Niagara County > Lockport

County: Niagara

Population:
  20,876 city
  20,563 town


Lockport was named for the Erie Canal locks still in evidence here.


Lockport was awarded $10 million in 2018 through the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative. The grant was used for nine projects, including restoration of the Palace Theatre and the historic post office, and mixed-use development.

The Grigg-Lewis Foundation, established in 1968 by the late Henrietta Grigg Lewis, is the prime local giver. The Sam and Gerry Ward Foundation, named for the late Lockport industrialist Sam Ward and his wife, also makes significant contributions.



School districts: Lockport City School District
Libraries: Lockport Public Library

Hospitals: Eastern Niagara Hospital – Lockport Division

Emergency services: Lockport Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Elks, Lions, Masons, Moose, VFW, Zonta

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Bear Ridge Cemetery, Cold Spring Cemetery, Glenwood Cemetery, Hillside Cemetery of Cambria, North Ridge Burial

Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded building renovation, rail trails, gardens, and other initiatives.


Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Boy Scouts Iroquois Trail Council
  Fred L Dake Trust  -  Providence, RI  -  $8,803  (2023)

Boy Scouts Iroquois Trail Council
  Whitney & Karen Bowen Charitable Trust  -  Dallas, TX  -  $8,301  (2023)

Cambria Volunteer Fire Co.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $49,366  (2023)

Challenger Learning Center
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $26,375  (2023)

City of Lockport
  Community Development Block Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $750,000  (2024)

City of Lockport
  Community Development Block Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $300,000  (2024)

City of Lockport
  Empire State Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $500,000  (2024)

City of Lockport
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

City of Lockport
  NYS Homes and Community Renewal  -  Albany, NY  -  $500,000  (2024)

City of Lockport
  NYS revenue sharing (Aid and Incentives for Municipalities)  -  Albany, NY  -  $2,650,525  (2023)

City of Lockport Police Department
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $210,000  (2024)

Cold Springs Cemetery
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Cooperative Extension of Niagara County
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $21,940  (2023)

Dale Association
  Foundation 214  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Dale Association
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $28,700  (2023)

Dale Association
  John R. Oishei Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Dale Association
  Ramapo Trust  -  Teaneck, NJ  -  $5,000  (2023)

DeSales Catholic School
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Amherst, NY  -  $5,000  (2024)

DeSales Catholic School
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $30,585  (2023)

DeSales Catholic School
  Luke and Anthony Santiago Foundation  -  Amherst, NY  -  $8,760  (2023)

DeSales Catholic School
  Our Lady of Kilgore  -  Port Charlotte, FL  -  $17,130  (2024)

DeSales Catholic School
  Our Lady of Kilgore  -  Port Charlotte, FL  -  $7,060  (2023)

DeSales Catholic School
  Reid Family Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

First Presbyterian Church
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $13,000  (2023)

Glenwood Cemetery Association
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Glenwood Cemetery Foundation
  Gebbie Foundation  -  Jamestown, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Glenwood Cemetery Foundation
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $18,979  (2023)

Greater Lockport Development Corp
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $50,000  (2023)

Hearts and Hands - Faith in Action
  Chur Family Foundation  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)

Hearts and Hands - Faith in Action
  John R. Oishei Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $4,000  (2023)

Historic Palace
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $3,825  (2023)

Immaculata Home
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Inkululeko
  John & Susan Dewan Foundation  -  Chicago, IL  -  $3,000  (2023)

Inkululeko
  John Ben Snow Memorial Trust  -  Pittsburgh, PA  -  $10,000  (2023)

Kenan Center
  Cullen Foundation of Western New York  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Kenan Center
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $34,820  (2023)

Kenan Center
  Margaret L. Wendt Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Kenan Center
  Randleigh Foundation  -  Chapel Hill, NC  -  $10,000  (2023)

Kenan Center
  Thomas S Kenan III Foundation  -  Chapel Hill, NC  -  $10,000  (2023)

Lock City Glee Club
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

Lockport
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $61,840  (2023)

Lockport
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $788,111  (2023)

Lockport
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $182,545  (2023)

Lockport CareNet
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Lockport CareNet
  Reid Family Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Lockport Cares
  Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation  -  Elma, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

Lockport Cares
  Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation  -  Elma, NY  -  $2,500  (2023)

