Chemung County > Elmira
Elmira has lost much of its manufacturing base and, unlike some Upstate cities, has been unsuccessful in replacing it with jobs from the health, education or professional sectors. The city is home to Elmira College and Elmira Correctional Facility. Major local funders include the Anderson Foundation and the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes.
School districts: Elmira City School District
Libraries: Chemung County Library District (central library)
Hospitals: Arnot Ogden Medical Center, St Josephs Hospital
Emergency services: Elmira Fire Department
Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Elks, Kiwanis, Masons, Rotary, VFW
State parks: Newtown Battlefield State Park
Not-for-profit cemeteries: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Change agents:
Grants to local organizations have funded free concerts, youth leadership, water/sewer improvements, food security, and other initiatives.
Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:
Acts Twin Tiers
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $7,000 (2022)
American Red Cross
Marjorie R Stermer Charitable Trust - Elmira, NY - $2,780 (2022)
ARC of Chemung
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $21,080 (2021)
Arctic League
Tripp Foundation - Dundee, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Arnot Art Museum
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $18,000 (2022)
Arnot Art Museum
Morf Foundation - Ithaca, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Arnot Art Museum
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000 (2023)
Arnot Art Museum
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $19,000 (2021)
Arnot Health
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $11,200 (2021)
Arnot Health
Lindau Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,000 (2022)
Arnot Health
Marjorie R Stermer Charitable Trust - Elmira, NY - $2,780 (2022)
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $5,000 (2021)
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $7,414 (2021)
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $62,101 (2021)
Backbone Ridge Historical
Nelson B Delavan Foundation - Chicago, IL - $5,000 (2022)
Bethany Lutheran Church
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $1,500 (2022)
Cantata Singers
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $20,000 (2023)
Career Development Council
Triangle Fund - Corning, NY - $8,300 (2022)
Catholic Charities
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $20,800 (2021)
Catholic Charities
United Way of Tompkins County - Ithaca, NY - $16,823 (2021)
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Washington, DC - $81,417 (2022)
Chemung County Child Care Council
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $120,600 (2021)
Chemung County Habitat for Humanity
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $10,100 (2021)
Chemung County Historical Society
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $11,346 (2021)
Chemung County Historical Society
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $3,100 (2022)
Chemung County Historical Society
Hardinge Anderson Evans Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,500 (2022)
Chemung County Historical Society
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000 (2023)
Chemung County Historical Society
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $14,500 (2021)
Chemung County Humane Society & SPCA
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $74,417 (2021)
Chemung County Humane Society & SPCA
Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties - Utica, NY - $23,000 (2021)
Chemung County Humane Society & SPCA
Marjorie R Stermer Charitable Trust - Elmira, NY - $2,780 (2022)
Chemung County Performing Arts
Lindau Foundation - Elmira, NY - $16,500 (2022)
Chemung County Performing Arts
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $25,000 (2023)
Chemung County Performing Arts
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $35,000 (2021)
Chemung County Youth Bureau
Hardinge Anderson Evans Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,500 (2022)
CIDS
Florence M Muller Foundation - Penfield, NY - $7,000 (2022)
City of Elmira
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Washington, DC - $276,545 (2023)
City of Elmira
NYS revenue sharing (Aid and Incentives for Municipalities) - Albany, NY - $4,578,801 (2023)
City of Light
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $1,500 (2022)
Clemens Center
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $118,318 (2021)
Clemens Center
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $75,000 (2022)
Clemens Center
Hardinge Anderson Evans Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,000 (2022)
Community Arts of Elmira
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $17,650 (2021)
Community Arts of Elmira
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000 (2023)
Community Arts of Elmira
Tripp Foundation - Dundee, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Community Career Development Council
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $17,650 (2021)
Community Career Development Council
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $35,000 (2022)
Economic Opportunity Program
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $35,350 (2021)
Economic Opportunity Program
Dollar-General Literacy Foundation - Goodlettsville, TN - $8,000 (2021)
Economic Opportunity Program
Triangle Fund - Corning, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Economic Opportunity Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $17,636,777 (2022)
Economic Opportunity Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $456,729 (2021)
Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $31,500 (2021)
Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation
Tripp Foundation - Dundee, NY - $9,000 (2022)
Elmira
Empire State Development - Albany, NY - $4,000,000 (2024)
Elmira
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Washington, DC - $145,106 (2022)
Elmira
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services - Albany, NY - $498,210 (2023)
Elmira
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services - Albany, NY - $213,276 (2023)
Elmira
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services - Albany, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Elmira
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $10,000,000 (2021)
Elmira
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $85,000 (2021)
Elmira
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $30,000 (2021)
Elmira City School District
U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $1,261,589 (2022)
Elmira College
Dyson Foundation - Millbrook, NY - $5,000 (2021)
Elmira College
Jessie H Baker Educational Fund - Norwich, NY - $2,610 (2021)
Elmira College
Lindau Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,000 (2022)
Elmira College
Malesardi Family Foundation - Menands, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Elmira College
Marjorie R Stermer Charitable Trust - Elmira, NY - $2,780 (2022)
Elmira College
Mildred Faulkner Truman Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $30,000 (2021)
Elmira College
Preservation League of New York State - Albany, NY - $10,000 (2021)
Elmira College
U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $761,061 (2022)
Elmira Community Cycle
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $5,650 (2021)
Family Services of Chemung County
Triangle Fund - Corning, NY - $7,000 (2022)
Family Services of Chemung County
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $83,097 (2021)
First Presbyterian Church of Elmira
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $1,500 (2022)
Five Rivers Council Boy Scouts of America
Saunders Foundation - Rochester, NY - $1,000 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Community Foundation for South Central New York - Johnson City, NY - $11,500 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $18,596 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Community Foundation of Tompkins County - Ithaca, NY - $65,800 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $20,000 (2022)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies - Getzville, NY - $50,000 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
J. R. Morris Charitable Foundation - Dundee, NY - $1,000 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County - Ithaca, NY - $7,000 (2022)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Lindau Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,500 (2022)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Marjorie R Stermer Charitable Trust - Elmira, NY - $2,780 (2022)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Martin F. Hatch Fund for Religious & Charitable Uses - Ithaca, NY - $1,500 (2023)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Miller S. and Adelaide S. Gaffney Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust - Indianapolis, IN - $20,000 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Norathco Foundation - Ithaca, NY - $3,000 (2022)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Norathco Foundation - Ithaca, NY - $3,000 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
P. J. & Palmina Casella Foundation - Vestal, NY - $1,000 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving - Baltimore, MD - $11,100 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
United Way of Broome County - Binghamton, NY - $50,145 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $15,223 (2021)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Victor and Esther Rozen Foundation - Johnson City, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Friends of the Chemung River Watershed
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $10,900 (2021)
Friends of the Chemung River Watershed
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Friends of the Chemung River Watershed
J M McDonald Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $5,000 (2021)
Glove House
Hardinge Anderson Evans Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,500 (2022)
Grace Episcopal Church
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $8,768 (2021)
His Haven
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $13,350 (2021)
Holy Family Catholic School
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,000 (2022)
John W. Jones Museum
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $10,250 (2021)
John W. Jones Museum
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Legal Assistance of WNY
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $28,594 (2021)
Meals on Wheels of Chemung County
Lindau Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,500 (2022)
Meals on Wheels of Chemung County
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $62,998 (2021)
Meals on Wheels of Chemung County
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $10,904 (2021)
Monumental Baptist Church
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $1,500 (2022)
Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,000 (2022)
National Soaring Museum
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Neighborhood Transformation Center
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $17,246 (2021)
Neighborhood Transformation Center
Hardinge Anderson Evans Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,000 (2022)
Neighborhood Transformation Center
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Neighborhood Transformation Center
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $11,354 (2021)
New Beginnings United Methodist Church
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $1,500 (2022)
North Presbyterian Church
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $1,500 (2022)
Notre Dame High School
Hardinge Anderson Evans Foundation - Elmira, NY - $15,000 (2022)
Notre Dame High School
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,500 (2022)
Notre Dame High School
Stella Matutina Foundation - Rochester, NY - $30,000 (2022)
Notre Dame High School
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $7,072 (2021)
Quarry Farm Foundation
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Quarry Farm Foundation
Hardinge Anderson Evans Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Quarry Farm Foundation
Tripp Foundation - Dundee, NY - $11,000 (2022)
Salvation Army
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Salvation Army
Triangle Fund - Corning, NY - $4,000 (2022)
Salvation Army
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $65,299 (2021)
Soaring Capital Soccer Club
J M McDonald Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $2,000 (2021)
Southern Tier Pregnancy Resource Center
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $1,500 (2022)
Southside Community Center
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $14,650 (2021)
Southside Community Center
Lindau Foundation - Elmira, NY - $2,500 (2022)
Southside Community Center
Triangle Fund - Corning, NY - $17,500 (2022)
Southside Community Center
Tripp Foundation - Dundee, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Southside Community Center
United Way of the Southern Tier - Corning, NY - $9,162 (2021)
Tanglewood Nature Center
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes - Horseheads, NY - $6,500 (2021)
Tanglewood Nature Center
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Tanglewood Nature Center
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $600,000 (2023)
Tanglewood Nature Center
Triangle Fund - Corning, NY - $9,000 (2022)
United Baptist Church
Panosian Family Foundation - Elmira, NY - $3,500 (2022)
YWCA
Triangle Fund - Corning, NY - $4,985 (2022)
Largest nonprofits in Elmira (by assets) include:
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Elmira College
International Brotherhood Electrical Workers Local 139
Helen Schuyler Tr Uw Bo Community Foundation
Chemung County Performing Arts
Arnot Ogden Medical Center Foundation
Donald F and Edna G Bishop Scholarship Foundation
Able2 Enhancing Potential
Sheet Metal Workers Local 112
George Lee Tr Uw Bo National Div Bd of Missions United Meth Church
Chemung County Library District
Southern Tier Association for the Visually Impaired Incorporated
Dewittsburg Housing Development Fund Corporation
Woodbrook Foundation
Woodbrook Assisted Living Residence
Arnot Art Museum
Family Services of Chemung County
George Lee Tr Uw Bo World Div Bd of Missions United Meth Church
Chemung County Historical Society
Boy Scouts of America
National Soaring Museum
Lowman-Howell Foundation
Elmira Country Club
Glove House
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