Foundation Awards Education Grants

By Maura Teynor | August 14, 2024

The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved $2,070,011 in grants during its August meeting. A large portion of the grants were for educational purposes. 

The board approved $789,086 in scholarships to Richland County students. Scholarships are awarded based on a student’s financial need and grade point average. The average scholarship amount this year was $3,000. 

RCF also awards career technical education scholarships throughout the year. The board approved $4,800 in CTE scholarships during this meeting and the year to date total is $33,350. 

The board approved education grants totaling close to $66,000. Funding was provided from the unrestricted grant budget as well as field of interest funds. Education grants are selected by a committee made up of board members and people from the community for creative and innovative supplemental programs not covered by school funding. The grants are given to K-12 teachers in public or private Richland County schools to encourage them to develop new programs for their classrooms. 

$80,000 will provide grant prize incentives to nonprofit organizations during Richland Gives November 18 through December 3. 

The Board of Trustees approved grants from donor-advised funds to meet emerging needs at the following organizations:

  • Achievement Centers for Children
  • Blue Rose Mission
  • Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America
  • Catholic Charities
  • City of Mansfield
  • Discovery School
  • Domestic Violence Shelter
  • First United Methodist Church
  • Greater Cleveland Food Bank
  • Habitat for Humanity of Richland & Crawford Counties
  • Lucas Baseball Softball League
  • Lucas Local Schools
  • Make A Wish Foundation
  • Mansfield Art Center
  • Mansfield City Schools
  • Mid-Ohio Civic Opera
  • Mission 22
  • New Store
  • North End Community Improvement Collaborative
  • Ohio Bird Sanctuary
  • Ohio State University Foundation
  • Philanthropic Venture Foundation
  • Project One
  • Richland Academy of the Arts
  • Renaissance Performing Arts
  • Richland Community Development Group
  • Richland County Humane Society
  • Richland County Pregnancy Services
  • Richland County Veteran Mentoring Program
  • Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio
  • Shelby Foundation
  • Smile Train
  • St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
  • Taking Root Farms
  • Volunteers of America
  • Wayfinders Ohio