Chautauqua County > Jamestown

County: Chautauqua

Population: 28,712


One tradition says the community was named after its founder, James Prendergast; another says it was named for Jamestown, VA.


More than three decades after her death, the city’s most famous native is still helping her hometown. Comedian and actress Lucille Ball was born here in 1911. Jamestown’s community theatre is named for her, and the National Comedy Center encompasses the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum.

Another former resident who keeps on giving is artist-naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, who died in 1996. The Roger Tory Peterson Institute, which preserves his work, is a regular recipient of foundation support.

The Gebbie Foundation is a major local funder, focusing its grants on downtown revitalization. The foundation was started in 1964 by daughters of Frank Gebbie,  founder of the Mohawk Condensed Milk Company.


School districts: Jamestown City School District
Libraries: James Prendergast Library Association

Hospitals: Womans Christian Association Hospital

Emergency services: Chautauqua County Ambulance Service, Jamestown Fire Department

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

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Conewango Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery, Lakeview Cemetery, Levant Cemetery, Maple Grove Cemetery


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded urban renewal, theater improvements, food security, ice center improvements, and other initiatives.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


A Children's Place
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $7,500  (2021)

American Red Cross
  Allegany County United Way  -  Wellsville, NY  -  $13,000  (2023)

American Red Cross
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $38,000  (2022)

American Red Cross
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

American Red Cross
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $18,000  (2021)

American Red Cross
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $65,000  (2021)

Audubon Community Nature Center
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $25,749  (2021)

Audubon Community Nature Center
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $18,000  (2022)

Audubon Community Nature Center
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Audubon Community Nature Center
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $16,000  (2021)

Audubon Community Nature Center
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $39,660  (2021)

Boys & Girls Club
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $42,576  (2021)

Boys & Girls Club
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $30,000  (2022)

Boys & Girls Club
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Boys & Girls Club
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $42,500  (2021)

Boys & Girls Club
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $27,500  (2021)

Boys & Girls Club
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $156,000  (2021)

Busti Historical Society
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $3,500  (2021)

Busti Historical Society
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Adult Day Care
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $6,496  (2021)

Chautauqua Adult Day Care
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Adult Day Care
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $9,300  (2021)

Chautauqua Adult Day Care
  United Way of Northern Chautauqua County  -  Dunkirk, NY  -  $7,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Adult Day Care
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $32,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Blind Association
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $11,146  (2021)

Chautauqua Blind Association
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,600  (2021)

Chautauqua County Humane Society
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $55,787  (2021)

Chautauqua County Humane Society
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $7,000  (2021)

Chautauqua County Humane Society
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Chautauqua County Veterans Service
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $11,576  (2021)

Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $160,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $100,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $302,400  (2021)

Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $250,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $31,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $30,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation  -  Cortland, NY  -  $38,750  (2022)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,750  (2021)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $250,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $502,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
  Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation
  Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation  -  Cortland, NY  -  $100,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation
  Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $350,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Region Industrial Development
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $120,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $4,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,800  (2021)

Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Striders
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $21,150  (2021)

Chautauqua Striders
  First Niagara Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Striders
  First Niagara Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $25,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Striders
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $18,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Striders
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Striders
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $15,000  (2022)

Chautauqua Striders
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $81,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Striders
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $32,500  (2021)

Chautauqua Striders
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $51,000  (2021)

Chautauqua Striders
  Western New York Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $12,050  (2021)

Chautauqua Striders
  Western New York Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $57,000  (2021)

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $5,573  (2021)

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  Albany, NY  -  $797,344  (2023)

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  Albany, NY  -  $797,344  (2022)

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  Albany, NY  -  $817,876  (2021)

Child Advocacy Program
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $28,000  (2021)

Children's Love Fund
  Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation  -  Cortland, NY  -  $10,092  (2022)

Christ First United Methodist Church
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $35,000  (2022)

Christian & Missionary Alliance Church
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $6,000  (2021)

City of Jamestown
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $79,097  (2021)

City of Jamestown
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $284,291  (2023)

City of Jamestown
  NYS revenue sharing (Aid and Incentives for Municipalities)  -  Albany, NY  -  $4,572,280  (2023)

City of Jamestown
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

City of Jamestown
  U.S. Department of Justice  -  Washington, DC  -  $20,694  (2023)

Community Helping Hands
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $14,808  (2021)

Community Helping Hands
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $30,000  (2022)

Community Helping Hands
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $11,180  (2021)

Community Helping Hands
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,500  (2021)

Community Helping Hands
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $13,000  (2021)

Community Helping Hands
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,154  (2021)

Cooperative Extension
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,913  (2021)

Cornell Cooperative Extension
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $3,500  (2021)

Creche
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $7,018  (2021)

Dibert Boys and Girls Club
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $12,000  (2021)

