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:
Chautauqua
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2024)
Chautauqua
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $213,057 (2021)
Chautauqua Bird Tree and Garden Club
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $5,692 (2021)
Chautauqua Catholic Community
Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $20,000 (2021)
Chautauqua Foundation
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies - Getzville, NY - $85,000 (2021)
Chautauqua Foundation
Hultquist Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $40,000 (2022)
Chautauqua Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust - Indianapolis, IN - $50,000 (2021)
Chautauqua Foundation
Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $20,000 (2021)
Chautauqua Foundation
T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving - Baltimore, MD - $53,500 (2021)
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $5,777 (2021)
Chautauqua Institution
Fletcher Foundation - Skaneateles, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Chautauqua Institution
Gebbie Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Chautauqua Institution
Hultquist Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $100,000 (2022)
Chautauqua Institution
Jessie Smith Darrah Fund - New York, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Chautauqua Institution
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust - Indianapolis, IN - $10,000 (2021)
Chautauqua Institution
National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $15,000 (2022)
Chautauqua Institution
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $35,000 (2021)
Chautauqua Institution
Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $43,500 (2021)
Chautauqua Women's Club
Fletcher Foundation - Skaneateles, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Diverse Chautauqua
Everett Foundation - New York, NY - $1,000 (2021)
Diverse Chautauqua
Jewish Communal Fund - New York, NY - $46,000 (2021)
Friends of the Chautauqua Child
Holmberg Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $10,000 (2021)
Town of Chautauqua
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Washington, DC - $2,451 (2021)
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