The Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation was pleased to award the following grants during our 2023 cycle:

2023 Grant Partners by Category *

Health ($129,000)

Evergreen Health Services, Inc. $50,000
Healthy Community Alliance, Inc. $1,000
Kidney Connection $250
Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County $51,500
Prevention Works $750
Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation $25,000
WCA Hospital Foundation $500

Environment ($818,216)

Audubon Community Nature Center $29,500
Chautauqua Lake & Watershed Management Alliance $768,066 ($500,000 for one-time support of The Jefferson Project)
Chautauqua Lake Association $1,750
Chautauqua Lake Partnership $1,000
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy $750
Roger Tory Peterson Institute $17,150

Education ($237,750)

Chautauqua Safety Village $2,500
Cornell Cooperative Extension $750
James Prendergast Library Association $38,250
Jamestown Community College $42,000
Jamestown Community College Foundation $300
Jamestown Community Learning Council $70,000
Junior Achievement of WNY $20,000
Lakewood Memorial Library $1,750
Literacy Volunteers of Chautauqua County $10,500
Robert H. Jackson Center $51,700

Public Society Benefit ($485,949)

Bemus Point Volunteer Fire Department $1,000
Buffalo-Toronto Public Media $250
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation $10,500
Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corp. $50,000
Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame $500
Elizabeth Warner Marvin Community House $10,574
Exponent Philanthropy $815
Fenton History Center $25,750
Jamestown Babe Ruth World Series Committee $10,000
Jamestown Center City Development Corp. $252,000
Jamestown Renaissance Corporation $78,000
Jamestown Skating Club $15,000
Lawson Boating Heritage Center $500
NY Funders Alliance $5,810
Village of Celoron $25,000
WNY Mountain Bicycling Association $250

Arts, Culture & Humanities ($365,750)

Chautauqua Institution $224,500
Community Music Project $1,940
Infinity Visual & Performing Arts, Inc. $61,000
Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown $1,500
National Comedy Center, Inc. $27,250
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts $282,736

Human Services ($759,581)

#IntegrityFirst, Inc. $24,536
Allegheny Highlands Council $1,000
American Red Cross $500
Bemus Pt. United Methodist Church (Royal Family KIDS' Camp) $500
Camp Gross Foundation $250
Chautauqua Adult Day Services $1,000
Chautauqua Area Habitat for Humanity $500
Chautauqua Co. Humane Society $1,250
Chautauqua Striders, Inc. $81,000
Creche, Inc. $1,000
FeedMore, WNY $15,000
First Presbyterian Church (A Children’s Place Day Care) $20,000
Friends of Child Advocacy Program $1,500
Jamestown Boys & Girls Club $47,000
LSS Foundation $300
Meals on Wheels of the Jamestown Area $1,300
Recovery Options Made Easy, Inc. (Eagle’s Nest Respite Home) $56,800
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Public Market/ New Neighbor Coalition) $2,000
St. Susan Center, Inc. $1,800
The Relief Zone, Inc. $20,000
The Salvation Army $127,800
Toys for Tots $500
United Christian Advocacy Network (City Mission) $32,000
United Way of SCC $146,550
YMCA of Jamestown $80,000
YWCA of Jamestown $94,745
Zion Covenant Church (Benevolence Fund) $750

* From year to year, an organization could be categorized differently depending on the type of grant awarded, but overall usually falls into the same category. Also, some grants could be considered to address more than one category, but we only pick one. As an example: The Audubon is categorized as “Environment,” but might also be considered as “Education.” Some of the organizations listed were only awarded Director/Staff Discretionary Grants.

2023 Grants Breakdown