2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2020

2020 ANNUAL REPORT

SUPPORT IN TIME OF CRISIS

2020

DEAR FRIENDS,

2020 was a year like no other, as the

challenges of the pandemic required our

community to adapt in ways we could

not have imagined. While the COVID-19

crisis hit with little warning, the Foundation

worked hard to provide support, to remain

flexible, and to find ways to help our

grantee partners continue to serve those

who need them most.

Trusted relationships with our

grantees, other funders, and local

government allowed us to move quickly

to respond to need, to set up new

programs to address growing issues,

and to better understand the impact

of the crisis on our community. Serving

as a lead funder and organizer of the

WNY COVID-19 Community Response

Fund, a collaborative effort to raise

and distribute funds to struggling

nonprofits, is a prime example of this.

It was also a year in which we

reaffirmed our commitment to racial

equity in the face of local and national

protests for racial justice. With an

intentional focus on racial equity, begun

in 2017, we have developed programs such

as the Oishei Fellowship for Leaders of

Color and our Community Conversations

that are now providing connections,

support, and professional development

for the next generation of diverse leaders.

The year also brought planned change

with two retirements of our longest serving

staff. Gayle Houck, who served the

Foundation since its inception in 1998

as the Director of Finance, retired in

September. Paul Hogan extended his

tenure beyond his planned June retirement

until December to manage our COVID-19

response after 20 years with the Foundation.

Both will be sorely missed!

While there are hopeful signs of

a recovery, we recognize that the scars

of 2020 will be with us for some time.

We are proud to be a partner in rebuilding

our community for as long as it takes.

S INCERELY,

Robert D. Gioia, President

William G. Gisel, Jr., Board Chair

A Message from our President and Board Chair

ROBERT D. GIOIA / PRESIDENT

WILLIAM G. GISEL, JR. / BOARD CHAIR

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Early in 2021, we were profoundly saddened

to learn about the passing of our friend

and colleague, Thomas E. Baker, who served

as the first President of The John R. Oishei

Foundation.

Tom believed in collaboration and

building consensus. He challenged the

community to find ways to collaborate,

understanding that many of the issues

they faced could be better solved together,

as he did with the arts community in the

90s. He was instrumental in encouraging

local private high schools to work together

and form what is now known as the Education

Collaborative of WNY. Tom also continued

John R. Oishei’s dedication to education

and formalized the Oishei High School

Scholarship program in 1998, which

continues today with a goal of creating

schools of belonging. He was an early

supporter of the Buffalo Niagara Medical

Campus when it was still in the idea stage

and encouraged collaboration among

the individual campus institutions.

Tom cared very deeply about his

community and was so proud to lead the

Foundation, encouraging staff and board

members to find a way to “say yes.” He was

well respected as a community leader and

was beloved by the Oishei staff. He will

be deeply missed and fondly remembered.

One of his enduring legacies was his belief in collaboration and building consensus. He was open to different ways of thinking and helped to challenge the community to find new ways to work together. ROBERT D. GIOIA, PRESIDENT

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IN MEMORIAM: Thomas E. Baker, First President of The John R. Oishei Foundation from 1998–2006

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Collaboration Leads to WNY COVID-19 Community Response FundIt was clear early on that a big response

was needed to help our community. The

Oishei Foundation joined the Community

Foundation for Greater Buffalo, The Health

Foundation for Western and Central

New York, and the United Way of Buffalo

& Erie County to create the WNY

COVID-19 Community Response Fund.

The collaborative initiative moved quickly

to raise funding, understand and outline

priorities, create systems to invite and

review grant applications, and get funding

to organizations addressing the most

pressing community needs.

Within the first weeks of the pandemic,

Foundation staff worked with our funding

partners to deploy nearly $4.5 million to

74 organizations shortly after the Fund was

announced. Throughout 2020, the Fund

raised $7 million from nearly 80 foundations

and corporations, 40 community leaders,

and nearly 2,000 individual donors. The effort

supported 156 organizations throughout

WNY addressing food insecurity, housing,

healthcare, childcare, mental health,

transportation, and other critical issues.

The Fund also supported a microgrant

program for small and rural WNY organizations

and a collective effort to secure personal

protective equipment (PPE) for nonprofits.

