Erie County > Amherst
County: Erie
Population: 129,595
Population: 129,595
Amherst was named after Lord Jeffrey Amherst, hero of the French and Indian War.
Amherst-based Daemen College became Daemen University in 2022. The school was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis in 1947.
School districts: Amherst Central School District
Hospitals: Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital
Libraries: Amherst Public Library
Emergency services: North Amherst Fire Department
Fraternal organizations: Lions, Masons
Not-for-profit cemeteries: White Chapel Memorial Park
Change agents:
Grants to local organizations have funded the Central Park Plan, new theater construction, fire station improvements, and other causes.
Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:
Amherst
Empire State Development - Albany, NY - $31,000,000 (2023)
Amherst
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $873,200 (2024)
Amherst Central School District
New York State Office of Mental Health - Albany, NY - $25,000 (2023)
Amherst Police Department
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services - Albany, NY - $931,000 (2024)
Catholic Children's Learning
Luke and Anthony Santiago Foundation - Amherst, NY - $1,000 (2023)
Daemen University
B. Thomas Golisano Foundation - Rochester, NY - $18,000 (2023)
Daemen University
Buffalo Rehab Group Foundation - Tonawanda, NY - $10,000 (2023)
Daemen University
Helen Dent Lenahan Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $5,000 (2023)
Daemen University
Little-Kittinger Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $8,500 (2023)
Daemen University
Mosey Family Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $7,500 (2023)
Daemen University
NYS Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program - Albany, NY - $76,423 (2024)
Independent Health Family Branch YMCA
Risen Son Foundation - Amherst, NY - $1,000 (2023)
Musicalfare Theatre Company
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $25,000 (2024)
MusicalFare Theatre Company
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $873,200 (2023)
Opportunities Collaborative for Students with Special Needs
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation - New York, NY - $100,000 (2023)
Park School
Risen Son Foundation - Amherst, NY - $16,500 (2023)
Sleep In Heavenly Peace
Christos Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $1,000 (2023)
Giving patterns in Amherst
Largest nonprofits in Amherst (by assets) include:
Alexander & Jane Boyd Foundation
Center for Inquiry Development Fund
Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation
Academic Medicine Services
Autism Services
Richard Telinde Trust
W Eisenhart Co
Pierson K Miller Trust
S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation
Energy Cooperative of America
Jack and Elizabeth Gellman Torah Foundation
Anne McCormick Trust Under Will
Center for Inquiry
Jay Bonner Gaylord Trust
WW & Lucretia Hafer Scholarship Trust
George B Rudy Jr Trust
Anna Snively Tr Fbo Chambersburg Hospital
Franklin H and Ruth L Wells Foundation
Donald Macdavid Charitable Trust
Better Business Bureau
Roger K Todd Trust
Dent Neurosciences Research Center
Edwin L Berger Co. Trust
Risen Son Foundation
Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Foundation
Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors
Henry F Graff Charitable Trust
Leopold Eckler Scholarship Trust
Anna F Doell Trust
Elsie Seeger Barton Trust
Cecil J S Maclaughlin Trust
Harry E Snayberger & Florence W Snayberger Memorial Foundation
Ellicott Creek Volunteer Fire Company
