resources that support their lives and sustain their dignity.
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The Buffalo Urban League’s Mission is to empower African Americans, other minorities and disadvantaged individuals to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
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Since 1917, United Way of Buffalo & Erie County has worked to enhance the health, financial stability, and education of every person in our community.
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