Community Foundation Awards More Than $450,000 in Grants

September 29, 2017

The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation Board of Trustees approved grants totaling $452,186 at the September board meeting. This total includes four competitive grants totaling $363,000, three president’s discretionary grants totaling $4,650 and 40 donor advised grants totaling $84,536.

COMPETITIVE GRANTS Competitive grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations that seek to meet community needs and match the goals, objectives and priorities of The Community Foundation. Grantseekers must submit a written grant proposal for consideration. Applications are reviewed four times per year.

Funding for competitive grants comes from Funds for the Common Good and Field of Interest funds established by donors at The Community Foundation. Funds for the Common Good allow the Foundation’s Board of Trustees to direct the funds where they are most needed. Field of Interest funds are granted in the donor’s chosen area of interest, such as health, education or the arts.

The following competitive grants totaling $363,000 was approved by the Board of Trustees, made possible by the Common Good and Field of Interest Funds of The Community Foundation:

Challenged Champions Equestrian Center, Inc. was awarded a two-year, $15,000 grant to support a hippotherapy program.
The Community Foundation was awarded a one-year grant up to $98,000 to continue nonprofit capacity building to help organizations effectively achieve their missions. This includes group workshops and 1:1 coaching sessions with local, regional and national experts.
Hancock Historical Museum was awarded a one-year, $50,000 grant to assist with the adaptive reuse of the Davis Homestead into the Davis Learning Institute and an annex for the Center for Digital Storytelling and Participatory Media.
Raise the Bar – Hancock County was awarded a two-year, $200,000 matching grant to support the expansion of the Leader in Me program in the Findlay City and Hancock County Schools.

PRESIDENT’S DISCRETIONARY GRANTS Discretionary grants fund urgent or special requests that are outside of the Community Foundation’s various grant cycles. The President of the Community Foundation is allocated an amount each year. These grants do not individually exceed $5,000. The following three discretionary grants totaling $4,650 were approved by the Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

Findlay City Schools was awarded $1,850 to support the restoration of the Chamberlin Hill Land Lab.
Findlay City Schools was awarded $250 for yoga mats and block supports to create a yoga program at Glenwood Middle School.
McComb First Presbyterian Church was awarded a grant for $2,550 to support an English as a Second Language program for the Latino community.

DONOR ADVISED GRANTS – 40 grants totaling $84,536

Arlington School Foundation - $1,000 general support
Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County - $500 general support
Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County - $1,000 general support
Blanchard Valley Health Foundation - $6,660 Armes Family Cancer Care Center project
Blanchard Valley Health Foundation - $5,383 Northwest Ohio Breast Healthy project
Boy Scouts of America, BSAC - $250 Friends of Scouting project
Boy Scouts of America, BSAC - $400 honorary gift
Century Health - $400 basketball court for Tree Line Center
Children's Mentoring Connection - $1,000 general support
Children's Museum of Findlay - $800 Imagination Playground Blocks traveling exhibit
Clothe-A-Child - $500 general support
College First Church of God - $1,000 general support
Community Mental Health Fund - $743 endowment gift
Crime Prevention Association of Findlay-Hancock County - $7,500 Adopt-a-Door BOOT project
Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship of TCF - $5,000 memorial gift
Findlay City Schools - $500 Washington Preschool Playground
Findlay Hope House for the Homeless, Inc. - $1,000 general support
First Presbyterian Church of Findlay - $4,000 emergency assistance program
First Presbyterian Church of Findlay - $1,500 honorary gift
Flag City Honor Flight - $500 general support
Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County - $5,000 Critical Home Repair program
Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County - $1,000 general support
Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County - $1,000 general support
Hancock County Performing Arts Center - $15,000 general support
Hancock Historical Museum Association - $1,000 Davis Homestead Restoration project
Hancock Historical Museum Association - $1,000 Heritage Society gift
Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation - $2,500 Directors Club general support
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish - $1,000 emergency assistance program
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish - $1,000 emergency assistance program
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish - $1,000 emergency assistance program
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish - $1,000 emergency assistance program
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish - $1,000 emergency assistance program
The Center for Safe and Healthy Children - $1,000 general support
The Center for Safe and Healthy Children - $4,000 general support
The Findlay-Hancock Community Foundation - $1,500 honorary gift
United Way of Hancock County - $1,000 flood relief fund
Unruly Arts - $2,000 general support
YMCA of Findlay - $1,000 annual campaign support
YMCA of Findlay - $400 Your Y, Your Year campaign support YMCA of Findlay - $400 Women’s Wellness and Prevention Day support