Tompkins County

ECONOMIC IMPACT
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.

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Upstate Giving profiles of communities in Tompkins County:

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Major non-governmental grantors
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council
National Philanthropic Trust
Triad Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund

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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