


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