The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved $568,627 in grants to area nonprofit agencies during its October meeting.
The Mansfield Art Center received a grant for its Art Rising campaign. The campaign includes funding to build a new arts education building, an events pavilion, renovations to the current building, an outreach program with Mansfield City Schools and support of a new marketing/development employee.
Other nonprofits that received grants for projects and programs from the community and field of interest funds that are impacting area residents include:
-Catholic Charities to provide individual assistance.
-Flying Horse Farms to send Richland County children with serious illnesses to camp.
-North Central State College Foundation to renovate classrooms to include smart technology.
The Board of Trustees approved additional grants from donor-advised funds to meet emerging needs to the following organizations:
- American Red Cross
- Artists Archive of the Western Reserve
- Crawford County Economic Development
- Discovery School
- Friendly House
- Healthnetwork Foundation
- Inclusive Higher Education Certificate Program
- Lucas Community Center
- Madison Summer Baseball League
- Malabar Farm Foundation
- Mansfield Area Y
- Mansfield Art Center
- Mansfield Playhouse
- Mansfield Richland Educational Chamber Foundation
- North Central Ohio Land Conservancy
- Richland Community Development Group
- Resurrection Parish
- Village of Bellville
Source: Richland County Foundation
