Tioga Downs Foundation Awards $1.1 Million to Twin Tiers Charities

A number of non-profit organizations in Broome, Tioga, Chemung and Bradford Counties are sharing $1.1-million in grant money from the Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation.  In all, 54 organizations in the communities surrounding the casino-resort in Nichols are winners in this latest round of allocations.  

Among the recipients are the Stand With Me Assistance Dog Team Training, Roberson Museum and Bridge Community Center in Broome County, Empire State Special Needs Experience, Owego Emergency Squad ad the Berkshire Community Association in Tioga County and the Animal Care Fund, Guthrie Clinic and Sayre House of Hope in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Applications are already being accepted on line for next year’s round of grants from the Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation. 

During ceremonies announcing this year's grant allocations on November 29, Tioga Downs owner Jeffrey Gural, whose mother's family was from Binghamton, said "This foundation allows us to support people who are changing lives in the cities, towns and villages our guests call home."

2022 Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation Grant Recipients

Broome County

ACHIEVE Binghamton Philharmonic, Inc.

Bridge Community Center

Broome County Urban League, Inc.

Discovery Center of the Southern Tier

Family Planning of South Central New York, Inc.

Friends of Kirkwood Community Inc.

Get There (Rural Health Network of South Central NY)

Goodwill Theatre, Inc.

Hope Foundation of Binghamton, Inc.

Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse, NY

Roberson Museum and Science Center

StacheStrong, Inc.

Stand With Me Assistance Dog Team Training, Inc.

United Way of Broome County, Inc.

Tioga County

A New Hope Center

Berkshire Community Association

Camp Ahwaga Association

Candor Emergency Squad, Inc.

Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County

Empire State Special Needs Experience, Inc.

Kali's Klubhouse, Inc.

McKendree United Methodist Church Open Hearts Dinner

Owego EMS, Inc.

Southern Tier Music Teachers Association

Stray Haven Humane Society & SPCA

Tioga County Boys & Girls Club

Waterman Conservation Education Center

Chemung County

AIM Independent Living Center

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chemung County

Economic Opportunity Program, Inc. of Chemung County

Family Service Society, Inc.

Golden Glow Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.

Horseheads Family Resource Center

Neighborhood Transformation Center

Southern Tier Pregnancy Resource Center

Tanglewood Community Nature Center, Inc.

United Way of the Southern Tier

Woody Wilson

Young Women's Christian Association of Elmira/Twin Tiers

Bradford County (PA)

Animal Care Fund

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Tiers

Bradford County Action, Inc.

Dale's Depot

Guthrie Clinic

Northern Tier Unified Arts Association

Sayre House of Hope

Secure Rehabilitation and Vocational Enterprises, Inc.

Spay Neuter Save Network

Special Olympics Pennsylvania

Supporting Area Families Everyday (S.A.F.E)

Troy Lions Club Foundation

United Way of Bradford County