Ontario County > Canandaigua

County: Ontario

Population:
  10,576 city
  11,109 town


Canandaigua, at the northern end of Canandaigua Lake, is home to Finger Lakes Community College. It is also the site of New York Kitchen, which promotes the state’s agriculture, foods and craft beverages. Major local funders include the Sands Family Foundation and the Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment.


School districts: Canandaigua City School District
Libraries: Wood Library

Hospitals: FF Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua VA Medical Center

Emergency services: Canandaigua Emergency Squad, Canandaigua Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Elks, Kiwanis, Lions, Moose, VFW

Parks: Canandaigua Lake State Marine Park, Kershaw Park, Mc Jannett Park, Leonard R. Pierce Memorial Park, Onanda Park & Beach

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Canandaigua Cemetery, Nettle Valley Cemetery, Pine Bank Cemetery, Reeds Corners Burying Ground, South Farmington Friends Cemetery
Granger Homestead


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded a reading garden, library construction, new entrance gates at Sonnenberg Gardens, a rural health opioid program, and other projects.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


ARC of Ontario County
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $65,000  (2023)

ARC of Ontario County
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $48,000  (2021)

Business Foundation of the Finger Lakes
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Camp Onseyawa
  Galasso Foundation  -  Clarence, NY  -  $150  (2022)

Canandaigua
  Empire State Development  -  Rochester, NY  -  $312,500  (2023)

Canandaigua
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $170,714  (2022)

Canandaigua
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $140,685  (2024)

Canandaigua
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $610,000  (2023)

Canandaigua
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $934,115  (2023)

Canandaigua
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $167,115  (2023)

Canandaigua
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $147,390  (2023)

Canandaigua
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $577,913  (2023)

Canandaigua
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $213,167  (2023)

Canandaigua
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $59,000  (2022)

Canandaigua
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $100,000  (2021)

Canandaigua
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $500,000  (2021)

Canandaigua
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $32,500  (2021)

Canandaigua
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $80,000  (2021)

Canandaigua Area Development
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $600,000  (2022)

Canandaigua Churches in Action
  Peter A. and Marion W. Schwartz Family Foundation Trust  -  Canandaigua, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Canandaigua Comfort Care Home
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $5,250  (2021)

Canandaigua Emergency Squad
  Peter A. and Marion W. Schwartz Family Foundation Trust  -  Canandaigua, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Canandaigua Kiwanis Foundation
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association
  Peter A. and Marion W. Schwartz Family Foundation Trust  -  Canandaigua, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association
  Rochester Area Community Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $13,500  (2021)

Canandaigua Local Development Corp.
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $50,000  (2022)

Cheshire Community Action Team
  Peter A. and Marion W. Schwartz Family Foundation Trust  -  Canandaigua, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department
  Peter A. and Marion W. Schwartz Family Foundation Trust  -  Canandaigua, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

City of Canandaigua
  NYS revenue sharing (Aid and Incentives for Municipalities)  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,119,304  (2023)

Community Partners for Youth
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $35,895  (2021)

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County
  Mary Hicks Preston Historical Improvement & Betterment Foundation  -  Phelps, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County
  Wyckoff Family Foundation  -  Geneva, NY  -  $18,500  (2022)

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County
  Wyckoff Family Foundation  -  Geneva, NY  -  $12,500  (2021)

Crisis Pregnancy Center of Canandaigua
  Bernard and Patricia Iacovangelo Family Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $2,500  (2022)

Crisis Pregnancy Center of Canandaigua
  Bernard and Patricia Iacovangelo Family Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $2,500  (2022)

Embrace Your Sisters
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Family Promise of Ontario County
  Reh Family Foundation  -  Fishers, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Family Promise of Ontario County
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

FF Thompson Foundation
  John D & Seana L Holtz Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

FF Thompson Foundation
  Melvin and Mildred Eggers Family Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

FF Thompson Foundation
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $17,956  (2021)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Bernard and Patricia Iacovangelo Family Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $2,500  (2022)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Helen and Ritter Shumway Foundation  -  Providence, RI  -  $10,000  (2022)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Peter A. and Marion W. Schwartz Family Foundation Trust  -  Canandaigua, NY  -  $310,000  (2021)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Rochester Area Community Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $8,800  (2021)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $65,000  (2022)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Wyckoff Family Foundation  -  Geneva, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Wyckoff Family Foundation  -  Geneva, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
  Wyckoff Family Foundation  -  Geneva, NY  -  $48,000  (2021)

Finger Lakes Community College
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $100,000  (2023)

Finger Lakes Community College
  Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust  -  Indianapolis, IN  -  $20,000  (2021)

Finger Lakes Community College
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $300,000  (2022)

Finger Lakes Community College
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $968,805  (2023)

Finger Lakes Community College
  Williams Family Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

Finger Lakes Community College Foundation
  Florence M Muller Foundation  -  Penfield, NY  -  $203,300  (2022)

Finger Lakes Community College Foundation
  Florence M Muller Foundation  -  Penfield, NY  -  $182,826  (2021)

Finger Lakes Community College Foundation
  Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $40,000  (2021)

Finger Lakes Community College Foundation
  National Science Foundation  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,691,820  (2022)

Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra
  Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $1,500  (2021)

Finger Lakes Visitors Connection
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $180,000  (2022)

Fort Hill Performing Arts Center
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Fort Hill Performing Arts Center
  Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $11,500  (2021)

Fort Hill Performing Arts Center
  Peter A. and Marion W. Schwartz Family Foundation Trust  -  Canandaigua, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Fort Hill Performing Arts Center
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $50,000  (2022)

Friends of CMAC
  Wegman Family Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $50,000  (2022)

Genesee Region Clean Communities
  U.S. Department of Energy  -  Washington, DC  -  $252,500  (2022)

Granger Homestead Society
  Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $11,500  (2021)

Greater Canandaigua Family YMCA
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $65,000  (2021)

Habitat for Humanity Of Ontario County
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $13,000  (2021)

Lifeworks Community Action Food Pantry
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $100,000  (2021)

Literacy Volunteers of Ontario-Yates
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $5,417  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Alstom Signaling Foundation  -  West Henrietta, NY  -  $1,500  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $5,150  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties  -  Utica, NY  -  $6,500  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Costanza Family Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Mercy Flight Central
  Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Fred and Floy Willmott Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Mercy Flight Central
  Greater Rochester Health Foundation   -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  John D & Seana L Holtz Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Mercy Flight Central
  Maletta Foundation  -  W. Henrietta, NY  -  $2,250  (2023)

Mercy Flight Central
  Mary Hicks Preston Historical Improvement & Betterment Foundation  -  Phelps, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

Mercy Flight Central
  Mary S. Mulligan Charitable Trust  -  Dallas, TX  -  $2,000  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Paychex Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Rochester Area Community Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $9,250  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Rome Community Foundation  -  Rome, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Mercy Flight Central
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $100,000  (2022)

Mercy Flight Central
  Thomas F Judson Jr and Elisabeth W Judson Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Mercy Flight Central
  Thomas F Judson Jr and Elisabeth W Judson Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $30,555  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $5,154  (2021)

Mercy Flight Central
  Williams Family Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

New York Kitchen
  Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

New York Kitchen
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

New York Kitchen
  Greater Rochester Health Foundation   -  Rochester, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

New York Kitchen
  Paychex Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

New York Kitchen
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $25,000  (2022)

New York Kitchen
  William G. McGowan Charitable Fund  -  Chicago, IL  -  $10,000  (2022)

Ontario Children's Foundation
  Sands Family Foundation  -  Victor, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Ontario County
  New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $0  (2021)

Ontario County
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,483,494  (2021)

Ontario County Economic Development Corporation
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,880,437  (2022)

Ontario County Economic Development Corporation
  U.S. Department of Justice  -  Washington, DC  -  $729,132  (2023)

Ontario County Historical Society
  John D & Seana L Holtz Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Ontario County Historical Society
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Ontario County Historical Society
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $14,500  (2021)

Ontario County Humane Society
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $6,844  (2021)

OWWL Library System
  Institute of Museum and Library Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $49,986  (2022)

OWWL Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  ,   -  $21,727  (2023)

OWWL Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  Albany, NY  -  $901,384  (2023)

OWWL Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  Albany, NY  -  $901,384  (2022)

OWWL Library System
  New York Department of Education  -  Albany, NY  -  $916,863  (2021)

Partnership for Ontario County
  Florence M Muller Foundation  -  Penfield, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Partnership for Ontario County
  Joan & Harold Feinbloom Supporting Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $14,633  (2021)

Partnership for Ontario County
  Reh Family Foundation  -  Fishers, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Partnership for Ontario County
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $23,828  (2021)

Partnership for Ontario County
  Wyckoff Family Foundation  -  Geneva, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

Partnership for Ontario County
  Wyckoff Family Foundation  -  Geneva, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

S2Ay Rural Health Network
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $397,602  (2022)

S2AY Rural Health Network
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $33,875  (2021)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  Alstom Signaling Foundation  -  West Henrietta, NY  -  $1,500  (2021)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $49,000  (2021)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $2,442  (2021)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $11,500  (2021)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $490,000  (2022)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  Rochester Area Community Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $12,500  (2021)

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

St. Vincent DePaul Society
  United Way of Greater Rochester  -  Rochester, NY  -  $35,000  (2021)

Town of Canandaigua
  Preservation League of New York State  -  Albany, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Wood Library
  ESL Charitable Foundation  -  Rochester, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Wood Library
  New York Department of Education  -  ,   -  $21,727  (2023)



Largest nonprofits in Canandaigua (by assets) include:

Frederick Ferris Thompson Hospital
Mercy Flight Central
Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment
F F T Senior Communities
F F Thompson Hospital Foundation
Canandaigua Area Development Corporation
Nysarc
Peter a & Marion W Schwartz Fam Foundation Tr
Finger Lakes Community College Association
M M Ewing Continuing Care Center
Wood Library Association
Quail Summit
Clark Manor House
New York State Wine and Culinary Center
Granger Homestead Society
Canandaigua Emergency Squad
Finger Lakes Community College Foundation
F F Thompson Health System
Canandaigua Cemetery Association
Molly & Ed Shill Cares Foundation
Ontario County Economic Development Corporation