Donate Today: Annual Appeal

What does Canandaigua Lake mean to you? Maybe it’s where your family gathers, where your children learned to swim, or where you find peace while watching the sunset. Whatever your connection, we share a love for this extraordinary lake—and a desire to protect it.

Harmful algal blooms, stormwater runoff, invasive species, and other pressures remind us that the lake we love cannot be taken for granted. Protecting the lake takes all of us.

As an independent, member-supported nonprofit, the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association (CLWA) gives our community a voice in protecting the lake we love. Working alongside local governments and watershed partners, CLWA turns that voice into meaningful action through citizen science, education, stewardship, and advocacy.

Your donation today will help sustain critical programs for the coming year.

Here’s what people like you helped make possible in 2026:

• 74 volunteers tracked 83+ harmful algal blooms, gathering critical data on lake conditions and water quality threats.
• Expanded stream monitoring in Deep Run and Gage Gully provided valuable insights into how nutrients and runoff affect the lake.
• More than 3,400 students learned about the watershed, discovering how their everyday actions can protect the lake.
• Hands-on community programs promoted lake-friendly practices, helping residents protect the watershed through rain gardens and native plantings and invasive species removal.

There’s more to do–and we need you. Your year-end gift will enable CLWA to expand lake and stream monitoring and bring hands-on education to more residents, empowering our community to live lake-friendly and further protect Canandaigua Lake.

Will you help protect the lake that we love? Together, we can preserve the clean water, natural beauty, and cherished experiences that make Canandaigua Lake so important in our lives.

Make your tax-deductible gift today! Thank you for safeguarding the future of our lake for generations to come.

Together, we can make a lasting difference in preserving the health of Canandaigua Lake.

The Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization. Our Tax ID is 16-1071349. 

Contributions may be tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. A copy of the organization’s most recent financial report may be obtained from the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, by calling (212) 416-8686, or by visiting www.charitiesnys.com. You may also request recent financial reports by contacting CLWA directly at 144 Mill Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 or by calling (585) 394-5030.