Recent Grants

2010 CommuniFund™ Grants
Total Dollars Awarded in Spring Cycle: $99,802

Afton Historical Society
$2,750 for purchase of archival quality storage materials for preservation of historic documents, photos and clothing (Chenango)

Binghamton Housing Authority
$10,000 to fund and expand “Growing Connection” agriculture program for disadvantaged youth at Carlisle and Saratoga Apartments (Broome)

Broome County Public Library
$1,000 toward purchase of large format books for “Books and Babies” campaign with Wilson Hospital (Broome)

Camp Ahwaga Association
$4,937 to fund transportation/operating support for summer camp for disabled children (Tioga)

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County
$5,920 for purchase of laptops and video projectors to increase technical capabilities for educational training/workshops (Broome)

Cortland County Community Action
$5,200 for a financial literacy program for disadvantaged families (Cortland)

Family and Children’s Society
$15,000 to renovate lobby entrance into waiting areas for mental health services clinic (Broome)

Family Enrichment Network
$11,000 toward roof replacement at main building (Broome)

Franklin Stock Company at Chapel Hall, Inc.
$10,000 for stabilization of the foundation beneath this historic structure (Delaware)

Haven After-School Program
$1,000 toward purchase of materials for an after-school program serving Binghamton High School students (Broome)

Metro Interfaith
$11,000 toward roof renovation on apartment building for low-income, disabled and elderly tenants (Broome)

New York State Historical Association
$4,500 for a lighting system for a North West Coast Native American totem pole to be installed in front of the Fenimore Art Museum (Otsego)

Preservation Association of the Southern Tier (PAST)
$4,500 toward rental expenses incurred as result of an unexpected move (Broome)

Rescue Mission Alliance
$12,995 for purchase of kitchen equipment in new facility being renovated to house homeless individuals. (Broome)

2009 CommuniFund™ Grants
Total Dollars Awarded in Spring and Fall Cycles: $199,948.32

ACHIEVE
$5,195 for construction of a greenhouse to be used for educational and therapeutic purposes by persons with developmental disabilities in the organization’s Day Habilitation program (Broome)

Bard Institute for Writing & Thinking
$6,400 to expand the Institute’s “Reading, Writing, and Teaching Poetry Project” to students and teachers, grades 1-8, in public schools in Chenango and Otsego Counties

Berkshire Community Association
$10,000 toward an addition to the restored Community Hall in the town of Berkshire (Tioga)

Boys & Girls Club of Binghamton
$4,500 as a challenge grant toward member tracking software to improve data management relating to client usage (Broome)

Catholic Charities of Delaware and Otsego County
$10,000 toward costs of a consultant to help the organization achieve national accreditation that will allow it to continue providing Child Care Resource and Referral Services to area residents and reinforce the organization’s sustainability (Delaware, Otsego)

Center for the Arts of Homer
$10,000 toward electrical work to improve lighting of performances at the organization’s facility (Cortland)

Chenango County Historical Society
$4,010 toward repair and restoration of an historic one-room schoolhouse on the organization’s grounds, including interpretive signage (Chenango)

Chenango Foundation, for the Common Cents Thrift Shop/Pantry
$1,300 for tables, clothing racks and other supplies for the Common Cents Thrift Shop/Pantry in Oxford (Chenango)

Deposit Community Center, dba Wilson Children’s Center
$6,288.32 for playground, classroom and storage equipment for the Wilson Children’s Center in Deposit (Broome, Delaware)

First Ward Action Council
$9,000 for materials for the construction of wheelchair ramps for disabled residents, as well as for training for area youths who will build them under the supervision of FWAC (Broome)

Friends of the Apalachin Library
$4,400 for renovations to the Library building (Tioga)

Goodwill Theatre
$6,000 toward a new lighting system for the Schorr Family Theatre, to improve performance lighting and make the venue more attractive and versatile for other arts groups considering renting the space (Broome)

Greater Binghamton Education Outreach Program (GBEOP)
$9,300 to extend the organization’s Junior Achievement program to five additional schools (Broome)

Harris Memorial Library
$5,000 to Harris Memorial Library in Otego for replacement of the facility’s roof (Otsego)

Hospice of Chenango County
$5,000 toward a renovation project at the organization’s front entrance, adding a roof and repairing the stairway in order to improve safety for clients and the public during extreme weather (Chenango)

Jewish Community Center of Binghamton
$12,000 toward educational programs for young children provided at the agency’s Early Childhood Center (Broome)

Mothers & Babies Perinatal Network of SCNY
$10,000 toward a financial literacy program for low-income parents and families (Broome)

Opportunities for Otsego
$5,000 toward purchase of a currently-leased building in Schenevus that houses the agency’s two unduplicated Head Start programs for low-income children, to ensure continuation of the programs and improve safety at the facility (Otsego)

Rural Health Network of SCNY
$10,000 toward the Rural Health Service Corps program; grant provides required local matching dollars in support of a three-year federal grant providing AmeriCorps staff to sixteen local nonprofit organizations at greatly reduced cost to the nonprofits (multiple counties)

SOS Shelter
$10,000 toward purchase of a van to transport victims of domestic violence, to reduce reliance on staff vehicles and/or police units (Broome)

Tioga County Boys and Girls Club
$10,000 for roof repairs and replacement of the gymnasium floor at the facility (Tioga)

Tioga County Habitat for Humanity
$5,000 toward construction of a pole-barn to serve as a centralized location for donated building materials (Tioga)

Tri-Town Boys & Girls Club of Sidney
$14,000 toward a new bathroom for use by children at the Club (Delaware)

Volunteers of America
$9,000 toward costs of a camera-based surveillance system for VOA’s Emergency Men’s Shelter in Binghamton, to improve safety and security for both residents and staff (Broome)

William B. Ogden Free Library
$9,000 to upgrade the facility’s HVAC system, to better preserve the building and protect its collections (Delaware)

WSKG Public Broadcasting
$2,055 toward the purchase of tables, chairs and other supplies to increase the organization’s capacity to offer on-site workshops to area nonprofits and others, as well as reduce its need to pay rental fees for these items (Broome)

YWCA of Cortland
$7,500 toward a renovation project to add a men’s locker room to the YWCA’s facility to accommodate the increasing numbers of men and boys using its warm water swimming pool for therapeutic reasons, as well as fathers and grandfathers bringing children for fitness, aquatics, and recreation lessons and activities (Cortland)

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