Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) is now accepting Service Learning Mini-Grants Program applications for the 2021-2022 school year. Local middle and high school teachers are encouraged to apply for projects that combine community service and classroom learning.
Short Stacks for a Tall Cause – NCCF’s Applebee’s Fundraiser March 21, 2020
Join the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation’s (NCCF) volunteers and staff on March 21, 2020, for our 8th Annual Applebee’s Flapjack Breakfast and Basket Raffle Fundraiser. The two-hour event begins at 8 a.m. at the Applebee’s on Vineyard Drive in Dunkirk. Tickets are only $6 for flapjacks, bacon, juice, and coffee!
NCCF Encourages Teachers to Apply for a Service Learning Mini-Grant
Local School Districts Benefit from Flapjacks
The board, staff, and volunteers at the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation thank everyone who came out on March 23 to our record-breaking Applebee’s Flapjack Breakfast Fundraiser! We successfully raised over $2,400 to support our Service Learning Mini-Grant Program. Grants awarded from this program support middle and high school teachers in all northern Chautauqua County school districts by encouraging them to promote community service in the classroom.
NCCF thanks local businesses
The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation is proud to show support for Corporate Philanthropy Day, February 26. On this day we show our gratitude to the many local businesses for their contributions to our community.
Corporate Philanthropy refers to the charitable contributions and community service activities a company voluntarily undertakes to improve society. We appreciate the businesses that have invested in NCCF and our community through financial contributions, donations of products, in-kind services and technical assistance, employee volunteerism, and other business transactions.
NCCF Awards Service Learning Mini-Grants to Area Teachers
NCCF - building for tomorrow, today
The mission of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) is to enrich the area where we live and work. Since its establishment in 1986, the NCCF has been at the forefront of local philanthropy, strategic grantmaking, and community leadership. By providing the means for our neighbors to give back to the community, NCCF is building for tomorrow, today. With over $23.8 million in assets, the NCCF distributes more than $800,000 each year in grants and scholarships, all to better northern Chautauqua County.
Local Teachers Invited to Apply for NCCF Service Learning Mini-Grants
Local teachers are eligible to apply for the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation’s (NCCF) Service Learning Mini-Grant Program. These grants are available to middle and high school teachers in northern Chautauqua County for projects that combine meaningful community service with traditional instruction, enriching the learning experience for students and promoting civic responsibility outside the classroom.
Individual grants of up to $500 are available for the Service Learning Mini-Grant Program on a competitive basis.
Grants Combine Classroom Learning and Community Service
Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) announces 15 Service Learning Mini-Grant awards that include artistic, physical fitness, environmental and community-inspired projects.
Sixth-grade students at Fredonia Central School will be a part of the Custom Pens for Active US Military Project. Working with a lathe, drill press, and other tools, students will make wooden pens. These will be shipped, with personal notes, to service men and women from the local community.