Continuing their investment in the Richland County community and the organizations that make the county a great place to live, work, and play, the Richland County Foundation Board approved a total of $2,141,608 in grants at its June meeting.

Those grants included amounts going to non-profit organizations from unrestricted, donor-advised, and field of interest funds included a grant for playground equipment for Charles Palm Park in the Village of Bellville; a grant to Mansfield City Schools for teacher training to present a social-emotional program in coordination with Mind Body Align; and a downtown Mansfield Better Block Program grant to Richland County Regional Planning.

Donor-advised funds provided grants for the following:

  • American Red Cross in Richland County
  • Ashland University
  • Avon Theatre Film Center, Inc.
  • Booth Museum of Western Art
  • Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America
  • Children’s Cupboard
  • Denison University
  • Domestic Violence Shelter
  • Downtown Mansfield Inc.
  • Friendly House
  • Friends of Gorman Nature Center
  • Fun Center Chordsman
  • Harmony House
  • Lucas Community Center
  • Lucas Local Schools
  • Mankind Murals
  • Mansfield Area Y
  • Mansfield Art Center
  • Mansfield City Schools
  • Mansfield Memorial Museum
  • North End Community Improvement Collaborative
  • North Central State College
  • Ohio Bird Sanctuary
  • Ohio State University at Mansfield
  • People Helping People of North Central Ohio
  • Pioneer Career and Technology Center
  • Plymouth-Shiloh Local Schools
  • Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center
  • Richland Community Development Group
  • Reinhardt University
  • Renaissance Performing Arts
  • Richland Academy
  • Richland County Children’s Auxiliary
  • Richland County Youth and Family Council
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio
  • Shelby Local Schools
  • St. Peter’s Parish
  • United Way of Richland County


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