County: Saratoga

Population: 5,111

The community was named for the Rev. Eliphalet Ball, an early settler.

School districts: Ballston Spa Central School District

Libraries: Ballston Spa Public Library

Emergency services: Community Emergency Corps, Ballston Spa Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: Lions, Masons, Rotary, VFW

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Ashley Cemetery, Ballston Spa Cemetery, Powell Wiswall Cemetery, Sweetman Cemetery, West Milton Cemetery

Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have paid for literacy materials, repairs to low-income housing, Head Start programs, and other causes.

Recent grants:

GRANT KEY:

Arc Foundation of Saratoga County
  Poore Foundation - Albany, NY - $2,000  (2024)

Arts and Sciences Creating Community
  NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $15,000  (2023)

Ballston Spa Central School District
  BSNB Charitable Foundation - Ballston Spa, NY - $6,000  (2024)

Ballston Spa Central School District
  BSNB Charitable Foundation - Ballston Spa, NY - $6,000  (2024)

Ballston Spa Central School DIstrict
  BSNB Charitable Foundation - Ballston Spa, NY - $6,000  (2023)

Ballston Spa Central School DIstrict
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $10,000  (2023)

Ballston Spa Central School DIstrict
  Kevin Huerter Foundation - Halfmoon, NY - $1,758  (2024)

Ballston Spa High School PTSA
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $5,000  (2023)

Ballston Spa Middle School PTA
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Ballston Spa Pop Warner Football
  Flagg Family Foundation - Boston, MA - $1,000  (2023)

Ballston Spa Soccer Club
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $1,500  (2023)

Birthright of Saratoga County
  Ellen Yerman Charitable Foundation - Slingerlands, NY - $2,500  (2024)

Birthright of Saratoga County
  Ellen Yerman Charitable Foundation - Slingerlands, NY - $2,500  (2023)

Cakes Candles Confetti
  WSB Family Foundation - Albany, NY - $1,000  (2024)

Creative Force Foundation
  Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for The Future - Chevy Chase, MD - $5,000  (2024)

Friends of the Ballston Spa Public Library
  Cloudsplitter Foundation - Saranac Lake, NY - $2,500  (2024)

Friends of the Ballston Spa Public Library
  J M McDonald Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $25,000  (2023)

Gateway House of Peace
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $1,500  (2023)

Kee to Independent Growth
  Price Choppers Golub Foundation - Schenectady, NY - $1,500  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Cottage Bridge Foundation - Pittsburgh, PA - $5,000  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Cottage Bridge Foundation - Pittsburgh, PA - $5,000  (2023)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Garden Homes Fund - Stamford, CT - $10,000  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Garden Homes Fund - Stamford, CT - $10,000  (2023)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Linda Glazer Toohey Foundation - Des Moines, IA - $2,000  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Pal's Alliance - Glens Falls, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation - Albany, NY - $5,000  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Snow Family Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $1,000  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Washington, DC - $1,727,426  (2025)

Lifeworks Community Action
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Washington, DC - $1,727,428  (2025)

Lifeworks Community Action
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Washington, DC - $119,125  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Washington, DC - $5,134,211  (2024)

Lifeworks Community Action
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Washington, DC - $401,414  (2023)

Lifeworks Community Action
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Washington, DC - $4,732,797  (2023)

Lifeworks Community Action
  Zankel Scala Family Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $3,390  (2024)

Malta House of Good Counsel
  Peter B & Adeline W Ruffin Foundation - Johns Island, SC - $150,000  (2023)

NYSARC
  J M McDonald Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $6,000  (2023)

NYSARC
  Jacob & Eugenie Bucky Memorial Foundation - Queensbury, NY - $5,844  (2023)