As the year progressed, the Fund developed

“Moving Forward Together,” an initiative

to draw out and support innovative ideas

for systemic change.

WNY Nonprofits Demonstrate Innovation, Resilience, and TenacityTimely funding, coupled with the leadership,

creativity, and hard work of nonprofit staff,

led to amazing results. Nonprofits adapted

to their new reality and increased their own

capacity to meet their clients’ needs. Building

new community partnerships, offering

expanded services, adapting technology

to address need, restocking food pantries,

and supporting their staffs are just some

of the actions taken.

Oishei Foundation Responds to the COVID-19 Crisis

Understanding that nonprofits needed

tremendous support and flexibility as the

COVID-19 crisis hit, we removed restrictions

on grant funding, allowed our partners to

move program dollars to operations to save

jobs and keep their doors open, and relaxed

reporting requirements. We moved fast

to get funding to organizations that address

basic human needs, which became even

more critical as the economic and health

crisis spread. We also focused on finding

solutions to issues of increased urgency,

like childcare and digital equity. The

determination of these agencies meant

that more individuals and families in

crisis received critical support.


Oishei Fellowship for Leaders of Color Grows Our second cohort of the Oishei Fellowship

for Leaders of Color was selected from

a highly competitive pool of applicants.

Those chosen participated in Rockwood

Leadership Institute’s five-day Art of

Leadership program in a virtual format in

October. The rigorous and transformational

leadership training program teaches

critical personal and organizational skills

for successful and sustainable leadership.

With 100% of the evaluations showing that

the experience exceeded expectations,

we are gratified that this program is both

welcomed and valued by leaders of color

in our community.

Community Conversations for Leaders of Color Offer Connections and SupportOur Community Conversations for Leaders

of Color (CCLOC) have offered a forum

for support, connection, and conversation

among nonprofit leaders of color since 2019.

These became more important as our nation

grappled with the death of George Floyd

and the protests that followed in 2020.

In July, we convened the fourth CCLOC

via Zoom, with dedicated time for healing

and reflection and breakout rooms for

deeper conversations.

We continue to listen carefully and

respond accordingly to the conversations of

the CCLOC. In a design workshop, the group

shared a strong desire for a directory to link

nonprofit leaders of color together. With

Foundation support, the group formed a task

force to research potential online platforms

that will link participants and provide a forum

for sharing news, events, and discussion, all

grounded in the shared values of the group.

RACIAL EQUITY: A Time for Action

In 2020, we underscored our commitment

to racial equity with action. As the health and

economic crisis heightened existing racial

disparities in healthcare and economic

opportunity, and as protests against racial

injustice grew over the summer, approaching

our work through a racial equity lens

became more important than ever.

My very essence has changed, I believe. I am able to communicate with a purpose and stand in my power in ways that I have never before.PARTICIPANT IN THE OISHEI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR LEADERS OF COLOR

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JANUARY — EARLY MARCH

JANUARY

MSNT Numbers in Need report roll outThe Mobile Safety-Net Team and UBRI host community meetings to share findings in newly published Numbers in Need report. The online resource outlines factors that contribute to poverty for 12 local communities, to better understand each area’s needs and to provide recommended strategies and models to address them.

While 2020 began as “normal,”

the pandemic’s arrival in

March spurred the Foundation

to mobilize and address

the growing public health

and economic crisis.

As the year progressed,

racial tension erupted across

the country and in WNY,

requiring response and action.

1.9World Health Organization (WHO) announces mysterious pneumonia from Wuhan, China

1.21CDC confirms first coronavirus case in U.S. in Washington state

1.30WHO declares global health emergency

FEBRUARY

Oishei Leaders Winter CelebrationJericho Road Community Health Center hosts the annual Oishei Leaders winter get-together at a cocktail reception and tour of their new facility in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.

JANUARY

EdCo schools attend private screening of Just MercyThe Foundation joined private high school students to see Just Mercy, a movie based on civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson and his work for racial justice, as part of the Education Collaborative of WNY’s work with the schools on diversity, equity, and inclusion to create schools of belonging.

