Tioga Downs Foundation Presents Over $500,000 in Grants

Tioga Downs owner Jeff Gural is presenting over a half million dollars to 37 local organizations ranging from churches to animal shelters.

The award from the Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation is the second of two half-million dollar presentations for 2019 and totals $510,309.  

The Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation is a non-profit organization that reviews and selects applicants for grant funding.

The latest presentation is being made at 6 p.m. January 3 at the Tioga Downs casino’s Event Center Ballroom.

Groups receiving funding include: 

• First Baptist Church of Owego
• North Central Sight Services
• Camp Ahwaga Association Inc.
• Western Broome Meals on Wheels
• Penn-York Valley Habitat for Humanity
• All Saints Episcopal Church
• Campville Fire Department
• Chemung County Humane Society and SPCA Inc
• Tioga Central School
• North Barton Grange #45
• Trinity Episcopal Church
• Bradford County Action, Inc
• Special Olympics Pennsylvania - Bradford/ Sullivan
• Broome Tioga BOCES
• Greater Valley EMS
• Broome County Gang Prevention, Inc
• Waverly Recreation Booster Club
• Tioga County Open Door Mission
• Fenton Free Library Association
• Bradford County Regional Arts Council
• Economic Opportunity Program, Inc. of Chemung
• SEEDs of Hope Binghamton, Inc.
• LeRoy Heritage Museum, Inc.
• Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc.
• Tioga Opportunities - Project Neighbor of Newark Valley
• Catholic Schools of Broome County
• Endicott Performing Arts Center
• Broome County Humane Society & Relief Association
• Secure Rehabilitation and Vocational Enterprises, Inc
• Berkshire Free Library
• Friends of Broome County Public Library
• Salvation Army of Binghamton
• Danielle House
• Police Athletic League of Binghamton NY
• Discovery Center of the Southern Tier
• Junior Achievement of Central Upstate NY
• Goodwill Theatre, Inc.

To qualify for funding, applicants must be charitable, religious, literary, scientific or educational groups operating in Broome, Tioga, Chemung or Bradford Counties.