Milliman Fund provides $200K to 35 nonprofit organizations – Olean Times Herald: News – Milliman Fund provides $200K to 35 nonprofit organizations: News
The CRCF board of directors recently approved annual grants from the Mildred Milliman Fund to 35 local and national nonprofit organizations for a total of more than $212,000.
Olean General Hospital, the fundas lead beneficiary and an organization Milliman avidly supported during her life, received a grant for $171,151 for 2015.
This yearas grant will help support the Mildred Milliman Outpatient Surgery Center, said Karen Fohl, OGH Foundation president.
She designated several animal-related organizations as annual grant recipients from her fund, including the SPCA in Cattaraugus County, which this year received a grant of $4,114.
Since its establishment in 2001, the Mildred Milliman Fund, which previously was named Anonymous Fund to protect her privacy, has made possible more than $2.7 million in grants to the local and national charities named by Milliman, said Karen Niemic Buchheit, CRCF executive director.
Millimanas decision to set up an endowed fund with the Community Foundation with a $6 million donation continues to make a permanent difference for 35 local and national charitable organizations, Buchheit noted.
Other organizations benefiting from grants this year include nonprofits that work to improve animal welfare, help disabled veterans and fight life-threatening diseases among other causes. They include: Allegany County SPCA, Town of Olean Fire Department, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the Foundationas Beautification Fund, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Alzheimeras Association, American Cancer Society, American Foundation for the Blind, American Heart Association, American Kidney Fund, American Lung Association, American SPCA, Best Friends Animal Society, Blinded Veterans Association, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Easter Seals, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, HOPE Foundation, Humane Society of U.S., International Fund for Animal Welfare, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy Association, National Anti-Vivisection Society, National Epilepsy Foundation, National MS Society, National Wildlife Federation, Paralyzed Veterans of America, St.
