Dutchess County > Wappingers Falls

County: Dutchess


Sparrows Nest of the Hudson Valley, one of the region’s large nonprofits, provides meals to the families of caregivers and children diagnosed with cancer.



Hospitals: Wappingers Falls VA Medical Center

Libraries: Grinnell Public Library District

Emergency services: W.T. Garner Engine Co. No. 1, S.W. Johnson Engine Co. No. 2

Fraternal organizations: Masons, Rotary

Not-for-profit cemeteries: New Hackensack Cemetery, Valley View Rural Cemetery, Wappingers Falls Cemetery


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded food distribution, school expansion, and other initiatives.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Abilities First
  Price Choppers Golub Foundation  -  Schenectady, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Abilities First
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $100,000  (2023)

Autism Directory Service
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $10,000  (2021)

Dutchess Debs
  William & Elaine Kaplan Family Private Foundation  -  Newburgh, NY  -  $8,800  (2021)

Foundation for Abilities First NY
  James J. McCann Charitable Trust  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $15,000  (2022)

Foundation for Abilities First NY
  Rose & Kiernan Charitable Foundation  -  East Greenbush, NY  -  $7,500  (2022)

Grinnell Public Library
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $50,000  (2021)

Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County
  Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation  -  Sheffield, MA  -  $35,000  (2022)

Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $7,840  (2021)

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

Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $35,000  (2021)

Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County
  Field Hall Foundation  -  Cortlandt Manor, NY  -  $15,000  (2021)

Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County
  New York State Homes and Community Renewal  -  Albany, NY  -  $500,000  (2022)

Hudson Valley House of Hope
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $30,000  (2021)

Littera Education
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  -  Seattle, WA  -  $150,000  (2022)

Randolph School
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $17,556  (2021)

Randolph School
  J M McDonald Foundation  -  Wilmington, DE  -  $5,000  (2021)

Sparrow's Nest
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $9,120  (2021)

Sparrow's Nest
  George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $1,000  (2022)

Sparrow's Nest
  George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $1,000  (2021)

Sparrow's Nest
  James J. McCann Charitable Trust  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $15,000  (2022)

Sparrow's Nest
  JP Morgan Chase Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $1,689  (2022)

Sparrow's Nest
  William & Elaine Kaplan Family Private Foundation  -  Newburgh, NY  -  $75,000  (2021)

Special Olympics
  Warwick Savings Foundation  -  New Windsor, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

Wappingers Falls
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $150,000  (2023)

Wappingers Falls
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $300,000  (2021)

Wappingers Historical Society
  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley  -  Poughkeepsie, NY  -  $50,000  (2021)

Zion Episcopal Church
  Dyson Foundation  -  Millbrook, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)


Abilities First
Taconic Innovations
Hudson Valley Housing Development Fund Company
Asmund S Laerdal Foundation
Habitat for Humanity International
Wappingers Congress of Teachers Welfare Trust Fund
Hillside Lake Fire Co 3
County Players
Community Services Programs
Dutchess County Pistol Association
Randolph School
N C Charitable Trust
Wappingers Falls Cemetery
Safe Haven Animal Shelter & Wildlife Center
Council on Addiction Prevention and Education of Dutchess County
Compassionate Animal Rescue Efforts of Dutchess County
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USA
Foundation for Abilities First NY
American Federation of Teachers
Wappingers Historical Society
280 New Hackensack Road Fund Corporation
Stony Kill Foundation
Friends of Seniors of Dutchess County
Wappinger United Football Club
Associates of Rehabilitation Programs
Laborers International Union of North America