New York · Nonprofit
JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION
JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,138,706 to it, the largest being REGINALD A & ELIZABETH S LENNA FDN INC DBA LENNA FOUNDATION ($425,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $274k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $865k
What Jamestown Renaissance Corporation does
Mission
To implement and guide the city of jamestown, new york's urban design plan and neighborhood revitalization plan and the planning and promotion of events and business development in downtown jamestown, ny.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Guidance and implementation of the city of jamestown, new york's urban design plan. Guidance and implementation of the renaissance block challenge and neighborhood investment program in the city of jamestown, new york. Programs include urban core investment program and neighborhod investment program.
$277,042 spentof which $201,482 as grants76% of program spendingPublic parks - maintenance of two public parks in downtown jamestown, new york
$59,858 spent16% of program spendingHistorical survey
$21,762 spent6% of program spendingArtscape - banners and marketing for local businesses
$7,643 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $366,305.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.7M to $1.1M (−32%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 26% · 2018 13% · 2019 55% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $33k → $281k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.4M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Gebbie Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
29% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 63% · 2019 59% · 2020 42% · 2021 38% · 2022 36% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $263k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
20%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION?
- JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,138,706 to it, the largest being REGINALD A & ELIZABETH S LENNA FDN INC DBA LENNA FOUNDATION ($425,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,138,706 in grants to JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION?
- REGINALD A & ELIZABETH S LENNA FDN INC DBA LENNA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $425,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAMESTOWN RENAISSANCE CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing