Cattaraugus County > Olean

County: Cattaraugus

Population:
  13,937 city
  1,881 town


Olean was named after Olean Shephard, first white child born here.

School districts: Olean City School District

Libraries: Olean Public Library

Hospitals: Olean General Hospital

Emergency services: Olean Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Elks, Lions, Moose, VFW, Zonta

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Mount View Cemetery, Olean Cremation Company, Pleasant Valley Cemetery
A grant from the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative was used to renovate an historic house at 214 North Barry Street into a permanent home for the African American Center for Cultural Development.

Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded transportation for the blind, Head Start, prevention of child injuries and fatalities, and other initiatives.


Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Archbishop Walsh High School
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $50,000  (2023)

Archbishop Walsh High School
  Volpe Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $50,000  (2024)

Cattaraugus County Health Department
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Cattaraugus Homeless Veterans
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $3,000  (2023)

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
  Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $242,100  (2024)

Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation
  Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $100,000  (2024)

Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES
  Appalachian Regional Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $189,000  (2023)

Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES
  Niagara Frontier Auto Dealers Association Charitable Foundation  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Christ United Methodist Church
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

Church Without Walls
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

City of Olean
  NYS revenue sharing (Aid & Incentives for Municipalities)  -  Albany, NY  -  $2,239,826  (2023)

City of Olean
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $150,000  (2024)

City of Olean
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $752,675  (2024)

City of Olean
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $500,000  (2024)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Homeland Security  -  Washington, DC  -  $21,905  (2024)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $33,250  (2025)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $87,400  (2025)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $93,100  (2025)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $346,269  (2025)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $597,629  (2025)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $72,000  (2024)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $183,285  (2024)

City of Olean
  U.S. Department of Transportation  -  Washington, DC  -  $137,484  (2023)

City of Olean Fire Department
  Suicide Prevention Center of New York  -  Albany, NY  -  $40,000  (2025)

Council on Addiction Recovery Services
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $50,000  (2023)

Directions in Independent Living
  B Thomas Golisano Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $20,000  (2024)

Directions in Independent Living
  B Thomas Golisano Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $20,000  (2023)

Directions in Independent Living
  NYS Dormitory Authority  -  Albany, NY  -  $85,807  (2024)

Enchanted Mountain Village
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2024)

Friends of Good Music
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Friends of the Library of Olean
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Genesis House
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Genesis House
  East Hill Foundation  -  North Tonawanda, NY  -  $29,730  (2024)

Genesis House
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $5,500  (2023)

Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,250  (2023)

HomeCare & Hospice Foundation
  Allegany County United Way  -  Wellsville, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

HomeCare & Hospice Foundation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

HomeCare & Hospice Foundation
  Jeanette Dermitt Trust  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $173,000  (2023)

Immanuel Christian Child Care
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Immanuel Christian Child Care
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $5,000  (2023)

Intandem
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Intandem
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $5,500  (2023)

Interfaith Caregivers
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Interfaith Caregivers
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $5,500  (2023)

Interfaith Caregivers
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $3,000  (2025)

Jamestown Community College
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $50,000  (2025)

Jamestown Community College Foundation
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2024)

Olean Association for the Blind
  Evelyn Moore Trust  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $1,458  (2024)

Olean Association for the Blind
  Evelyn Moore Trust  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $2,832  (2023)

Olean Business Development Corporation
  Appalachian Regional Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $100,000  (2023)

Olean Business Development Corporation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $20,000  (2023)

Olean Business Development Corporation
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $7,500  (2023)

Olean Business Development Corporation
  Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $250,000  (2024)

Olean Business Development Corporation
  Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $300,000  (2024)

Olean Business Development Corporation
  Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $85,227  (2023)

Olean Business Development Corporation
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $50,000  (2024)

Olean City School District
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $99,500  (2024)

Olean Food Pantry
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Olean Food Pantry
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $2,500  (2023)

Olean Food Pantry
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $25,000  (2025)

Olean General Hospital
  Eddie Pollock Hosp Trust  -  Chicago, IL  -  $30,249  (2024)

Olean General Hospital
  Eddie Pollock Hosp Trust  -  Chicago, IL  -  $37,826  (2023)

Olean General Hospital
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $9,000  (2023)

Olean General Hospital
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,240,000  (2025)

Olean General Hospital
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,000,000  (2023)

