The Richland County Foundation is supporting summertime programs focused on children.  A committee of Foundation Board of Trustees and community members recently awarded 20 grants totaling $39,416.

The grants of up to $2,500 were given to support creative, educational and fun-filled activities for hundreds of Richland County children. 

The following grants were approved:

  • Blue Rose Mission, Property Maintenance-Skill Building
  • Catalyst Life Services, Do It Deaf Camp Collaboration
  • City of Mansfield, Hooked on Fishing
  • Culliver Reading Center, STEAM Field Trip & Activities
  • Friendly House Association, Friendly House Summer Fun
  • Harmony House, Educational and Recreational Activities
  • Hospice of NCO, Grief Camp
  • Mankind Murals, Inc., Mansfield Schools Mural
  • North Central Ohio Soap Box Derby, Derby Cars
  • Ohio Bird Sanctuary, Summer Fun
  • City of Ontario, Summer Rec
  • Renaissance Performing Arts, Theater Camp
  • Salvation Army, Dewald Community Center STEAM
  • Shelby Church of the Nazarene, K-City Day Camp
  • Shelby Local Schools, Camp Invention
  • Shelby Local Schools, Shelby Safety Town
  • UMADAOP, Cooking Camp

Funded by Field of Interest Funds:

  • Independent Living Center, Day for Youth with Disabilities
  • Little Buckeye Children’s Museum, Developmental Play with Therapists
  • Richland Newhope, Summer Campership


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