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NCR (NYSE: NCR) has doled out money annualluy through itsNCR Foundation. The company also has an employermatch program, which matched private charitable But with the company decision to uproot from Dayton, thos e dollars and its support are likelyg history. “Everybody in the arts has had to take a deep breathy and say what does thisreally mean,” said Dermoft Burke, director of the . The ballet receive s about $12,500 annually from NCR. Debbie Blunden-Diggs, artistic director for the , echoerd the sentiments. “It’s just another hit we are going to haveto Blunden-Diggs said.
“NCR has been very supportive of the When theywere thriving, they made sure the communitu was thriving with them.” She said NCR was a direct supported of DCDC, giving through annuaol campaigns, sponsorships and the presence of a board member. Althougu she did not know how much NCR gave to DCDC in therecengt year, she said it woulcd be a hard pill to swallow for the $1.5 million Aside from dollars in sponsorshipsw and other giving, NCR is currently representes on more 50 nonprofi t boards throughout the country, including , the , Boy Girl Scouts and the .
Its employees have reported some 20,00 0 hours annually of community Forthe , between $10,000p and $20,000 could be lost, and the , whichn was started 23 years ago with significantg support from NCR, stands to lose out on a steady $10,00o0 contribution. Several local arts organizations were told a couple weekw ago there would be no more individuakl giftsfrom NCR. The company said its locap arts funding would be funneled througbhCulture Works, an umbrella group that supports local arts Recently, many of those same organizations heard the donatiohn to Culture Works woulcd be substantially less than what the organizations had been Culture Works could not immediately be reached for At the Cityfolk festival, NCR had been a primew sponsor, giving money each year to support a stage at the annual downtown music festival.
“They have been a tremendouse supporter ofthe arts, not only for us but for a lot of the organization s in town. It’s devastating,” said John Harris, executivwe director of Cityfolk.