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Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc
The foundation is a nonprofit, community corporation created by and for the people of chautauqua county. In partnership with our community, we ignite positive change and create a legacy of impact.
- $5.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 102
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 88
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,525
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $552,065
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 101
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $168M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $282k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 100 | $3.7M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 88 | $3.1M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 101 | $3.0M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 93 | $3.1M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 83 | $2.7M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 79 | $2.7M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $318k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $354k | 0% |
98% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Arts & Culture$3.9MHuman Services$2.4MCommunity Improvement$1.7MEnvironment$1.6MReligion$1.4MHealth$1.3MEducation$1.2MYouth Development$994kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Comedy Center Inc | $1,506,517 | 6 | 29% |
| Jamestown Center City Development Corporation | $915,884 | 5 | 8% |
| Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance Inc | $857,030 | 6 | 18% |
| Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Inc | $763,250 | 6 | 13% |
| Chautauqua Institution | $689,896 | 5 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Jamestown | $667,521 | 6 | 6% |
| Filling the Gap Inc | $627,479 | 6 | 14% |
| The Salvation Army | $558,434 | 6 | n/a |
| United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Inc | $536,088 | 6 | 11% |
| Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County Inc | $451,901 | 6 | 10% |
Show all 185 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Comedy Center Inc | $1,506,517 | 6 | 29% |
| Jamestown Center City Development Corporation | $915,884 | 5 | 8% |
| Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance Inc | $857,030 | 6 | 18% |
| Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Inc | $763,250 | 6 | 13% |
| Chautauqua Institution | $689,896 | 5 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Jamestown | $667,521 | 6 | 6% |
| Filling the Gap Inc | $627,479 | 6 | 14% |
| The Salvation Army | $558,434 | 6 | n/a |
| United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Inc | $536,088 | 6 | 11% |
| Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County Inc | $451,901 | 6 | 10% |
| Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown Inc | $411,259 | 6 | 10% |
| Robert H Jackson Center Inc | $410,022 | 6 | 15% |
| Chautauqua County Humane Society Inc | $395,375 | 6 | 6% |
| City of Jamestown | $383,782 | 6 | n/a |
| Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Na | $364,014 | 6 | 7% |
| Chautauqua Opportunities Inc | $329,155 | 5 | 1% |
| YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF Jamestown NEW YORK | $298,099 | 6 | 2% |
| St Luke's Episcopal Church | $282,221 | 6 | n/a |
| Jamestown Renaissance Corporation | $263,270 | 6 | 25% |
| Fenton Historical Society of Jamestown New York | $250,157 | 6 | 22% |
| Infinity Visual & Performing Arts Inc | $233,719 | 6 | 25% |
| Audubon Community Nature Center | $222,098 | 6 | 8% |
| James Prendergast Library Association | $220,015 | 6 | 3% |
| Holy Apostles Roman Catholic Parish of Jamestown N Y | $213,515 | 5 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care | $190,905 | 6 | 1% |
| St Susan Center Inc | $182,539 | 6 | 7% |
| The Rotary Club of Jamestown Community Service Fund Inc | $174,648 | 6 | 88% |
| Cooperative Extension Association in the State of N Y | $168,011 | 6 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Striders Inc | $162,353 | 6 | 4% |
| Falconer Public Library | $154,276 | 6 | n/a |
| Sts Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Ch | $148,623 | 1 | n/a |
| Jamestown Community College | $135,630 | 6 | n/a |
| Jamestown Community Learning Council | $123,895 | 5 | 2% |
| Jamestown City School District | $122,218 | 6 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services Group Inc | $120,973 | 4 | 2% |
| Healthy Community Alliance Inc | $120,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Feedmore Western New York Inc | $119,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Chautauqua County Chapter of Nysarc Inc | $107,396 | 6 | 0% |
| The Relief Zone Inc | $107,137 | 5 | 6% |
| Community Connections At Findley Lake Inc | $102,373 | 6 | 11% |
| Holy Trinity Lutheran Church | $101,962 | 6 | n/a |
| Lucile M Wright Air Museum | $101,592 | 2 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Blind Association Inc | $100,048 | 6 | 6% |
| Lutheran Social Services of Upstate New York Inc | $96,896 | 2 | n/a |
| First Lutheran Church | $89,925 | 5 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Lake Association Inc | $82,297 | 2 | 3% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $79,059 | 5 | n/a |
