County: Erie

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:

Alzheimer's Association
  Cutco Foundation - Olean, NY - $2,500  (2022)

Amherst
  Empire State Development - Albany, NY - $31,000,000  (2023)

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

Amherst
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services - Albany, NY - $75,000  (2022)

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 Central School District 1
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $108,559  (2022)

Amherst Main Library
  Ferguson Stillman Charitable Fund - Williamsville, NY - $1,000  (2022)

Amherst Police Athletic League
  Demakos Foundation - Amherst, NY - $1,000  (2022)

Amherst Police Department
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services - Albany, NY - $931,000  (2024)

Amherst Senior Housing
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Washington, DC - $227,227  (2022)

Amherst Symphony Orchestra
  Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $5,000  (2022)

Autism Services
  Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $5,000  (2022)

Bornhava
  Paul J. Koessler Foundation - Williamsville, NY - $10,000  (2022)

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
  Little-Kittinger Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $8,500  (2023)

Daemen University
  NYS Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program - Albany, NY - $76,423  (2024)

Daemen University
  Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation - Getzville, NY - $53,580  (2022)

Daemen University
  Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation - Detroit, MI - $102,382  (2022)

Daemen University
  Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $50,000  (2022)

Daemen University
  Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $5,000  (2022)

Daemen University
  Vincent and Harriet Palisano Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $3,000  (2022)

Jewish Heritage Day School
  Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $108,500  (2022)

Mesivta Menachem of Amherst
  Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $10,000  (2022)

Musicalfare Theatre Company
  Bryce Family Foundation - Skaneateles, NY - $5,000  (2022)

MusicalFare Theatre Company
  Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation - Elma, NY - $1,000  (2022)

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
  Margaret L. Wendt Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $75,000  (2022)

Opportunities Collaborative for Students with Special Needs
  Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $30,000  (2022)

Sleep In Heavenly Peace
  Christos Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Sleep In Heavenly Peace
  Monsignor Richard S. Amico Memorial Charitable Trust - Buffalo, NY - $5,000  (2022)

St. Leo the Great
  William E & Ann L Swan Foundation - Clarence, NY - $250,000  (2022)

University at Buffalo (North Campus)
  Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - New York, NY - $300,869  (2022)

University at Buffalo (North Campus)
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York - Buffalo, NY - $6,690  (2022)

University at Buffalo (North Campus)
  Health Foundation for Western & Central New York - Buffalo, NY - $5,000  (2022)

University at Buffalo (North Campus)
  National Science Foundation - Alexandria, VA - $564,913  (2022)

University at Buffalo (North Campus)
  National Science Foundation - Alexandria, VA - $126,119  (2022)

University at Buffalo (North Campus)
  Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation - Getzville, NY - $40,000  (2022)

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

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