Troy Area United Ministries · Est. 1986
A neighborhood center where everyone belongs.
Rooted in Troy's diverse interfaith community and open to all, TAUM offers food and assistance for those facing health challenges, homelessness and hard times, furniture for families making a fresh start, tech job training and scholarships for teens, spiritual support for Sage College students, and space for neighbors to gather, organize and advocate for justice, healing and peace.
Est. 1986
Next up
TAUM Holiday Market
Saturday, November 14 · 1:00 to 5:00 pm
392 2nd St., Troy (Osgood neighborhood)
A holiday market of local artists and makers, in our building. Vendors wanted. If you make something and want a table, apply below and we will send you the details.
Happening now
What's growing at TAUM
Sixteen teens finished Tech for Teens this summer
Sixteen young people finished the summer session, this year with 3D printing and a unit on using AI ethically. Every graduate took their computer home.
Read moreGrowing and serving: help our garden grow
With partners at Mohawk Global and Capital Roots, and generous gifts from the First Reformed Church of Schenectady and the Common Roots Foundation, we're expanding our community garden in 2026. Fresh vegetables grown here go straight to our meal program and Free Food Fridge.
Read more2026 · Our 40th year
Forty years. Forty flames. One neighborhood.
TAUM turns 40 this year, and we're celebrating all year long. We're looking for forty friends (people, families, congregations, businesses) to each "light a candle" by hosting something for the community: a dinner party, a movie night, a garden build, an ice cream social, a fresh coat of paint on a wall that needs it. Not up for hosting? Give $40 for our 40 years and we'll put it straight to work in the neighborhood.
Light a flame Give $40years of showing up
for the people of Troy
Every gift stays in the neighborhood
What we do
Six ways we show up
Food
Nobody in Troy should go hungry. Whether you need a fresh meal, groceries to…
Get food →Furniture
Since 1986, TAUM's Furniture Program has given good, used furniture, free of charge, to…
Get or give furniture →Tech for Teens
Tech for Teens is an intensive summer program for Rensselaer County youth. Teens earn…
Learn more →Community Center
392 Second Street has a community room and a working kitchen, and both are…
Use the space →Campus Chaplaincy
Darren Gundrum is the chaplain at Russell Sage College, and the Spirituality Center he…
Meet the chaplain →MLK Programs
Troy Area United Ministries has honored Dr. King's vision in this county since 1997,…
See the programs →
This building belongs to the neighborhood.
Our home at 392 Second Street is more than offices, it's a gathering place. Host a meeting, a class, a celebration, or a community project here.
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