| 5 Loaves and 2 Fish Outreach Ministry Inc | $77,334 | 4 | 10% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $70,197 | 6 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Warner Marvin Community House Inc | $70,186 | 6 | 34% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $68,783 | 5 | 0% |
| Fluvanna Free Library | $65,437 | 6 | 18% |
| Chautauqua Rails to Trails Inc | $62,945 | 4 | n/a |
| Allegheny Highlands Council Inc | $62,864 | 6 | 3% |
| Hillcrest Baptist Church | $62,549 | 6 | n/a |
| Chautauqua County Office for the Aging | $60,591 | 4 | n/a |
| Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System | $57,712 | 6 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of Western New York | $56,100 | 5 | 2% |
| Integrityfirst Inc | $55,168 | 4 | 14% |
| Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame Inc | $54,156 | 5 | 17% |
| Literacy Volunteers of Chaucoinc | $51,240 | 3 | 16% |
| Ehs Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centaur Stride Inc | $47,960 | 5 | 23% |
| Community Helping Hands Inc | $47,827 | 3 | 3% |
| Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation | $47,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Stanley Hose Company Inc | $47,125 | 3 | 7% |
| Creche Inc | $47,115 | 6 | 15% |
| Upmc Chautauqua at Wca | $46,855 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lawson Boating Heritage Center on Chautauqua Lake | $46,769 | 3 | 10% |
| Family Service of the Chautauqua Region Inc | $45,363 | 3 | 2% |
| Jamestown Community College Foundation Inc | $45,357 | 3 | 1% |
| Marshal Martz Memorial Astronomical Assoc Inc | $42,294 | 3 | 74% |
| Little Theatre of Jamestown Inc | $38,864 | 4 | 60% |
| Sukanya Burman Dance Inc | $38,787 | 2 | 30% |
| Italian American Charity Golf Association | $37,373 | 2 | 32% |
| Chautauqua Children's Safety Education Village Inc | $36,577 | 3 | 10% |
| International Mountain Bicycling Association | $36,198 | 2 | n/a |
| St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Ch | $36,043 | 5 | n/a |
| Busti Historical Society | $35,629 | 3 | 15% |
| Village of Celoron | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dream It Do It Western New York Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Meals on Wheels of Jamestown Area Inc | $34,147 | 4 | 2% |
| American Diabetes Association | $33,732 | 4 | 0% |
| Jamestown Babe Ruth World Series Commitee Inc | $33,294 | 2 | 34% |
| Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet Inc | $32,014 | 3 | 6% |
| Lakewood Memorial Library | $31,911 | 3 | 2% |
| Housing Options Made Easy | $31,895 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakewood Volunteer Fire Co Inc | $29,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Wca Foundation Inc | $28,463 | 2 | 1% |
| Randolph Area Community Development Corp | $27,439 | 4 | 31% |
| Myers Memorial Library | $27,315 | 2 | 13% |
| First Covenant Church | $27,294 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Westfield | $27,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Bemus Point Free Library | $26,020 | 2 | 14% |
| Healing World Ministries Church of God | $25,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Minerva Free Library | $25,686 | 2 | 10% |
| Friends of the Chautauqua County Ch | $25,255 | 4 | 1% |
| Lakewood Community Development Corporation | $25,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Ellington Farman Library | $22,959 | 2 | 15% |
| Volunteer Firemens Association of Falconer Inc | $22,724 | 2 | 17% |
| Falconer Central School District | $21,655 | 2 | n/a |
| United Christian Advocacy Network Inc | $21,164 | 3 | 2% |
| Our Lady of Loreto Church | $20,801 | 2 | n/a |
| New Directions Youth and Family Services | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Scandinavian Heritage Foundation Inc | $20,407 | 3 | 53% |
| Sherman Historical Society | $20,020 | 1 | n/a |
| Panama Fire Company Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Fluvanna Fire District | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Celoron Hose Company 1 Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Community Inclusion Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Inc | $19,896 | 3 | 1% |
| The Chautauqua Center Inc | $19,736 | 1 | 0% |
| Jamestown Business College | $19,217 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Harmony | $17,117 | 2 | n/a |
| Sonshine Charitable Fund | $15,991 | 2 | 19% |
| St Patrick Church | $15,692 | 2 | n/a |
| Ashville Free Library | $15,270 | 1 | 14% |
| Town of Busti | $15,238 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Support Group of Swny | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $14,795 | 1 | 3% |
| Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency (Jura) | $14,705 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Olympics New York Inc | $14,701 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chautauqua Bird Tree and Garden Club Inc | $14,549 | 2 | 31% |
| Town of Clymer | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Randolph Fire Company Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Falconer United Methodist Church | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Prevention Works Inc | $11,882 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Music Project | $11,025 | 1 | 34% |
| Village of Lakewood | $10,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennedy Free Library | $10,619 | 1 | 13% |
| Chautauqua County Historical Society | $10,598 | 1 | 14% |
| The Gerry Homes | $10,428 | 1 | 0% |
