Please note that the Bank of Greene County has upgraded our phone system. As part of the enhancements, employee telephone extensions have changed as of May 22. If you need assistance reaching a specific employee, please contact us at 518-943-2600 and use option 1 for our dial-by-name directory, or option 0 for our Customer Service Center.
Charitable Giving

Charitable Giving

The Bank of Greene County is proud to support local communities through grants and volunteer work.  In 1998, we created a Charitable Foundation, which coordinates funding for non-profit groups such as institutions, schools, and other community organizations.  Grants are awarded based on eligible requests received. Our application window is between December 1 and January 15 each year. To date, we have contributed over $2.5 million in support of our communities!

2024 Charitable Foundation Board of Directors

Applying for a Grant

The Foundation accepts formal grant requests between December 1 and January 15 each year. These grants support:

  • Education
  • Health and wellness
  • Social and civic services
  • Culture and the arts
  • Housing for low and moderate income individuals

To learn more about the grant request process, including required submission materials, view our guidelines below.

Guidelines for Grant Requests

Recent Grant Recipients

East Greenbush — July 2024

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention- Capital Region, NY, The Arc of Rensselaer County, Castleton Volunteer Ambulance Service, Catholic Charities Tri-County Services, Cooperative Christian Ministries of Schodack for the The Anchor Food Pantry, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County, Greenbush Reformed Church, Joseph's House and Shelter, Questar III BOCES, STRIDE Adaptive Sports, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Unity House of Troy, Inc., East Greenbush Community Library, Kiwanis Club of East Greenbush, National Alliance on Mental Illness, & Tri-Village Fire Company, Inc.

Greenport — July 2024

A.B. Shaw Fire Company, Alight Center, Camphill Hudson, Catholic Charities of Columbia and Greene Counties, Claverack Free Library, Coarc, Columbia Children's Center, The Healthcare Consortium, Columbia-Greene Habitat for Humanity, Columbia County Sons & Daughters of Italy #659, Columbia-Greene Community College Day Care Center, The Columbia-Greene Community College Foundation, Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA, Columbia Greene Workforce New York, Columbia Memorial Health Foundation, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties, Firefighters Association of the State of New York, FASNY Museum of Firefighting, Friends of Hudson Youth, Friends of the Public Square, Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood, Greenport Fire Department, Hudson Area Library, Hudson Children's Book Festival, Hudson Council #316 - Knights of Columbus, Hudson Dollars for Scholars, Hudson Flag Day Parade, Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, Hudson Housing Trust Fund, Hudson Jazz Words, Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, Mental Health Association of Columbia Greene, Mental Health Awareness and Creative Arts Gallery, New Life Maternity, The Olana Partnership, Operation Unite Education and Cultural Arts Center, Perfect Ten Hudson, Philmont Public Library, Rudolf Steiner Library, St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stockport Volunteer Fire Company #1, Stockport Vol. Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary, Stuyvesant Falls Fire Company #2, & Trinity United Methodist Church - Hudson

Wolf Road – Albany — July 2024

Albany Area Senior Orchestra, Albany County Historical Association, Altamont Fair, Brain Injury Association of New York State, Capital City Rescue Mission, Capital Region Chamber, Center for Disability Services, Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York, Friends of Conkling Hall, Mohonasen CSD, Food Bank of the Hudson Valley, Onesquethaw Volunteer Fire Company, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, The Salvation Army Empire State Division, & Veterans & Community Housing Coalition

Chatham — July 2024

Chatham Charitable 2024 Alan Devoe Bird Club, Art Omi, Camphill Ghent, Canaan Historical Society, Canaan Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Chatham Area Recreation Project, Chatham Fire Department, Chatham Central School District Robotics Team, Chatham Kids Club, Chatham Lions Club, Chatham Rescue Squad, Chatham Rural Cemetery Association, Columbia County Agricultural Society, Columbia County Fire Advisory Board, Columbia County Fire Chiefs Association, Columbia County Fire Coordinator's Office, Columbia County Pathways to Recovery, Columbia County Recovery Kitchen, Columbia Land Conservancy, Crandell Theatre, Darrow School, East Chatham Fire Company, Flying Deer Nature Center, Friends of Lindenwald, Friends of the Chatham Public Library, Friends of the Tracy, The Ghent Playhouse, Ghent VFW 5933, Ghent Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Hawthorne Valley Association, Ichabod Crane Central School District, Kinderhook Lake Corporation, Valatie Volunteer Fire Department, The Lily Pond Animal Sanctuary, Lucky Rehabilitation Center, Mac-Haydn Theatre, Mellenville Volunteer Fire Company #1, Morris Memorial, The New Britain Cemetery Association, North Chatham Free Library, Northeast Center for Spiritual Growth, OK Kids Inc., Our Community Cares, Inc., Red Rock Historical Society, Red Rock Volunteer Fire Company, Shaker Museum, Super Stories, Town of Austerlitz, Town of Chatham, Town of Ghent, Tri-Village Fire Company, Inc, Valatie Community Theatre, & Valatie Santa Claus Club

Copake — June 2024

Copake Charitable Ceremony Ancram Center for the Arts, Copake Hillsdale Farmers Market, Free Columbia, Friends of the Copake Grange, Oldtone Roots Music Festival, Harlem Valley Rail Trail, Hillsdale Economic & Community Development Corp., Precious Pound Pups Inc., Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society, Inc., Roeliff Jansen Community Library, Town of Ancram, Town of Copake, Town of Gallatin, The Two of Us Productions/RARE, Inc., & West Copake Reformed Church

See Grant History