Chautauqua County > Chautauqua
On Aug. 12, 2022, author Salman Rushdie was assaulted on a stage at the Chautauqua Institution, where he was set to address an audience. Rushdie faced death threats for decades after the 1988 publication of his novel, “The Satanic Verses.” Chautauqua has a long history as a peaceful, civilized place – an annual setting for worship, arts, lectures, and other programs. That the attack would occur here was a crime unto itself.
Libraries: Smith Memorial Library
Emergency services: Chautauqua Fire Department
Not-for-profit cemeteries: Chautauqua Cemetery
Change agents:
Grants to local organizations have funded an opera festival and other programs.
Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:
African-American Heritage House
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $5,000 (2024)
Alumni Association of the Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle
Ringen Fund 4006-70-44 - Philadelphia, PA - $2,500 (2024)
Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua
Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation - Orange Village, OH - $1,800 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Arthur and Edith Stern Family Foundation - Westfield, NJ - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Berglund-Weiss Charitable Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation - Tampa, FL - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Ellis Foundation 26-28165 - Atlanta, GA - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of Na - Garden City, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation - Orange Village, OH - $200,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation - Orange Village, OH - $100,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Ochiltree Foundation of North Carolina - Sewickley, PA - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund - Wilmington, DE - $1,000,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $10,500 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Byham Charitable Foundation - Bridgeville, PA - $5,500 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Clement and Karen Arrison - Buffalo, NY - $20,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Crittenden Foundation - Nashville, TN - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Crittenden Foundation - Nashville, TN - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Duane Wilder Foundation - Austin, TX - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Gebbie Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $28,200 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Gertrude H Sutton Trust - Pittsburgh, PA - $27,766 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Horace Dawson Foundation - Rockville, MD - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Hultquist Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $150,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of Na - Garden City, NY - $100,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Madison Charitable Foundation - Richmond, TX - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Madison Charitable Foundation - Richmond, TX - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $10,000 (2026)
Chautauqua Institution
NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $10,000 (2026)
Chautauqua Institution
NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $10,000 (2026)
Chautauqua Institution
NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000 (2026)
Chautauqua Institution
NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $50,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Roe Green Foundation - Cleveland, OH - $2,835,304 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Roe Green Foundation - Cleveland, OH - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Sancti Foundation - New York, NY - $50,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Two Lights Foundation - Denver, CO - $500,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Willard E Smucker Foundation - Orrville, OH - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Wood Foundation of Chambersburg - Shaker Heights, OH - $30,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Opera Guild
Madison Charitable Foundation - Richmond, TX - $1,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Presbyterian Foundation
Geib Family Foundation - New Philadelphia, OH - $1,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Social Justice
David P Brody Charitable Trust - Tacoma, WA - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Women's Club
Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Christian Science House at Chautauqua
Donald L Koch Charitable Trust - Amelia Island, FL - $1,000 (2024)
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua
Bakken Family Wrc Foundation - Prior Lake, MN - $10,000 (2024)
Everett Jewish Life Center
Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation - Tampa, FL - $5,400 (2024)
Everett Jewish Life Center
Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation - Orange Village, OH - $1,800 (2024)
Friends of Chautauqua Theatre
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $1,000 (2024)
Friends of Chautauqua Visual Arts
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $5,000 (2024)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation - Tampa, FL - $5,400 (2024)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
International Order of the King's Daughters & Sons - East Hartford, CT - $3,689 (2024)
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
Kings Daughters Home for Old People - Burlington, IA - $3,500 (2024)
Town of Chautauqua
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $410,757 (2025)
Town of Chautauqua
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $508,363 (2025)
Town of Chautauqua
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2024)
Town of Chautauqua
NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation - Albany, NY - $2,800,000 (2025)
Largest nonprofits in Chautauqua (by assets) include:
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua Foundation
Presbyterian Association of Cha Utauqua New York
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua
International Order of the Kings Daughters and Sons
Chautauqua Catholic Community
Chautauqua Womens Club
Diverse Chautauqua
Chapel of the Good Shepherdfoundation
Chautauqua Dance Circle
Chautauqua Bird Tree and Garden Club