Margaret O McCormick Charitable Trust
Raymond E Evleth Trust
Allan Patchett Private Foundation
Edwill B Miller Trust
William Sote Foundation
Communication Workers of America
Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation
Louise Hinnershots Trust
Center for Handicapped Children
Margaret S Hellyer Trust
Alice a Paxton Charitable Trust
Raymond C Keller and Jane G Keller Charitable Trust
Jane W Campbell Co Trust
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co Trustee U Will of Cora H Gaylord
J Hornbrook Trust
George B Rudy Jr Trust
Mary King Test Tr UW Fbo Wilson College
Shaarey Zedek Housing Development Fund Corporation
Charles C Glazer Charitable Rem Unitrust
Stanley C and Elsie M Scheetz Memorial Fund Fbo the Reading
Robert V Winspear UW Fbo Salvation Army & Blind Association
Elsie M & Stanley C Scheetz Memorial Fund Fbo
Grace K Kell Tuw Tr
W Emerson Gentzler Residuary Trust
Doyle S & Helen Poorman Foundation
Center for Inquiry Development Fund
Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation
Academic Medicine Services
Autism Services
Richard Telinde Trust
W Eisenhart Co
Pierson K Miller Trust
S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation
Energy Cooperative of America
Jack and Elizabeth Gellman Torah Foundation
Anne McCormick Trust Under Will
Center for Inquiry
Jay Bonner Gaylord Trust
WW & Lucretia Hafer Scholarship Trust
George B Rudy Jr Trust
Anna Snively Tr Fbo Chambersburg Hospital
Franklin H and Ruth L Wells Foundation
Donald Macdavid Charitable Trust
Better Business Bureau
Roger K Todd Trust
Dent Neurosciences Research Center
Edwin L Berger Co. Trust
Risen Son Foundation
Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Foundation
Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors
Henry F Graff Charitable Trust
Leopold Eckler Scholarship Trust
Anna F Doell Trust
Elsie Seeger Barton Trust
Cecil J S Maclaughlin Trust
Harry E Snayberger & Florence W Snayberger Memorial Foundation
Ellicott Creek Volunteer Fire Company
Margaret O McCormick Charitable Trust
Raymond E Evleth Trust
Allan Patchett Private Foundation
Edwill B Miller Trust
William Sote Foundation
Communication Workers of America
Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation
Louise Hinnershots Trust
Center for Handicapped Children
Margaret S Hellyer Trust
Alice a Paxton Charitable Trust
Raymond C Keller and Jane G Keller Charitable Trust
Jane W Campbell Co Trust
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co Trustee U Will of Cora H Gaylord
J Hornbrook Trust
George B Rudy Jr Trust
Mary King Test Tr UW Fbo Wilson College
Shaarey Zedek Housing Development Fund Corporation
Charles C Glazer Charitable Rem Unitrust
Stanley C and Elsie M Scheetz Memorial Fund Fbo the Reading
Robert V Winspear UW Fbo Salvation Army & Blind Association
Elsie M & Stanley C Scheetz Memorial Fund Fbo
Grace K Kell Tuw Tr
W Emerson Gentzler Residuary Trust
Doyle S & Helen Poorman Foundation
Edna & Frank Walker Residuary Tr
James T Hambay Foundation
J George Schmid Jr Memorial Fund
Sisters of Christian Charity
Emory E Grove Tr Under Will
James N Deibert Tr B
Hearing Evaluation Services of Buffalo
Graphic Arts Association of Delaware Valley
North Bailey Fire Company
Thelma West for Charities T W
Ahearn Foundation
Specialized Early Childhood Center of WNY
W & T Sote TUA Fbo Luth Home
Emma Nicodemus-Renfrew Tr Fbo Renfrew Museum & Park
Jewish Heritage Day School of Buffalo
Alice M Gaylord Trust Fbo Edward Stalford
Morman D Scowe Trust
Frank & Edna Walker Tr
Elizabeth Adams Tr Fund E St. in the Will of Eliz Adams Decd
