ACAF News
Deputy Sheriffs Support Shop With A Cop Program
(January 2020) The Allegany County Sheriff’s Department continues its tradition of supporting the local Shop With A Cop program. The department’s annual Beard for Bucks program permits officers to grow beards for hunting season provided they make a...
Scholarship Will Help Wellsville Area Homeschoolers
(January 2020) New York and Pennsylvania current and future college students who have pursued their high school studies through the Wellsville Area Homeschoolers (WAH) organization may benefit from a new scholarship established with the Allegany...
New Scholarship Honors Carl Atwell, Serves Andover Students
(Jan. 2020) The Carl Atwell Memorial Scholarship has been established to benefit an Andover Central School senior who demonstrates a record of athletic and community involvement, and who will be pursuing college or military service. The first...
Deputy Sheriffs Entrust Scholarship Program to ACAF
(Dec. 2019) The Allegany County Deputy Sheriffs Association (ACDSA) and Allegany County Area Foundation (ACAF) have teamed up in managing the Deputy Sheriff’s Association (ACDSA) scholarship program. This scholarship supports students preparing for...
ACAF Grant Benefits Pioneer Oil Museum
(Oct 2019) The Allegany County Area Foundation recently presented a $1000 grant to the Pioneer Oil Museum. This support came from ACAF’s Allegany Fund, which supports a variety of Allegany County non-profit organizations The Foundation funds were...
Van Dines Honored through Grant Fund
(Nov. 2019) The Ken & Judi Van Dine Christian Service Grant has been established by the Grace United Church family and friends of the Van Dines to honor their strong Christian commitment, 50+ years of service to their church and community, and...
New Fund Will Support Whitesville Cemetery
(Sept. 2019) A beautiful setting that serves as the resting place for its community’s founders and generations of beloved citizens, and a spot where many local residents take a peaceful walk, the Whitesville Cemetery faces the challenges common to...
ACAF Helps Bring Professional Theater to Wellsville
The Allegany County Area Foundation recently provided a $900 grant to bring Shakespeare’s As You Like It to Allegany County. This free performance, by innovative professional theater company Shake on the Lake and tweaked slightly for a modern...
Fund Helps People with Eczema
(July 2016) The Jonathan A. Dahlgren Eczema Fund has been established at the Allegany County Area Foundation by the family of Denis and Colleen Dahlgren. The earnings from this endowment fund will benefit the National Eczema Association (NEA) to...
The Mary A. Bishop Scholarship Fund
(Dec. 2014) Mary A Bishop was born in Andrews settlement, PA on December 29, 1890. She was the daughter of Ira and Elizabeth Coats Bishop. She was a bookkeeper for the Empire Gas Company for more than thirty years. She died in June of 1975 in...
Dresser-Rand Increases Scholarship Fund
Back in 2006 Dresser-Rand of Wellsville created a scholarship endowment fund with the Allegany County Area Foundation. Recently the company added another $25,000 to the endowment bringing their fund total to over $225,000. In June of 2015 another...
Flanagan-Watson and Alessi Join ACAF Board
The Allegany County Area Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the addition of two new board members. They are Carrie E. Flanagan-Watson of Belmont and Evelyn Alessi of Belfast. Carrie grew up in Hornellsville on a dairy farm. She...
PAST RECIPIENTS – WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
From: Hannah Thompsett (Class of 2008) I graduated from Scio Central School in 2008 and received the Belva A. Waite scholarship. I used this scholarship to study art at SUNY New Paltz. After completing my foundations courses in the art...
PAST RECIPIENTS – WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
From: Britttany Gould (Class of 2009) I received a scholarship from the Allegany County Area Foundation in 2009 when I graduated from Bolivar-Richburg Central School. In the fall of 2009, I started classes at St. John Fisher College in Rochester,...
Dresser-Rand Scholarship Fund Increased
In May of 2007 Dresser-Rand of Wellsville established the Dresser-Rand Scholarship Fund through the Allegany County Area Foundation. Since its inception two or more $2,000 scholarships have been awarded each year from this fund. On Monday David...
Dresser-Rand Scholarship Winner Thanks Foundation
Nathan Wieszczyk writes on January 10, 2013: I am proud to be able to tell you that I did excellent in my last semester coming out with a 3.44 GPA. I look forward to returning to Alfred this year for the Spring 2013 semester of classes. I will...
Keren Rohe and Anthony Nichols
Cuba Chamber Legacy Fund
Steven V. Ambroselli Scholarship Created
Judge Peter Sprague recognized as Founder of ACAF in 1983
Judge Peter Sprague accepts painting donated and created by Theresa Heinz.
Cuba Chamber of Commerce Establishes Cuba Legacy Fund and Toys for Kids Fund
Community Bank, N.A….providing banking services to Allegany County since 1936.
"It's all in the name...Community."--Branch Manager Lori Dzielski (second from right in picture above) According to Branch Manager Lori Dzielski, "The biggest reason we support the Foundation is that we are alike, we are both community-based....
Foundation Facts
Founded: 1983
Cuba, NY
Assets:
$12M
Managed by Vanguard
Staff:
Exec. Director (1/2 time)
Secretary (part-time)
Treasurer (part-time