Fenimore Asset Management is featuring five nonprofits as part of its 50th anniversary celebration and overall 2024 charitable giving. Proctors Collaborative represents The Arts, one of our five main giving categories.
PROCTORS COLLABORATIVE, Schenectady, NY
- As an arts and community development organization, Proctors Collaborative makes a wide variety of performing arts experiences accessible, while also supporting the community behind the scenes.
- Founded in 1977 by community advocates who rescued the 1926 Proctors theatre from demolition, the organization has grown to become the region’s destination for touring Broadway shows.
- In 2012, Proctors launched an affiliation with Capital Repertory Theatre, modeling how organizations can work together to share services for mutual benefit across the region.
- The Collaborative partnered with Universal Preservation Hall in 2016 and Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra in 2022.
- The partnership of venues hosts more than 1,700 events per year, attended by 650,000 people.
- The Collaborative supports 1,300 direct and indirect jobs and makes a $45 million annual impact on the region’s economy.
Watch our video that spotlights all five nonprofits.
