Dutchess County

County seat: Poughkeepsie

2020 population: 295,911
More Dutchess County census data

Regional funders: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Employment: In 2022, an estimated 20,664 people worked at 558 nonprofit establishments in Dutchess County – or 22.9% of the county work force. Wages totalled $1,313.8 million.
Revenues: According to the Internal Revenue Service, 1,782 nonprofit organizations in Dutchess County filed tax returns reporting revenues totalling $4,304.7 million.
Property taxes: Of 111,187 parcels, 42.92 percent had whole or partial tax exemptions in 2023.
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Internal Revenue Service, 2024; Office of Real Property Tax Services, 2023.

Upstate Giving profiles of communities in Dutchess County:
Amenia
Amenia
Annandale on Hudson
Bangall
Beacon
Chelsea
Clinton Corners
Dover Plains
East Fishkill
Fishkill
Glenham
Hopewell Junction
Hudson
Hyde Park
Lagrangeville
Millbrook
Millerton
Pawling
Pine Plains
Pleasant Valley
Poughkeepsie
Poughquag
Red Hook
Rhinebeck
Salt Point
Staatsburg
Stanfordville
Tivoli
Verbank
Wappinger
Wappingers Falls
Wassaic

Major non-governmental grantors
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Dyson Foundation
Novo Foundation
Regional Economic Development Councils
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation


Largest nonprofits in Dutchess County (by assets) include:

 Vassar College
 Vassar Brothers Medical Center
 Marist College
 Bard College
 Culinary Institute of America
 Health Quest Systems
 Scenic Hudson Land Trust
 Dyson Foundation
 Northern Dutchess Hospital
 Dutchess Educational Health Insurance Consortium