Recent Grants
Grants Awarded 2025
Astor D Rice Foundation
Support for FACE (Families Achieve Community Empowerment) Program at East Middle School, Binghamton, NY
$15,000
Binghamton Lions Club
Support the purchase of Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screening equipment for Binghamton Lions Club KidSight Program.
$3,000
Broome County Council of Churches – Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse
Support the CHOW Summer Food Program for children and Youth.
$15,000
Discovery Center of the Southern Tier
Support the CHOW Summer Food Program for children and Youth.
$16,000
Inner Explorer
Pilot program to offer Evidence-based social/emotional programs in Broome County school districts.
$4,500
Police Athletic League of Binghamton – PAL Camp
Support for the PAL Summer Youth Camp Programs.
$15,000
Roberson Museum and Science Center - Grant total $100,000, paid in $50,000 three annual installments.
Support for Classroom Zone Rehabilitation, part of Capital Improvements Campaign.
$50,000
The KEYS Program
Support for the music therapy program sessions for Broome County children with cancer and/or disabilities
$4,000
Tri-Cities Opera
Support for Pilot program - Costume Shop Apprentice Program training in theater and performance Costume Creation, design, and preservation.
$5,000
United Way of Broome County
Pilot program to offer Evidence-based social/emotional programs in Broome County school districts.
$3,500
Vines – Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments
Support for pilot program as part of the GROW Binghamton Youth Program to teach how to grow, harvest and prepare nutritional foods.
$4,500
WSKG Public Media
Support for Early Learning Educational Programming for children.
$10,000
Grants Awarded 2024
Animal Care Sanctuary
Support a collaborative learning program to leverage the human-animal bond to reinforce empathy at Union Endicott High School, Achieve and HCA
$10,000
Arrowhead Ministries – Shepherds Camp
Support for the purchase of a wheelchair accessible electric golf cart for use at the Campgrounds
$6,000
Astor D Rice Foundation
Support for FACE (Families Achieve Community Empowerment) Program at East Middle School, Binghamton, NY
$10,000
Dolly Parton Imagination Library – Community Foundation/Katie Titus Fund
Support for program to distribute books to children under the age of five in the Binghamton School District Pre-K and PACT programs
$5,000
HCA – Helping Celebrate Abilities
Support for purchase of playground access security system
$8,500
Inner Explorer
Pilot program to offer Evidence-based social/emotional programs in Broome County school districts
$12,000
Rural Health Network
Support for Harvesting Health garden projects for schools and childcare facilities in Broome County – Partnering with AmeriCorps participants
$24,700
Southern Tier Zoological Society – Ross Park Zoo
Support for Nature Classroom equipment for Wild Science and education programs
$20,000
Tri-Cities Opera
Support for Pilot Youth Apprentice program - theater stage and production management training for trades occupations in theater and performance jobs
$5,000
Vines – Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments
Support for acquiring Community Education Room media technology for youth Program education classes and food prep tables
$8,000
Grants Awarded 2023
GiGi’s Playhouse of the Southern Tier
Support for the purchase of program equipment, technology and stackable weight bearing chairs
$12,021
Pathfinder Village Foundation
Support to renovation and upgrade of Pathfinder Village School playground and equipment to current ADA standards
$10,000
The KEYS Program
Support for the music therapy program sessions for Broome County children with cancer and/or disabilities
$ 8,000
Tri-Cities Opera
Support Opera-Go-Round Hybrid Educational Outreach Programs
$ 4,000
YMCA of Broome County
Support financial need scholarships for summer day-camp programs at the Johnson City and Binghamton YMCA site
$25,000
Pathfinder Village School Playground
Grants by Year
Discovery Center Dinghy