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.

The Columbus Foundation’s Governing Committee recently approved more than $1.4 million in grants to support 51 arts organizations serving central Ohio.

Hundreds of nonprofit leaders and philanthropic funders from across Columbus convened at The Columbus Foundation today to hear the results from the seminal publication Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy, which was released earlier this week.

After a highly successful beta phase, which raised over $100,000 from donors across the region, The Columbus Foundation today officially released Better Together, the first crowdfunding platform built specifically to support nonprofit organizations in central Ohio.

545 nonprofit organizations across ten counties in central Ohio benefited from the generosity of donors on #GivingTuesday during The Columbus Foundation’s “Give Two on #GivingTuesday” promotion.

The Columbus Foundation has announced the appointment of officers and members to serve on its Governing Committee in 2019.

On Monday, March 16, The Columbus Foundation received a $1 million gift to its Emergency Response Fund, which assists nonprofit organizations that are experiencing a loss of revenue and/or an increase in operating costs due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Columbus Youth Foundation has announced a $30,000 Signature Investment grant to provide new recreation space for United Schools Network’s flagship middle school, Columbus Collegiate Academy.