Madison County > Cazenovia

County: Madison

Population:
  6,740 town
  2,767 village


The community was named after Theophile Cazenove, Holland Land Company agent.


Cazenovia College, long the largest nonprofit in the community, closed in 2023. After educating students for 199 years, the college succumbed to declining enrollment and a $25 million debt.



School districts: Cazenovia Central School District
Libraries: Cazenovia Public Library Society

Emergency services: Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Cazenovia Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Lions, Masons, Rotary

State parks: Chittenango Falls State Park, Helen McNitt State Park

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Nelson Rural Cemetery


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded preservation of the Dorothy Riester House, park improvements, roof replacement at the Legion hall, and other causes.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


American Legion Post 88
  NYS Veterans Nonprofit Capital Grant Program  -  Albany, NY  -  $48,900  (2023)

Cazarts
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $10,953  (2021)

Cazarts
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $15,000  (2023)

CazCares
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $14,250  (2021)

CazCares
  Herbert S. and Eleanore L. Howard Charitable Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $2,600  (2022)

CazCares
  Horowitch Family Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

CazCares
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

Cazenovia
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $45,000  (2024)

Cazenovia
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $45,000  (2024)

Cazenovia
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $40,120  (2024)

Cazenovia
  New York State Land Trust Alliance  -  Albany, NY  -  $37,400  (2023)

Cazenovia
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $232,000  (2021)

Cazenovia Area Community Development Association
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $50,000  (2023)

Cazenovia Area Community Development Association
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps
  Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York  -  DeWitt, NY  -  $35,000  (2021)

Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Cazenovia Central School District
  New York State Office of Mental Health  -  Albany, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Cazenovia College
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $35,000  (2021)

Cazenovia College
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $63,700  (2021)

Cazenovia College
  Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region  -  Albany, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Cazenovia College
  Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan  -  Montgomery, NY  -  $8,500  (2022)

Cazenovia College
  Herbert S. and Eleanore L. Howard Charitable Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Cazenovia College
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Cazenovia College
  U.S. Department of Education  -  Washington, DC  -  $701,136  (2022)

Cazenovia Forum
  Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties  -  Utica, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Cazenovia Heritage
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Cazenovia Lake Association
  Horowitch Family Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Cazenovia Preservation Foundation
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $68,150  (2021)

Cazenovia Preservation Foundation
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Cazenovia Public Library
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $10,500  (2021)

Cazenovia Public Library
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $4,000  (2021)

Friends of Lorenzo
  NYS Park and Trail Partnership Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $8,562  (2024)

Haven at Skanda
  John Ben Snow Foundation  -  Manlius, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Madison County Children's Camp
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Madison County Rural Health Council
  United Way of Mid Rural New York  -  Norwich, NY  -  $18,947  (2022)

St Peter's Episcopal Church
  Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties  -  Utica, NY  -  $40,000  (2021)

St. James Church
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $11,300  (2021)

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $101,750  (2021)

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
  Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation  -  DeWitt, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
  John Ben Snow Foundation  -  Manlius, NY  -  $7,500  (2021)

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
  Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Town of Nelson
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)



Largest nonprofits in Cazenovia (by assets) include:

Cazenovia College
National Community Oncology Dispensing Association
First Presbyterian Soc Tr UA P61254002
Cazenovia Public Library Society
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
Cazenovia Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Cazenovia Country Club
Cazenovia Preservation Foundation
Athletes Who Care
Cazcares
Madison County Rural Health Council
Willowbank Yacht Club
Cazenovia Golf Club
Peter a Ridings Memorial Foundation
Cazenovia Lake Association
Cazenovia Childrens Program
Veterinary Hope Foundation
Cazenovia Club Corp
Cazenovia Ski Club
Cazenovia Childrens House
Ephemera Society of America