Dunkirk, N.Y. (May 6, 2011) – The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation’s Board of Directors has approved $4,886 in matching funds for 6 different community groups through its 2011 Community Pride Program.

Groups that have been approved by the NCCF Board of Directors for funding are as follows: Westfield Garden Club; Chautauqua County Historical Society, Silver Creek Hanover Garden Club, Academy Heights Neighborhood Association, the Boys and Girls Club of northern Chautauqua County and Fingers of Hope.

The Community Pride Program is a biennial program that awards grants to non-profits seeking funds for projects that will promote a sense of community pride, involve volunteerism from the community and provide a match to the award. Many times the match will be in volunteer hours in the form of donated labor, but in other cases the match will be in donated materials or monetary donations. These grants are funded solely from the income of the NCCF’s Community Benefit Funds.

Community groups are welcome to submit a proposal to the NCCF every other March to be considered for funding. The next proposal deadline for the Community Pride Program is March 1, 2013.

The NCCF’s volunteer Grants Committee members include Jack D’Agostino, Rose Ann Falcone, Nick Holt, JoAnn Kaufman, Kathy Kaus, Priscilla Koch, Carmen Llera, Kristine Morabito, Debra Pacos, Alberto Rey, Jerry Rocque, and Monica White. Rose Ann Falcone serves as chairman of the committee and Pete Holt is the NCCF President.

For more information about the Community Pride Program or any of the NCCF’s grant programs, visit the NCCF’s Web site at www.nccfoundation.org, or contact the NCCF Office at 366-4892.

Since 1986, the NCCF has distributed over $7.5 million within the northern Chautauqua Community. NCCF is focused on furthering its mission of enhancing the northern Chautauqua County communities.