Dibert Boys and Girls Club
  Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $37,000  (2023)

Dream It Do It
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $101,465  (2022)

Elizabeth Warner Marvin Community House
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,312  (2021)

Family Service of the Chautauqua Region
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Family Service of the Chautauqua Region
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $85,000  (2021)

Fenton History Center
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $34,184  (2021)

Fenton History Center
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $26,000  (2021)

Filling the Gap
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $88,491  (2021)

Filling the Gap
  Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

First Presbyterian Church
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Fluvanna Free Library
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $6,885  (2021)

Friends of Child Advocacy Program
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $3,500  (2022)

Friends of Child Advocacy Program
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Fund for the Arts of Chautauqua County
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $4,000  (2021)

Fund for the Arts of Chautauqua County
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $16,000  (2022)

Fund for the Arts of Chautauqua County
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Hazeltine Public Library
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,300  (2021)

Hillcrest Baptist Church
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,143  (2021)

Holy Apostles Parish
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $43,470  (2021)

Impact Campus Fellowship
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $133,014  (2021)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $45,926  (2022)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $30,000  (2023)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $7,500  (2021)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $61,000  (2021)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $62,000  (2021)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  Western New York Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $4,365  (2021)

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts
  Western New York Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Integrity First
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,813  (2021)

Italian American Charity Golf Association
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

James Prendergast Library
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $28,967  (2021)

James Prendergast Library
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $18,000  (2021)

James Prendergast Library
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

James Prendergast Library
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $17,000  (2021)

James Prendergast Library
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Jamestown
  Mother Cabrini Health Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $104,377  (2023)

Jamestown
  Mother Cabrini Health Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $100,000  (2023)

Jamestown
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $432,555  (2023)

Jamestown
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $423,403  (2023)

Jamestown
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $38,170  (2023)

Jamestown
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $104,737  (2023)

Jamestown
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $308,571  (2023)

Jamestown
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $99,000  (2021)

Jamestown
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $450,000  (2021)

Jamestown
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $187,500  (2021)

Jamestown
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $195,430  (2021)

Jamestown
  Strategic Workforce Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $177,590  (2024)

Jamestown
  Strategic Workforce Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $860,100  (2024)

Jamestown
  Strategic Workforce Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $362,500  (2024)

Jamestown
  Strategic Workforce Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $168,950  (2024)

Jamestown Audubon Society
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $12,000  (2021)

Jamestown Babe Ruth World Series
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Jamestown Babe Ruth World Series
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Jamestown Center City Development Corp.
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,302  (2021)

Jamestown Center City Development Corp.
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,831,751  (2022)

Jamestown Center City Development Corp.
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

Jamestown Center City Development Corp.
  Preservation League of New York State  -  Albany, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Jamestown Center City Development Corp.
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,750  (2021)

Jamestown City School District
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $29,868  (2021)

Jamestown City School District
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Jamestown City School District
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Jamestown Community College
  Appalachian Regional Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $105,180  (2022)

Jamestown Community College
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $14,587  (2021)

Jamestown Community College
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $15,828  (2021)

Jamestown Community College
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $227,373  (2021)

Jamestown Community College
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $100,000  (2022)

Jamestown Community College
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Jamestown Community College
  Cutco Foundation  -  Olean, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

Jamestown Community College
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $208,720  (2021)

Jamestown Community College
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $60,000  (2021)

Jamestown Community College
  U.S. Department of Education  -  Washington, DC  -  $119,528  (2022)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  Buffalo Bills Foundation  -  Orchard Park, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $24,475  (2021)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $6,500  (2022)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  John R. Oishei Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $7,500  (2021)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $70,000  (2021)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $35,000  (2021)

Jamestown Community Learning Council
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $41,000  (2021)

Jamestown Renaissance
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $40,000  (2021)

Jamestown Renaissance
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $471,014  (2022)

Jamestown Renaissance
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $40,000  (2021)

Jamestown Renaissance
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $50,000  (2021)

Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Jamestown YMCA
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $100,753  (2021)

Jamestown YMCA
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,250  (2021)

Jamestown YMCA
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $117,000  (2022)

Jamestown YMCA
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $101,500  (2021)

Jamestown YMCA
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $65,400  (2021)

Kiantone Fire Department
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $108,133  (2021)

Lifeworks Community Action Food Pantry
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $35,000  (2021)

Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Lutheran Social Services
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $29,853  (2021)

Lutheran Social Services
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Meals on Wheels Jamestown Area
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $28,300  (2021)

Meals on Wheels Jamestown Area
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $13,000  (2021)

Meals on Wheels Jamestown Area
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Mental Health Association
  Appalachian Regional Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $500,000  (2022)

Mental Health Association
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $68,648  (2021)

Mental Health Association
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Mental Health Association
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $100,000  (2021)

