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Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System

Ccls is a 36 member cooperative public library system chartered by the nys education department to foster, strengthen, and improve public library services within chautauqua and cattaraugus counties by providing its members with training, acquisition, and processing.

$578k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$124k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.8MArts & Culture$64k
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 36 grants below total $503,753, the rows itemized in this filing. The $577,611 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $73,858 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $176k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $131k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $197k
$7,595
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY$123,683
OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY$72,851
RANDOLPH FREE LIBRARY$26,899
BLOUNT LIBRARY$26,037
ELLINGTON FARMAN LIBRARY$15,965
GOWANDA FREE LIBRARY$15,791
DUNKIRK PUBLIC LIBRARY$12,588
LAKEWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY$12,230
AHIRA HALL MEMORIAL LIBRARY$11,061
DARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY$10,470
PORTVILLE FREE LIBRARY$9,270
FLUVANNA FREE LIBRARY$8,719
KENNEDY FREE LIBRARY$8,521
KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY$8,218
PATTERSON LIBRARY$7,980
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $123k → 16%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $104k → 16%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $100k → 16%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $90k → 16%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $85k → 16%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $84k → 16%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $73k → 16%OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $67k → 16%RIPLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $18k → 18%GOWANDA FREE LIBRARY: $16k → 16%RIPLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $14k → 18%AHIRA HALL MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $14k → 18%ANDERSON-LEE LIBRARY: $14k → 18%DUNKIRK FREE LIBRARY: $19k → 18%AHIRA HALL MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $14k → 18%ANDERSON-LEE LIBRARY: $14k → 18%DUNKIRK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $19k → 18%DUNKIRK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $14k → 18%SENECA NATION LIBRARY: $24k → 16%SENECA NATION LIBRARY: $24k → 16%SALAMANCA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $16k → 16%SALAMANCA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $15k → 16%PATTERSON LIBRARY: $15k → 18%PATTERSON LIBRARY: $15k → 18%RANDOLPH FREE LIBRARY: $27k → 16%BLOUNT LIBRARY: $26k → 16%SMITH MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $13k → 18%MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF LITTLE VALLEY: $30k → 16%MAYVILLE LIBRARY: $13k → 18%SMITH MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $13k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $146k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $144k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $125k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $124k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $123k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $120k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $96k → 18%JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY: $64k → 18%DARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY: $17k → 18%DARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $16k → 18%DARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY: $14k → 18%FALCONER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $13k → 18%FALCONER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $13k → 18%MARY E SEYMOUR MEM FREE LIB: $20k → 18%MARY E SEYMOUR MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $20k → 18%LAKEWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $15k → 18%LAKEWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $14k → 18%ELLINGTON FARMAN LIBRARY: $16k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 36 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
0

Total granted

$3.8M
$0

Still filing today

69%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OP
    OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $727k · revenue +13%
  • DR
    DARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $92k · revenue +418%
  • PL
    PATTERSON LIBRARY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $82k · revenue +102%

Funded once

    How this is measured

    Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

    04Its field

    Closest unfunded matches

    The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

    1
    William B Ogden Free Library

    To provide library services to local area residents.

    Education
    2
    Field Memorial Library
    —
    3
    New Ipswich Library
    —
    4
    Simsbury Free Library
    Education
    5
    Monessen Public Library

    Monessen Public Library provides collection facilities and services to the people of the Monessen community, which assists them in fulfilling their need for information, research sources, and cultural enrichment.

    —
    6
    Quechee Library Association

    The Quechee Library serves as a public library and freely provides access and materials for information, lifelong learning, entertainment, and reflection, as well as programs to foster community and engagement.

    —
    7
    Riverton Free Library Association
    —
    8
    Odell Nebraska Public Library
    Education
    9
    Morris Plains Library Association

    Public Library providing books and computer network to the public

    Education
    10
    Tupper Lake Public Library

    The tupper lake library is a source of information for the public

    Education
    11
    Dolgeville Manheim Public Library

    public library

    Education
    12
    Indian Valley Public Library Foundation of Friends
    Philanthropy
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delevan-Yorkshire Public Library; the most unlike its peers is Chautauqua Institution. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

    Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

    How this is measured

    Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    4
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    10
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    25/25
    Grantees still filing
    19/25
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $941,046 · EducationJAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONOLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $726,813 · EducationOLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARYPATTERSON LIBRARY: $82,018 · EducationLAKEWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $80,123 · Education+10 more: $551,348 · Education+10 moreDUNKIRK FREE LIBRARY: $104,807 · OtherDUNKIRK FREE LIBRARYSENECA NATION LIBRARY: $99,642 · OtherSENECA NATION LIBRARYDARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY: $92,314 · OtherDARWIN R BARKER LIBRARYBLOUNT LIBRARY INC: $78,379 · OtherBLOUNT LIBRARY INCCITY OF SALAMANCA: $76,802 · OtherCITY OF SALAMANCAMEMORIAL LIBRARY OF LITTLE VALLEY: $75,775 · OtherMEMORIAL LIBRARY OF LITTLE VALLEYAHIRA HALL MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $74,317 · OtherAHIRA HALL MEMORIAL LIBRARYRANDOLPH FREE LIBRARY: $73,173 · OtherRIPLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $69,574 · OtherMary E Seymour Memorial Free Library: $66,593 · OtherFALCONER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $61,961 · OtherELLINGTON FARMAN LIBRARY: $58,893 · OtherASHVILLE FREE LIBRARY: $56,473 · OtherClymer-French Creek Library: $53,772 · OtherDELEVAN-YORKSHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $53,014 · OtherCATTARAUGUS FREE LIBRARY: $52,234 · OtherTOWN OF BUSTI: $51,185 · OtherALLEGANY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $50,427 · OtherKING MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $49,151 · Other+2 more: $91,762 · Other+2 moreCHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION: $64,015 · Arts & Culture
    Education$2,381,348Other$1,390,248Arts & Culture$64,015

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $941,046 over 8y, 17% of budgetOLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $726,813 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetDARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY: $92,314 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetPATTERSON LIBRARY: $82,018 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetLAKEWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $80,123 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetBLOUNT LIBRARY INC: $78,379 over 8y, 17% of budgetMEMORIAL LIBRARY OF LITTLE VALLEY: $75,775 over 7y, 24% of budgetANDERSON LEE LIBRARY: $69,067 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetMary E Seymour Memorial Free Library: $66,593 over 7y, 10% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION: $64,015 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPORTVILLE FREE LIBRARY: $59,960 over 8y, 11% of budgetGOWANDA FREE LIBRARY: $58,163 over 7y, 14% of budgetSINCLAIRVILLE FREE LIBRARY: $58,145 over 7y, 11% of budgetASHVILLE FREE LIBRARY: $56,473 over 7y, 22% of budgetELLICOTTVILLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $54,802 over 7y, 13% of budgetMAYVILLE LIBRARY: $54,741 over 7y, 12% of budgetDELEVAN-YORKSHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $53,014 over 7y, 40% of budgetFLUVANNA FREE LIBRARY: $52,737 over 7y, 29% of budgetKENNEDY FREE LIBRARY: $52,257 over 7y, 21% of budgetCATTARAUGUS FREE LIBRARY: $52,234 over 8y, 14% of budgetMYERS MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $47,347 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetBEMUS POINT FREE LIBRARY: $46,256 over 7y, 10% of budgetMinerva Free Library: $45,506 over 7y, 27% of budgetAlexander Findley Community Library: $44,129 over 7y, 25% of budget
    Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

    A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

    • Who funds JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
    • Who funds OLEAN PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds DARWIN R BARKER LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds PATTERSON LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds LAKEWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds BLOUNT LIBRARY INC ↗
    • Who funds MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF LITTLE VALLEY ↗
    • Who funds ANDERSON LEE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds Mary E Seymour Memorial Free Library ↗
    • Who funds CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION ↗
    • Who funds PORTVILLE FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds GOWANDA FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds SINCLAIRVILLE FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds ASHVILLE FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds ELLICOTTVILLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds MAYVILLE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds Clymer-French Creek Library ↗
    • Who funds DELEVAN-YORKSHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds FLUVANNA FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds KENNEDY FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds CATTARAUGUS FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds MYERS MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds BEMUS POINT FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds Minerva Free Library ↗
    • Who funds Alexander Findley Community Library ↗

    Co-funders

    Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

    Chautauqua Region Com…Reginald a & Elizabet…Ralph C Sheldon Found…Carnahan-Jackson Foun…John Henry Eldred Jr …Amazonsmile Foundation
    Chautauqua Region Community Foundation IncNY28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc · Reginald a & Elizabeth S Lenna Fdn Inc Dba Lenna Foundation · Ralph C Sheldon Foundation Inc · Carnahan-Jackson Foundation · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation

    How this is measured
    Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
      typical government reliance, FY20–25
      How this is measured
      Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

      On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

      How this is measured
      Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

      Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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