Our Mission
The Children's Guild Foundation’s mission is to make financial grants and to serve as advocates to 501(c) (3) non-profit organizations serving children with special needs throughout the eight counties of Western New York.
To accomplish this mission, it strives to form working partnerships with healthcare professionals, medical researchers, educators and therapeutic recreational experts who are dedicated to meeting the ongoing challenges that affect children with special needs and their families.
Our Vision
With purpose and passion, The Children's Guild Foundation's vision is to be a catalyst for impactful and effective change by funding opportunities that will allow children with developmental, medical, intellectual, learning, behavioral and mental health issues achieve their highest potential.
The Foundation seeks from its grantees actions that will attain opportunities and possibilities. It values interdependency, communication and learning, innovation, collaboration to leverage greater impact, informed leadership, and inclusiveness and respect for others
Our Values
Foundation trustees and staff act as trustworthy and responsible stewards of the Foundation’s funds, seeking to direct resources with wisdom and compassion.
The Foundation ensures that its grant making and advocacy efforts are not only relevant, effective and efficient, but also mindful of the opportunity gap between children and young adults with special needs and their peers.
"The work of The Children’s Guild
Foundation is much more than grant making. We blend grant making and
advocacy to ensure our vision to promote impactful and effective change for
children with special needs and their families is not just a hope, but
something that is achieved. Our partnership with Dr. Eugene Yu in his
work at Roswell Park Cancer Institute with model-based molecular genetic
analysis in Down syndrome exemplifies this achievement."
-Margaret M. Zak, Chair