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