JANUARY The new Numbers in Need report and website provide a community resource to strengthen Buffalo-Niagara’s safety net.

A Year Like No Other

2020


MARCH 13

First discussions with fellow funders on COVID-19 response As concern grows over the impact of COVID-19, The Oishei Foundation joins fellow funders via conference call to discuss strategy for a collective response to provide support for the community as shut-down becomes imminent.

MARCH 2

StoryGrowing kick-off with Andy Goodman200+ nonprofit professionals attend StoryGrowing to sharpen their storytelling skills with noted storyteller, author, and teacher Andy Goodman. Attendees are invited to apply for the in-depth communications capacity-building program hosted by the Oishei Foundation and the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York.

MARCH 11

Mental Health Advocates honors Paul Hogan at dinner for 500+Paul Hogan is honored by Mental Health Advocates of WNY with its Community Impact Award for his extraordinary impact in WNY as a catalyst for change with respect to mental health issues. This dinner held at Rich’s Atrium was the last large scale event most of us would attend for the remainder of 2020.

2.11WHO announces a formal name for the coronavirus: COVID-19

3.3U.S. surpasses 100 cases

3.11WHO declares pandemic

Last day in the JROF officeMarch 16JROF

There is no greater time for our community to support organizations that are addressing the most critical needs in Western New York as a result of COVID-19.ROBERT D. GIOIA ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF WNY COVID-19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND CREATION

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MARCH 18

First meeting of Erie County Child Care Emergency Task ForceThe Foundation joins a task force with community partners to tackle issues arising from closed schools and healthcare workers’ increased need for childcare.

MARCH 24

WNY philanthropic community announces fund to address impact of COVID-19 Nearly 20 local philanthropic organizations announce the Western New York COVID-19 Community Response Fund in partnership with the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County to address the most immediate needs in WNY due to the pandemic. The Oishei Foundation is a lead funder and makes staff available to coordinate relief efforts.

First JROF virtual staff meetingMarch 20

Complying with mask mandates, JROF has customized versions createdJune

3.19U.S. surpasses 10,000 cases

3.26U.S. leads the world with over 80,000 cases

4.4U.S. surpasses 300,000 cases and 8,000 deaths

APRIL 7 WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund announces grants totaling $4.5 million to 74 nonprofit organizations.

APRIL 7

WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund announces first grantsThe collaborative Fund distributes $4.5 million to 74 nonprofit organizations throughout WNY to address food insecurity, housing, healthcare, childcare, mental health, transportation, and other emergency services.MARCH 30

New class of Oishei Scholars namedFourteen incoming freshmen are awarded the Oishei High School Scholarship, enabling them to attend one of the area’s private high schools.

LATE MARCH — JUNE


MAY

‘Open4’ announced to support resilience of small businesses and nonprofits across WNYThe Oishei Foundation collaborates with the private sector and fellow funders to support small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the wake of COVID-19 to improve their long-term strength and resilience.

5.25 George Floyd is killed in Minneapolis; protests follow

Esther Annan joins JROF as Program OfficerJune

Florence Conti retires from JROF BoardJune

Glenn Jackson joins JROF BoardJune

6.11Two million COVID-19 cases counted in the U.S.

4.3CDC recommends use of face masks

APRIL 22

Oishei graduating high school scholars honored Despite cancellation of the annual Scholarship Luncheon, graduating Oishei Scholars are sent care packages to celebrate their graduation. A video of their experiences planned to be shown at the luncheon, is shared online, allowing others to honor their achievements virtually.

JUNE

Foundation issues statement on racial equity in wake of protestsThe Foundation issues a statement affirming its commitment to racial equity in response to the local and national protests for racial justice and the racial inequities that COVID-19 exposed. The Foundation also provides a forum for leaders of color to come together to reflect and connect.

Protests across our country and the racial inequities that COVID-19 have laid bare have deepened our individual and collective resolve towards and commitment to racial equity. FOUNDATION STATEMENT ON RACIAL EQUITY

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8.8The U.S. reaches five million COVID-19 cases

9.18The world crosses the 30 million COVID-19 case mark

9.29One million dead of COVID-19 worldwide

SEPTEMBER

Foundation forms partnership to address digital equityThe Foundation joins forces with CommunityTech NY, a NYC based organization dedicated to digital equity. Our focus is to address the growing issue of internet access as the pandemic pushes us further into a virtual world.

