From left are Michael Porto, Invenergy senior director; Sean Perry, Invenergy renewable developer; Varun Praveen, Invenergy senior program manager; Mary Freeman, Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation board member; and Kirk Windus, CRCF executive director
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June 6, 2025
Alle-Catt Wind developer donates $5,000 to CRCF fund
OLEAN — Invenergy, the developer of the Alle-Catt Wind project in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, has made a $5,000 donation to the Community Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, aimed at supporting charitable programming in communities hosting Alle-Catt windmills.
The donation will benefit nonprofit organizations and community initiatives in Farmersville, Freedom and Yorkshire through the foundation’s Community Fund.
Kirk Windus, CRCF executive director, thanked Chicago-based Invenergy for recognizing the importance of “localized, responsive philanthropy.”
“This investment in the Community Fund will empower nonprofits in these communities to address pressing needs and seize new opportunities for growth and resilience,” he said, adding the gift also underscores CRCF’s strategic commitment to growing the Community Fund as a flexible, responsive source of support for the county’s residents.
Varun Praveen, senior project manager for Alle-Catt Wind, said Invenergy’s donation is an example of its “commitment to the local communities in which we live and work. Through CRCF and the Community Fund, we know these funds can be used where it is needed most to support Alle-Catt Wind’s neighbors.”
Windus said Invenergy’s gift will be put to use within one calendar year or through the two standard CRCF grant cycles following the donation. Currently, the fund provides about $30,000 per year between the two cycles.
Local organizations serving the targeted communities are encouraged to apply and can learn more at cattfoundation.org/grant-seekers/.
