St. Lawrence County > Potsdam

County: St. Lawrence

Population:
  14,901 town
  8,312 village


Potsdam was named after the city in Germany.


Clarkson University, named for entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas S. Clarkson, is the community’s largest nonprofit. Clarkson developed power plants and the area’s first sewage system, and  founded the Potsdam Public Library. After he was killed in one of his sandstone quarries in 1894, his sisters started a school in his name.



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

Hospitals: Canton-Potsdam Hospital

Emergency services: Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad, Potsdam Fire Department, West Potsdam Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Elks, Moose, Rotary, VFW

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Bay Side Cemetery, Crary Mills Cemetery , Fairview Cemetery, Garfield Cemetery, Sanfordville Cemetery, South Colton Cemetery, Southville Cemetery


Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Cinema 10
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $7,250  (2021)

Clarkson University
  Central New York Community Foundation  -  Syracuse, NY  -  $56,025  (2021)

Clarkson University
  Corning Foundation  -  Corning, NY  -  $14,500  (2022)

Clarkson University
  Department of the U.S. Department of the Interior  -  Washington, DC  -  $250,000  (2022)

Clarkson University
  GE Foundation  -  Norwalk, CT  -  $1,050  (2021)

Clarkson University
  GE Foundation  -  Norwalk, CT  -  $1,251  (2021)

Clarkson University
  GE Foundation  -  Norwalk, CT  -  $4,800  (2021)

Clarkson University
  Harvey H Moses & Catherine A Moses Education Fund No 3  -  Providence, RI  -  $1,000  (2022)

Clarkson University
  Harvey H Moses & Catherine A Moses Education Fund No 3  -  Providence, RI  -  $1,000  (2022)

Clarkson University
  Louis & Florence Glasgow Foundation  -  Norwich, NY  -  $1,300  (2023)

Clarkson University
  Louis Henry Gross Sponsorship Foundation  -  Buffalo, NY  -  $14,000  (2022)

Clarkson University
  Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust  -  Indianapolis, IN  -  $75,000  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration  -  Washington, DC  -  $87,252  (2022)

Clarkson University
  National Endowment for the Humanities  -  Washington, DC  -  $35,000  (2022)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $250,000  (2022)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $920,482  (2022)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $199,159  (2022)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Washington, DC  -  $5,371  (2022)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $50,000  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $221,517  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $107,220  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $295,905  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $8,100  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $368,630  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $20,000  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $50,000  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $70,000  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $250,000  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $225,063  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $248,679  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $299,998  (2021)

Clarkson University
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $149,707  (2021)

Clarkson University
  NYS Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program  -  Albany, NY  -  $383,500  (2023)

Clarkson University
  Patrick P. Lee Foundation  -  Williamsville, NY  -  $50,280  (2022)

Clarkson University
  Schenectady Foundation  -  Schenectady, NY  -  $8,500  (2022)

Clarkson University
  T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving  -  Baltimore, MD  -  $12,000  (2021)

Clarkson University
  U.S. Department of Commerce  -  Washington, DC  -  $66,215  (2022)

Clarkson University
  U.S. Department of Defense  -  Washington, DC  -  $137,000  (2022)

Clarkson University
  U.S. Department of Education  -  Washington, DC  -  $261,888  (2022)

Clarkson University
  U.S. Department of Energy  -  Washington, DC  -  $255,091  (2022)

Clarkson University
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $137,288  (2022)

Clarkson University
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $423,920  (2021)

Clarkson University
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $3,491,899  (2022)

Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley
  Kinney Drugs Foundation  -  Gouverneur, NY  -  $2,500  (2021)

North Country Children's Museum
  Cloudsplitter Foundation  -  Saranac Lake, NY  -  $3,000  (2021)

North Country Children's Museum
  Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region  -  Albany, NY  -  $25,000  (2021)

North Country Children's Museum
  Corning Foundation  -  Corning, NY  -  $4,000  (2022)

North Country Children's Museum
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $49,500  (2023)

North Country Children's Museum
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $4,000  (2021)

North Country Children's Museum
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $200,000  (2022)

North Country Children's Museum
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $167,100  (2022)

Orchestra Association of Northern New York
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $8,000  (2021)

Orchestra Association of Northern New York
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $19,000  (2021)

Orchestra Association of Northern New York
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $18,750  (2021)

Potsdam
  Downtown Revitalization Initiative  -  Albany, NY  -  $10,000,000  (2021)

Potsdam
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,399,484  (2023)

Potsdam
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $155,200  (2024)

Potsdam
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $150,000  (2021)

Potsdam
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $1,250,000  (2021)

Potsdam
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $285,205  (2021)

Potsdam
  Regional Economic Development Councils  -  Albany, NY  -  $127,500  (2021)

Potsdam Public Museum
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $30,000  (2023)

Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $46,740  (2023)

Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad
  Federal Emergency Management Agency  -  Washington, DC  -  $126,400  (2022)

Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad
  U.S. Department of Homeland Security  -  Washington, DC  -  $126,400  (2022)

Shanti Sadan
  JP Morgan Chase Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $8,000  (2022)

St. Lawrence County Arts Council
  Cloudsplitter Foundation  -  Saranac Lake, NY  -  $5,000  (2021)

St. Lawrence County Arts Council
  National Endowment for the Arts  -  Washington, DC  -  $150,000  (2022)

St. Lawrence County Arts Council
  National Endowment for the Arts  -  Washington, DC  -  $150,000  (2022)

St. Lawrence County Arts Council
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $208,000  (2023)

St. Lawrence County Arts Council
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $88,000  (2021)

St. Lawrence County Arts Council
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $35,000  (2021)

St. Lawrence County Arts Council
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $92,336  (2022)

St. Lawrence Health System
  U.S. Department of Agriculture  -  Washington, DC  -  $1,000,000  (2022)

St. Lawrence Health System
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  -  Washington, DC  -  $297,174  (2022)

SUNY Potsdam
  National Science Foundation  -  Alexandria, VA  -  $370,113  (2021)

SUNY Potsdam
  Presser Foundation  -  Philadelphia, PA  -  $4,000  (2022)

SUNY Potsdam
  U.S. Department of Education  -  Washington, DC  -  $732,442  (2022)


Largest nonprofits in Potsdam (by assets) include:

Clarkson University
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
St. Lawrence Health System
Potsdam College Foundation
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Foundation
Seaway Private Equity Corporation
Potsdam Auxiliary & College Educational Services
Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley
Northern New York Resources Corporation
Potsdam Sandstone Senior Citizens Club
North Country Childrens Museum
Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad
St. Lawrence County Arts Council
Sandstone Housing Corp
Potsdam Public Library
Potsdam Humane Society
Citec
Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department
Northern New York Library Network
Bayside Cemetery Association
Research Applied Technologyeducation Service Incorporated
SUNY Potsdam Child Care Center
Student Government Association of SUNY Potsdam
International Brotherhood Teamsters
West Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department
St. Lawrence County Health Initiative