The Silver Creek-Irving Heritage Fund (SCIHF), a Community Donor Advised Fund of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, recently awarded grants to two local organizations. The Anderson-Lee Library received a grant for $1,500 for the Forestville Book Locker Project and the village of Silver Creek was awarded $600 for the 2025 Music in the Park Concert Series. SCIHF provides grants to charitable programs that address the most pressing needs within the Silver Creek-Irving community as well as leadership development initiatives. Their motto is “Remembering Our Past – Securing Our Future”. Applications are accepted annually by Sept. 20. As a Community Donor Advised Fund of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, SCIHF is an endowed fund and will continue to make grants in perpetuity. Gifts to the fund can be made directly at https://www.nccfoundation.org/scihf The SCIHF committee members include: Matt Bogosian, Susan Borrello, Marv Cummings, Marcey Denardo, Maureen Morabito, Donna Roof, and Kathy Tampio and Liz Vancheri, SCIHF is currently seeking members interested in serving on the Silver Creek-Irving grants committee. For more information, please contact Eileen Ardillo, program coordinator at eardillo@nccfoundation.org or speak to any committee member. Since its incorporation in 1986, the NCCF has invested more than $21 million in northern Chautauqua County through strategic grantmaking, targeted scholarships, and leadership and community collaborations. The NCCF is a tax-exempt charitable organization inherently committed to enhancing the northern Chautauqua community and encouraging local philanthropy. As a nationally accredited community foundation, the NCCF has proven compliance with the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations, demonstrating integrity, equity, accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in meeting the needs of its community. For more information on the NCCF, visit www.nccfoundation.org or call 716-366-4892.

The Silver Creek-Irving Heritage Fund (SCIHF), a Community Donor Advised Fund of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, recently awarded grants to two local organizations. The Anderson-Lee Library received a grant for $1,500 for the Forestville Book Locker Project and the village of Silver Creek was awarded $600 for the 2025 Music in the Park Concert Series.

SCIHF provides grants to charitable programs that address the most pressing needs within the Silver Creek-Irving community as well as leadership development initiatives. Their motto is “Remembering Our Past – Securing Our Future”. Applications are accepted annually by Sept. 20.

As a Community Donor Advised Fund of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, SCIHF is an endowed fund and will continue to make grants in perpetuity. Gifts to the fund can be made directly at https://www.nccfoundation.org/scihf

The SCIHF committee members include: Matt Bogosian, Susan Borrello, Marv Cummings, Marcey Denardo, Maureen Morabito, Donna Roof, and Kathy Tampio and Liz Vancheri, SCIHF is currently seeking members interested in serving on the Silver Creek-Irving grants committee. For more information, please contact Eileen Ardillo, program coordinator at eardillo@nccfoundation.org or speak to any committee member.

Since its incorporation in 1986, the NCCF has invested more than $21 million in northern Chautauqua County through strategic grantmaking, targeted scholarships, and leadership and community collaborations. The NCCF is a tax-exempt charitable organization inherently committed to enhancing the northern Chautauqua community and encouraging local philanthropy. As a nationally accredited community foundation, the NCCF has proven compliance with the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations, demonstrating integrity, equity, accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in meeting the needs of its community. For more information on the NCCF, visit www.nccfoundation.org or call 716-366-4892.