Greene County > Tannersville

County: Greene

Population: 568

Tannersville was named for its early tanning industry, which continued until the supply of hemlock bark was exhausted.

See our post on the Tannersville dissolution plan.

The local Hunter Foundation buys blighted properties, then renovates and resells them. Its activities encompass Tannersville, Haines Falls, Hunter, Ashland, Jewett, Prattsville, Lexington and Windham.

School districts: Hunter-Tannersville Central School District

Libraries: Mountain Top Library (formerly Haines Falls Free Library)

Emergency services: Hunter Area Ambulance Service, Tannersville Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Tannersville Evergreen Cemetery

Recent grants:

GRANT KEY:

All Souls Church
  Bucknall Family Foundation - Greenwich, CT - $4,000  (2023)

All Souls Church
  Frederick H Gillmore Fund - Santa Barbara, CA - $4,000  (2024)

All Souls Church
  Frederick H Gillmore Fund - Santa Barbara, CA - $3,500  (2023)

All Souls Church
  Memton Fund - Wilmington, DE - $2,000  (2024)

All Souls Church
  Memton Fund - Wilmington, DE - $4,000  (2023)

Hunter Foundation
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation - Catskill, NY - $2,500  (2024)

Hunter Foundation
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation - Catskill, NY - $2,500  (2023)

Hunter Foundation
  Daniel H Herbert Sr Family Foundation - Bedminster, NJ - $1,000  (2023)

Hunter Foundation
  Frederick H Gillmore Fund - Santa Barbara, CA - $6,000  (2024)

Hunter Foundation
  Frederick H Gillmore Fund - Santa Barbara, CA - $6,000  (2023)

Hunter Foundation
  Memton Fund - Wilmington, DE - $2,000  (2024)

Hunter Foundation
  Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $100,000  (2024)

Hunter Foundation
  Royce Family Fund - Greenwich, CT - $834,127  (2024)

Hunter Foundation
  Royce Family Fund - Greenwich, CT - $728,757  (2023)

Hunter Foundation
  U.S. Department of Agriculture - Washington, DC - $500,000  (2024)

Hunter-Tannserville Central School District
  U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $10,635  (2024)

Hunter-Tannserville Central School District
  U.S. Department of Education - Washington, DC - $7,719  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation - Catskill, NY - $1,500  (2024)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation - Catskill, NY - $1,500  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Bucknall Family Foundation - Greenwich, CT - $1,000  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  C K Williams Foundation - Pittsburgh, PA - $25,000  (2024)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  C K Williams Foundation - Pittsburgh, PA - $25,000  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Ethel M & Orville A Slutzky Family Foundation - Hunter, NY - $1,500  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Grandview-Steers Foundation - Rye, NY - $10,000  (2024)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Grandview-Steers Foundation - Rye, NY - $10,000  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  J M McDonald Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $3,000  (2024)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Jedra Charitable Foundation - Lexington, KY - $1,030  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Memton Fund - Wilmington, DE - $1,000  (2024)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $10,000  (2024)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Royce Family Fund - Greenwich, CT - $1,500  (2023)

Mountain Top Library
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation - Catskill, NY - $1,000  (2024)

Mountain Top Library
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation - Catskill, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Mountain Top Library
  Rockefeller Foundation - New York, NY - $1,500  (2023)

Mountain Top Library
  Royce Family Fund - Greenwich, CT - $40,000  (2024)

Mountain Top Library
  Royce Family Fund - Greenwich, CT - $40,000  (2023)

Onteora Historic Preservation Trust
  Frederick H Gillmore Fund - Santa Barbara, CA - $3,000  (2024)

Onteora Historic Preservation Trust
  Frederick H Gillmore Fund - Santa Barbara, CA - $2,500  (2023)

Onteora Historic Preservation Trust
  Memton Fund - Wilmington, DE - $2,000  (2023)

Pharmacy for the Public Good
  TLC Starfish Foundation - Glen Cove, NY - $30,000  (2024)

Pharmacy for the Public Good
  Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation - Kingston, NY - $2,250  (2023)

Tannersville Area Health Committee
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation - Catskill, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Tannersville Area Health Committee
  Ethel M & Orville A Slutzky Family Foundation - Hunter, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Village of Tannersville
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $1,200,000  (2025)

Village of Tannersville
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $125,000  (2024)

Village of Tannersville
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $47,500  (2024)

Village of Tannersville
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $35,000  (2024)

Village of Tannersville
  Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $1,166,400  (2025)

Wellness Rx
  Ethel M & Orville A Slutzky Family Foundation - Hunter, NY - $2,500  (2023)

Wellness Rx
  Timber Lake Foundation - Glen Cove, NY - $10,000  (2023)

Largest nonprofits in Tannersville (by assets) include:

Hunter Foundation
Mountain Top Arboretum
Mountain Top Library
Irma and Macy Chamberlin Scholarship Fund
Onteora Cemetery Association
Pharmacy for the Public Good
Twilight Park Camp
23 Arts Initiative