Essex County

County seat: Elizabethtown

2020 population: 37,381
More Essex County census data

Regional funders: Adirondack Foundation, United Way of the Adirondack Region
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Employment: In 2022, an estimated 2,191 people worked at 169 nonprofit establishments in Essex County – or 22.4% of the county work force. Wages totalled $111.1 million.
Revenues: According to the Internal Revenue Service, 358 nonprofit organizations in Essex County filed tax returns reporting revenues totalling $336.6 million.
Property taxes: Of 36,854 parcels, 25.61 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 Essex County:
Chesterfield
Crown Point
Elizabethtown
Essex
Jay
Keene
Keene Valley
Keeseville
Lake Placid
Lewis
Minerva
Newcomb
Port Henry
Ray Brook
Schroon
Schroon Lake
Ticonderoga
Upper Jay
Westport
Willsboro
Wilmington

Major non-governmental grantors
Regional Economic Development Councils
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Clark Foundation
Henry Uihlein II and Mildred A. Uihlein Foundation
New York State Health Foundation


Largest nonprofits in Essex County (by assets) include:

 Word of Life Fellowship
 Elizabethtown Community Hospital
 Adirondack Foundation
 NYSARC
 Camp Dudley
 North Country School
 Word of Life Foundation
 Northwood School
 Henry Uihlein Ii & Mildred a Uihlein
 Fort Ticonderoga Association