SEPTEMBER 11

Community Conversations with Nonprofit Leaders of Color resumesThe Foundation continues to host nonprofit leaders of color to come together to share, connect, and refresh in a space for discussion, reflection, and potential action. The virtual format did not diminish the group’s energy or enthusiasm.

First in-person staff lunch at Larkin on the BoardwalkAugust 19

Jacquelyn Reisdorf promoted as JROF Director of Finance and AdministrationOctober

JUNE — DECEMBER

JULY

MSNT hosts Community Coffees to assess needsThe Mobile Safety-Net Team invites community organizations to meet virtually to share their challenges and needs because of the pandemic, providing an on-the-ground assessment of critical issues facing communities.

JUNE 18

Moving Forward Together announces Request for Ideas (RFI) An offshoot of the COVID-19 Fund, Moving Forward Together issues RFI to invite visionary concepts from nonprofit leaders to address challenges the community is facing due to COVID-19, coupled with the persistent challenges of racial inequities.

Natalie Cook joins JROF as Grants AssociateAugust


OCTOBER

Oishei High School Scholarship program seeks applicantsStudents of color dreaming of a private high school experience are encouraged to apply for the competitive scholarship program, covering four years of tuition. The scholarship is designed to encourage increased diversity at partner schools.

OCTOBER

Revamped, virtual StoryGrowing program heldRather than the originally planned team-based intensive capacity-building program, Oishei and the Health Foundation hold a series of webinars to teach effective storytelling for nonprofit professionals. Noted storyteller Andy Goodman headlines three events attended by nonprofits throughout WNY.

11.3U.S. presidential election

10.29Nine million COVID-19 cases counted in the U.S.

12.14The vaccine rollout begins across the U.S..

Paul Hogan retires from JROF December

OCTOBER

New Class of Oishei Fellows announced/training beginsThe second cohort of the Oishei Fellowship for Leaders of Color is announced and the 23 individuals chosen participate in a rigorous 5-day virtual training program through the Rockwood Leadership Institute’s Art of Leadership program.

While we were taking care of the community, the Relief Fund was taking care of us!RESURRECTION LIFE FOOD PANTRY

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Gayle Houck retires, farewell celebration at GraycliffSeptember 30


Beyond Grantmaking

Our Focus Areas

While dollars were critically important to stabilize nonprofits reeling

from lost revenue, increased costs, and limited fundraising,

our services beyond grantmaking were also in demand in the wake

of COVID-19. Our Philanthropic Support practice continued to offer

workshops, coaching, and individual consultation aimed at building

nonprofit capacity, resilience, and leadership at a time when it

has been critically needed. We also adapted our team-based,

comprehensive StoryGrowing program aimed at building marketing/

communications skills through storytelling into a series of webinars.

The John R. Oishei Foundation supports work throughout the eight

counties of Western New York in the following interrelated areas:

> Enhance Options for Self Sufficiency

> Strengthen the P-12 Education Continuum

> Build Livable, Stable Neighborhoods

> Promote Health and Systems of Care

> Expand the Role of Arts, Culture, and Heritage in Regional Development

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Grants Awarded

Strengthening the Education Continuum $3,509,768

BISON Children’s Scholarship Fund

Children First Scholarship $18,750

K-8 Scholarship Program $469,000

Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology

Operational Support $300,000

Buffalo Prep

Rising to Distinction $300,000

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Inc.

43 x 79 Stanford Lipsey Scholarship Fund $750

Engaging Tenants in Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning $50,000

John R. Oishei College Scholarship Fund $100,000

Computers For Children Inc./Mission: Ignite

Community Tech Response $187,500

Education Collaborative of WNY, Inc.

Academic Excellence for All: Year 2 $530,000

Scholarship Program $892,768

Operating Support $87,000

Heritage Christian Services, Inc.

Women of Color Virtual Summit $5,000

Let Them LOL

In honor of Gayle L. Houck $1,000

Buffalo City Mission

COVID-19 Relief: Cornerstone Manor $70,000

Buffalo Urban League, Inc.