Lockport Cares
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $41,200  (2023)

Lockport Cares
  John R. Oishei Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $3,500  (2023)

Lockport City School District
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Lockport Community Band
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Lockport High School Foundation
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Lockport High School Scholarship Foundation
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $3,000  (2023)

Lockport High School Scholarship Foundation
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $3,000  (2023)

Lockport Ice Arena & Sports Center
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $33,570  (2023)

Lockport Locks Heritage District
  Empire State Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $150,000  (2025)

Lockport Locks Heritage District
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $50,000  (2023)

Lockport Locks Heritage District
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Lockport Locks Heritage District
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $150,000  (2024)

Lockport Locks Heritage District
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $775,000  (2024)

Lockport Locks Heritage District
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $250,000  (2024)

Lockport Locks Heritage District
  Reid Family Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Lockport Main Street
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $5,350  (2023)

Lockport Public Library
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $9,935  (2023)

Lockport Robotics
  Amgis Foundation  -  Medina, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Lockport Robotics
  Reid Family Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Lockport Rotary Foundation
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Lockport United Church of Christ
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Mental Health Association in Niagara County
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $15,350  (2023)

Mental Health Association in Niagara County
  Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation  -  Getzville, NY  -  $13,574  (2023)

New Directions Youth and Family Services
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $11,000  (2023)

Niagara County
  Community Development Block Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $435,000  (2024)

Niagara County
  Community Development Block Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $600,000  (2023)

Niagara County
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $200,000  (2024)

Niagara County
  U.S. Department of Justice  -  Washington, DC  -  $500,000  (2023)

Niagara County Historical Society
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $28,700  (2023)

Niagara County Historical Society
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $30,000  (2023)

Niagara County Sheriff's Office
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $950,000  (2024)

Niagara Hospice
  Barnett Family Foundation  -  Pine Brook, NJ  -  $1,500  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Amherst, NY  -  $5,000  (2024)

Niagara Hospice
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Earl C. Hull Charitable Trust  -  New York, NY  -  $2,876  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation  -  Elma, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Elsie P & Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation  -  Elma, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Evans Devereux Memorial Fund Ua 11  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $4,585  (2023)

Niagara Hospice
  Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation  -  Detroit, MI  -  $1,000  (2023)

NIOGA Library System
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $15,410  (2023)

Nioga Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  Albany, NY  -  $905,464  (2023)

Opoverwatch
  William and Diane Hein Foundation  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Royalton-Hartland Agriculture Foundation
  Niagara Frontier Auto Dealers Association Charitable Foundation  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $16,745  (2023)

Salvation Army
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Amherst, NY  -  $5,000  (2024)

Salvation Army
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Salvation Army
  Bruce T Williams Family Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Salvation Army
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $19,405  (2023)

Salvation Army
  John R. Oishei Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $8,500  (2023)

South Lockport Fire Department
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $57,476  (2023)

YMCA
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Youth Mentoring Services of Niagara County
  East Hill Foundation  -  North Tonawanda, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Youth Mentoring Services of Niagara County
  Foundation 214  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $2,250  (2023)

Youth Mentoring Services of Niagara County
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $38,675  (2023)

YWCA of the Niagara Frontier
  Grigg-Lewis Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $25,650  (2023)

YWCA of the Niagara Frontier
  John R. Oishei Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $15,000  (2023)

YWCA of the Niagara Frontier
  Weeks Family Foundation  -  Lockport, NY  -  $6,250  (2023)


Largest nonprofits in Lockport (by assets) include:

Grigg Lewis Foundation
Niagara Hospice
Kalos Health
Lockport Ice Arena & Sports Center
Eastern Niagara Hospital
Kenan Center
Niagara Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp
Young Womens Christian Association of Niagra Frontier
Palliative Home Care of Niagara
Greater Lockport Development Corporation
Odd Fellow and Rebekah Benefit Fund
Historic Palace
Town & Country Club
Nioga Library System
Inter-Community Health System
Rapids Fire Co of Town of Lockport
Niagara Hospice Alliance
North Ridge Burial Association
Niagara County Historical Society Incorporated
South Lockport Voluinteer Fire Co
Dale Properties
Hospice and Palliative Care Group
Lockport Locks Heritage District Corporation
Lockport Community Television
Dale Association
Tioga Club of Lockport