Tompkins County
County seat: Ithaca
2020 population: 105,740
More Tompkins County census data
Regional funders: Community Foundation of Tompkins County, United Way of Tompkins County
2020 population: 105,740
More Tompkins County census data
Regional funders: Community Foundation of Tompkins County, United Way of Tompkins County
Employment: In 2022, an estimated 20,580 people worked at 330 nonprofit establishments in Tompkins County – or 49.3% of the county work force. Wages totalled $1,627.5 million.
Revenues: According to the Internal Revenue Service, 1,062 nonprofit organizations in Tompkins County filed tax returns reporting revenues totalling $7,180.6 million.
Property taxes: Of 35,710 parcels, 42.68 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 Tompkins County:
Major non-governmental grantors
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council
National Philanthropic Trust
Triad Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Largest nonprofits in Tompkins County (by assets) include:
Cornell University
Ithaca College
Park Foundation
Triad Foundation
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca
Cornell University Foundation
Kendal at Ithaca
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Telluride Association
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate Schl Mgmt of Cornell Univ Endowment Tr