COVID-19 Relief $10,000

Butler Mitchell Alumni Association, Inc.

In tribute to Florence Conti $5,000

Catholic Charities of Buffalo, New York, Inc.


Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc.


Chautauqua County Rural Ministry, Inc.


Child & Family Services

COVID-19 Relief: Haven House $12,500

Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc.


Community Connections of NY, Inc.

Host Mobile Safety-Net Team $250,000

Community Missions of Niagara Frontier, Inc.


Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Buffalo, Inc.

Financial Literacy for High School Students $19,000

Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Club

Operation Rebound $150,000

NY Funders Alliance

Liftoff WNY $15,000

Read to Succeed Buffalo, Inc.

Scaling Reading Success: Small Group Tutoring $140,000

Research Foundation of State University Of New York

Teacher Residency Program $113,000

YMCA Buffalo Niagara

Child Care & Remote Learning Support $150,000

Enhancing Options for Self-Sufficiency $1,952,500

American Red Cross


Back to Basics Outreach Ministries, Inc.

Re-Entry Program $40,500

Blessed Trinity RC Church

COVID-19 Relief: Catholic Central Food Pantry $2,000

Bread of Life Outreach of Colden, New York, Inc.


Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology


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Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Erie County


EHS, Inc.


Erie Regional Housing Development Corp.

COVID-19 Relief: The Belle Center $10,000

Every Bottom Covered, Inc.


Family Help Center, Inc.


Family Promise of WNY


FeedMore WNY

In tribute to Florence Conti $5,000 In memory of Sally A. Macaluso $1,000

Field & Fork Network, Inc.

Double Up Food Bucks NYS $100,000

First Baptist Church of Newfane Food Pantry


First Presbyterian Church in Springville

COVID-19 Relief: Springville Concord Food Pantry $3,000

First United Methodist Church of Akron

COVID-19 Relief: C Dee Wright Center $3,000

FISH of East Aurora, Inc.


Friends of Night People, Inc.


Gerard Place Housing Development Fund Company, Inc.


Goodwill of WNY, Inc.


GROUP Ministries, Inc.


Healthy Community Alliance, Inc.


Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc.

COVID-19 Relief: East Side Senior Grocery Delivery $5,000

Heart, Love & Soul, Inc.


Hearts and Hands - Faith In Action


Hearts for the Homeless of WNY, Inc.


Hispanos Unidos de Buffalo, Inc.


Kathleen Mary House


Kenmore United Methodist Church

COVID-19 Relief: meal program $2,000

Ken-Ton Closet, Inc.


Love Inc. Of The Greater Gowanda Area


Love Inc. of Springville, NY


Madonna of the Streets, Inc.

COVID-19 Relief: St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy $25,000

Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church


My Place Home for the Homeless


Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc.


Network Religious Communities, Inc.

COVID-19 Relief: Food for All $25,000

New Covenant Church

COVID-19 Relief: Food Pantry $12,000

Newfane Community Food Pantry


Niagara Community Action Program, Inc.


Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Club



NY Funders Alliance (dba) WNY Grantmakers Association

WNY Nonprofit Support Group $50,000

Old First Ward Community Association, Inc.


Pinnacle Community Services

COVID-19 Relief: Casey House $10,000

Polish Community Center of Buffalo, Inc.

Pathway to Sustainability $140,000


Restoration Society, Inc.


Resurrection Life Church


Rural Outreach Center, Inc.


Saving Grace Ministries, Inc.


Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc.

Boys and Men of Color Initiative $200,000

Seneca Babcock Community Association, Inc.


Society of St. Vincent de Paul


St. Adalbert’s Response to Love Center


St. David’s Episcopal Church


St. John de LaSalle Roman Catholic Parish

COVID-19 Relief: Community Cares $8,000

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Congregation

COVID-19 Relief: Outreach Center $5,000

St. Simon’s Episcopal Church (The Genesis Center)


The Center for Handicapped Children

Facilities Expansion and Foundation Development $20,000

The Salvation Army


Murchie Community Match Campaign $7,000

The Salvation Army of Lockport, NY


The Salvation Army of Niagara Falls


The Salvation Army of the Tonawandas


Tri-Community Food Pantry, Inc.


Trinity Lutheran Church


Valley Community Association, Inc.


Veterans One-Stop Center of WNY, Inc.


Case Management Program $80,000

Villa Maria College of Buffalo


Word of Life Church, Buffalo, Ltd.

COVID-19 Relief: Buffalo Dream Center $30,000

YWCA of the Niagara Frontier


YWCA of Western New York, Inc.


Building Livable, Stable Neighborhoods $2,867,500

Allied Media Projects, Inc.

Community Tech New York Digital Divide Initiative $125,000

Back to Basics Outreach Ministries, Inc.

Buffalo Peacemakers $60,000

Clean Air Coalition of Western New York, Inc.

Executive Transition $15,000

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WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund $2,000,000

WNY Micro-Grants Collaborative Fund $25,000

Open4 Fund $500,000

Niagara Area Habitat For Humanity

Strengthening Our Impact $100,000

Open Buffalo, Inc.

General Operating Support $1,000

Somali Bantu Community Organization of WNY, Inc.

The Providence Farm Collective $41,500

Promoting Health and Improving Systems of Care $2,207,300

American Heart Association, Inc.

Emergency Food Access Expansion in Niagara Falls $43,000

Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network

Sustainability $100,000

Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Foundation

In memory of Joseph “J.T.” Conti and in tribute to Florence Conti $25,000

Community Connections of NY, Inc.

GetREADY Program $77,500

Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative, Inc.

Reach One Teach Many $22,800

Healthy Community Alliance, Inc.

Chautauqua County SART Pilot Project $100,000

Living Opportunities of DePaul, Inc.

Supported Housing Program $20,000

Mental Health Association of Erie County, Inc.

WNY Human Services Collaborative Shared Space Initiative $500,000

In honor of Paul T. Hogan $1,000

Mid-Erie Counseling & Treatment Services

Behavioral Health Team $125,000

Neighborhood Health Center

Telehealth Kit Distribution $150,000

Oak Orchard Community Health Center, Inc.

Mobile Medical Unit WNY $180,000

P2 Collaborative of Western New York, Inc.

LiveWell WNY $125,000

People, Inc.

Elmwood Health Center Expansion $500,000

Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York

Mobile Outreach Unit $75,000

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

In honor of Glenda Cadwallader $5,000

Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc.

Mobile Health Clinic $25,000

WNY Rural Area Health Education Center, Inc.

ATHOS Rural Innovative Training Opportunity $133,000

Expanding the Role of Arts, Culture, and Heritage in Regional Development$1,419,574

Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (dba Albright-Knox Art Gallery)

AK360 Campus Development Project $300,000

Buffalo History Museum

Curating Our Community’s Collection $90,000

Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation

General Operating Support $1,000

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc.

Secure the Future $303,574


Fund for the Arts $150,000

ASI WNY Arts Emergency Fund $75,000

Niagara Arts & Cultural Center, Inc.

Capacity Building Project $150,000

Rosanna Elizabeth Corey Heckl Foundation For The Arts, Inc.

Adaptive Reuse of the Richmond ME Church $350,000

Grand Total $11,956,642

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Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Assets Assets 2019 2020 Cash & cash equivalents $880,407 $557,439

Program related investments $1,041,667 $1,000,000

Investments $260,043,505 $266,129,891

Prepaid excise and other taxes $32,500 $232,500

Assets held in related trust $22,853,765 $26,231,647

$284,851,844 $294,151,477

Liabilities and Net Assets Short-term borrowings $0 $0

Net assets $284,851,844 $294,151,477

$284,851,844 $294,151,477

Statement of Revenue, Expenses, and Change in Net Assets

2019 2020 Investment activity $36,488,543 $22,183,734

Change to assets held in charitable trust $4,068,124 $4,476,391

Total revenue & support $40,556,667 $26,660,125

Grants paid $12,642,902 $14,593,664

Direct payment & other program expenses $1,537,223 $1,575,024

Total program expenses $14,180,125 $16,168,688 Administrative $1,915,409 $1,191,804 Total expenses $16,095,534 $17,360,492

