Erie County > East Aurora
East Aurora is a popular tourist destination in Western New York, primarily because of the Roycroft Campus, a preserved complex devoted to the Arts & Crafts Movement. (A popular side trip for visitors is Vidlers 5 & 10 Store on Main Street, an eclectic mix of housewares, toys, foods and the unexpected.)
Upstate geographic quirk: East Aurora is a two-hour drive west of Aurora, NY, which is on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake.
School districts: East Aurora Union Free School District
Libraries: Aurora Town Public Library, East Aurora Library
Emergency services: East Aurora Fire Department
Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Lions, Masons, Moose, VFW
State parks: Knox Farm State Park
Not-for-profit cemeteries: Evergreen Cemetery, Maple Rest Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery, Wales Cemetery
2020 Paycheck Protection Program: Loans to nonprofits in Erie County
Recent grants to local organizations:
GRANT KEY:
Baker Memorial Methodist Church
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo - Buffalo, NY - $20,833 (2021)
Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora
Scott Bieler Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $70,368 (2022)
Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora
Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Carbonfund.org Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust - Indianapolis, IN - $8,500 (2021)
Cornell Cooperative Extension
East Hill Foundation - North Tonawanda, NY - $20,000 (2021)
Cornell Cooperative Extension
John R. Oishei Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $5,000 (2021)
East Aurora
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $32,000 (2024)
East Aurora
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $75,000 (2023)
East Aurora
New York State Land Trust Alliance - Albany, NY - $50,000 (2023)
East Aurora
New York State Land Trust Alliance - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2023)
East Aurora
NYS Nonprofit Infrastructure Capital Investment Program - Albany, NY - $141,099 (2024)
East Aurora
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $2,000,000 (2021)
East Aurora
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $347,004 (2021)
East Aurora Union Free School District
New York State Office of Mental Health - Albany, NY - $25,000 (2023)
Elma Historical Society
Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation - Elma, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Environment Next
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $25,550 (2022)
Fish of East Aurora
John R. Oishei Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $7,500 (2021)
Fish of East Aurora
Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Foundation - Williamsville, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Fish of East Aurora
Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Fresh Water Friends
National Christian Charitable Foundation - Alpharetta, GA - $7,500 (2021)
Friends of Knox Farm State Park
NYS Park and Trail Partnership Grant - Albany, NY - $35,000 (2024)
Hawk Creek Wildlife Center
Tower Family Fund - Buffalo, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Iroquois Youth Sportsmans Club
Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation - Elma, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Iroquois Youth Sportsmans Foundation
Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation - Elma, NY - $6,000 (2022)
Kitten Around Cat Rescue
Scott Bieler Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center
Ferguson Electric Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $2,500 (2021)
Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center
Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust - Indianapolis, IN - $43,260 (2021)
Mandala School
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo - Buffalo, NY - $12,868 (2021)
Roycroft Campus
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo - Buffalo, NY - $75,600 (2021)
Roycroft Campus
Margaret L. Wendt Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $100,000 (2022)
Roycroft Campus
National Endowment for the Humanities - Washington, DC - $49,331 (2022)
Roycroft Campus
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $25,000 (2023)
Roycroft Campus
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $15,000 (2021)
Roycroft Campus
Western New York Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $10,000 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
Buffalo Bills Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $56,000 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo - Buffalo, NY - $92,062 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
Cutco Foundation - Olean, NY - $2,500 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Daniel & Flavia Gernata Family Foundation - Gowanda, NY - $4,500 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Daniel & Flavia Gernata Family Foundation - Gowanda, NY - $5,000 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
East Hill Foundation - North Tonawanda, NY - $13,302 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
East Hill Foundation - North Tonawanda, NY - $15,305 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
First Niagara Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $100,000 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Health Foundation for Western & Central New York - Buffalo, NY - $2,300 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
John R. Oishei Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $20,000 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
John R. Oishei Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $150,000 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
Margaret L. Wendt Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation - Detroit, MI - $1,000,000 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation - Detroit, MI - $139,700 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation - Detroit, MI - $2,250 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Foundation - Williamsville, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
Scott Bieler Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $375,000 (2022)
Rural Outreach Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $250,000 (2021)
Rural Outreach Center
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County - Buffalo, NY - $23,400 (2021)
Western New York Land Conservancy
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo - Buffalo, NY - $70,452 (2021)
Western New York Land Conservancy
Department of the U.S. Department of the Interior - Washington, DC - $203,652 (2022)
Western New York Land Conservancy
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation - Albany, NY - $347,004 (2021)
Western New York Land Conservancy
Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation - Detroit, MI - $250,000 (2022)
Western New York Land Conservancy
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $500,000 (2022)
WNY Land Conservancy
Reginald and Elizabeth S. Lenna Foundation - Jamestown, NY - $100,000 (2021)
WNY Land Conservancy
Scott Bieler Foundation - Orchard Park, NY - $210,000 (2022)
Largest nonprofits in East Aurora (by assets) include:
Carbonfund Org Foundation
Western New York Land Conservancy
W H Greene Foundation
East Aurora Educational Foudnation
Roycroft Campus Corporation
Rural Outreach Center
Boys Club of East Aurora
Carner Family Trust
Crag Burn Golf Club
Aurora Ice Association