Chautauqua Region Community Foundation

Jamestown, New York - EIN 16-1116837 - Latest filing: fiscal 2025 (Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025)

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

How to read this page: every figure below is from the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 21, 2026. People named below are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 21, 2026 - the filing is a snapshot of that fiscal year, not a list of current officeholders.

THE FILING IN ONE PARAGRAPH

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation reported $9,679,843 in revenue and $7,615,650 in expenses in fiscal 2025, a surplus of $2,064,193 for the year. Program services took $6,511,976 of expenses, or 85.5%. The organization closed the year with $147,221,320 in net assets - about 232.0 months of expenses at the fiscal-2025 spending level.

At a Glance - Fiscal 2025

All values are fiscal 2025 unless a tile says otherwise.

TOTAL REVENUE - FISCAL 2025
$9,679,843

Down 21.2% from $12,280,582 in fiscal 2024.

TOTAL EXPENSES - FISCAL 2025
$7,615,650

Revenue minus expenses: $2,064,193 in fiscal 2025.

PROGRAM EXPENSE SHARE - FISCAL 2025
85.5%

$6,511,976 of $7,615,650 went to program services.

NET ASSETS - END OF FISCAL 2025
$147,221,320

Total assets $168,263,223 minus total liabilities $21,041,903.

TOP EXECUTIVE PAY - FISCAL 2025
$205,734

Tory L Irgang, Executive Director, as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 21, 2026. Total across all compensation columns.

PEOPLE REPORTED - FISCAL 2025
11 Employees

Plus 0 volunteers reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.

Money In, Money Out - Fiscal 2025

Revenue and expenses as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 21, 2026. Donated goods are separated from cash so food and supply donations do not read as cash income.

Where the Money Went - Fiscal 2025

Program Services$6,511,976 (85.5%)
Fundraising$616,077 (8.1%)
Management and General$487,597 (6.4%)

Management and general is the figure reported on the filing (Part IX total); where a filing does not carry it, it is computed as the residual of total expenses minus program and fundraising expenses. Cost to raise a dollar in fiscal 2025: $0.19 - $616,077 in fundraising expenses divided by $3,224,407 in total contributions. On cash contributions only: $0.20.

Where the Money Came From - Fiscal 2025

SourceFiscal 2025
Total Contributions$3,224,407
Of Which Cash Contributions$3,016,867
Of Which Donated Goods (Noncash)$207,540
All Other Contributions$3,224,407
Program Service Revenue$142,208
Investment Income$6,296,251
Other Revenue$16,977
Total Revenue (All Sources)$9,679,843
Government Grants - Not Broken Out
The fiscal-2025 Form 990 does not break out government grants as a separate line for this organization. This page shows Not Broken Out instead of estimating a figure.

Reserves and Balance Sheet - Fiscal 2025

Reserves and Runway

232.0 Months

of reserves - $147,221,320 in net assets at the end of fiscal 2025, divided by average monthly expenses of about $634,637 in fiscal 2025.

Net assets can include donor-restricted funds, buildings and other assets that cannot be spent like cash. Treat months of reserves as a scale measure, not as cash in the bank.

Balance Sheet - End of Fiscal 2025

Total Assets$168,263,223
Total Liabilities$21,041,903
Liabilities as Share of Assets12.5%
Net Assets$147,221,320

Leadership Pay - Fiscal 2025

Pay is the summed total across all compensation columns on the Form 990 - pay from the organization, pay from related organizations, and other compensation. People are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 21, 2026.

Name and Title, as ReportedTotal Pay - Fiscal 2025Share of Expenses
Tory L Irgang - Executive Director$205,7342.70%
Jacob S Schrantz - Fiscal Officer$146,3911.92%

The full Part VII table lists every officer, director, trustee and key employee named on the filing, with hours and the same summed total. Compensation is reported for the calendar year ending within the fiscal year, per the Form 990.

Board and Governance - Fiscal 2025

Board and policy answers as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 21, 2026.

Board Roster - as Reported on the Fiscal-2025 Form 990

11 voting members, 11 independent - independence count as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.

Name, as ReportedRole, as Reported
Tory L IrgangExecutive Director
Jacob S SchrantzFiscal Officer
Joseph BellittoPresident
Rebecca RobbinsVice-President
Mary SchillerSecretary
Harold BrunaciniTreasurer
Bree AgettDirector
Lorraine DiggsDirector
Laura Otander Past PresidentDirector
Rev Chloe SmithDirector
Steve SwansonDirector
Amit TanejaDirector
Todd HansonDirector

Governance Policy Flags - Fiscal 2025

Conflict of Interest PolicyYes - Reported
Whistleblower PolicyYes - Reported
Document Retention PolicyYes - Reported
Audited Financial StatementsYes - Reported
Audit CommitteeYes - Reported
Board Size and Independence11 voting / 11 independent

Flags report what the organization answered on the Form 990. A Yes means the policy was reported on the filing; it is not an outside review of how the policy works in practice.

Grants - Fiscal 2025

Grants Made - Fiscal 2025

This organization reported $5,909,250 in grants paid in fiscal 2025.

