Glynwood Center Inc
Glynwood Center Inc is a public charity based in Cold Spring, New York. It works on regional food and farming and makes grants, including support for New York farms and food-access efforts.
Glynwood Center Inc at a glance
In short: Glynwood Center Inc gave $901K across 24 grants in 2025 (avg $38K), mostly in New York. 33% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $901,400
- +99.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 24
- +9.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $37,558
- +82.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $16,250
- Total assets
- $59,910,607
- +87.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 33% first-time grantees (8 of 24, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Glynwood Center Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 157, Cold Spring, NY 10516
Phone: (845) 265-3338
Website: https://glynwood.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Glynwood Center Inc
Who Glynwood Center Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Community Kitchen Inc ($330K). Together the top 10 received $749K.
Grant Size Distribution
78 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 71 grants of 78 (91%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Glynwood is based in Cold Spring and describes its work as centered on New York’s Hudson Valley, while also serving food and farming changemakers beyond the region. All grant dollars itemized for filing year 2025 went to New York recipients. The past Farm Relief Fund covered farms in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Ulster, Sullivan, and Westchester counties.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 24 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Glynwood Center Inc open to new grantees?
33%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 8 of 24 grantees (33%) were first-time recipients. With only 24 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. First grants averaged $10K; repeat grants $51K. How we count
Medians: $8K first-time, $29K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $56K (2021) to $901K (2025). In 2025 it made 24 grants totaling $901K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Kitchen Inc Cold Spring, NY | Fiscal Sponsorship | $330,000 |
| Ever-Growing Family Farm Ulster Park, NY | Business Incubator | $105,000 |
| El Mimomex Farm Corp Goshen, NY | CSA Is a Snap & Food Sovereignty Fund | $62,400 |
| R&R Produce Growers LLC New Hampton, NY | Food Sovereignty Fund | $48,000 |
| Rock Steady Farm Millerton, NY | CSA Is a Snap & Food Sovereignty Fund | $43,763 |
| Rise & Root Farm Chester, NY | Food Sovereignty Fund | $42,000 |
| Chaseholm Farm Pine Plains, NY | Food Sovereignty Fund | $40,000 |
| Demaria's Hemlock Hill Farm LLC Cortlandt Manor, NY | Food Sovereignty Fund | $35,000 |
| Letterbox Farm LLC Hudson, NY | Food Sovereignty Fund | $22,000 |
| Gentle Time Farm LLC Old Chatham, NY | CSA Is a Snap & Food Sovereignty Fund | $20,700 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $59,910,607 | $34,899,225 | $7,505,662 | $901,400 | 24 | $716,725 |
| 2024 | $32,039,796 | $5,700,915 | $6,481,431 | $452,345 | 22 | $149,472 |
| 2023 | $29,536,622 | $5,125,559 | $6,000,373 | $412,391 | 17 | $418,907 |
| 2022 | $32,242,454 | $4,913,173 | $4,600,328 | $98,586 | 9 | $1,334,797 |
| 2021 | $32,626,497 | $4,685,878 | $3,722,509 | $55,659 | 6 | $1,007,235 |
| 2019 | $27,113,214 | $2,880,926 | $3,682,245 | — | — | $512,311 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Glynwood’s stated mission is to cultivate just and resilient food systems so that farmers, land, and communities thrive. Its programs include farmer training, the Food Sovereignty Fund, CSA and food-access initiatives, farm business incubation, and work related to grains, livestock, land access, and regional food markets.
The Food Sovereignty Fund provides farmers with money and technical assistance to supply produce to front-line food-access organizations. In its 2025 grants, Glynwood also identified support for a business incubator and for CSA and food-sovereignty efforts.
Among 2025 grantees, Phillies Bridge Farm Project described its mission as promoting local agriculture that is ecologically sound, community oriented, and economically viable, including through farm demonstrations, education, research, and food distribution. Scenic Hudson said it was founded to stop a proposed power plant from defacing Storm King Mountain.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Glynwood reported 24 grants totaling $901,400. Grant amounts ranged from $5,607 to $330,000, with a median of $16,250. Its largest listed grant was $330,000 to Community Kitchen Inc in Cold Spring for fiscal sponsorship. Other large grants included $105,000 to Ever-Growing Family Farm for a business incubator; $62,400 to El Mimomex Farm Corp for the CSA is a SNAP & Food Sovereignty Fund; and $48,000 to R&R Produce Growers LLC for the Food Sovereignty Fund.
