Columbia County > Hudson

County: Columbia

Population: 5,894


The Foundation for Agricultural Integrity in Hudson is a research institute and working dairy focusing on soil management and sustainable agriculture. Its president is Abby Rockefeller, eldest daughter of the late David Rockefeller.

The National Young Farmers Coalition in Hudson has received significant support, including a $440,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation to work toward racial equity in the next generation of farmers.


School districts: Hudson City School District
Libraries: Hudson Area Association Library

Hospitals: Columbia Memorial Hospital

Emergency services: Columbia County EMS, Hudson Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Elks, Lions, Masons, Rotary, VFW

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Churchtown Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Rural Cemetery


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded a music mentor program in Hudson city schools, substance abuse prevention, youth leadership training, efforts to reduce tobacco use among rural, low-income populations, food for immigrant communities, and other initiatives.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Alight Center
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

Animalkind
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $7,500  (2022)

Animalkind
  Kvistad Foundation  -  Shokan, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Basilica Arts
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Basilica Arts
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $7,500  (2021)

Basilica Arts
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Basilica Arts
  National Endowment for the Arts  -  Washington, DC  -  $25,000  (2021)

Basilica Arts
  National Endowment for the Arts  -  Washington, DC  -  $25,000  (2021)

Basilica Arts
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $49,500  (2023)

Basilica Arts
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

Catholic Charities
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $89,000  (2022)

City of Hudson
  NYS revenue sharing (Aid and Incentives for Municipalities)  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,456,991  (2023)

Columbia Children's Center
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $4,500  (2022)

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

Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Columbia County Habitat for Humanity
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $252,000  (2022)

Columbia County Habitat for Humanity
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Columbia County Recovery Kitchen
  New York State Health Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $4,000  (2022)

Columbia County Sanctuary Movement
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $45,376  (2022)

Columbia County Sanctuary Movement
  Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2022)

Columbia County Sanctuary Movement
  Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Columbia County Sanctuary Movement
  New York Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Columbia County Sanctuary Movement
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $49,500  (2023)

Columbia Economic Development Corporation
  Small Business Administration  -  Washington, DC  -  $232,090  (2022)

Columbia Economic Development Corporation
  Small Business Administration  -  Washington, DC  -  $181,877  (2021)

Columbia Greene Community College
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Columbia Greene Community College
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $7,500  (2022)

Columbia Greene Community Foundation
  Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $10,000  (2022)

Columbia Greene Community Foundation
  Patricia E Phelan and Joseph W Phelan Family Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Columbia Greene Community Foundation
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $9,000  (2022)

Columbia Greene Humane Society
  Bentley Fund  -  Roxbury, NY  -  $6,500  (2023)

Columbia Greene Humane Society
  Bentley Holden Fund  -  Roxbury, NY  -  $8,500  (2022)

Columbia Greene Humane Society
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Columbia Greene Humane Society
  Lounsbury Family Foundation  -  SCHENECTADY, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Columbia Greene Humane Society
  Patricia E Phelan and Joseph W Phelan Family Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Columbia Memorial Health
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Columbia Memorial Health Foundation
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $10,000  (2022)

Columbia Memorial Health Foundation
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $25,250  (2021)

Columbia Memorial Hospital
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Columbia Memorial Hospital
  Price Choppers Golub Foundation  -  Schenectady, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Columbia Memorial Hospital
  Richard & Terez Abatecola Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Columbia Opportunities
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $15,000  (2022)

Columbia Opportunities
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Columbia Opportunities
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $8,500  (2021)

Columbia Opportunities
  Federal Communications Commission  -  Washington, DC  -  $9,578  (2021)

Columbia Opportunities
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $6,375,326  (2022)

Columbia Opportunities
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $154,240  (2021)

Columbia Opportunities
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  -  Washington, DC  -  $13,735  (2022)

Columbia-Greene Humane Society
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

Daughters of the American Revolution
  U.S. Department of the Interior  -  Washington, DC  -  $993,550  (2021)

