The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved $449,876 in grants during its April board meeting.
The Richland County Humane Society was awarded a grant to help with a plan to reorganize for sustainability of the organization. That plan includes a newly created position for a managing director to provide leadership in operations, including budgeting and fundraising activities.
As we shared last week, the Foundation is also supporting summertime programs focused on children with Summertime Kids grants. That story can be read here. The grants of up to $2,500 were given to support creative, educational and fun-filled activities for hundreds of Richland County children.
The Board of Trustees approved grants from donor-advised funds which allows individuals and families the opportunity to make grant suggestions to favorite charities. Donor Advised Funds are a flexible and convenient alternative to a private foundation. It is also a way to keep charitable contributions anonymous, at the preference of the donor.
The following organizations received grants from donor-advised funds:
- American Red Cross
- Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo
- City of Mansfield – Community Development
- Discovery School
- First Congregational Church of Mansfield
- Friends of the Black Fork
- Friends of the Gorman Nature Center
- Hartwick College
- Hospice of North Central Ohio
- Idea Works
- Kingwood Center Gardens
- Little Buckeye Children’s Museum
- Mansfield Area Y
- Mansfield Art Center
- Mary McLeod Bethune Intervention/Enrichment
- Mid Ohio Guardianship Services, Inc.
- Muskingum University
- NECIC
- North Central Ohio Land Conservancy
- North Central State College Foundation
- Ohio Bird Sanctuary
- OSU Foundation
- Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center
- RCDG
- Renaissance Performing Arts Association
- Richland Academy of the Arts
- Richland Community Development Group
- Richland County Foundation
- Salvation Army
- United Way of Richland Co.
