Otsego County > Cooperstown
County: Otsego
Population: 1,794
Population: 1,794
Cooperstown was named after founder William Cooper, father of author James Fenimore Cooper.
Cooperstown is known across the country as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The community also boasts the Farmers’ Museum, the Fenimore Art Museum and Glimmerglass Opera. With assets of more than $500 million, the Clark Foundation dominates local philanthropy. The foundation traces its fortune to Edward Clark, a partner in the Singer sewing machine company.
School districts: Cooperstown Central School District
Libraries: Village Library of Cooperstown
Hospitals: Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Emergency services: Cooperstown Fire Department
Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Lions, Masons, Rotary, VFW
State parks: Glimmerglass State Park
Not-for-profit cemeteries: Hartwick Seminary Cemetery, Lakewood Cemetery, Lena Cemetery, Westville Cemetery
Change agents:
Grants to local organizations have helped to fund a beautification program contest, a cancer screening coach at the hospital, a day care center, the Glimmerglass Festival, and other causes.
Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:
Breakfast in the Basement
Community Foundation of Unadilla - Unadilla, NY - $3,500 (2022)
Brookwood School
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Brookwood School
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $2,000,000 (2022)
Cooperstown
Community Development Block Grant funding - Albany, NY - $300,000 (2022)
Cooperstown
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Washington, DC - $93,892 (2022)
Cooperstown
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2024)
Cooperstown
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services - Albany, NY - $715,946 (2023)
Cooperstown
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services - Albany, NY - $173,737 (2023)
Cooperstown Central School
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $1,400 (2022)
Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000 (2024)
Cooperstown Food Pantry
Allstadt Hardin Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Cooperstown Food Pantry
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Cooperstown Food Pantry
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Cooperstown Foundation for Excellence in Education
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $35,720 (2022)
Cooperstown Graduate Association
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $280,000 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $1,500 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2023)
Farmers' Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $52,500 (2022)
Fenimore Art Museum
Bentley Holden Fund - Roxbury, NY - $2,100 (2022)
Fenimore Art Museum
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Fenimore Art Museum
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $370,000 (2022)
Fenimore Art Museum
Malesardi Family Foundation - Menands, NY - $15,000 (2022)
Fenimore Art Museum
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $1,500 (2022)
FENIMORE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $15,000 (2024)
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $20,000 (2023)
Friends of Bassett Healthcare
Allstadt Hardin Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Friends of Bassett Healthcare
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $25,000 (2022)
Friends of Bassett Healthcare
Delaware National Bank of Delhi Corporate Charitable Trust - Delhi, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Friends of Bassett Healthcare
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Friends of Bassett Healthcare
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company Foundation - Norwich, NY - $2,500 (2023)
Glimmerglass Opera
Allstadt Hardin Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $210,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $20,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $16,500 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Malesardi Family Foundation - Menands, NY - $2,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $65,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000 (2024)
Glimmerglass Opera
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $49,500 (2023)
Glimmerglass Opera
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Hyde Hall
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $1,000 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $200,000 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $48,000 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $1,128,054 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Mid-York Foundation - Hamilton, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $650,000 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Washington, DC - $229,071 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $56,272 (2022)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Upmobility Foundation - Little Falls, NY - $500,000 (2022)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $2,500 (2022)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $232,500 (2023)
Otsego 2000
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $2,500 (2022)
Otsego County Conservation Association
U.S. Department of Commerce - Washington, DC - $226,273 (2022)
Otsego County Cooperative Extension
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $25,000 (2022)
Otsego County Cooperative Extension
Walter J. & Anna H. Burchan Charitable Trust - Oneonta, NY - $2,500 (2023)
Otsego County Council of Senior Citizens
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $15,000 (2022)
Otsego Land Trust
Department of the U.S. Department of the Interior - Washington, DC - $16,043 (2022)
St. Mary's Church
Patricia M. & H. William Smith Jr. Foundation - Norwich, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Susquehanna SPCA
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $45,000 (2022)
Village of Cooperstown
Clark Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $10,350 (2022)
Largest nonprofits in Cooperstown (by assets) include:
Clark Foundation
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Farmers Museum
Bassett Healthcare Network
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Fenimore Art Museum
Templeton Foundation
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre
Friends of Bassett
Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
C J Heilig Foundation
Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home
Hyde Hall
Otsego Land Trust
Brookwood School
James and Stephanie Patrick Family Foundation
Lakewood Cemetery Association Lakewood Cemetery
Smithy-Pioneer Gallery
Free & Accepted Masons of New York
Cooperstown Art Association
Allstadt Hardin Foundation