| Jamestown Skating Club Inc | $10,303 | 1 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Lake Rowing Association Inc | $10,255 | 1 | n/a |
| Pip-Skey S Foundation for Homeless Animals Inc | $10,185 | 1 | n/a |
| Chautauqua County Education Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| North Harmony Senior Citizens Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sea Lion Project Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Challenger Learning Center of the Twin Tier Region Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chautauqua Region Youth Ballet | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| WIB INC DBA Chautauqua Works | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Every Bottom Covered Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Lake Child Care Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cassadaga Central School District | $9,709 | 1 | n/a |
| Chautauqua County Health Network Inc | $8,834 | 1 | 1% |
| Zion Covenant Church Jamestown Ny | $8,259 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Lake View Cemetery Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakewood Baptist Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Main Street Church of God | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charlotte Center Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hope Community Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stockton Community Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ellery Baptist Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Sports Academy LLC | $7,992 | 1 | 8% |
| Town of Chautauqua Hometown Heroes Veterans Park Inc | $7,895 | 1 | n/a |
| Fluvanna Community Church | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Mission Meadows | $7,502 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Poland | $7,484 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennedy First Untd Method Church | $7,312 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakewood United Methodist Church | $7,202 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chautauqua Lake Cental School | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Temple Church of Apostolic Faith C O Rev Uvie E Stewart | $6,810 | 1 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Adult Day Care Centers Inc | $6,496 | 1 | 1% |
| Arise Chautauqua Inc | $6,435 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspire of Western New York Inc | $6,221 | 1 | 0% |
| Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc | $6,141 | 1 | 2% |
| Panama Methodist Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Western New York Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance Organization of Jamestown Chau | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmanual Baptist Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ross Mills Church of God | $5,890 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennedy Fire Department No 1 Inc | $5,638 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Randolph | $5,636 | 1 | n/a |
| First Congregational United Church of Christ | $5,511 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Ellington | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tea | $5,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Harmony Historical Society | $5,498 | 1 | n/a |
| Sinclairville Free Library | $5,343 | 1 | 7% |
| Frewsburg Food Cupboard | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Bemus Point | $5,080 | 1 | n/a |
| Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation & Improvement Corp | $5,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Ball Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 111 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 111.
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.
Ralph C Sheldon Foundation IncNY140.4× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Ralph C Sheldon Foundation Inc · Reginald a & Elizabeth S Lenna Fdn Inc Dba Lenna Foundation · United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Inc · Carnahan-Jackson Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Hultquist Foundation Inc · Ttee Uw Jessie Smith Darrah-Charita · Holmberg Foundation Inc · The Western New York Foundation · Northern Chautauqua Community Found · Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation · Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
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.
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About Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc give?
- Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc reported 102 itemized grants totaling $3,715,960, out of $5,909,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 101 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (15%), Human Services (10%), Community Improvement (7%).
- Who are Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Comedy Center Inc ($1.5M), Jamestown Center City Development Corporation ($916k), Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance Inc ($857k).
- Does Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ralph C Sheldon Foundation Inc, Reginald a & Elizabeth S Lenna Fdn Inc Dba Lenna Foundation, United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Inc.
- Where is Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc based?
- Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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