Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation supports healthcare, religious organizations, scholarships and education, community and environment, arts and culture, economic development, human services efforts in the Chautauqua region of New York.
FUNDING AREAS: Healthcare, religious organizations, scholarships and education, community and environment, arts and culture, economic development, human services
IP TAKE: There are quite a few different grant opportunities here, and each one varies in the region served and dollar amounts awarded.
PROFILE: With a history dating back to 1978, the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation (CRCF) is a community foundation based in Jamestown, New York. With the help of Eugene Struckoff, a group of individuals saw a need for a community foundation to support local charitable organizations. The CRCF aims to “help donors make a positive impact on their community by establishing a ‘bridge’ between the donor and charitable activities” CRCF funds local healthcare efforts, religious organizations, scholarships and education, community and environment, arts and culture, economic development, and human services organizations.
The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation provides unrestricted community service grants to charitable projects in the Southern Chautauqua region. It also provides field-of-interest grants that are unrestricted in this region. Karl Peterson and Lynn Foundation grants are administered by CRCF and support religious organizations locally. The Falconer Region Community Fund grants support projects within the Falconer Central School District boundaries, and the John Edward McLaughlin Family Fund grants support projects in Randolph, New York.
Grants range between about $200 and $10,000. In a recent year, the funder awarded over $3.5 million to the community in grants and scholarships. Learn more about this funder’s local giving in its tax records. Grantmaking focuses on Jamestown and the Chautauqua region of New York. Past local grantees include Myers Memorial Library, Elizabeth Warner Marvin Community House, Marshal Martz Memorial Astronomical Association, and First Free Methodist Church.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The community service grant deadlines are December 1, April 1, and July 1. Field-of-interest and Karl Peterson and Lynn Foundation grant applications are due on the last Friday of each month. Falconer Region Community Fund and John Edward McLaughlin Family Fund applications are due April 15. Grantseekers must submit all applications electronically. Direct general questions to the staff at 716-661-3390 or to individual staff members via email.
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