Chautauqua County

County seat: Mayville

2020 population: 127,657
More Chautauqua County census data

Regional funders: Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, United Way of Southern Cha


ECONOMIC IMPACT
Employment: In 2022, an estimated 6,360 people worked at 316 nonprofit establishments in Chautauqua County – or 17.3% of the county work force. Wages totalled $284.7 million.
Revenues: According to the Internal Revenue Service, 853 nonprofit organizations in Chautauqua County filed tax returns reporting revenues totalling $451.6 million.
Property taxes: Of 93,842 parcels, 33.75 percent had whole or partial tax exemptions in 2023.
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Internal Revenue Service, 2024; Office of Real Property Tax Services, 2023.

Upstate Giving profiles of communities in Chautauqua County:
Bemus Point
Celoron
Chautauqua
Cherry Creek
Clymer
Dunkirk
Ellington
Falconer
Findley Lake
Fredonia
French Creek
Frewsburg
Gerry
Irving
Jamestown
Lakewood
Lily Dale
Mayville
North Harmony
Sherman
Silver Creek
Sinclairville
Westfield

Major non-governmental grantors
Chautauqua Foundation
Gebbie Foundation
Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation
Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation
Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation


Largest nonprofits in Chautauqua County (by assets) include:

 Chautauqua Institution
 Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
 Chautauqua Foundation
 Gebbie Foundation
 The Gerry Homes
 Fredonia College Foundation of State University of New York
 NYSARC
 Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation
 Brooks-Tlc Hospital System
 Reginald a and Elizabeth S Lenna Foundation