Greene County > Tannersville -

County: Greene

Population: 568

Tannersville was named for its early tanning industry, which continued until the supply of hemlock bark was exhausted.

See our post on the Tannersville dissolution plan.

The local Hunter Foundation buys blighted properties, then renovates and resells them. Its activities encompass Tannersville, Haines Falls, Hunter, Ashland, Jewett, Prattsville, Lexington and Windham.

School districts: Hunter-Tannersville Central School District

Libraries: Mountain Top Library (formerly Haines Falls Free Library)

Emergency services: Hunter Area Ambulance Service, Tannersville Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Tannersville Evergreen Cemetery

Recent grants:

GRANT KEY:

All Souls Church
  Bucknall Family Foundation - Greenwich, CT - $4,000  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Bucknall Family Foundation - Greenwich, CT - $1,000  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  Ethel M. and Orville A. Slutzky Family Foundation - Hunter, NY - $1,500  (2023)

Mountain Top Arboretum
  New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $10,000  (2024)

Tannersville Area Health Committee
  Ethel M. and Orville A. Slutzky Family Foundation - Hunter, NY - $1,000  (2023)

Wellness Rx
  Ethel M. and Orville A. Slutzky Family Foundation - Hunter, NY - $2,500  (2023)

Wellness Rx
  Timber Lake Foundation - Glen Cove, NY - $10,000  (2023)

Largest nonprofits in Tannersville (by assets) include:

Hunter Foundation
Mountain Top Arboretum
Mountain Top Library
Irma and Macy Chamberlin Scholarship Fund
Onteora Cemetery Association
Pharmacy for the Public Good
Twilight Park Camp
23 Arts Initiative