Recipient, as ReportedAmount
5 Loaves And 2 Fish Outreach Ministry Inc
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$23,500
Allegheny Highlands Council Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$10,136
American Red Cross Of Western New York
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$8,309
American Scandinavian Heritage Foundation
OPERATING SUPPORT
$7,347
Audobon Community Nature Center
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$36,244
Bemus Point Library
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
$7,000
Cba Vision Rehabilitation Services
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/OPERATING SUPPORT
$13,784
Centaur Stride Inc
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,769
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$12,924
Chautauqua County Humane Society
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$66,794
Chautauqua County Office For The Aging
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$8,961
Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$15,023
Chautauqua Hospice And Pallative Care
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$36,820
Chautauqua Institution
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$552,065
Chautauqua Lake And Watershed Management Alliance
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$102,500
Chautauqua Lake Association
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$53,631
Chautauqua Opportunities
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$10,237
Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$25,000
Chautauqua Sports Hall Of Fame
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$22,409
Chautauqua Striders Inc
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$28,194
City Of Jamestown Ny
PROGRAM SUPPORT/CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
$102,164
Community Connections At Findley Lake
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$18,000
Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$44,107
Creche Inc
OPERATING SUPPORT
$8,943
Dream It DO It Western New York Inc
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$8,000
Elizabeth Warner Marvin Community House Inc
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/OPERATING SUPPORT
$7,376
Falconer Public Library
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$18,527
Falconer United Methodist Church
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
$5,000
Family Service Of The Chautauqua Region
OPERATING SUPPORT
$10,323
Feed More Wny
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$71,350
Fenton History Center
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$70,636
Filling The Gap Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$130,138
First Congregational United Church Of Christ
OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,511
First Lutheran Church
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
$41,114
First Presbyterian Church
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
$27,476
Fluvanna Free Library
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$10,976
Hillcrest Baptist Church
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
$9,246
Infinity Visual And Performing Arts Inc
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$20,163
James Prendergast Library Association
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
$55,696
Jamestown Center City Development Corporation
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$157,020
Jamestown City Public Schools
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
$18,696
Jamestown Community College
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$22,888
Jamestown Community Learning Council
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$17,579
Jamestown Renaissance Corporation
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$39,750
Junior Achievement Of Western New York
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$10,000
Lakewood Volunteer Fire Department
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
$23,250
Lucille Ball Little Theatre Of Jamestown
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,642
Lutheran
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$32,451
Meals On Wheels Of The Jamestown Area Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$9,495
Mental Health Association In Chautauqua County
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$75,890
National Comedy Center Inc
OPERATING SUPPORT
$167,620
Pine Hill Cemetery - Village Of Falconer
OPERATING SUPPORT
$6,969
Reg Lenna Center For The Arts
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$116,103
Robert H Jackson Center
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$83,666
Roger Tory Peterson Institute
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$58,183
Rotary Club Of Jamestown Community Service Fund Inc
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$37,636
St Luke'S Episcopal Church
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/PROGRAM SUPPORT
$74,706
St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,178
St Susan Center Inc
PROGRM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$53,325
Sukanya Burman Dance
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$18,446
The Relief Zone Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$21,434
The Resource Center
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$7,968
The Salvation Army
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$66,686
Town Of Harmony
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$8,372
Tree Of Life Evangelical Lutheran Church
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$21,989
United Way Of Chautauqua County
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$99,872
Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys And Girls Club Of Jamestown
OPERATING SUPPORT
$106,488
YMCA Of Jamestown
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$45,771
YWCA Jamestown
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$184,322
Arise Chautauqua Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$6,435
Ashville Free Library
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$15,270
Breakthrough T1d
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$12,800
Busti Historical Society
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$12,000
Cassadaga Central School District
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$9,709
Challenger Learning Center Of The Twin Tier
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$10,000
Chautauqua Region Youth Ballet
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$10,000
Chautauqua Youth Symphony
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,000
Community Support Group Of Southwestern Ny
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$15,000
Ellington Farman Library
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$12,797
Every Bottom Covered Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$10,000
Friends Of Lakeview Cemetery Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$8,000
Friends Of Chautauqua Child Advocacy Program
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,160
Healing World Ministries Church Of God
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$25,850
Italian American Charity Golf Association Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$12,373
Jamestown Skating Club
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$10,303
Kennedy Fire District
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,638
Lakewood Community Development Corporation
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,000
Lakewood Memorial Library
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$21,387
Literacy Volunteers Of Chautauqua County
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$15,525
Lucille M Wright Air Museum
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$60,160
Marshal Martz Memorial Astronomical Association Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$16,930
Myers Memorial Library
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,391
One Ball Foundation
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,000
Prevention Works
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,011
Randolph Area Community Development Corp
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$8,500
Recovery Options Made Easy Inc
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$15,800
Special Olympics Ny - Wny Region
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$6,882
Town Of Randolph
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,636
Town Of Westfield
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$27,100
United Christian Advocacy Network Ucan
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$9,933
Village Of Bemus Point
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$5,080
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
$7,502

Trend - Revenue

Years are shown only where a filing is held. Missing years are absent, never filled in.

FY24 FY25
Revenue, fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025 - the two years held on this record.
Fiscal YearRevenueChange
Fiscal 2024 (Prior-Year Column on the Fiscal-2025 Filing)$12,280,582-
Fiscal 2025$9,679,843-21.2%

This table grows to a 10-year view (revenue, expenses, net assets and top pay) as earlier filings for this organization are added to the record. Missing years are absent, never filled in.

Filings on Record

Tax PeriodFormStatusSource
Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025Form 990In Force - Filed May 21, 2026Original Filing at the IRS

If an amended return is filed, the newest amended return supersedes the earlier one and the table marks which filing is in force.

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