Columbia County > Kinderhook

County: Columbia

Population:
  8,330 town
  1,170 village

Kinderhook schoolteacher Jesse Merwin is said to have been the inspiration for Washington Irving’s character Ichabod Crane. Irving, who lived in the area for a time, knew Merwin.

Libraries: Kinderhook Memorial Library

Emergency services: Kinderhook Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: Elks

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Woodlawn Cemetery



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Columbia County Historical Society
  Commonwealth Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $1,200  (2024)

Columbia County Historical Society
  Eugene M Lang Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2024)

Columbia County Historical Society
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $3,000  (2024)

Columbia County Historical Society
  Flood-Gamble Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $3,000  (2024)

Columbia County Historical Society
  Northlands Foundation  -  Malden Bridge, NY  -  $1,000  (2024)

Columbia County Historical Society
  NYS Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2024)

Concerts in the Village
  Eugene M Lang Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $2,000  (2024)

Concerts in the Village
  Northlands Foundation  -  Malden Bridge, NY  -  $28,325  (2024)

Concerts in the Village
  T. Backer Fund  -  Lexington, MA  -  $5,000  (2024)

Friends of the Kinderhook Memorial Library
  Eugene M Lang Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $2,000  (2024)

Friends of the Kinderhook Memorial Library
  Holtzman Family Foundation  -  Portsmouth, NH  -  $2,000  (2024)

IC Riders Booster Club
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation  -  Catskill, NY  -  $1,500  (2024)

Kinderhook Memorial Library
  Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation  -  Germantown, NY  -  $6,000  (2024)

Kinderhook Memorial Library
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $7,500  (2024)

Kinderhook Memorial Library
  HRBT Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $11,000  (2024)

Kinderhook Memorial Library
  Jerome and Marlene Brody Foundation  -  Ghent, NY  -  $2,000  (2024)

Kinderhook Memorial Library
  Jm Kaplan Fund  -  New York, NY  -  $1,500  (2024)

Northern Columbia Little League
  Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $2,500  (2024)

OK Kids
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation  -  Catskill, NY  -  $1,000  (2024)

OK Kids
  HRBT Foundation  -  Hudson, NY  -  $1,000  (2024)

Village of Kinderhook
  Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation  -  Catskill, NY  -  $1,000  (2024)


Largest nonprofits in Kinderhook (by assets) include:

Kinderhook Memorial Library
Columbia County Historical Society
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA
O K Kids
Know Thyself as Soul Foundation Northeast
Concerts in the Village
IC Riders Booster Club