Community Foundation for SCNY announces $200K in grants to regional nonprofits

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — The Community Foundation for South Central New York (SCNY) announced it has made grants totaling $200,000 to 28 organizations in the region, including 15 in Broome, Chenango, and Tioga counties.

The grants were made from the foundation’s Community Fund and special funds, in the spring 2017 competitive and annual grant cycles.

The successful grants, which includes the six below, will be used for a variety of capital projects, operations, and programs, per a foundation news release:

• BCOAD (Broome Community Organizations Active in Disaster), $35,000 for operating support
• Rural Health Network of South Central New York, $5,000 for a pilot project using AmeriCorps volunteers to help address the opioid epidemic in rural communities
• VINES (Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments), $5,000 to expand the Farm Share program into Johnson City and Endicott
• WSKG Public Media, $14,950 for a Southern Tier Journal program highlighting poverty, including challenges and resources, in the region
• Center for Gender, Art and Culture, $15,000 for a summer public mosaic project for at-risk children and adolescents
• Broome County Council of Churches, $15,000 for technology upgrades

The Community Foundation for SCNY, a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 and headquartered in Johnson City, says it encourages and facilitates personal and institutional philanthropy throughout the region by managing 90 funds established by donors to achieve specific charitable goals. From these funds, the foundation has awarded more than $11 million in grants to the area’s nonprofits, schools, and municipalities to help “address community concerns and improve the quality of life in the region.” The Community Foundation serves donors and nonprofits in five Southern Tier counties: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, and Tioga.

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