Ontario County > Canandaigua
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
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