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Cobblestone Museum, GO Art! each awarded $13,500 from Community Foundation

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 29 January 2026 at 2:46 pm

Photo by Tom Rivers: Doug Farley, director of the Cobblestone Museum, speaks on July 6, 2025 during the annual patriotic service held near the Fourth of July in the Cobblestone Church.

BUFFALO – The Cobblestone Museum and Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council have both been approved for $13,500 grants from the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo.

The money comes through the 2025 Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Arts & Culture Initiative awards, which total over $421,000 to support 46 small to mid-sized arts organizations.

The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Arts & Culture Initiative was established at the Community Foundation to support arts and culture in the eight counties of Western New York, plus Monroe County, in recognition of the key role arts and culture organizations play in a thriving economy.

The grants are in two categories:

Category 1 – Combined Capacity-Building and General Operating Funds for organizations with at least one full-time staff member to help organizations build the solid foundation necessary to pursue an ambitious mission and vision.

Grantees include:

  • Alfred Box of Books Library – $13,500
  • Beau Fleuve Music & Arts – $14,500
  • Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology – $13,500
  • Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art – $13,500
  • Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Inc. – $13,500
  • Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts, Inc. – $13,500
  • The Cobblestone Society – $13,500
  • Community Canvases – $13,500
  • Cordelia A. Greene Library – $13,500
  • Danceability, Inc. – $13,500
  • El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera – $13,500
  • Fenton Historical Society of Jamestown, New York – $13,500
  • The Fountain Arts Center, Inc. – $13,500
  • Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council – $13,500
  • Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater, Ltd. – $13,500
  • Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center – $13,500
  • IndicatorArt Corporation – $13,500
  • KORP Foundation Inc. – $14,500
  • Lewiston Council on the Arts Inc – $13,500
  • Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes, Inc. – $13,500
  • North Park Theatre of Buffalo, Inc. – $13,500
  • Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective – $13,500
  • Shake on the Lake – $13,500
  • Sukanya Burman Dance Inc. – $13,500
  • The Theatre of Youth Company, Inc. – $18,515
  • West Falls Center for the Arts – $13,500
  • Western New York Minority Media Professionals Inc – $13,500

Category 2: General Operating Micro Grants up to $2,500 for organizations with less than one full-time staff member to execute immediate programming.

Grantees include:

  • Arts Services Inc. – $5,000 (for two separate projects)
  • Aurora Players – $2,500
  • Batavia Players – $2,500
  • Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus – $2,500
  • Buffalo Heritage Carousel – $2,500
  • Chautauqua Youth Symphony – $2,500
  • Community Canvases – $2,500
  • El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera – $2,500
  • Genesee Symphony Orchestra – $2,500
  • Harmonia Chamber Singers, Inc. – $2,500
  • LMCimpact Inc. – $2,500
  • Minerva Free Library – $2,500
  • Polish Arts Club of Buffalo – $2,500
  • Sotto Voce Inc. – $2,500
  • Starring Buffalo – $2,500
  • Tonawandas’ Council on the Arts/Carnegie Art Center – $2,500
  • Ukrainian Congress Committee of America – Buffalo, NY Branch – $2,500
  • Vocalis Chamber Choir – $2,500
  • WAHI Studio, Inc. – $2,500