Farm and Food Growth Fund
  Department of the U.S. Department of the Treasury  -  Washington, DC  -  $95,000  (2022)

Farm and Food Growth Fund
  U.S. Department of the Treasury  -  Washington, DC  -  $125,000  (2021)

Fence Magazine
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $7,000  (2021)

Flow Chart Foundation
  National Endowment for the Arts  -  Washington, DC  -  $10,000  (2022)

Flow Chart Foundation
  National Endowment for the Humanities  -  Washington, DC  -  $9,962  (2022)

Flow Chart Foundation
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $49,500  (2023)

Flow Chart Foundation
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Foundation for Agricultural Integrity
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $250,000  (2021)

Four Nations
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Four Nations
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $9,500  (2021)

Friend of 1st Presbyterian Hudson
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Friends of Hudson Youth
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Friends of Hudson Youth
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $18,000  (2022)

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

Friends of Hudson Youth
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Friends of the Public Square Hudson
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $500,000  (2023)

Gathering for Open Science Hardware
  Alfred P. Sloan Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $189,750  (2022)

Good Dog Foundation
  Jewish Communal Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $6,250  (2021)

Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $187,450  (2022)

Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $50,000  (2021)

Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood
  New York Bar Foundation  -  Albany, NY  -  $7,500  (2021)

Greenport Fire Department
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $108,169  (2023)

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

Habitat for Humanity
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Habitat for Humanity
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Habitat for Humanity
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Historic Hudson
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $11,000  (2022)

Historic Hudson
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Holy Trinity Church
  Richard & Terez Abatecola Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Hudson
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $76,821  (2022)

Hudson
  Mother Cabrini Health Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $125,000  (2023)

Hudson
  Mother Cabrini Health Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $75,000  (2023)

Hudson
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $446,381  (2023)

Hudson
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $159,118  (2023)

Hudson
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $44,300  (2022)

Hudson
  NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $49,500  (2022)

Hudson
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,400,000  (2021)

Hudson
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $67,500  (2021)

Hudson
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,868,776  (2021)

Hudson
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,400,000  (2021)

Hudson Area Library
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $4,000  (2022)

Hudson Area Library
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Hudson Area Library
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $13,300  (2022)

Hudson Area Library
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $6,000  (2022)

Hudson Area Library
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $6,000  (2021)

Hudson Area Library
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,500  (2021)

Hudson Area Library
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Hudson Area Library
  Holtzman Family Foundation  -  Corning, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Hudson City School District
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

Hudson City School District
  Richard & Terez Abatecola Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Hudson City School District Community Foundation
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $17,500  (2022)

Hudson Day Care Center
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $6,000  (2021)

Hudson Dollars for Scholars
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Hudson Festival Orchestra
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $4,500  (2021)

Hudson Festival Orchestra
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Hudson Hall
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Hudson Hall
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Hudson Hall
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Hudson Hall
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Hudson Hall
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $6,000  (2021)

Hudson Opera House
  National Endowment for the Arts  -  Washington, DC  -  $10,000  (2021)

Hudson Opera House
  National Endowment for the Arts  -  Washington, DC  -  $10,000  (2021)

Hudson Opera House
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)

Hudson Opera House
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Hudson Opera House
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $9,000  (2021)

Hudson Opera House
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $45,000  (2021)

Hudson Opera House
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $70,650  (2023)

Hudson Opera House
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $66,500  (2022)

Hudson Sloop Club
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $7,500  (2022)

Hudson Sloop Club
  Jane N Mooty Foundation Trust  -  Edina, MN  -  $10,000  (2022)

Hudson Valley Agri-Business Development Corp.
  Novo Foundation  -  Kingston, NY  -  $175,000  (2022)

Hudson Valley Agri-Business Development Corp.
  U.S. Department of Commerce  -  Washington, DC  -  $2,600,000  (2021)

Hudson Youth
  Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health  -  Kingston, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Interlude Artist Residency
  Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2022)

