Orange County > Monroe

The community’s largest nonprofit organization, the United Talmudical Academy of Kiryas Joel and its affiliates, is at the center of a long-running dispute between Hasidic Jews and non-Hasidic residents of Monroe. The schism was the subject of a 2018 documentary film, “City of Joel.”

School districts: Greenwood Lake Union Free School District, Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District

Libraries: Monroe Free Library

Emergency services: Kiryas Joel Volunteer EMS, Monroe Fire Department, Kiryas Joel Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Lions, Rotary

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Community Cemetery, Oxford Hill Crematory

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Recent grants:


Monroe Police Department
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $157,890  (2024)

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Largest nonprofits in Monroe (by assets) include:

Hamaspik of Orange County
NYSHA
Ezras Choilim Health Center
Rayim of Hudson Valley
Uta of KJ SC
Uta of KJ MC
Aishes Chayil Dkiryas Joel Mothers Relief Center
Myvtzer Hayeshivos
Hershel and Miriam Herbst Charitable Trust
Ahivim
Brand Foundation
Focus in Chinuch
Keren Y L J
W&L Foundation
Monroe Free Library
Yalket Elazer Fund
Monroe Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Kiryas Joel Municipal Local Development Corporation
Monroe-Chester Sportsmen Club
Kiryas Joel Housing Development Fund Company Incorporated
Mombasha Fire Company of Monroe NY
SPG Foundation
Mayer & Toby Hirsch Family Foundation
Forevergreen Foundation
Jl Charitable Foundation
Yoga Society of New York