Schoharie County > Schoharie

County: Schoharie

Population:
  3,107 town
  916 village

Schoharie won a $10 million state grant in 2025 through the Downtown Revitalization Initiative. Projects include development of Mainbridge Commons, which will encompass medical offices, commercial space and housing; transformation of a rear parking lot into a plaza with trailheads and fountains; and a commercial-building improvement fund.


School districts: Schoharie Central School District
Libraries: Schoharie Free Library Association

Emergency services: Schoharie Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: Lions, Masons

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Gallupville Rural Cemetery, Old Stone Fort Cemetery


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded stained-glass windows for a church, train car repairs, and other initiatives.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Arc Lexington
  Sterling Insurance Company Foundation  -  Oneonta, NY  -  $5,300  (2023)

Niagara Engine Company No. 6
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $103,557  (2023)

Scho-Wright Ambulance Corp
  Scary Leg Runners  -  Schoharie, NY  -  $4,260  (2023)

Schoharie
  Downtown Revitalization Initiative  -  Albany, NY  -  $10,000,000  (2025)

Schoharie
  Empire State Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $2,790,000  (2024)

Schoharie
  NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,458,120  (2023)

Schoharie
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $10,000  (2024)

Schoharie
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $475,133  (2023)

Schoharie
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $114,623  (2023)

Schoharie County
  Community Development Block Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $520,000  (2024)

Schoharie County
  Community Development Block Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $800,000  (2023)

Schoharie County
  NYS Homes and Community Renewal  -  Albany, NY  -  $520,000  (2024)

Schoharie County IDA
  Empire State Development  -  Albany, NY  -  $390,700  (2024)

Schoharie County Sheriff's Office
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $110,000  (2024)

Schoharie Economic Enterprise Corporation
  Sterling Insurance Company Foundation  -  Oneonta, NY  -  $75,000  (2023)

Schoharie Village Police Department
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $30,631  (2024)

Town of Schoharie
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $90,000  (2024)

Village of Schoharie
  Community Development Block Grant  -  Albany, NY  -  $100,000  (2024)

Wright Fire District
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)



Largest nonprofits in Schoharie (by assets) include:

Niagara Engine Company No 6
Schoharie County Historical Society
Schoharie Free Library Association
Schoharie County Arc Foundation
Scho-Wright Ambulance Service
Victoria Acres Equine Facility
Northeastern Cave Conservancy
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Save Our Schoharie
Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce
Scary Leg Runners