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
Change agents:
Grants to local organizations have funded renovation of the Knox Estate Mansion, trail design, forest protection, and other initiatives.
Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:
Aurora Players
Ferguson Stillman Charitable Fund - Williamsville, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Baker Memorial Methodist Church
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo - Buffalo, NY - $20,833 (2021)
Baker Memorial Methodist Church
Linton Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $9,000 (2022)
Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora
J&S Laidig Family Foundation - Mishawaka, IN - $1,000 (2023)
Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora
Linton Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $10,000 (2022)
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
Ford Foundation - New York, NY - $1,170 (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 Public Library
J&S Laidig Family Foundation - Mishawaka, IN - $1,000 (2023)
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)
Flag Bio
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Seattle, WA - $1,478,196 (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)
Friends of Knox Farm State Park
Penn Schoellkopf Fund - Buffalo, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Girls Education Collaborative
J&S Laidig Family Foundation - Mishawaka, IN - $1,000 (2023)
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
Clement and Karen Arrison Family Charitable Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $3,000 (2023)
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
Linton Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $15,000 (2022)
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)
Town of Aurora
Linton Foundation - Buffalo, NY - $4,425 (2022)
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
Earl C. Hull Charitable Trust - New York, NY - $7,257 (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:
Environment Next
W H Greene Foundation
Crag Burn Golf Club
East Aurora Educational Foundation
Roycroft Campus Corporation
Rural Outreach Center
Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora
East Aurora Country Club
Carner Family Trust
Aurora Ice Association
Hawk Creek Wildlife Center
NBC Family Charitable Foundation
Title Insurance Rate Service Association
Arabian English Performance Association
East Aurora Lodge No 370 Loyal Order of Moose
East Aurora Community Nursery
Aurora Historical Society
Robert D Flickinger Foundation
East Aurora Volunteer Fire Department
Mandala School
Aurora Players Inc Hamlin Park
Friends of Knox Farm State Park
Eternal Choice of Love
American Legion
Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center
Saved by Grace Ministry
Harvard Business School Club of Buffalo
Girls Education Collaborative
Fish of East Aurora
Praxiis Foundation
Aurora Adult Daycare Center
Vaika
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