United Cultural Fund Grants Announced for 2016

Established to sustain the arts in Broome County, the UCF is the only active, locally-funded, combined campaign for the arts in south-central New York and one of only seven such programs in entire state. The 2016 campaign raised a total of $278,459, 85 percent of which was allocated to this year’s grant awards. The BCAC, located at 81 State St., Binghamton, receives 15 percent for administration. (In 2015, the UCF campaign raised $282,953, and the BCAC awarded $239,575 in grants. The same seven arts organizations received general support. Fourteen non-profits and individuals received project grants.)
Major donors who invested in this year’s campaign include the Hoyt Foundation, Broome County Government, the Decker Foundation, the Gaffney Foundation, M&T Bank and IBM, as well as other local businesses and corporations and a host of individuals. Representatives of both the donor organizations and the recipients attended this morning’s announcement at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Binghamton.
Investments in the arts pay a financial as well as a cultural dividend, according to Knochen-Davis and BCAC Board President Frederick R. Xlander, who made the grant announcements. Last year’s recipients collectively returned more than $4.6 million to Broome County’s economy, up $600,000 from 2014.
The following organizations received general operating support:
ART Mission & Theater                          $12,000
Binghamton Philharmonic                       $52,000
Cider Mill Playhouse                               $11,500
Endicott Performing Arts Center             $20,000
Goodwill Theater                                     $10,000
Roberson Museum & Science Center      $56,000
Tri-Cities Opera                                       $56,000
 
The following non-profit organizations and individuals received project grants:
• Binghamton Center for Writers               $1,000 The Binghamton Poetry Project
• Binghamton Community Orchestra        $1,000 STMTA Concerto Competition   Winners Contest
• Binghamton Downtown Singers             $1,000 Downtown Singers Spring Concert 2016
• Binghamton Youth Symphony                $1,000 Annual Spring Concert
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Binghamton        $1,000 Exploring Careers in Photography: After School Program for Underserved Youth
• Brian Murphy                                             $900 Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image
• Deposit Performing Arts Center             $1,000 Danceability – Tina Christina-Price and Rik Daniels
• Kopernik Society of Broome County         $500 EXPOSURE: a screening of art films with astronomical images
• Madrigal Choir of Binghamton                  $900 “Tanzen und Singen: Music in Motion”
• Phelps Mansion Museum                        $1,000 Chamber Music Series at the Phelps
• Preservation Association of the Southern Tier   $900 Everyone Has a Hometown
• SPARE Productions                                   $600 SPARE Productions presents “Letter Writing”
• SRO Productions III                                $1,000 SRO Productions Presents: “Evita”
• Vestal Museum                                       $1,000 Musical Memories Series
• Windsor Whip Works Art Center           $1,000 Ceramic Sculpture & Pottery Workshop
For more information, call 607-723-4620, e-mail lkdavis@broomearts.org or visit BroomeArts.org.