The Columbus Foundation is seeking college and graduate students with interest in the nonprofit sector, offering a 10-week, paid fellowship to build work experience and develop skills for a future nonprofit career through its Summer Fellowship Program.

Elderly African American residents of Columbus’ Near East Side will soon benefit from additional support and resources dedicated to keeping them healthy and independent, thanks to an innovative grant made by the Isabelle Ridgway Foundation, an organization focused on promoting the health, well-being, independence, and dignity of aging and elderly African Americans.

The Aspen Institute announced a new partnership with The Columbus Foundation and others aimed at researching and recommending ways to increase access to sports opportunities for young people in Franklin County. The State of Play Central Ohio will analyze the state of youth sports in Franklin County, and offer recommendations to grow access to quality sport options for all children.

The Columbus Foundation announced today that it has established an Emergency Response Fund to support Franklin County nonprofit organizations as they assist in responding to the spread of COVID-19 in the community and experience financial challenges in doing so.

The Diamond Hill Capital Management made a historic grant to help support the community through The Columbus Foundation’s Emergency Response Fund. The $500,000 grant from the Diamond Hill Investments Charitable Foundation Fund will provide critical assistance to central Ohio nonprofits responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world, died in her sleep yesterday at her home in Quincy, Florida, at the age of 88.

The Columbus Foundation and Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Capital Improvement Initiative Funding Partnership announced today it has approved 28 grants totaling $3,973,941 to support capital needs for local nonprofit organizations during 2014.

Now in its fourth year, Giving Tuesday is chasing the name recognition of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Advocates say the annual day of giving — it falls on Dec. 1 this year — continues to spur more people to take a break from holiday binge-spending and donate to charity.

The late central Ohio native and pilot Jerrie Mock joined the Wright brothers, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and other aviation greats on Thursday when she was inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.

The Medical Mutual of Ohio Charitable Fund is announcing grants totaling $213,882 to support six central Ohio nonprofit organizations working with youth and their families to promote physical fitness, weight management and nutrition education to reduce and prevent obesity.