Community Foundation Awards $486K in Grants

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and its three supporting foundations have awarded more than $486,000 in grants to 36 nonprofit organizations in the second round of funding for 2023.

Through the CFMV General Grant, fundholders awarded $262,500. The Trumbull Memorial Health Foundation awarded $118,000, and the Western Reserve Health Foundation awarded $30,000. The William Swanston Charitable Fund awarded $70,000. 

In addition, the Young Philanthropist Fund, led by the grants committee of Mahoning Valley Young Professionals, awarded a $6,000 grant to Animal Charity of Ohio to support its capital campaign to build a new site in Mahoning County.

“There are so many great projects that received funding from CFMV fundholders and our supporting organizations. While the work spans a wide range of needs – from summer programs for kids to supporting cancer patients – all of it builds toward a Mahoning Valley that’s better for all,” said Shari Harrell, president of the Community Foundation. “We’re especially excited for the work done through the Young Philanthropist Fund, which gives many young professionals their first exposure to the world of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.”

Here are the grant recipients and amounts awarded:

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE MAHONING VALLEY

• Alzheimer’s Association-Greater East Ohio Area – $5,000 for the caregiver relief program;
• Autism Society of Mahoning Valley – $7,500 for its Social Connections program;
• Boulevard Park Block Watch – $10,000 for the second phase of the Clarencedale Pocket Park;
• Boy Scouts of America, Great Trail Council – $2,500 for operating support;
• Brite Energy Innovators – $5,000 for entrepreneurial support;
• Fairhaven Foundation – $7,500 for operating support;
• Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County – $7,500 for programming support;
• Flying Horse Farms – $4,000 for scholarships for campers attending the camp from the Valley;
• Friends of 91.3 FM – $4,000 for operating support;
• Home for Good Re-Entry Resource Referral Center – $15,000 for operating support;
• Kool Boiz Foundation – $10,000 for the Young Men’s Empowerment Series mentoring program;
• Mahoning Valley Historical Society – $5,500 for the suitcase history outreach program;
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana – $5,000 to fulfill wishes in northeastern Ohio;
• Meridian HealthCare – $10,000 to renovate and upgrade bathrooms at its South Campus;
• Millcreek Children’s Center – $10,000 for operating support;
• Oh Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology – $7,500 for operating support;
• Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice – $3,000 for intergenerational programming at the Vivo Center;
• Ohio Urban Renaissance – $15,000 for revitalization of its building on North Avenue;
• Opera Western Reserve – $5,000 for the production of “Carmen”;
• Protestant Family Service – $10,000 for its Pathway to Stability program;
• Rowan Sweeney Memorial Foundation – $5,000 for the Rowan Sweeney Memorial Playground;
• The Salvation Army – $10,000 for emergency social services;
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul-Northeast Ohio District Council – $10,000 for the Trumbull County Sleep Soundly mattress voucher program;
• Stambaugh Auditorium – $5,000 for the YourArts summer camp;
• Thrive Mahoning Valley – $5,000 for operating support;
• Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership – $5,000 for community-building mini grants;
• United Returning Citizens – $15,000 for operating support;
• Veterans’ Outreach – $10,000 for operating support;
• Warren Grown – $1,000 for the From Sapling to Sovereign youth summer program;
• Welcome Baby USA – $5,000 for Welcome Baby packages to support newborns and mothers;
• Woodland Park United Methodist Church – $5,000 for the Helping Hands non-food pantry;
• The Workshops Inc. – $5,000 for the expansion of adult vocational training programs at the Mahoning Valley Campus of Care;
• Yellow Brick Place – $12,500 for operating support;
• YMCA of Youngstown – $10,000 for operating support;
• YWCA Mahoning Valley – $10,000 for Y Girls STEAM Summer Camps.

TRUMBULL MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION

• Humility of Mary Housing – $8,000 for food vouchers for unhoused and low-income Trumbull County residents;
• Oh Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology – $15,000 for the Summer Manufacturing Institute;
• Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board – $50,000 for community engagement and health equity work;
• Yellow Brick Place – $30,000 for operating support;
• Youngstown Area Jewish Federation – $15,000 for hospice suite renovations.

WESTERN RESERVE HEALTH FOUNDATION

• Boulevard Park Block Watch – $20,000 for the second phase of the Clarencedale Pocket Park;
• Yellow Brick Place – $10,000 for operating support.

WILLIAM SWANSTON CHARITABLE FUND

• Boulevard Park Block Watch – $10,000 for the second phase of the Clarencedale Pocket Park;
• Ohio Urban Renaissance – $20,000 for building revitalization;
• Oh Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology – $15,000 for the Summer Manufacturing Institute;
• SWAG Sisters 330 – $10,000 for operating support;
• United Returning Citizens – $15,000 for youth mentoring programs.

Remaining deadlines for the year are July 15 and Oct. 15. Organizations can see grant opportunities and start applications HERE.

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.