Mental Health Association
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $66,000  (2021)

Mental Health Association
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $37,500  (2021)

National Comedy Center
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $219,691  (2021)

National Comedy Center
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $385,244  (2022)

National Comedy Center
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

National Comedy Center
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $101,000  (2021)

National Comedy Center
  Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $100,000  (2022)

National Comedy Center
  Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $1,000  (2022)

National Comedy Center
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $490,000  (2023)

National Comedy Center
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $150,000  (2022)

New Hope Community Church
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

North Main Street Church of God
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

Northwest Arena
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $40,000  (2021)

NYSARC
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $37,225  (2021)

NYSARC
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

NYSARC
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $16,236  (2021)

Prevention Works
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Prevention Works
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $124,998  (2022)

Prevention Works
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $250,000  (2021)

Prevention Works
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $45,000  (2021)

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $121,839  (2021)

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $25,000  (2022)

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $52,000  (2022)

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $128,750  (2021)

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $125,500  (2021)

Resource Center
  First Niagara Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $25,000  (2022)

Resource Center
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $95,000  (2022)

Retired Senior Volunteer Program
  Corporation for National and Community Service  -  Washington, DC  -  $225,000  (2022)

Retired Senior Volunteer Program
  Corporation for National and Community Service  -  Washington, DC  -  $214,310  (2021)

Robert H. Jackson Center
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $35,406  (2021)

Robert H. Jackson Center
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $101,500  (2021)

Robert H. Jackson Center
  Western New York Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Roger Tory Peterson Institute
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $65,299  (2021)

Roger Tory Peterson Institute
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Roger Tory Peterson Institute
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $30,000  (2023)

Roger Tory Peterson Institute
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $15,650  (2021)

Roger Tory Peterson Institute
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $51,500  (2021)

Rotary Club of Jamestown
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Salvation Army
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $18,300  (2021)

Salvation Army
  United Way of Northern Chautauqua County  -  Dunkirk, NY  -  $11,000  (2022)

Salvation Army
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $121,500  (2021)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $39,366  (2021)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,100  (2021)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $49,989  (2022)

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $5,310  (2021)

St. Susan Center
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $17,375  (2021)

St. Susan Center
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $1,800  (2021)

Tree of Life Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $17,821  (2021)

United Christian Advocacy Network
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $6,047  (2021)

United Christian Advocacy Network
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

United Christian Advocacy Network
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $37,000  (2021)

United Christian Advocacy Network
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $40,000  (2021)

United Christian Advocacy Network
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $17,500  (2021)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $50,173  (2022)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua
  United Way of Northern Chautauqua County  -  Dunkirk, NY  -  $6,386  (2022)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $34,180  (2021)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $45,000  (2021)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $101,000  (2022)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $55,000  (2022)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation  -  Cortland, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $130,500  (2021)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $75,000  (2021)

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County
  Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $27,500  (2023)

UPMC Chautauqua WCA
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $17,704  (2021)

UPMC Chautauqua WCA
  John R. Oishei Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Wca Hospital Foundation
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $3,250  (2021)

Workforce Investment Board
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

YMCA
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $17,000  (2021)

YMCA
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $23,000  (2022)

YMCA
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $108,975  (2021)

YMCA
  Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $3,000  (2023)

YMCA
  Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

YWCA
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $127,363  (2021)

YWCA
  Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

YWCA
  Health Foundation for Central and Western NY  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

YWCA
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

YWCA
  Holmberg Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $6,000  (2021)

YWCA
  Hultquist Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $43,510  (2022)

YWCA
  Jessie Smith Darrah Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $4,000  (2022)

YWCA
  Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $56,010  (2021)

YWCA
  Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $47,000  (2021)

YWCA
  U.S. Department of Justice  -  Washington, DC  -  $600,000  (2023)

YWCA
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $90,500  (2021)

YWCA
  United Way of Southern Chautauqua County  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $32,490  (2021)

Zion Covenant Church
  Chautauqua Region Community Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $8,259  (2021)



Largest nonprofits in Jamestown (by assets) include:

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
Gebbie Foundation
Nysarc
Reginald A and Elizabeth S Lenna Foundation
Jamestown Community College Foundation
National Comedy Center Operator
Jamestown Center City Development Corporation
National Comedy Center
Southern Tier Building Trades Welfare Plan
Lutheran Social Services Foundation of Upstate New York
WCA Foundation
Hultquist Foundation
Ralph C Sheldon Foundation
James Prendergast Library Association
Carnahan-Jackson Foundation
Chautauqua Resources
Waterfront Foundation
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
IBEW Health and Welfare Benefit Trust Fund – Local Union 106
William B Anderson and Juliet J Anderson Rosch Charitable
Young Mens Christian Association Jamestown
Lake View Cemetery Association
Holmberg Foundation
Robert H Jackson Center
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers