COLUMBUS, OH (February 15, 2017)—The Medical Mutual of Ohio Charitable Fund recently awarded grants totaling $150,000 to support central Ohio nonprofit organizations working with youth and their families in programs focused on food choices, cooking, and exercise to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Solving the immediate and long-term problems of Columbus is no small task. Thankfully, the Columbus Foundation is wielding both a large purse and a large influence. We spoke with Dan Sharpe, Director, Community Leadership and Nonprofit Effectiveness for The Columbus Foundation, about how their funds and initiatives strengthen and improve the capital city.

Columbus, OH (April 18, 2017)—The Columbus Foundation named Michelle Alexander, legal scholar, advocate, civil rights attorney, and author of the groundbreaking book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, the 2017 winner of The Spirit of Columbus Award.

The Isabelle Ridgway Foundation announced three grants totaling $120,000 to support organizations serving elderly African Americans in our community.

The Isabelle Ridgway Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of The Columbus Foundation, announced five grants totaling $160,000 to support organizations serving aging African Americans in central Ohio.

The Columbus Foundation is pleased to announce participants in its 2023 Summer Fellowship Program. 

The trustees of the Paul G. Duke Foundation are honored to join hundreds of local businesses, organizations, and individuals in supporting construction of a state-of-the-art new Miami County YMCA facility in Piqua, Ohio.

The deadline for Chillicothe and Ross County organizations to submit grant applications to the Robert E. and Genevieve B. Schaefer Fund of Community Foundations, Inc. is Friday, October 27, 2017.

Twenty-two local nonprofits received grants totaling more than $1.9 million to invest in capital needs, from facility expansion and renovation to technology upgrades and vehicle acquisition, thanks to the Capital Improvement Funding Partnership of The Columbus Foundation and the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation.

The Robert E. and Genevieve B. Schaefer Fund has awarded 15 grants totaling $135,546 to organizations serving the City of Chillicothe and Ross County.