Wide Awake Club Library Fund

Wide Awake Club Library Fund

(September 2021) Fillmore’s Wide Awake Club Library will benefit from ACAF’s newest fund. This endowment has been established by an anonymous donor whose own childhood was enriched by the library. The Wide Awake Club Library (WACL) was born in January 1896, when a...

Hillside and Valley Brook Cemeteries

(October 2021) An anonymous donor has established a fund with the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF) for the benefit of Andover’s Hillside and Valley Brook cemeteries. New York’s rural cemeteries face financial challenges borne of rising costs, changing...

June ACAF Grants Support Students, Libraries, Friendship Historians

(June 2021) The Allegany County Area Foundation approved grants to several local organizations at its June meeting. The recipients are: Family Service Society (FSS) received $550 for a student field trip. FSS runs mentoring programs at three schools in Allegany County...

New Scholarships Will Serve Allegany County Students

(June 2021) The Allegany County Area Foundation is pleased to announce that generous donors have recently endowed three new scholarships.  All will be awarded for the first time during the 2022-2023 academic year and can be applied for through the Foundation’s regular...