Columbia County

County seat: Hudson

2020 population: 61,570
More Columbia County census data

Regional funders: Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, United Way of the Greater Capital Region
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Employment: In 2022, an estimated 3,666 people worked at 185 nonprofit establishments in Columbia County – or 22.2% of the county work force. Wages totalled $184.7 million.
Revenues: According to the Internal Revenue Service, 616 nonprofit organizations in Columbia County filed tax returns reporting revenues totalling $277.9 million.
Property taxes: Of 36,457 parcels, 36.03 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 Columbia County:
Ancram
Austerlitz
Canaan
Chatham
Chatham
Chatham
Chatham
Claverack
Copake
Copake Falls
Craryville
East Chatham
Elizaville
Germantown
Ghent
Hillsdale
Hudson
Hudson
Kinderhook
Livingston
Mellenville
New Lebanon
Niverville
North Chatham
Old Chatham
Philmont
Spencertown
Stuyvesant
Valatie

Major non-governmental grantors
Regional Economic Development Councils
Capital Region Regional Economic Development Council
Novo Foundation
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program


Largest nonprofits in Columbia County (by assets) include:

 Camphill Village Copake Foundationinc
 Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
 Foundation for Agricultural Integrity
 Art Omi
 Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
 Camphill Village USA
 Hrbt Foundation
 Columbia Land Conservancy
 Asbjorn Lunde Foundation
 Camphill Ghent