{"id":107794,"date":"2025-10-17T07:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=107794"},"modified":"2025-10-17T07:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:47:23","slug":"tioga-downs-regional-community-foundation-is-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/10\/17\/tioga-downs-regional-community-foundation-is-accepting-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation is accepting applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As part of its annual tradition, the Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications from not for profits and charitable organizations in Broome, Tioga, Chemung, and Bradford counties through Oct. 31, 2025. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The foundation will award $2,000,000, which was increased in 2023 from $1,500,000, to 501 (c)3 organizations that combat local poverty and community deterioration, as well as help the many great organizations that make a difference with various populations throughout the community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The foundation aims to provide funds to those groups that advance charitable, religious, literary, scientific, and educational purposes in the target counties.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Interested applicants must mail a hard copy of their complete application to PO Box 15, Nichols, N.Y. 13827 and must be received no later than Oct. 31, 2025. Applications can be found on the Tioga Downs Casino and Resort website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiogadowns.com\/about-us\/foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tiogadowns.com\/about-us\/foundation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Grant recipients will be announced on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in an afternoon ceremony at the Tioga Downs Casino and Resort Event Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation\u2019s mission is to promote economic and community development in the counties surrounding Tioga Downs Casino Resort.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">TDRCF is solely funded by personal contributions from Jeffrey Gural, the owner of Tioga Downs Casino Resort. Mr. Gural is dedicated to helping these communities and considers it a personal responsibility and privilege.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information on Tioga Downs, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiogadowns.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tiogadowns.com<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its annual tradition, the Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications from not for profits and charitable organizations in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":107795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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