Change in net assets $24,461,133 $9,299,633

Net assets – beginning $260,390,711 $284,851,844

Net assets – ending $284,851,844 $294,151,477

Funding By Focus Area, 2020

29% EDUCATION

$3,509,768

16% SELF-SUFFICIENCY

$1,952,500

24% STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS $2,867,500

18% HEALTHCARE $2,207,300

12% ARTS & CULTURE $1,419,574

GRAND TOTAL $11,956,642

Grantmaking History, 2011–2020

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Paul T. Hogan, Executive Vice President Always dedicated to his community, Paul delayed

his planned June retirement to stay on and

oversee the Foundation’s role in the WNY COVID-19

Community Response Fund until December. His

legacy of 20 years at the Foundation will be his

passion for bringing people and organizations

together in new and unusual ways as he oversaw

grantmaking. One of the Foundation’s earliest

employees, Paul supported and guided countless

WNY nonprofit organizations throughout his

philanthropic career. He was instrumental in the

development of new programs and approaches

in the arts, economic development, and healthcare,

to name just a few. Paul has always been a forward

and creative thinker, seeking new ways to solve

challenging community problems. We will miss

his sense of humor, his creativity, his wisdom, and

his expertise!

Gayle L. Houck, Director of FinanceGayle retired from the Foundation in September,

having begun her career with Trico Products,

the company created by John R. Oishei. She was

dedicated to the work of philanthropy even before

the formal beginning of the Oishei Foundation and

helped to establish the structure of the Foundation

as it began its work. In addition to the support,

guidance, and expertise in the financial stewardship

of the organization, she was also a valued

contributor to the Oishei Foundation board of

directors, serving as Board Secretary. She was the

quiet backbone for all the Foundation’s work while

mentoring and supporting staff. Gayle, who set a

high standard for integrity, honesty, compassion,

and kindness, continues to be missed by the entire

Oishei staff.

Florence Conti,Board Member 2011–2020A board member since 2011, Florence Conti

concluded her service in June 2020. She was

a staunch supporter of the Foundation’s work and

a strong leader, particularly when she served as

Vice Chair of the Board.

Florence brought a unique skill set, having

built her career in the private sector at LL Berger

and later as CEO of Goodwill Industries of WNY.

Using both her business acumen and her knowledge

of running a successful nonprofit, Florence was a

guiding force for the Foundation.

Florence often challenged us, ensuring that

our funding was used as effectively as possible.

She always demonstrated support and a keen interest

in the work of our partner organizations. Her legacy

is as a trailblazer for female professionals and as a

strong community leader. We will miss her insight,

her kindness, and her excellent sense of style!

Farewells

Staff

Robert D. Gioia, President

Paul T. Hogan, Executive Vice President (retired December 2020)

Esther Annan, Program Officer (joined June 2020)

Lawrence H. Cook II, Vice President

Natalie Cook, Grants Associate (joined August 2020)

Linda Gloss-Ball, Administrative Assistant

Gayle L. Houck, Director of Finance & Grants Manager (retired September 2020)

Susan M. Kirkpatrick, Chief Communications Officer

Blythe T. Merrill, Senior Vice President of Programs

Jacquelyn M. Reisdorf, Director of Administration (promoted to Director of Finance & Administration October 2020 )

Curtis W. Robbins, Director of Strategy, Research, & Evaluation

Karen Lee Spaulding, Vice President of Philanthropic Support

Board of Directors

William G. Gisel, Jr., Chair

Florence Conti, Vice Chair (retired from Board June 2020)

Edward F. Walsh, Jr., Treasurer

Donald K. Boswell

Maureen Hurley (appointed Vice Chair June 2020)

Glenn Jackson (joined Board June 2020)

Luke T. Jacobs

Yvonne Minor-Ragan, Ph.D. (appointed Secretary June 2020)

Francisco M. Vasquez, Ph.D.

Melva D. Visher

Staff & Board of Directors

OISHEI .ORG

The John R. Oishei Foundation

726 Exchange Street, Suite 510, Buffalo, NY 14210 USA

T 716 856 9490 | F 716 856 9493

[email protected]

The John R. Oishei Foundation

enhances the economic vitality and

quality of life for the Buffalo Niagara

region through grantmaking,

leadership and network building.

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