Carnahan-Jackson Foundation
Erie, PA · EIN 16-6151608. Reported 114 grants totalling $2,743,376 to 64 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Carnahan-Jackson Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $30,700; the smallest was $650 and the largest $130,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA of Jamestown | Jamestown, NY | $246,460 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chautauqua Striders Inc | Jamestown, NY | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Inc | Jamestown, NY | $137,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chautauqua Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | Fredonia, NY | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| James Prendergast Library Association | Jamestown, NY | $117,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Southern Chautauqua Cnty | Jamestown, NY | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fredonia College Foundation of State University of New York Inc | Fredonia, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Infinity Visual & Performing Arts Inc | Jamestown, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown Inc (wdc) | Jamestown, NY | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feedmore Foundation of Wny | Buffalo, NY | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ucan | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown Inc | Jamestown, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ucan (uhlich Childrens Advantage Network) | Chicago, IL | $82,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Relief Zone | Frewsburg, NY | $82,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Audubon Community Nature Center | Jamestown, NY | $76,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houghton College | Houghton, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Directions Youth & Family Service Chautauqua Region Inc | Jamestown, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Jamestown | Jamestown, NY | $72,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jamestown Community College | Jamestown, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Roger Tory Peterson Institute | Jamestown, NY | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jamestown Community Learning Council | Jamestown, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Children's Place | Jamestown, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation | Westfeild, NY | $48,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Literancy Volunteers of Chautauqua County | Fredonia, NY | $36,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jamestown Center City Development | Jamestown, NY | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chautauqua Safety Village | Ashville, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Jameswown, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Chautauqua County Child a | Jamestown, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minerva Public Library | Minerva, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Susan Center | Jamestown, NY | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chautauqua Region Community | Jamestown, NY | $20,570 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund | Nw Washington, DC | $15,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chautauqua Adult Care Center | Jamestown, NY | $14,425 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Mission Meadows | Dewittville, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Life Ministries Inc | Bath, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care | Lakewood, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Robert H Jackson Center | Jamestown, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heritage Ministries Charitable Care | Gerry, NY | $9,624 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chautauqua Lake Association Inc | Lakewood, NY | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross Western New York Chapter | Buffalo, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bemus Point Library | Bemus Point, NY | $5,594 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wny Public Broadcasting Asso | Buffalo, NY | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bemus Point Stow Ferry | Benus Point, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chautauqua Children's Safety | Ashvlle, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet | Jamestown, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ten Lives Club | North Boston, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chautauqua County Humane Society | Jamestown, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dunkirk Public Library | Dunkirk, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chautauqua Foundation | Chautauqua, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lucille Ball Little Theatre | Jamestown, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Tier Health Care System | Olean, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Harmony Senior Citizens | New York, NY | $2,553 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Inclusion | Jamestown, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Comedy Center Inc | Jamestown, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arise Chautauqua Inc | Falconer, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Mountain Bicycling Associa | Boulder, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maple Grove Little League Inc | Jamestown, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Chautauqua Canine | Westfield, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Chautauqua Canine Rescue Inc | Westfield, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics New York Western Region Office | Williamsville, NY | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Word Ministriesbread of Life | Jamestown, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | Triangle, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weva Inc | Penfield, NY | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
28 of 64 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Salvation Army
SUPPORTS THE SALVATION ARMY - Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation
CAPITAL BUILDING CAMPAIGN - Literancy Volunteers of Chautauqua County
GENERAL CHARITAABLE PURPOSE - St Susan Center
SUPPORTS PROGRAM SERVICES - Wny Public Broadcasting Asso
SUPPORTS NAMED ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 68 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | $666,425 | $18,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $766,150 | $18,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $556,778 | $15,750 |
| 2024 | 26 | $754,023 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
87% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Carnahan-Jackson Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 800 State Street Suite 500, Erie, PA, 16501. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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