Columbia County > Ancram - Upstate Giving

County: Columbia

Population: 1,440

Ancram was named after the Livingston family’s home in Ancram, Scotland.

Emergency services: Ancram Fire Department

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Ancram Union Cemetery

State parks: Lake Taghkanic State Park

Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded renovation of a vacant building for artist housing and other projects.

Recent grants:

GRANT KEY:

Ancram
  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $12,646  (2024)

Ancram Center for the Arts
  Bank of Greene County - Catskill, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Ancram Opera House Theater
  Bernheim Foundation - New York, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Ancram Opera House Theater
  National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $15,000  (2023)

Ancram Opera House Theater
  New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000  (2024)

Ancram Opera House Theater
  Sam Spiegel Foundation - Auburn, AL - $1,000  (2023)

Forge Project
  Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation - South Portland, ME - $25,000  (2023)

St. John's Lutheran Church
  HRBT Foundation - Hudson, NY - $5,000  (2023)

Town of Ancram
  Bank of Greene County - Catskill, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Town of Gallatin
  Bank of Greene County - Catskill, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Largest nonprofits in Ancram (by assets) include:

Second Ward Foundation
Ancram Opera House Theater
Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Ciyin Temple