NYSARC
  Miles Hodsdon Vernon Foundation - Queensbury, NY - $17,113  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Alfred Z Solomon Testamentary Trust - Saratoga Springs, NY - $6,000  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Charles R Wood Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $15,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Charles R Wood Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $15,000  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Gideon Lodge #140 - Albany, NY - $10,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $10,000  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  J M McDonald Foundation - Wilmington, DE - $5,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Linda Glazer Toohey Foundation - Des Moines, IA - $2,500  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Linda Glazer Toohey Foundation - Des Moines, IA - $2,500  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Mother Cabrini Health Foundation - New York, NY - $100,000  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Mother Cabrini Health Foundation - New York, NY - $100,000  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $300,000  (2025)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $500,000  (2025)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $500,000  (2025)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $500,000  (2025)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $500,000  (2025)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $750,000  (2025)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $1,700,000  (2025)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $300,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $300,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $500,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $1,700,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $750,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $400,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $300,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  NYS Homes & Community Renewal - Albany, NY - $3,900,000  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  River Farm America Foundation - Saratoga Springs, NY - $25,000  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Saratoga Casino Hotel Foundation - Ballston Spa, NY - $1,500  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  Saratoga Casino Hotel Foundation - Ballston Spa, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  U.S. Department of Agriculture - Washington, DC - $148,127  (2024)

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County
  U.S. Department of Agriculture - Washington, DC - $231,725  (2023)

Saratoga Bridges
  Globalfoundries Stillwater Foundation - Stillwater, NY - $2,500  (2023)

Saratoga Bridges
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $10,000  (2023)

Saratoga Bridges
  WJ Barney Foundation - Loudonville, NY - $8,000  (2025)

Saratoga County Animal Shelter
  Jacob & Eugenie Bucky Memorial Foundation - Queensbury, NY - $6,174  (2024)

Saratoga County Animal Shelter
  Miles Hodsdon Vernon Foundation - Queensbury, NY - $6,174  (2024)

Saratoga County Animal Shelter
  River Farm America Foundation - Saratoga Springs, NY - $6,000  (2024)

Saratoga County Historical Society
  NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000  (2024)

Saratoga County Historical Society
  NYS Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $30,000  (2023)

Saratoga County Soil and Water Conservation District
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $600,000  (2025)

Saratoga County Soil and Water Conservation District
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $5,892  (2024)

Saratoga County Soil and Water Conservation District
  Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $5,892  (2024)

Saratoga Regional YMCA
  Globalfoundries Town of Malta Foundation - Malta, NY - $1,500  (2023)

St. Mary's School
  GE Foundation - Norwalk, CT - $4,000  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  Higgins Family Foundation - Saratoga Springs, NY - $1,500  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  Price Choppers Golub Foundation - Schenectady, NY - $1,200  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  Suicide Prevention Center of New York - Albany, NY - $60,000  (2025)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation - Latham, NY - $2,955  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation - Latham, NY - $4,483  (2023)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $63,558  (2025)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $332,875  (2025)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $57,634  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $291,683  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $28,162  (2023)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $55,286  (2023)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $244,895  (2023)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, DC - $222,500  (2025)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, DC - $19,051  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, DC - $50,000  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, DC - $300,000  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, DC - $1,075,529  (2024)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, DC - $236,000  (2023)

Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, DC - $1,075,529  (2023)

Village of Ballston Spa
  U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Washington, DC - $64,189  (2023)

Village of Ballston Spa
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $51,137  (2025)

Village of Ballston Spa
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $49,171  (2024)

Village of Ballston Spa
  U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Washington, DC - $46,830  (2023)

Village of Ballston Spa Police Department
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services - Albany, NY - $236,902  (2024)

Giving patterns in Ballston Spa

Largest nonprofits in Ballston Spa (by assets) include:

Nysarc
Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Servies of Saratoga County
Veterans & Community Housing Coalition
Cohoes Savings Foundation
Malta Ambulance Corps
Successful Practices Network
Lifeworks Community Action
Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Co
Ballston Area Community Center
Community Emergency Corps
Kee to Independent Growth
Saratoga County Agricultural Society
Ballston Spa Cemetery Association
Rebuilding Together-Saratoga County
Saratoga Disabled Citizens Development Corp
Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast
Arc Foundation of Saratoga County
Birthright Inc of Saratoga County
Saratoga Lake Sailing Club
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA
Ballston Area Senior Citizens
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of New York
Adirondack Soaring Association
Kayaderosseras Fish and Game Club
Saratoga County History Center
Saratoga County Emergency Medical Services Council
Union Fire Company of Ballston Spa
American Legion
Eagle-Matt Lee Volunteer Fire Company