Orleans County

ECONOMIC IMPACT
Employment: In 2022, an estimated 831 people worked at 61 nonprofit establishments in Orleans County – or 10.8% of the county work force. Wages totalled $33.4 million.
Revenues: According to the Internal Revenue Service, 190 nonprofit organizations in Orleans County filed tax returns reporting revenues totalling $49.6 million.
Property taxes: Of 20,813 parcels, 49.76 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. Property taxes: Of 60,198 parcels, 40.13 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 Orleans County:

---

Major non-governmental grantors
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Lyndonville Area Foundation
John R. Oishei Foundation
Kresge Foundation

---

Largest nonprofits in Orleans County (by assets) include:

 Orleans Community Health
 Hoag Library of the Swan Library Association
 Community Action of Orleans and Genesee
 Hospice of Orleans
 Amgis Foundation
 Lyndonville Area Foundation
 Shelby Volunteer Fire Company
 East Shelby Volunteer Fire Company
 Albion High School Alumni
 Orleans Land Restoration Corporation