Other listed 2025 recipients included Rock Steady Farm ($43,763), Rise & Root Farm ($42,000), Chaseholm Farm ($40,000), DeMaria’s Hemlock Hill Farm ($35,000), Letterbox Farm ($22,000), Gentle Time Farm ($20,700), Angel Family Farm ($20,000), and Star Route Farm ($17,500). All reported 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in New York.
Separately, Glynwood reported that its time-limited Hudson Valley Farm Relief Fund distributed $1,078,953 in emergency relief to 44 farms. The fund’s application period ran April 4–21, 2025, and is closed. Eligible farms had to operate in one of 11 specified New York counties and document approved USDA grants or contracts frozen during the federal funding freeze. Glynwood stated that every farm meeting the application requirements received funds.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Linda Quella as chair; Paul N. Watterson Jr. and Sezelle Gereau as co-vice chairs; Chris Zuehlsdorff as treasurer; and G. Kirby Brown as secretary. Directors listed are Dr. Liat Applewhite, Stephen M. Haggerty, Kanchan Koya, and Mark Michael. Judith Mogul is listed as chair through December 2024.
Glynwood Center Inc is led by Kathleen Finlay, President on every filing since 2019; 6 of 24 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kathleen Finlay
President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$211K (2019) → $317K (2025)
Judith Mogul
Chair
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Linda Quella
Chair
Director → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Ferguson
Director of Events
Director of Social Events → Director of Events, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$105K (2024) → $110K (2025)
June Russell
Director of Regional Food Programs
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$103K (2025)
Megan Larmer
Senior Director of Programs
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$127K (2025)
Alexander Reese
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Kurz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer P. Speers
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Victoria Wilson-Charles
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen M. Haggerty
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stirling Welch
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Shannon
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kanchan Koya
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Michael
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
D. Bryce O'Brien II
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hasna Rtabi
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Liat Applewhite
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Daisley
COO & CFO
Assistant Treasurer, Dr. of Finance & Ops. → Assistant Treasurer & Vice President of Finance, 2021
Assistant Treasurer & Vice President of Finance → COO & CFO, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$50K (2019) → $197K (2025)
Zoraida Lopez-Diago
Vice President of Development
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$134K (2024) → $141K (2025)
Chris Zuehlsdorff
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
G. Kirby Brown
Secretary
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul N. Watterson Jr.
Co-Vice Chair
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sezelle Gereau
Co-Vice Chair
Co-Vice Chair → Director, 2024
Director → Co-Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (15)
- Former: Friedrike Merck (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Laura Lengnick (2023–2024) — Director of Agriculture
- Former: Bryce O'Brien (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Judah Kraushaar (2019–2023) — Co-Vice Chair
- Former: Scott Berrie (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Miller (2019–2022) — Assistant Secretary & Vice President of Development
- Former: Neil Toman (2022) — Director of Facilities
- Former: George Pacchiana (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mary Elizabeth Bunzel (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Arnold Moss (2019) — Co-Vice Chair
- Former: Gale Epstein (2019) — Director
- Former: Nancy Berner (2019) — Director
- Former: Robert W. Elliott III (2019) — Director
- Former: Samantha Kappagoda (2019) — Director
- Former: Sara Grady (2019) — Vice President of Programming
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $317K, to Kathleen Finlay (President). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Glynwood Center Inc
How much does Glynwood Center Inc give each year?
Glynwood Center Inc gave $901K across 24 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $452K across 22 grants.
What is Glynwood Center Inc's typical grant size?
Glynwood Center Inc's median grant in 2025 was $16,250, and its average grant was $37,558, across 24 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Glynwood Center Inc that year got $10K on average.
Where does Glynwood Center Inc give grants?
Glynwood Center Inc gives mostly in New York: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Chester, NY (2 grants), Hudson, NY (2 grants) and Germantown, NY (2 grants).
Does Glynwood Center Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 24 grants with a stated purpose on Glynwood Center Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Food Sovereignty Fund" (16 grants) and "CSA Is a Snap & Food Sovereignty Fund" (4 grants).
Who are Glynwood Center Inc's largest grantees?
Glynwood Center Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Community Kitchen Inc ($330,000), Ever-Growing Family Farm ($105,000) and El Mimomex Farm Corp ($62,400), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 55% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Glynwood Center Inc?
Glynwood Center Inc reported $59.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $34.9M.
What does Glynwood Center Inc fund?
Glynwood’s stated mission is to cultivate just and resilient food systems so that farmers, land, and communities thrive. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Glynwood Center Inc?
Glynwood Center Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check glynwood.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Glynwood Center Inc's EIN?
Glynwood Center Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-3852957. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 8, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 12, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 20, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 16, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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