ACAF News
ACAF Grants Support Four Organizations
(April 2023) The Grant Committee of the Allegany County Area Foundation awarded four grants at its December meeting. The recipients include the Fountain Arts Center, Wellspring Ministries, Fillmore Central School PTO, and the Cuba Chamber of...
Ardent Solutions, Libraries, Salvation Army Among ACAF Grant Recipients
(April 2023) The Allegany County Area Foundation made several grant awards at its March meeting. Recipient organizations include: Ardent Solutions - for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which offers new books to each month to children five...
Forty & Eight Scholarship Helps Aspiring Nurses
(April 2023) The Allegany County chapter (Voiture 1006) of the national 40 & 8 veterans honor society has established an endowed scholarship fund with the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF). Formally known as La Société des Quarante Hommes...
Fillmore Graduates Benefit from New Scholarship
(May 2023) The Yadlosky Family Foundation has established a scholarship program with the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF). The scholarship will support graduates of Fillmore Central School as they pursue post-secondary education. Established...
Roberts Wesleyan, Houghton, SBU offer Match of ACAF Scholarships
(May 2023) For years, several New York colleges have assisted students financially through Dollars for scholars Collegiate Partners program, under which they partially matched scholarships awarded by the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF). When...
New Scholarship Supports Foreign Language Study
(Dec. 2022) The family of Celeste Wuersig has established a scholarship in her honor and memory with the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF). The Belfast native and long-time Cuba resident passed away on March 6, 2022. Born in 1949 to parents...
Amanda Nicole Curcio Scholarship
(Oct. 2022) The Family of Amanda Curcio has established a scholarship with the Allegany County Area Foundation in her memory. The Belfast Central School senior passed away in May of 2007. Though Amanda lived in several places throughout the state...
Allegany County Historical Society Fund
(July 2022) The Allegany County Historical Society (ACHS) has established an endowed fund with the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF). The Allegany County Historical Society Fund has come about through the generosity of long-time ACHS member...
Larry Dye Remembered with Scholarship Fund
(Oct. 2022) Friends and former colleagues of Larry Dye, who passed away in June at age 86, have established a scholarship in his honor and memory with the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF). Lee James, Long-time associate and sales manager of...
Foundation’s June Grants Support Education, Theater, Public Health
(July 2022) The Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF) June grants support youth, the arts, libraries, and public health. The Allegany County Area Foundation awarded the following grants at its June 15 meeting: Alfred Montessori School - $750 to...
ACAF Grants Made to Leadership Allegany, Cuba community, Salvation Army
(May 2022) The Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF) recently made grants in support three local organizations. ACAF awarded $600 to Leadership Allegany. The Foundation provides an annual scholarship in this amount for a local early- or...
Clair and Mildred Almeter Scholarship Established
(March 2022) The family of Clair and Mildred Almeter has established a scholarship in their memory with the Allegany County Area Foundation. The endowed fund will support students pursuing a vocational credential or two- year degree - with priority...
County Historical Society to Benefit from Endowed Fund
(July 2022) The Allegany County Historical Society will benefit from a fund established through the support of the late Lee Gridley, a long-time educator and ACHS trustee. The Allegany County Historical Society Fund has come about through the...
Tim Rohe Scholarship
(January 2022) The family of Fillmore Central School alumnus Tim Rohe has established a scholarship in his honor through the Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF). This award will support a student in pursuing education or training in a...
December Grants Support NTHS, Book Program, Holiday Assistance
(DEC 2021) The Allegany County Area Foundation recently made grants to support a variety of local activities. ACAF awarded $600 to the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) Belmont Chapter (BOCES). The chapter’s usual fundraising efforts have...
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...
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...
Cuba and Genesee libraries, GVCS, Wellsville Cemetery Project Benefit from ACAF’s March Grants
(April 2021) Genesee Library, Genesee Valley Central School, Cuba Circulating Library, and the Wellsville American Legion were approved for grants at the Allegany County Area Foundation’s (ACAF) March 24 meeting. The Foundation’s Robert Christian...
Next Grant Application Deadline is December 10
(September 2022) Grant seekers wishing to be considered at ACAF's fall Grant Committee meeting should submit their application materials by mid-day Monday, September 12. See the grant pages of this website for more information or contact ACAF at...
New Fund Supports Pioneer Oil Museum, Honors Allegany County Judge James Euken
(Nov. 2020) A donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has established a fund with the Allegany County Area Foundation for the benefit of the Pioneer Oil Museum (POM) in Bolivar. This gift, made in memory of the late Allegany County Judge James...
Mentoring Programs, Emergency Squad Benefit From ACAF Grants
(Oct. 2020) The Allegany County Area Foundation selected the Family Service Society, Inc. (FSS) and the Independence Emergency Squad (IES) for $1000 each in grant support at its September meeting. The grants were made out of ACAF’s Allegany Fund,...
Update on United Way, ACAF Community Relief Effort
(Sept. 2020 update) With the Coronavirus pandemic creating significant economic disruption in our area, the Allegany County Area Foundation and Allegany County United Way created Community Relief Funds (CRF) and a shared grant application and...
CARES Act and Charitable Giving
The CARES Act includes provisions that incentivize donors to make charitable contributions that can help non-profits during this pandemic crisis. Donors can make an above-the-line deduction for contributions of up to $300 that are made to certain...
ACAF Announces December Grants
(Jan. 2020) In December, the Grant Committee of the Allegany County Area Foundation approved grant support for the following non-profit organizations (fund from which the grant was made is also shown): Alfred Box of Books Library – for the Money As...
Shop With A Cop Grant Supports Foster Care Christmas Party
(Dec. 2019) When the Wellsville Kmart closed in March of this year, it effectively ended the local Shop With A Cop (SWAC) program. This summer, the SWAC Committee used its remaining resources to set up an endowed fund with the Allegany County Area...
Foundation Facts
Founded: 1983
Cuba, NY
Assets:
$12M
Managed by Vanguard
Staff:
Exec. Director (1/2 time)
Secretary (part-time)
Treasurer (part-time