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   ◊   Restricted    ◊   Agency Endowments   ◊   Donor-Advised   
Community-Advised    ◊    Pass-Through   ◊   Scholarships by School District



 Unrestricted Funds
Income from the Unrestricted Funds listed below is used to
address our community’s most pressing needs. 

Amicae, Inc.
Anonymous Fund
Anson Family Fund
William Burns Aular Fund
Harvey H. Beebe Memorial Fund
Bennett - Cole Fund
John & Cathleen Berner Family Fund
Carol & Jim Boltz Family Fund
Michael & Cynthia-Ann Brunecz Family Fund
Timothy A. Brunecz Memorial Fund
Elizabeth H. Bullock Fund
Chautauqua & Erie Telephone Corporation Fund
Cliffstar Corporation Fund
Courier Capital Inc. Fund
David J. Doino Family Fund
Rocco & Josephine Doino Family Fund
Dorn Family Fund
Carol G. Dudley Fund
Dunkirk High School Class of 1946 Fund
Dunkirk Rotary Club Fund
Falcone Family Fund
Filice Family Fund
P. Walter & William Fredrickson Fund
Gebbie Foundation Fund
Walter T. Gloor Memorial Fund
Graf Realty Corporation Fund
Lester & Zola Graf Fund
Graf-Reininga Fund
Howard & Laura Green Fund 
James & Diane Hannum Family Fund 
Anna L. Hoch & Charles L. Hoch Fund 
George & Diana Holt Family Fund 
Rick, Michele, Heather & Erin Johnson Family Fund 
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Johnson Memorial Fund 
Johnson, Mackowiak & Associates, LLP Fund 
Seth & Martha Johnson Memorial Fund
Jack & Isabelle Kahler Fund
William & Anna Kendziorski Fund
Ketcham Family Fund
Jean & John Koch Fund
Lake Shore Savings Community Fund
Ann James Manly Memorial Fund
Marsh Prince Family Fund
Robert Maytum Memorial Fund
Merrins & Szekely Family Fund
Bob & Peg Miller Family Fund
James H. & Susan Mintun Fund
Miscellaneous Community Benefit Fund
Warren & Nancy Cain Mosier Family Fund
20th Anniversary Community Benefit Fund
A. J. Newman Fund
NRG Community Fund
Salvatore & Josephine Parlato Fund
Permanent Memorial Fund
Putnam Family Fund
R. Bard & Deborah W. Schaack Family Fund
Jack Schiffman Memorial Fund
St. Vincent DePaul Memorial Fund
Paul B. & Ann Gordon Steele Memorial Fund
Weaver Family Fund
Felix F. Welka Fund
Francis J. Welka Memorial Fund
Wells Family Community Fund
Wells Memorial Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Warner White Fund
Williams Family Fund
Wrigley Family Fund

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 Restricted Funds
Income from the restricted funds listed below is distributed
to charities based upon the donors' desires and interests.
 

Access to the Arts/Adams Art Gallery
Anson Fund for Northern Chautauqua Catholic School
Anson Fund for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
Anson Fund for St. Mary’s Cemetery
Romayne L. & James R. Barrett Memorial Fund for the 1891 Fredonia Opera House

Brooks Memorial Hospital Endowments:
  • Graf-Reininga Fund
  • Ketcham Family Fund
  • Charles B. Mosher Fund
  • Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. O'Connor Fund
  • Sustaining Fund
  • Welka Family Fund
  • Wells Memorial Fund
  • George & Barbara Weaver Fund

 Camp Gross Foundation Endowments:

  • Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Anson Fund
  • Robert Graham Fund in memory of Anne G. Graham
  • Edwin L. Hamlet Fund for Camp Gross (est. 2011)

Chautauqua County Humane Society Fund
Chautauqua Fallen Heroes Fund
Children's Love Fund
Dunkirk Class of 1952 Field Trip Fund
DFT Communications Community Fund
Brenda R. Eno Fund for Cancer Detection
First United Methodist Church of Dunkirk Fund
First United Methodist Church of Fredonia Fund
Forest Hill Cemetery Fund

