The Board of Directors of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) recently approved Community Benefit Grants totaling $166,293 to local organizations serving northern Chautauqua County. These grants are made possible by donors who have established or contributed to Community Funds at NCCF. The foundation is grateful for their generosity and foresight, ensuring resources will be available to meet community needs for generations to come.

Organizations receiving funding from the 2026 Spring Community Benefit Grants Program are: American Red Cross of WNY, Camp Get-A-Way of Western NY Region, Chautauqua Adult Day Care Center, Chautauqua Children’s Gym, Centaur Stride, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua County Rural Ministry, Chautauqua Safety Village, Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association, Darwin R. Barker Library and Museum, Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse, Dunkirk Police Department, Dunkirk Public Library, Fredonia First Methodist Church, Jamestown YWCA, Lake Shore Center for the Arts, Northern Chautauqua Canine Rescue, Revitalize Dunkirk, Tri-Church Parish, and Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation.

The Community Benefit Grants Program awards funding twice a year to organizations seeking to improve and strengthen the northern Chautauqua region. The deadline to submit a letter of interest for the next round of Community Benefit Grants is Sept. 1. For more information on this and other grant programs at NCCF, visit nccfoundation.org/helping-nonprofits.

Thank you to the dedicated volunteers who comprise NCCF’s Grants Committee: Adam Dimitri (Committee Chair), Rose Ann Falcone, Margaret Ferris, Sandra Lewis, Betsy Swanson, Elizabeth Tytka, and Nick Wittmeyer.

NCCF envisions a vibrant, prosperous community, rich in opportunity, today and tomorrow. The foundation works to bring that vision to life through leadership, collaboration, local philanthropy, and strategic grantmaking.

Through the Today. Tomorrow. Together. campaign, NCCF is building NCCF is building resources to support meaningful, lasting impact across northern Chautauqua. When you give to Community Funds at NCCF, your gift lasts forever, and directly benefits our community, our children, our families and neighbors, and the nonprofits that serve them. Now in its final year, the campaign has raised over $8 million for the benefit of northern Chautauqua. To learn more about the campaign or to get involved, visit nccfoundation.org, call 716-366-4892, or email nccf@nccfoundation.org.

Since its incorporation in 1986, the NCCF has invested nearly $25 million in northern Chautauqua County through strategic grantmaking, targeted scholarships, and leadership and community collaborations. The NCCF is a tax-exempt charitable organization inherently committed to enhancing the northern Chautauqua community and encouraging local philanthropy. As a nationally accredited community foundation, the NCCF has proven compliance with the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations, demonstrating integrity, equity, accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in meeting the needs of its community. For more information on the NCCF, visit www.nccfoundation.org or call 716-366-4892.