Harry Miller Tr 6945
Hodnicki Family Scholarship Trust
Nancy Roe Trust
Tuw William B Anderson
Frances D Sheetz Charitable Trust
Raymond C Keller and Jane G Keller Charitable Trust
James H Nelson Trust Fund U/W of Wilhelmina H Nelson
Gladys E Ritter Mem Tr
Carl W Schafer Trust UW
Elizabeth S Bonham Trust 5276
Walter a Duffy Perpetual Charitable Tr
Charles W Diehl Jr Ta Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Calligaris Family Charitable Irrev Tr
Chreston K Briggs Tr UA
Morris J Miller Charitable Trust
Sergeant Philip German Memorial Foundation Co Tr UW
Katherine H Keiser Trust
Helen Thomas Howland Test Tr Foundation
Samuel L Hoover TUA
Freda B Bowers Charitable Foundation
Bruce T Williams Family Foundation
Hunter Meyers Redus Foundation
Cora Gaylord Trust UWo Fbo Jay Bonner
Messianic Times
Albert D Hermance Scholarship Tr
A & C Dimarzo Family Foundation
Ervin D Feigler T A
Amherst Central Schools Foundation
Lutheran Service Society Foundation
Kathryn Deved Trust U-W Fbo U S Humane Society
Crandall Melvin Chair for Wills & Trusts
Mcinroy-Sheffer People Trust UA 1104616201
Florence M Stout Tr UW
R Eugene Irvin Tr UW Educ
Margaret E Stickell Charitable Foundation
Printing and Imaging Association of New York State
Glenn E Todd Tr Fbo United Church of Christ
David E Singer and Harriet Singer Charitable Tr
Robert & Julia Johnston Scholarship
Rbt L Bagg Tr Test Fbo So Tier Zoo Soc Acct No
Buddys Second Chance Rescue
Irene Bardes Tr Fbo Liverpool Methodist Church
James T Hambay Foundation
J George Schmid Jr Memorial Fund
Sisters of Christian Charity
Emory E Grove Tr Under Will
James N Deibert Tr B
Hearing Evaluation Services of Buffalo
Graphic Arts Association of Delaware Valley
North Bailey Fire Company
Thelma West for Charities T W
Ahearn Foundation
Specialized Early Childhood Center of WNY
W & T Sote TUA Fbo Luth Home
Emma Nicodemus-Renfrew Tr Fbo Renfrew Museum & Park
Jewish Heritage Day School of Buffalo
Alice M Gaylord Trust Fbo Edward Stalford
Morman D Scowe Trust
Frank & Edna Walker Tr
Elizabeth Adams Tr Fund E St. in the Will of Eliz Adams Decd
Harry Miller Tr 6945
Hodnicki Family Scholarship Trust
Nancy Roe Trust
Tuw William B Anderson
Frances D Sheetz Charitable Trust
Raymond C Keller and Jane G Keller Charitable Trust
James H Nelson Trust Fund U/W of Wilhelmina H Nelson
Gladys E Ritter Mem Tr
Carl W Schafer Trust UW
Elizabeth S Bonham Trust 5276
Walter a Duffy Perpetual Charitable Tr
Charles W Diehl Jr Ta Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Calligaris Family Charitable Irrev Tr
Chreston K Briggs Tr UA
Morris J Miller Charitable Trust
Sergeant Philip German Memorial Foundation Co Tr UW
Katherine H Keiser Trust
Helen Thomas Howland Test Tr Foundation
Samuel L Hoover TUA
Freda B Bowers Charitable Foundation
Bruce T Williams Family Foundation
Hunter Meyers Redus Foundation
Cora Gaylord Trust UWo Fbo Jay Bonner
Messianic Times
Albert D Hermance Scholarship Tr
A & C Dimarzo Family Foundation
Ervin D Feigler T A
Amherst Central Schools Foundation
Lutheran Service Society Foundation
Kathryn Deved Trust U-W Fbo U S Humane Society
Crandall Melvin Chair for Wills & Trusts
Mcinroy-Sheffer People Trust UA 1104616201
Florence M Stout Tr UW
R Eugene Irvin Tr UW Educ
Margaret E Stickell Charitable Foundation
Printing and Imaging Association of New York State
Glenn E Todd Tr Fbo United Church of Christ
David E Singer and Harriet Singer Charitable Tr
Robert & Julia Johnston Scholarship
Rbt L Bagg Tr Test Fbo So Tier Zoo Soc Acct No
Buddys Second Chance Rescue
Irene Bardes Tr Fbo Liverpool Methodist Church