Loreen Ginnitti Fund for the YWCA of Westfield
Lester "Jack" G. Graf Fund
Joanna P. Hamlet Memorial Fund for Sheridan Memorial Field
Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration Fund
Elmer & Arline Johnson Memorial Fund for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Kenneth T. Johnson Memorial Fund for Lucile M. Wright Air Museum
Koefoed-Bentley Charitable Fund
Lake Shore Humane Society Fund
Lake Shore Savings Directors’ Fund
Leworthy Endowment Fund for D. R. Barker Historical Museum
Lily Dale Assembly Fund
Literacy Volunteers of Chautauqua County Fund
Robert Maytum Fund to Benefit Hospice Chautauqua County
Virginia W. Maytum Fund for 1891 Fredonia Opera House
Paul & Marie Nelson Endowment Fund for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Northern Chautauqua Catholic School Fund
NCCF Sustaining Fund
Northern Chautauqua Environmental Fund
Portland Evergreen Cemetery Fund
Progress Park, Inc. Development Fund
Michael A. Puglisi Fund
Ripley Community & Heritage Fund
Bernice Schaffer Library Funds--Dunkirk & Fredonia
Bernice Schaffer Library Funds--Fort Plain & Amsterdam
St. Columban's on the Lake Retirement Home Fund
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Fund
Silver Creek – Irving Heritage Fund
Sommer Family Fund
James S. & Rose M. Tampio Fund for Anderson-Lee Library
James S. & Rose M. Tampio Fund for Dunkirk/Fredonia Meals on Wheels
James S. & Rose M. Tampio Fund for Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church
James S. & Rose M. Tampio Funds for St. Columban’s on the Lake Retirement Community
The Westfield Fund
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 Agency Endowments

1891 Fredonia Opera House Fund
Boys & Girls Club of Northern Chau. County Fund

Brooks Memorial Hospital

  • Horatio & Julia G. Brooks Trust
  • Josephine P. Clark Fund
  • Hequembourg Fund
  • Alberta Wills Johnston Fund
  • Adam Kessler Fund
  • Elizabeth E. Macro Fund
  • Lester R. Seibel Fund
Chautauqua County Fair Association Fund
Chautauqua County Historical Society Fund
Chautauqua Leadership Network Fund
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Fund

Dunkirk Free Library Fund
Hospice Chautauqua County Fund
Jamestown Audubon Society Fund
Lakeshore Humane Society - Verona Barker Memorial Fund
Literacy Volunteers of Chautauqua County Fund
Suzanne McLain Campus and Community Children’s Center Fund
Sinclairville Free Library Fund
United Way of Northern Chautauqua County Fund
WNY Land Conservancy Fund
Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Fund

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 Donor Advised Funds
Donor Advised Funds are established by donors who wish to actively participate
in the grant-making process. Individuals who establish funds
recommend charitable projects or organizations they want to support.

Dunkirk Radiator Corporation Fund
Dunkirk Rotary Club Fund
Alona Forbes Fund
Edwin Hamlet Fund
Lundquist/Wickwire Family Fund
Robert and Virginia Maytum Family Fund
James H. and Susan Mintun Donor Advised Fund
Passafaro/Drago Family Fund
Margaret G. & Dean H. Temple Fund
Westfield/Mayville Rotary Club Fund 

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 Community Advised Funds

Ripley Community & Heritage Fund
Silver Creek-Irving Heritage Fund
The Westfield Fund

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 Pass-Through Funds
In some instances, the NCCF will act as fiscal agent
for a particular project or program.
The funds listed below are not endowed funds.

AmazingCounty.com Fund
Barker Common Fund
Horatio & Julia Brooks Society Fund
Alonzo Cushing Monument Fund
DFT Community Betterment Fund
Family Services Golf Tournament Fund
Lake Shore Savings Community Reinvestment Fund
Billy Mead ALS Assistance Fund
Ripley Roll of Honor Project Fund
RO FOundation Fund (est. 2011)
Fund for Social Entrepreneurship (est. 2011)

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Scholarships by School District


Scholarships

Amsterdam High School
  • Jerome H. Schaffer Scholarship

Brocton High School

  • Kenneth C. Blodgett Jr. Criminal Justice Scholarship
  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship

Cassadaga Valley High School

  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship

Chautauqua Lake High School

  • John J. Maxwell Science Memorial Scholarship
  • Lucile B. Powell Scholarship
  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship

Clymer High School

  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship

Dunkirk High School

  • Alumni/William Taft Scholarship
  • Florence Andrews Latin Prize 
  • Marguerite Belden Scholarship 
  • Joseph G. Bohn Scholarship Arthur Budniewski Scholarship 
  • Chadwick Bay NYS Women Inc. Scholarship
  • Teresa Clarke Memorial Scholarship 
  • Thomas J. Clarke Scholarship
  • Class of 1949 Scholarship 
  • Class of 1960 Scholarship
  • Class of 1968 Scholarship 
  • Dolores L. Clifford Scholarship
  • Allen Cole Memorial Scholarship 
  • Donald R. Coleman Scholarship
  • William T. Colman Recipients Award
  • William T. Colman Teacher Award
  • Dr. Robert L. Cooley Scholarship 
  • Francella Corsi Memorial Scholarship 
  • DHS Student Memorial Scholarship 
  • Anthony G. Duino Scholarship 
  • Gross Prize Speaking Contest Award
  • Andrew J. Hawke Memorial Scholarship
  • David Haynes Scholarship 
  • Agnes M. Higgins Scholarship 
  • Frank “Berry” & Margie Jagoda Memorial Scholarship 
  • Kaufman Family Scholarship 
  • JFK – Class of 1963 Scholarship 
  • Kosciuszko Polish Home Association Scholarship 
  • Carol A. Kozlowski Nursing Scholarship
  • John L. Kreider Scholarship
  • John J. & Helen B. Mancuso Scholarship
  • Van Miller Home Town Hero Scholarship 
  • Catherine Morrissey Scholarship
  • Beatrice S. & Owen B. Mulholland Award 
  • NRG Dunkirk Power Scholarship 
  • Olympia Lodge IOOF #602 Scholarship
  • Kathryn C. Reber Music Award 
  • Malcolm C. Reed Memorial Scholarship
  • Pearl A. Reed Scholarship 
  • Honorable Joseph Ricotta Scholarship 
  • Glorimar Rivera Memorial Scholarship 
  • Frank A. Rizzo Memorial Scholarship 
  • Jim Schilling Basketball Scholarship 
  • Theresa Schober Art Scholarship 
  • William J. Schober Scholarship 
  • St. Joseph School Scholarship
  • Welka Family Scholarship
  • Wheeler Family Scholarship 
  • Mr. & Mrs. Dean Warner White Scholarship 
  • Theresa Dubnicki & Lawrence Williams Scholarship 
  • Arthur H. Woelfle Memorial Scholarship 
  • Wolfenden-Clifton Memorial Scholarship 
  • Michael Woloszyn Memorial Scholarship
  • Women's Educational & Industrial Union Scholarship 

Forestville High School

  • Christie Caldwell Merritt Scholarship

Fredonia High School

  • Thomas G. Castellana III Scholarship
  • Chadwick Bay NYS Women Inc. Scholarship
  • Allen Cole Memorial Scholarship 
  • Culture Night Scholarship
  • Brenda Day Whitlock Scholarship 
  • Henry A. Draggett Academic & Athletic Scholarship
  • Louis & Hedy Farkas Scholarship 
  • Fredonia Central School Educational Assistance Fund 
  • Fredonia High School Class of 1979
  • Fredonia-Pomfret Republican Nancy Sheldon Scholarship
  • Fredonia Rotary Club Scholarship
  • Fredonia Sports Booster’s Scholarship
  • Friendly Birchwood Golf Memorial Scholarship
  • Thomas M Heary Scholarship 
  • Independence Jazz Reunion Scholarship
  • Sarah Beth Jusko Scholarship
  • Alisha Marie Kolet Art Scholarship
  • Lake Shore Savings Scholarship 
  • David E. Manly Scholarship
  • Gary Nowak Scholarship
  • Lorna B. Penny Scholarship
  • POW/MIA Scholarship
  • Shorewood Jr. Golf Scholarship
  • Eugene Snyder Memorial Scholarship
  • Erica O’Donoughue & Father Walsh Spiritual Scholarship
  • St. Joseph School Scholarship
  • Jenn Stucynski Student Athletic Scholarship
  • Kendra Webdale Humanities/Arts Memorial Scholarship
  • Mr. and Mrs. Dean Warner White Scholarship
  • Lawrence A. & Theresa Dubnicki Williams Scholarship
  • WIMOUDAUSIS Club Scholarship in memory of Anna G. Hall

