Putnam County > Brewster

County: Putnam

Population 2020:

  2,508 village

Animal-assisted therapy plays a major role at Green Chimneys, a day and residential school that is the largest nonprofit in Brewster. The Farm & Wildlife Center on campus houses more than 200 farm animals and wildlife.



School districts: Brewster Central School District
Libraries: Brewster Public Library

Emergency services: Brewster Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Elks, Lions, Rotary

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Milltown Rural Cemetery, Old Southeast Church Cemetery


Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded residencies for theater artists, library construction, therapeutic horseback riding, and transitional living for runaway and homeless youth.



Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Brewster
  New York State Land Trust Alliance  -  Albany, NY  -  $26,000  (2023)

Brewster Central School District
  New York State Office of Mental Health  -  Albany, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Brewster Police Department
  NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services  -  Albany, NY  -  $81,500  (2024)

Brewster Theater Company
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $15,000  (2024)

Brewster Theater Company
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $15,000  (2023)

Pegasus Therapeutic Riding
  Lake Mahopac Rotary Foundation  -  Mahopac, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Putnam Community Action
  Lake Mahopac Rotary Foundation  -  Mahopac, NY  -  $4,000  (2023)

Space on Ryder Farm
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)