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  1. How to Apply
    1. Overview: How to Apply
    2. Eligibility
    3. Types of Support
    4. Medical Research
      1. Medical Research Reporting
    5. Reporting
    6. FAQ
  2. Special Initiatives
    1. Overview: Special Initiatives
    2. Oishei Leaders
    3. Scholarships
    4. Collaborations
  3. About Us
    1. Overview: About Us
    2. Directors
    3. Staff
    4. Annual Reports
      1. Annual Report 07
      2. Annual Report 06
      3. Annual Report 05
      4. Annual Report 04
      5. Annual Report 03
      6. Annual Report 02
    5. News & Events
      1. Annual Report 07
      2. Oishei Strategic Plan
      3. Oishei Launches New Strategic Plan
      4. Buffalo Rising: Catalyst for Change
      5. Buffalo News: Oishei Pledges $6 Million to BPO
      6. WBFO Report on Great Lakes Leadership Event in Buffalo
      7. WBFO Report: Oishei / Community Foundation Staffing Collaboration
    6. History
    7. Mission and Values
  4. Resources
    1. Philanthropy
      1. Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy
      2. Capital Ideas: Moving from Short-Term Engagement to Long-Term Sustainability
      3. Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds
      4. ABC: An Introduction to Knowledge Management (KM)
      5. What Drives Foundation Expenses and Compensation? Results of a Three-Year Study
    2. Nonprofit Management
      1. Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning
      2. Daring to Lead
      3. Beyond Collaboration: Strategic Restructuring of Nonprofit Organizations
      4. The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
      5. Boards of Midsize Nonprofits:Their Needs and Challenges
    3. Economic Self Sufficiency
      1. Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Investment Board Plan
      2. Buffalo Child Care Means Business
      3. Two Steps Back: City and Suburban Poverty Trends
      4. Losing Ground: Income and Poverty in Upstate NY
      5. Poverty: A State of Extremes
      6. America's Forgotten Middle Class Jobs
      7. Pulling Apart in New York:An Analysis of Income Trends in New York State
      8. Baby-Boom Retirements and Emerging Labor Market Pressures
      9. Factors That Affect Children and Families in Erie County: Poverty, Violence, Child Abuse and Neglect
    4. Regional Assets
      1. The Vital Center: A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region
      2. The Great Lakes Region and the Knowledge Economy: A Roadmap to the Future
      3. The University and the Creative Economy
      4. Buffalo Niagara Partnership Regional Agenda
      5. Erie and Niagara Counties: Framework for Regional Growth
      6. Shared Prosperity, Stronger Regions: An Agenda for Rebuilding America's Older Core Cities
      7. Economic Benefits of Land Conservation
      8. Artists’ Centers: Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods and Economies
      9. Buffalo Niagara Cultural Tourism Initiative Strategy
      10. Sustaining Arts and Culture in Buffalo Niagara
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    5. Stable Neighborhoods
      1. Queen City in the 21st Century: Buffalo's Comprehensive Plan
      2. Blueprint Buffalo: Regional Strategies and Local Tools for Reclaiming Vacant Properties in the City and Suburbs of Buffalo
      3. Urban Ecosystem Analysis, Buffalo-Lackawanna
      4. Where Did They Go? The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America
      5. Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities
      6. Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America's Older Industrial Areas
    6. Academic Performance
      1. Children Left Behind: How Metropolitan Areas are Failing America's Children
      2. From Aspirations to Action: The Role of Middle School Parents in Makingthe Dream of College a Reality
      3. Organized Communities, Stronger Schools
    7. Community Health
      1. The Western New York Health Risk Assessment
      2. Every Breath We Take
      3. One Friday, Four Futures Initiative
      4. Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes

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A Catalyst for Change

The John R. Oishei Foundation strives to be a catalyst for change to enhance economic vitality and the quality of life for the Buffalo Niagara region. John R. Oishei established the Foundation that bears his name in 1940 with the mandate to concentrate support on medical research, healthcare and education in the Buffalo area along with cultural and social needs. More...