2012 Spring Grant Awards from the Community Fund and Special Grants for Flood Relief
Total Awarded - $185,927
ACHIEVE
$4,135 to clean and refurbish a Supervised
Apratment building in Johnson City damaged by flooding (Broome)
Arkville Water District
$15,000 to relocate the town water pump above the flood plain (Delaware)
B.C. Humane Society
$9,200 for replacement of office
furniture lost to flooding (Broome)
Broome County Community
Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD)
$35,000 for a part-time
coordinator of COAD (Broome)
Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga Counties
$15,000
to fund a case management position to provide assistance to flood victims
(Tioga)
Handicapped Children’s Association
$3,000 toward
replacement of flood-damaged equipment at multi-purpose learning center in
Endicott (Broome)
Mom’s House
$15,000 toward re-building current facility damaged by flooding. (Broome)
Open Eye Theater $7,500 toward support of future performances by replacement of lost revenue due to flooding (Delaware)
Playyard Concepts $10,660 toward remodeling of existing building damaged by flooding (Tioga)
Ti-Ahwaga Players $6,000 toward replacement of lost revenue after flooding forced cancellation of fall 2011 performances (Tioga)
Tioga County Council on the Arts $7,294 toward replacement of revenue lost as the result of flooding (Tioga)
Tioga County Historical Society $14,160 for inspection, troubleshooting and repair of elevator damaged as a result of flooding (Tioga)
Tioga County Open Door Mission $12,000 toward replacement of revenue lost as a result of flooding of Thrift Shop. (Tioga)
Tioga Opportunities Inc. $12,500 toward remodeling of BerkshireCommunity Center basement to accommodate food pantry flooded out in local church (Tioga)
Town of Middletown $2,600 for training of code enforcement staff on flood plain management (Delaware)
Tioga United Way $1,878 upgrade of IT and phone system (Tioga)
YMCA of Broome County $15,000 repair of pool deck in Johnson City damaged by flooding (Broome)
2011 Competitive Grants from the Community Fund
Total Awarded - $204,989
ACCORD — A Center for Dispute Resolution, Inc.
$5,750
to train and certify volunteer mediators (Broome)
Apalachin Library Association
$11,850 to replace the
roof on the main library building (Tioga)
Berkshire Free Library
$1,500 toward roof replacement
(Tioga)
Binghamton Philharmonic
$4,000 toward expansion of
regional marketing efforts (Broome)
Boys and Girls Club of Western Broome
$15,000 to
replace bleachers in the gymnasium (Broome)
Chenango County Child Care Coordinating
Council
$15,000 to support staffing needed to meet accreditation
requirements (Chenango)
Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES
$10,000 toward
support of a Service Learning Program in partnership with local non-profits
(multi-county)
Delaware County Historical Association
$7,500 for
operating support (Delaware)
Delaware Support and Services
$14,796 toward a pilot
adult day care program in Walton (Delaware)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier
$15,000 to expand and
sustain the Back-Pack supplemental food program for low-income youth, in
current and to additional schools (Broome)
Goodwill Theater
$5,000 toward an integrated customer
and donor management software purchase (Broome)
Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier
$3,500
to train staff in Mental Health First Aid (Broome)
Opportunities for Chenango
$10,000 towards operating
support for a financial literacy program for low-income families (Chenango)
Otsego 2000
$8,600 toward staffing of the Cooperstown
Farmer's Market and agriculture programs (Otsego)
Recess Resources (Cub Care)
$9,277 for purchase of a
learn and play system for children (Broome)
Roxbury Arts Group
$7,500 operating support
(Delaware)
Samaritan Counseling Center
$7,500 towards operating
support for an additional counselor (Broome)
The Deposit Foundation and Rural Housing
Services
$2,000 for operating support (Broome/Delaware)
Tioga County Open Door Mission
$15,000 for purchase of
a mini-bus (Tioga)
United Way of Broome County
$14,716 towards
development and operation of a regional volunteer center serving non-profits
(Broome)
Village Improvement Society of Gilbertsville
$9,000
capital grant towards foundation repair and asbestos abatement at historic post
office building (Otsego)
YMCA of Broome County
$7,500 towards replacement of
fire doors at West Family YMCA (Broome)
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