Frewsburg High School

  • Chautauqua Fallen Heroes Scholarship

Jamestown High School

  • Luke Kanaley Cenedella in Memory of Philip J. Cenedella Scholarship
  • Chautauqua Fallen Heroes Scholarship

Maple Grove High School

  • Luke Kanaley Cenedella Scholarship in memory of Philip J. Cenedella
  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship

Northern Chautauqua Catholic School 

  • Dr. Ronald A. Passafaro Memorial Scholarship

Panama High School 

  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship
 Ripley High School
  • Beacon Award of Summit Lodge #219 R & AM Scholarship
  • Ripley Veteran’s Roll of Honor Scholarship
  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship

Sherman High School

  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship
Silver Creek High School
  • Mark Charles Gugino Scholarship
  • Brooke Pomroy Scholarship

Southwestern High School 

  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship

Westfield High School

  • Wayne Anthony Scholarship
  • Arts & Crafts Festival Scholarship 
  • Joseph Baideme Memorial Scholarship
  • Philip J. and Loretta G. Baideme Gettysburg Scholarship
  • Francis J. Bannister Scholarship
  • Walter Baran Scholarship 
  • Beacon Award of Summit Lodge #219 R & AM Scholarship
  • Carlton “Bud” Beadle Scholarship
  • Keith Bestine Scholarship
  • Frank Billerio Scholarship 
  • Bristol-Burgess Award 
  • Daryl J. Brown Memorial Award 
  • Steven G. Brown Memorial Scholarship 
  • Dr. Anthony Calarco Scholarship 
  • Class of 1960 Vocational Education Scholarship 
  • James (Jimbo) Cunningham Scholarship 
  • Dekalb Agriculture Award 
  • Deutschmeister Award 
  • Aaron Diamond Scholarship 
  • Douglas Greenleaf Scholarship 
  • Harry Munger & Ann Hopson Scholarship 
  • Wells H. Hull Scholarship 
  • Daniel G. Hyde Scholarship 
  • Marion & Elizabeth Jillson Award
  • S. Elwin Keech Scholarship
  • Maude W. Kelly Scholarship
  • George S. Kent Memorial Math Scholarship 
  • Woodrow Keyser Sports Memorial Scholarship
  • Joseph Koshute Scholarship 
  • Arthur Macer Scholarship 
  • Stuart Martin Scholarship
  • Julie Mead Memorial Scholarship
  • Richard Mead Memorial Scholarship 
  • H. Harold Meyer Scholarship 
  • Westfield Moose Lodge #118 Scholarship 
  • Patricia M. Newell Culinary Arts Scholarship
  • Roderick A. & Priscilla B. Nixon Educational Scholarship
  • John E. Norton Scholarship
  • Blythe Nundy Award
  • Michael A. Pagano Scholarship 
  • Pattison-Dickson Alumni Science Award
  • George Plumb Scholarship 
  • Holly Raines Scholarship
  • Ernest Rammelt Family Scholarship
  • Reach Beyond Award
  • William Ross Scholarship
  • Raymond Ryan Scholarship
  • Joseph & Jean Schuster Music Scholarship 
  • Joanna Seminatore Scholarship
  • Bret Smith Scholarship
  • Herbert Stratton Scholarship
  • Peter Tempio Scholarship 
  • Allene Herron Tompkins Scholarship
  • Yvonne W. Twombly Scholarship
  • Jennie VandeVelde Scholarship
  • William Vorce Scholarship
  • Wallace-Holbrook Memorial Scholarship
  • Ruth Barker Winch Scholarship
  • Graduate School 
  • Dr. Ruth C. Stacy Counselor Scholarship

 


Additional Awards

  • Thomas L. Barresi Memorial Scholarship
  • Alice Reding Connell Memorial Scholarship
  • Lake Shore Savings Scholarship
  • Samantha Huber
  • Joseph Pyne
  • Seneca Business Scholarship

 

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Executive Director Diane Hannum
Executive Director Diane Hannum
 info@nccfoundation.org

212 Lake Shore Drive West
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Phone: 716-366-4892
Fax: 716-366-3905


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