Otsego County > Cooperstown
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
2020 Paycheck Protection Program: Loans to nonprofits in Otsego County
Recent grants to local organizations:
GRANT KEY:
Breakfast in the Basement
Community Foundation of Unadilla - Unadilla, NY - $3,500 (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
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $104,063 (2021)
Cooperstown
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $225,000 (2021)
Cooperstown
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $30,000 (2021)
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 - $12,000 (2021)
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)
Farm Credit East Cares
Central New York Community Foundation - Syracuse, NY - $7,500 (2021)
Farmers' Museum
A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation - Delhi, NY - $2,000 (2021)
Farmers' Museum
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $50,000 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $10,000 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $20,000 (2021)
Farmers' Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2023)
Farmers' Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $52,500 (2022)
Farmers' Museum
Tianaderrah Foundation - Unadilla, NY - $155,000 (2021)
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
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $35,000 (2021)
Fenimore Art Museum
Robinson Broadhurst Foundation - Stamford, NY - $7,500 (2021)
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
Tianaderrah Foundation - Unadilla, NY - $15,000 (2021)
Glimmerglass Opera
Allstadt Hardin Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Corning Foundation - Corning, NY - $5,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Eveillard Family Charitable Trust - New York, NY - $205,000 (2021)
Glimmerglass Opera
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - New York, NY - $16,500 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
Jewish Communal Fund - New York, NY - $41,700 (2021)
Glimmerglass Opera
National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $65,000 (2022)
Glimmerglass Opera
National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $70,000 (2021)
Glimmerglass Opera
National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $70,000 (2021)
Glimmerglass Opera
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $49,500 (2023)
Glimmerglass Opera
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $60,000 (2021)
Glimmerglass Opera
Tianaderrah Foundation - Unadilla, NY - $200,000 (2021)
Glimmerglass Opera
United Way of Greater Rochester - Rochester, NY - $7,142 (2021)
Hyde Hall
Tianaderrah Foundation - Unadilla, NY - $100,000 (2021)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2021)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
New York Farm Viability Institute - Syracuse, NY - $43,404 (2021)
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
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $15,259,911 (2021)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $923,826 (2021)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $324,820 (2021)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $399,300 (2021)
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Upmobility Foundation - Little Falls, NY - $500,000 (2022)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust - Indianapolis, IN - $10,000 (2021)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $232,500 (2023)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Tianaderrah Foundation - Unadilla, NY - $5,000 (2021)
Ostego 2000
Tianaderrah Foundation - Unadilla, NY - $2,000 (2021)
Ostego Land Trust
Tianaderrah Foundation - Unadilla, NY - $35,000 (2021)
Otsego 2000
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $2,500 (2022)
Otsego 2000
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $18,000 (2021)
Otsego 2000
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $8,725 (2021)
Otsego 2000
Preservation League of New York State - Albany, NY - $12,500 (2021)
Otsego County
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Washington, DC - $3,999,984 (2021)
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 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)
Otsego Land Trust
Land Trust Alliance - Washington, DC - $9,000 (2021)
Susquehanna SPCA
C J Heilig Foundation - Cooperstown, NY - $45,000 (2022)
Susquehanna SPCA
Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties - Utica, NY - $82,420 (2021)
Largest nonprofits in Cooperstown (by assets) include:
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Clark Foundation
Farmers Museum
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Fenimore Art Museum
Bassett Healthcare Network
Templeton Foundation
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre
Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
C J Heilig Foundation