Help grow our scholarship fund

Our fund is hosted through the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation - a tax-exempt community corporation created by and for the people of northern Chautauqua County.  NCCF provides a simple, powerful and highly personal approach to giving. All donations are tax-deductible. 

What is a Community Foundation?

A community foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to the long-term betterment of a specific geographic area. Community Foundations build permanent funds to benefit the charitable needs of a community. Individuals, businesses, families and other organizations establish permanent endowment funds that help the community. The community foundation invests and administers these funds.

What is the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation?

First and foremost, the NCCF is dedicated to the Northern Chautauqua County, New York, region. Since 1986, it has served its communities as a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. It now holds over $16 million in permanent funds, which allow it to distribute over $900,000 annually in grants and scholarships for the betterment of the community. Donors are community minded individuals, families, businesses and not-for-profit organizations. The NCCF provides grants and supports organizations in human services, the arts, youth, seniors, the environment, scholarship, economic development and many others. It is structured to support the most pressing needs in the community today and, as these needs change, so does its funding focus. Of perhaps equal importance to our role as grantmaker, the NCCF identifies current and emerging community issues, stimulate resources to address those needs and help the community prepare for the future.