Interlude Artist Residency
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $15,000  (2023)

John L Edwards Holiday Project
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2021)

Kite's Nest
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Kite's Nest
  Ascienzo Family Foundation  -  Lake Katrine, NY  -  $7,500  (2023)

Kite's Nest
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Kite's Nest
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Kite's Nest
  Holtzman Family Foundation  -  Corning, NY  -  $3,000  (2023)

Kite's Nest
  Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health  -  Kingston, NY  -  $2,750  (2023)

Kite's Nest
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)

Kite's Nest
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $99,996  (2023)

Kite's Nest
  Novo Foundation  -  Kingston, NY  -  $250,000  (2022)

Kite's Nest
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,600,000  (2022)

Kite's Nest
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,639,206  (2022)

Kite's Nest
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

Lifeworks Community Action Food Pantry
  Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York  -  Latham, NY  -  $9,158  (2021)

Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $12,500  (2021)

Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $1,500  (2021)

Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties
  Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $5,000  (2022)

Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  -  Washington, DC  -  $31,925  (2022)

Montgomery C Smith Elementary School Holiday Project
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $1,500  (2022)

Museum of Firefighting
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  Ida and Robert Gordon Family Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  Novo Foundation  -  Kingston, NY  -  $100,000  (2022)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  Patagonia Org  -  Los Angeles, CA  -  $15,000  (2022)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  Patagonia Org  -  Los Angeles, CA  -  $15,000  (2022)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $999,951  (2022)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $69,350  (2021)

National Young Farmers Coalition
  W K Kellogg Foundation  -  Battle Creek, MI  -  $440,697  (2022)

New Media Advocacy Project
  Ford Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $100,000  (2022)

Oberlin Catalyst Community Development
  Jewish Communal Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $20,000  (2021)

Olana Partnership
  David and Candace Weir Foundation  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Olana Partnership
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

Olana Partnership
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2021)

Olana Partnership
  Stebbins Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Operation Unite New York
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $8,000  (2022)

Operation Unite New York
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $8,500  (2022)

Operation Unite New York
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $12,000  (2022)

Operation Unite New York
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $12,000  (2021)

Operation Unite New York
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $6,000  (2021)

Operation Unite New York
  Richard & Terez Abatecola Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,000  (2023)

Perfect Ten After School
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $2,000  (2022)

Perfect Ten After School
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $10,000  (2022)

Perfect Ten After School
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $21,500  (2022)

Perfect Ten After School
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2022)

Perfect Ten After School
  Children's Foundation of Columbia County  -  Hudson, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

Perfect Ten After School
  Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health  -  Kingston, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Perfect Ten After School
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $2,500  (2022)

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

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

Tenth Academy
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $15,000  (2022)

Time & Space Limited
  Holtzman Family Foundation  -  Corning, NY  -  $10,000  (2023)

Time & Space Limited
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $20,000  (2022)

Twin County Recovery Services
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $50,000  (2021)

Twin County Recovery Services
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $11,800  (2021)

Twin County Recovery Services
  T. Backer Fund  -  Chatham, NY  -  $8,000  (2022)



Largest nonprofits in Hudson (by assets) include:

Foundation for Agricultural Integrity
HRBT Foundation
Triform Enterprises Limited
Triform Camphill Community Foundati On
Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties
Olana Partnership
Greenport Gardens Housing Development Fund Company
Hudson Opera House
FASNY Museum of Firefighting
National Young Farmers Coalition
Nature Defense Foundation
Hudson Area Association Library
Columbia – Greene Community College Foundation
Potts Memorial Foundation
Twin County Recovery Services
Columbia Economic Development Corporation
Galvan Housing Resources
Galvan Asset Management
Columbia Greene Humane Society
Hudson Development Corporation
Hudson Valley Agri-Business Development Corporation
Hudson NY Home for the Aged
Camphill Hudson
Open Supply Hub
Albany Med Health System
Union Street Hudson Corporation