YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – In its final grant cycle of 2024, the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and its supporting organizations awarded $634,000 to 34 local nonprofits.

Through its General Grant, the foundation awarded $223,500 to 27 organizations. The Trumbull Memorial Health Foundation, which focuses on programs to improve health in Trumbull County, awarded four grants totaling $124,400. The Western Reserve Health Foundation, which supports similar work in Mahoning County, awarded seven grants totaling $100,000. The William Swanston Charitable Fund made grants totaling $86,500 to seven organizations.

In addition, the Hospice Trust of Trumbull County awarded $100,000 to Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice to launch a new holistic health program for its clients.

The fourth-quarter grants bring the total amount awarded last year by the foundation to $3.3 million in competitive grant awards, an increase of more than $1 million from the previous year.

Here are the fourth-quarter grant awards:

Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley

  • Axxess Family Services: $5,000 for the foster grandparent AmeriCorps program.
  • Axxess Family Services: $5,000 for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
  • Boston Avenue Neighbor Association: $6,000 to support the Happy Place Sanctuary.
  • Cadence Care Network: $10,000 to support the addition of a career exploration coach at the Cadence Coffeehouse & Creperie.
  • Compass Family and Community Services: $20,000 for the senior guardianship program.
  • Down Syndrome Association of the Valley: $5,000 for health and wellness programs.
  • Dylan’s House: $5,000 for operating support.
  • Fairhaven Foundation: $10,000 for its community experiences program.
  • Honeycomb Arts and Wellness Collective: $5,000 to create a new website and marketing plan.
  • Loop Youngstown: $10,000 for operating support.
  • Malone University: $2,800 for its textbook library.
  • Mercy Health: $10,000 for the Stepping Out program.
  • Northeast Ohio Adoption Services: $9,000 for operating support.
  • OCCHA: $4,200 to modernize organizational policies.
  • Ohio Urban Renaissance: $15,000 for its Initiative for College Academics Now program.
  • River Valley Organizing: $4,000 for operating support.
  • Scholastics Art and Writing – Youngstown State University: $5,000 to provide arts supplies and support to high school students.
  • Shepherds of All God’s Children Learning Center: $10,000 for pre- and after-school programs.
  • Smith Township: $5,000 for a new playground at the site of the former Maple Ridge Elementary.
  • Students Motivated by the Arts: $10,000 for arts education programs.
  • Kelly Pavlik Charitable Organization: $5,000 for operating support.
  • Trumbull County Historical Society: $20,000 for first phase construction of the Museum of Science Fiction & Fantasy Arts.
  • Ursuline Sisters Mission: $10,000 for its HIV/AIDS ministry.
  • Warren Heritage Center: $5,000 to install new exhibits at the Kinsman House.
  • Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries: $10,000 to implement findings from its workforce-focused community needs assessment.
  • Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation: $12,500 for the neighborhood cleanup program.
  • The Youngstown Playhouse: $5,000 for its youth theater program.

Trumbull Memorial Health Foundation

  • Mercy Health: $10,000 for the Stepping Out program.
  • Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership: $68,400 for the Trumbull Health and Wellness Initiative.
  • Yellow Brick Place: $40,000 for operating support.
  • Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries: $6,000 for implementing its community needs assessment.

Western Reserve Health Foundation

  • Greater Ohio Policy Center: $20,000 for policy advocacy, coalition building and research work to support local revitalization efforts.
  • Mahoning County Land Bank: $10,000 for the side lots and greenspaces improvement projects.
  • Mercy Health: $10,000 for the Stepping Out program.
  • Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio: $20,000 to support the Youngstown health center.
  • Yellow Brick Place: $10,000 for operating support.
  • Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation: $20,000 for the Glenwood Fresh Market.
  • Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries: $10,000 for implementing its community needs assessment.

William Swanston Charitable Fund

  • Cadence Care Network: $11,000 for its job training program at Cadence Coffeehouse & Creperie.
  • Fossil Ledges Animal Education Center: $5,500 for equine assisted therapy program.
  • Inspiring Minds Youngstown: $20,000 for its youth programs.
  • Kent State University: $10,000 for the Lake to River LGBTQ+ community needs assessment.
  • Smith Township: $15,000 for a new playground.
  • United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley: $5,000 for its kindergarten readiness bags.
  • Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation: $20,000 for the Glenwood Fresh Market.

The CFMV and its supporting foundations have four deadlines for 2025: Jan. 15, April 15, July 15 and Oct. 15. Organizations can see grant opportunities and start an application HERE.