Olean General Hospital Foundation
  Constance & Carl Ferris Charitable Foundation  -  Baltimore, MD  -  $32,000  (2024)

Olean General Hospital Foundation
  Constance & Carl Ferris Charitable Foundation  -  Baltimore, MD  -  $32,000  (2023)

Olean General Hospital Foundation
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $100,000  (2023)

Olean Public Library
  Marjory M Burdus Trust  -  Olean, NY  -  $6,894  (2024)

Olean Public Library
  Marjory M Burdus Trust  -  Olean, NY  -  $4,529  (2023)

Olean Public Library
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $10,000  (2025)

Olean Soccer Club
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $13,400  (2025)

Olean YMCA
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $100,000  (2023)

Olean YMCA
  Western New York Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Olean Youth Hockey
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $10,000  (2025)

Operation Warm Hearts
  Mike Tice Foundation  -  Las Vegas, NV  -  $7,500  (2024)

Project Head Start
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $2,396,455  (2025)

Project Head Start
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $2,396,458  (2025)

Project Head Start
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $108,814  (2024)

Project Head Start
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $2,342,048  (2024)

Project Head Start
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $2,342,051  (2024)

Project Head Start
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $341,094  (2023)

Project Head Start
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $2,171,501  (2023)

Salvation Army
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,238,770  (2025)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,238,770  (2025)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $36,886  (2024)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $2,477,540  (2024)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $13,661  (2023)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $27,500  (2023)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $656,177  (2023)

Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,821,363  (2023)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  Appalachian Regional Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $25,000  (2023)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  Appalachian Regional Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $106,850  (2023)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  East Hill Foundation  -  North Tonawanda, NY  -  $4,000  (2024)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  East Hill Foundation  -  North Tonawanda, NY  -  $7,000  (2023)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  FT & Anna C Manley Memorial Fund  -  Brooklyn, OH  -  $4,500  (2023)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $150,000  (2023)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  Mother Cabrini Health Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $225,000  (2024)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  New York State Health Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $144,000  (2024)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  NYS Dormitory Authority  -  Albany, NY  -  $185,730  (2024)

Southern Tier Health Care System
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $120,348  (2023)

SPCA
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

SPCA
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

SPCA
  Stitt Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $40,000  (2025)

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $268,900  (2023)

St. Vincent de Paul Society
  Louis W Ensworth Charitable Foundation  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $4,500  (2024)

Town of Olean
  NYS Companion Animal Capital Fund  -  Albany, NY  -  $500,000  (2025)

Tri-County Arts Council
  Appalachian Regional Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $33,443  (2023)

Tri-County Arts Council
  NYS Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2024)

United Way of Cattaraugus County
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)

Universal Primary Care
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $50,000  (2024)

Universal Primary Care
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $50,000  (2024)

Universal Primary Care
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $36,000  (2024)

Universal Primary Care
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $30,000  (2023)

Universal Primary Care
  Western New York Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $16,700  (2024)

VFW Post 1619
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Walsh Foundation
  Volpe Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $320,000  (2024)

Walsh Foundation
  Volpe Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $275,000  (2023)

Westons Mills Fire District
  U.S. Department of Homeland Security  -  Washington, DC  -  $32,286  (2023)


Largest nonprofits in Olean (by assets) include:

Olean General Hospital
Olean General Hospital Foundation
Greater Olean Community Foundation
Nysarc
Young Mens Christian Association of Olean NY and Bradford Pa
Congregational Investment Trust 41C017005 990
Cattaraugus County Rehabilitation Center
Cutco Foundation
Southern Tier Community Health Center Network
Rehabilitation Foundation
Stitt Foundation
Olean Public Library
Council on Addiction Recovery Services
Community Care of WNY
Southern Tier Health Care System
James Johnson Trust Uw
Olean Business Development Corporation
Olean-Bradford Area YMCA Foundation
Bradford Regional Medical Services
Mount View Cemetery
Cattaraugus Co Project Head Start Cattaragus and Wyoming Co Pr
Bartlett Country Club
Laborers International Union of North America
Greater Olean
Ora & Bernard M Gavin Educational Trust
Genesis House of Olean
Directions in Independent Living
United Way of Cattaraugus County
Roat Tr Fbo Olean General Hospital
FJ Ryan Memorial Scholarship Fund
Olean Food Pantry
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Cattaraugus County
Parent Education Program
Wm J Moore Trust Fd
New Life Christian School
Olean Association for the Blind and Visually Handicapped