$2.4 million grant announced for local mentoring programs

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A cohort of nine mentoring programs in western New York received a $2.4 million grant from the Ralph. C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation and the First Niagara Foundation, in partnership with KeyBank.
The grant for Western New York Mentoring Collective was announced on Wednesday.
“The funding from this grant will contribute to improved quality of programs in the region, while also helping to increase the number of mentors working with young people,” Elizabeth Gurne