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Dance Alive National Ballet and the Khoury Family Foundation are proud to jointly announce the naming of their new home, The Khoury Family Center for the Arts. This stunning new facility is anchored by a $1 million donation made by the Khoury Family Foundation. This state-of-the-art performance center will span over 22,000 square feet, will feature a Dance and Music Academy, outreach programs, an art gallery, and a Black Box Theatre for performances and rentals, all situated on beautiful grounds in central Gainesville, Florida. It serves as a true cornerstone of the arts in the heart of North Central Florida.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOAL

The Center is designed by architect James Blythe of BXP Architects, with construction managed by Scherer Construction. This multimillion-dollar project has initiated a Capital Campaign fundraising goal of $7 million. Please consider supporting this internationally award-winning dance company by making a tax-deductible donation. For more information, please visit dancealive.org.

The Khoury Family Foundation proudly supported an arts and mural festival coordinated by The Heart of High Springs, a nonprofit aiming to support the culture and growth of the city. High Springs was fortunate to be selected by The Walldogs organization, which is an international community of over 100 artists, who travel to a selected location to paint amazing and intricate large-scale murals focussing on a town’s history. These volunteers travel thousands of miles (on their own dime), to spend a week being hosted by the community, as they use their talents to tell the historic story of the town. We were fortunate to host, volunteers from England, Scotland, Georgia and Kentucky at our home for the week. The funding from our foundation, helped cover the expenses for the paint, scaffolding, food, etc. The event lasted for 5 days and was very well attended. Thousands of visitors gathered in High Springs to view the murals as they were being designed and painted, and many participated by picking up a brush and contributing their time/talent.

Google “Walldogs Dive into High Springs” for photos of the event.

In January 2022, Peter purchased a home in Nova Scotia. To keep with the Khoury Family Foundation’s objectives, he filed and received approval to expand the Foundation’s registration to now include Canada.

The Khoury Family Foundation continues to expand in supporting the communities in which we live. Our Contributions to non-profits which support our communities continues to increase with $105,000 in grants made during 2021.

Financial support was granted to the following organizations in 2021: Dance Alive (Gainesville, FL), The Inn (Hempstead, NY), Port Gibson UMC (Port Gibson, NY), Hospice of CNY (Syracuse, NY), United Palestinian Appeal (Washington DC), Options for Community Living (Ronkonkoma, NY), After the Harvest (Kansas City, MO).

We are hoping to increase our support for our communities in 2022!

The Khoury Family Foundation continues to provide support for the communities in which we live. In 2020, we provided $28,800 in grants to the following non-profits:

Dance Alive (Gainesville, FL), The Inn (Hempstead, NY), Port Gibson UMC (Port Gibson, NY), Butler Historic Preservation, Society (South Butler, NY), High Springs First UMC (High Springs, FL), and Unity Foster Ministries (High Springs, FL).

On Oct 21, at 9:01 PM in Rio de Janeiro, I am writing this first blog to launch the Khoury Family Foundation website. With all best wishes for this Foundation to be both a way to use my financial assets for the good of helping our communities, and also teaching my family and generations to come the importance of philanthropy and giving of your time, efforts, and talents to humbly give assistance to others.