Columbia County > Chatham

County: Columbia

Population:
  4,104 town
  1,529 village


Chatham was named for William Pitt, Lord Chatham.

School districts: Chatham Central School District

Libraries: Chatham Public Library

Emergency services: Chatham Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Lions


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have supported public art installations and outdoor music performances, roof restoration at the village hall, land acquisition to protect Taghkanic headwaters, and other causes.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Camphill Ghent
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $4,500  (2022)

Camphill Ghent
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $5,400  (2021)

Camphill Ghent
  Bentley Holden Fund  -  Roxbury, NY  -  $2,300  (2022)

Chatham
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $80,000  (2024)

Chatham
  New York State Land Trust Alliance  -  Albany, NY  -  $115,200  (2023)

Chatham
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $3,057,000  (2021)

Chatham Film Club
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $23,000  (2022)

Chatham Rescue Squad
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Chatham Silent Food Pantry
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Chatham Synagogue
  Jewish Communal Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $5,825  (2021)

Columbia County Agricultural Society
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,500  (2021)

Columbia County Land Concervancy
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $12,000  (2021)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Columbia County Youth Theatre
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservacy
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservacy
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $36,100  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $6,000  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  Holtzman Family Foundation  -  Corning, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  Jewish Communal Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $39,100  (2021)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  JP Morgan Chase Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

Columbia Land Conservancy
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $50,000  (2022)

Crandell Theatre
  Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health  -  Kingston, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Crandell Theatre
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Crandell Theatre
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $323,000  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Equine Advocates
  Hathaway Family Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  River Farm America Foundation  -  Saratoga Springs, NY  -  $135,000  (2022)

Equine Advocates
  William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation  -  Glenville, NY  -  $15,000  (2022)

Family Resource Centers of Columbia County
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

Friends of Chatham Public Library
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Friends of Chatham Public Library
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Friends of the Tracy
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Mac-Haydn Theatre
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

Morris Memorial
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

Morris Memorial
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

Morris Memorial
  Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health  -  Kingston, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Morris Memorial
  Peckham Family Foundation  -  Katonah, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

Morris Memorial
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $8,000  (2022)

PS21
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $3,000  (2022)

PS21
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $11,831  (2022)

PS21
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

Ps21
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

Ps21
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $30,000  (2023)

PS21
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $12,000  (2021)

Shaker Museum and Library
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $260,000  (2022)

Shaker Museum and Library
  David and Candace Weir Foundation  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Shaker Museum and Library
  David and Candace Weir Foundation  -  Albany, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Shaker Museum and Library
  Jewish Communal Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $14,500  (2021)

Shaker Museum and Library
  National Endowment for the Humanities  -  Washington, DC  -  $554,342  (2022)

Shaker Museum and Library
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Shaker Museum and Library
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  Unadilla, NY  -  $50,000  (2021)

Uel Wade Music Scholarship Fund
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)



Largest nonprofits in Chatham (by assets) include:

Columbia Land Conservancy
Camphill Ghent
PS 21
Equine Advocates Incorporated
Crandell Theatre
Birches Foundation
Columbia County Agricultural Society
Richard T Sharp Foundation
Mac-Haydn Theatre
Morris Memorial Association
Alice & Murray Giddings Foundation
Camphill Association of North America
Louis F Payn Foundation for Aged People
Chatham Area Silent Pantry
Chatham Kids Club
M-Cm Network
Actors Ensemble
Columbia County Youth Theatre
New York Urban Orchards Incorporated