Otsego County > Cooperstown
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:
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 Chamber Music Festival
New York State Council on the Arts - New York, NY - $40,000 (2024)
Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival
Strypemonde Foundation - New York, NY - $15,000 (2023)
Cooperstown Food Pantry
Empire State Development - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2025)
Farmers' Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $100,000 (2023)
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
Helfgott-Renfroe Foundation - Delhi, NY - $10,000 (2023)
Friends of Bassett Healthcare
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company Foundation - Norwich, NY - $2,500 (2023)
Glimmerglass Opera
National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $65,000 (2024)
Glimmerglass Opera
National Endowment for the Arts - Washington, DC - $75,000 (2023)
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)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Regional Economic Development Councils - Albany, NY - $232,500 (2023)
Otsego County Cooperative Extension
Walter J. & Anna H. Burchan Charitable Trust - Oneonta, NY - $2,500 (2023)
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