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)
African-American Heritage House
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $5,000 (2023)
Alumni Association of the Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle
Ringen Fund - Philadelphia, PA - $2,500 (2024)
Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua
Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation - Orange Village, OH - $1,800 (2024)
Chabad Lubavitch of Chautauqua
Slone Family Foundation - Old Westbury, NY - $1,000 (2023)
Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Louis Plansoen Foundation - Las Vegas, NV - $100,000 (2023)
Chapel of the Good Shepherd Foundation
Lahey Foundation - Naples, FL - $1,500 (2023)
Chautauqua Christian Science House
Donald L Koch Charitable Trust - Amelia Island, FL - $1,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Fire Department
Madison Charitable Foundation - Richmond, TX - $5,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $20,000 (2025)
Chautauqua Foundation
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $10,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Arthur & Edith Stern Family Foundation - Westfield, NJ - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Arthur & Edith Stern Family Foundation - Iselin, NJ - $5,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Bellowe Family Foundation - Montecito, CA - $5,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Berglund-Weiss Charitable Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Berglund-Weiss Charitable Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $25,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
C J Smith Trust - Pittsburgh, PA - $5,873 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation - Tampa, FL - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation - Tampa, FL - $25,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Ellis Foundation - Atlanta, GA - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Ellis Foundation - Atlanta, GA - $5,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society - Garden City, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society - Garden City, NY - $50,000 (2023)
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
Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation - Akron, OH - $305,400 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
MLE Foundation - New Canaan, CT - $48,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Ochiltree Foundation of North Carolina - Sewickley, PA - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
P M Moore Foundation - Beaver, PA - $25,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund - Wilmington, DE - $1,000,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Foundation
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund - Wilmington, DE - $1,500,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Foundation
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving - Baltimore, MD - $56,400 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $10,000 (2025)
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
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $7,500 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Bill & Jackie Lockwood Family - Dayton, OH - $2,500 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Bruce & Susan Neckers Foundation - Grand Rapids, MI - $1,000 (2025)
Chautauqua Institution
Byham Charitable Foundation - Bridgeville, PA - $5,500 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Byham Charitable Foundation - Bridgeville, PA - $5,250 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Clement & Karen Arrison Family Charitable Foundation - 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
Crittenden Foundation - Nashville, TN - $27,400 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Crittenden Foundation - Nashville, TN - $25,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Duane Wilder Foundation - Austin, TX - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Duane Wilder Foundation - Austin, TX - $5,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Fayette S Olmsted Foundation - Pittsburgh, PA - $5,256 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Fayette S Olmsted Foundation - Pittsburgh, PA - $6,139 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Ford Foundation - New York, NY - $100,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Fradin Silberstein Foundation - Chestnut Hill, MA - $5,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Gebbie Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $1,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Gebbie Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $1,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $28,200 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $25,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Gertrude H Sutton Trust - Pittsburgh, PA - $27,766 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Gertrude H Sutton Trust - Pittsburgh, PA - $27,766 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Horace Dawson Foundation - Rockville, MD - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Horace Dawson Foundation - Rockville, MD - $10,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Howard B Bernick Foundation - Chicago, IL - $1,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Hultquist Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $150,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Hultquist Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $100,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society - Garden City, NY - $100,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
J Ritts Trust for Chautauqua Institution - Pittsburgh, PA - $11,096 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
J Ritts Trust for Chautauqua Institution - Pittsburgh, PA - $10,152 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Jackson Family Foundation - Ocean Ridge, FL - $2,500 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Madison Charitable Foundation - Richmond, TX - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Madison Charitable Foundation - Richmond, TX - $10,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Madison Charitable Foundation - Richmond, TX - $100,000 (2023)
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
Peaas Charitable Foundation - Boca Raton, FL - $20,000 (2025)
Chautauqua Institution
Peaas Charitable Foundation - Boca Raton, FL - $60,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $50,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Richard & Emily Smucker Family - Orrville, OH - $1,000,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Princeton, NJ - $1,500 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Roe Green Foundation - Cleveland, OH - $2,835,304 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Roe Green Foundation - Cleveland, OH - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Roe Green Foundation - Cleveland, OH - $25,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Sancti Foundation - New York, NY - $50,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Sonkin Family Foundation - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - $3,389 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving - Baltimore, MD - $5,200 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Two Lights Foundation - Denver, CO - $500,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Two Lights Foundation - Denver, CO - $500,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Willard E Smucker Foundation - Orrville, OH - $25,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Willard E Smucker Foundation - Orrville, OH - $25,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
William S Beamer Charitable Fund - Pittsburgh, PA - $20,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $35,500 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Wood Foundation of Chambersburg - Shaker Heights, OH - $30,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Institution
Wood Foundation of Chambersburg - Shaker Heights, OH - $5,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Institution
Zemsky Family Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $1,000 (2023)
Chautauqua Opera Guild
Adele M Thomas Charitable Foundation - Falls Church, VA - $10,500 (2023)
Chautauqua Opera Guild
Bellowe Family Foundation - Montecito, CA - $1,000 (2023)
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 & Jane Baird Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $5,000 (2024)
Chautauqua Women's Club
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $1,100 (2023)
Chautauqua Women's Club
Peaas Charitable Foundation - Boca Raton, FL - $1,000 (2025)
Community Compact
Ringen Fund - Philadelphia, PA - $5,000 (2023)
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua
Bakken Family Wrc Foundation - Prior Lake, MN - $10,000 (2024)
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua
Bakken Family Wrc Foundation - Minneapolis, MN - $5,000 (2023)
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)
Friends of Chautauqua Visual Arts
Georgescu Family Foundation - Westport, CT - $5,500 (2023)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation - Tampa, FL - $5,400 (2024)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
Fibushendricks Family Foundation - Niles, OH - $5,000 (2023)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
International Order of the King's Daughters & Sons - East Hartford, CT - $3,689 (2024)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
Peaas Charitable Foundation - Boca Raton, FL - $1,000 (2025)
Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua
Sonkin Family Foundation - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - $1,705 (2023)
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
International Order of the King's Daughters & Sons - East Hartford, CT - $18,100 (2023)
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
Kings Daughters Home for Old People - Burlington, IA - $3,500 (2024)
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
Kings Daughters Home for Old People - Burlington, IA - $5,000 (2023)
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
Mary Brickell Circle of King's Daughters - Yazoo City, MS - $5,101 (2023)
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
MLE Foundation - New Canaan, CT - $30,000 (2023)
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