Local Impact

Berkshire Taconic established the Fund for Columbia County in 1999 to help strengthen communities and improve the quality of life for the residents of Columbia County, N.Y. The fund serves as a permanent resource to help organizations create and implement programs that make life safer, healthier and more equitable.

Through its General Operating Support Grants, the fund invests in organizations that further youth development, economic equity, civic and community engagement, the arts, education, the environment, and health and social services that directly impact the people of Columbia County.

The fund also invests in expanding the nonprofit infrastructure throughout the county through its New Nonprofit Seed Funding Grants.

$2.5M

Total amount of grantmaking since 1999

727

Total number of grants since 1999

Your gift helps build stronger communities in Columbia County.

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“We are truly thankful for the outpouring of community assistance for our students.”

- Joan Koweek, Columbia-Greene Community College

Grantmaking Opportunities

Read about the Fund for Columbia County’s grantmaking guidelines and how to apply.

General Operating Support Grants: Support organizations that have a deep, lasting and positive impact on the residents of Columbia County.

New Nonprofit Seed Funding Grants: Provides funding for community groups and new organizations through their first three years of operations. Grants are available April 1st to September 30th. More information coming soon.

  • Ancram Center For The Arts
  • Art School of Columbia County
  • Beautiful Racket
  • Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc.
  • BTCF Guaranteed Income in Columbia County Fund
  • Camphill Hudson
  • Center For Nonprofit Excellence
  • Center For Regenerative Ecological Education & Enterprise Development
  • Chatham Public Library
  • Claverack Free Library
  • Columbia Children's Center
  • Columbia County Recovery Kitchen
  • Columbia County Sanctuary Movement
  • Columbia County Youth Theatre, Inc.
  • Columbia Pathways to Recovery, Inc.
  • Columbia-Greene Addiction Coalition Inc.
  • Columbia-Greene Community College Foundation, Inc.
  • Common Ground Dispute Resolution, Inc.
  • Community Access to the Arts
  • Family Resource Centers of Columbia County
  • FASNY Museum of Firefighting
  • Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood, Inc.
  • Harmony Project Hudson
  • Hawthorne Valley Association
  • High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center
  • Hillsdale Safe at Home Committee
  • Hudson Area Association Library
  • Hudson City School District
  • Hudson Opera House, Inc.
  • Hudson Sloop Club, Inc.
  • Immigrant Support Fund - Columbia County
  • Institute of Afrofuturist Ecology
  • Kinderhook Memorial Library
  • Kite's Nest
  • Neighbors of Northern Columbia County
  • Neighbor-to-Neighbor for Columbia County
  • Operation Unite New York, Inc.
  • Perfect Ten After School Inc.
  • Philmont Public Library/Village of Philmont
  • PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance
  • Roeliff Jansen Community Library
  • Taconic Hills Central School District
  • The Sylvia Center
  • Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood
  • Village of Valatie
  • Worker Justice Center of New York

  • African American Archive of Columbia County, African American Archive of Columbia County, $1,500
  • Bloom Project, N.Y.
  • City of Hudson, Formation of the Trillium Housing Trust, $1,500
  • Copake Hillsdale Farmers Market, Support for Web Hosting, Hotspot, Quickbooks Software and a Road Sign, $1,135
  • Eco Toolshed, Inc.
  • Lebanon Valley Community Corporation New Nonprofit Funding, $1,500
  • Overcomer Ministries, Support of the Bro, Bruh, and Sis Community Policing Program, $1,500
  • Ramaa, Inc., Website Costs, $700
  • Super Stories, Inc., New Nonprofit Funding, $1,500

Advisory Committee

Peter Frank, Hudson, Chair

AnnaMaria Assevero, Stockport

Didi Barrett, Claverack

John Kimelman, Hillsdale

Tanu Kumar, Chatham

Lael Locke, Chatham

Katharine Millonzi, Germantown

Jodie Moore, Hudson

Jeffrey Mousseau, Ancram

Onat Sanchez-Schwartz, Philmont

Donate to the Fund for Columbia County

Make a secure online gift to the Fund for Columbia County on our donate page.

Are you 70 ½ years old or older? A qualifying charitable distribution (QCD) allows you to donate up to $100,000 per year to the Fund for Columbia County (or any eligible charitable organization) directly from your IRA and exclude it from your income. Please email our Philanthropic Services team at PS@BerkshireTaconic.org to learn more.

Double the size of your gift! Many employers offer matching gift programs, allowing you to double the amount you give just by filling out a simple form. Check with your employer to learn more. Berkshire Taconic’s tax ID # is 06-125-4469.