Financial Highlights:

The GEF Arts Endowment Reaches its Goal!


The Granby Education Foundation's Arts Endowment, through which the Foundation plans to make $10,000 available annually for funding high-quality arts events, has reached its goal of $200,000 in cash and pledges! (Fall 2009)

The GEF Arts Endowment was launched in 2004 for the purpose of bringing quality arts programming to the Granby community. Raising $200,000 in a struggling economy proved difficult, but the GEF persevered by holding Arts fundraisers each year. Over the last six years, the GEF has hosted: Livingston Taylor, Tom Chapin and Friends, the Miami String Quartet, the Connecticut Ballet, Cliff Eberhardt, the Freestyle Repertory Theatre, and the Theatre Division of the Hartt School.

In 2008, the GEF, working with the Connecticut Ballet, produced The Nutcracker, an enormous undertaking which gave 140 local children the opportunity to perform alongside professional dancers in this timeless classic. The 2009 Fall “Songwriter’s Showcase,” has now put the fundraising effort over its $200,000 goal.

The GEF thanks those who supported this effort and continue to support the Foundation through donations, each ticket purchase, event attendance, and word of mouth endorsement!

Fall 2009 GEF Celebrates $200,000 Goal by Granting One‐Time Special Grant - Granby Memorial High School Auditorium Wireless Microphone System