The Davey Tree Family Scholarship assists students pursuing post-high school education with a focus on Urban Forestry, Arboriculture or Science and Landscape Technology.

The Healthcare Justice Scholarship benefits racial, ethnic, and cultural underrepresented populations pursuing careers in healthcare. The scholarship fund will increase opportunities; educate, train, and employ more individuals of a diverse background; and allow for more diverse perspectives in the healthcare field. The goal is to grow a diverse healthcare pipeline to improve health outcomes.

Amy Stearns Acton, MD, and Matthew Martin will join The Columbus Foundation and serve as officers in the Community Research and Grants Management department. Dr. Acton and Martin bring extensive community experience and research backgrounds that will support the Foundation’s grantmaking and initiatives—with special emphasis in the areas of public health and neighborhood revitalization.

The Columbus Foundation celebrated its 2016 philanthropy results Wednesday morning — a tally that includes a record $205.8 million in grants awarded — and announced the return of The Big Give.

The Columbus Foundation named 10 local artists as the 2018 recipients of The Spirit of Columbus Award. The announcement was made at a civic celebration held today at the Foundation.

The Trustees of The Paul G. Duke Foundation are pleased to welcome new Board member Deborah Miller, the executive director of Charitable Healthcare Network (formerly Ohio Association of Free Clinics).

At the Columbus' True Originals event in 2020, The Columbus Foundation announced a $200,000 grant to preserve the home of Columbus artist and MacArthur Fellow Aminah Robinson, who passed away in 2015. The grant caps the Foundation’s 75th anniversary and is a fitting tribute to Robinson, who created multiple original pieces for the Foundation’s 50th anniversary in 1993

The Columbus Foundation named Dr. Amy Acton, Director of the Ohio Department of Health, as the 2020 recipient of The Spirit of Columbus Award in recognition of her outstanding work and leadership during this public health crisis.

The Columbus Foundation’s Governing Committee announced that the Foundation is expanding its Leadership Team and expanding its Employee Assistance Program to include additional corporate clients.

The Foundation’s Governing Committee approved the establishment of the Central Ohio Digital Divide Fund. The fund, seeded with $500,000, was created as a branch of the Emergency Response Fund, launched in March to address needs related to COVID-19. Support from the Central Ohio Digital Divide Fund will provide opportunities to expand the research regarding online connectivity challenges, and implement ideas included in a broadband access report commissioned by the Foundation and released earlier this month.