Foundation Board Approves Grants
Beth Maiden
Community Foundation Board Approves $565,000 in Grants The Board of Directors of The Community Foundation of Lorain County approved $565,874 in grants to 36 organizations that provide creative solutions to today’s problems that affect local residents. The Community Foundation provides grants in five areas: Arts & Culture, Community-Building, Education, Health and Social Services. For information on applying for a grant, please visit www.peoplewhocare.org/page20404.cfm . ARTS & CULTURE Great Lakes Theater Festival 2011?2012 Education Programs in Lorain County - $25,432.00 Lorain Palace Civic Center Movies Under the Stars / Summer Fun Movies 2012 - $25,000.00 Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras Scholarships - $2,500.00 Oberlin Choristers General operating support - $10,000.00 Ohio Dance Theatre General operating support - $15,000.00 Slowik Music Institute Credo Community Service Days - $2,500.00 The MAD Factory Theatre?based Arts Programming - $5,000.00 COMMUNITY-BUILDING Amherst Historical Society Live Oak Engine Company #1 Fire Museum - $15,000.00 Direct Action for Central Lorain CDC General operating support - $5,000.00 Friendship Animal Protective League General Operating Support and Board Development - $20,248.00 Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Access to Justice for Lorain County Residents - $10,000.00 Lorain County Urban League Health and Quality of Life - $23,000.00 Team Lorain County General operating support - $15,000.00 Western Reserve Land Conservancy Land preservation work in Lorain County - $5,000.00 EDUCATION Atmosphere Adventures Science Enrichment Program - $9,000.00 Cleveland Museum of Natural History Health and Natural History Outreach Education for Rural Lorain County - $10,080.00 College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc. College Access Advising for Lorain County Students - $5,000.00 Educational Service Center of Lorain County Lorain County Young Authors Program - $4,250.00 Herrick Memorial Library Early Literacy and Continuing Literacy - $5,340.00 Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland Lorain County Operations - $15,000.00 Lake Erie Nature and Science Center Discover the Universe - $5,000.00 Ohio State University Foundation 4?H program in Lorain County - $22,950.00 Veggie U Veggie U Earth to Table Science Project - $13,200.00 HEALTH Alzheimer's Association Enhancing the Lives of People Living with Alzheimer's Disease in Lorain County - $35,000.00 Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Lorain County - $17,500.00 Coalition for the Uninsured of Lorain County Lorain County Drug Repository - $25,000.00 The Nord Center Sexual Assault Care Unit - $25,000.00 SOCIAL SERVICES Catholic Charities Health and Human Services Emergency Assistance Programs for Lorain County - $50,000.00 Child Care Resource Center Shared Solutions Alliance and Crisis Care Scholarship Fund - $35,000.00 Family Promise of Lorain County, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network - $25,000.00 Harrison Cultural Community Centre General operating support - $15,000.00 Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Inc. Strengthening Families Program serving Wellington and southern Lorain County - $9,192.00 Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Association Volunteer Guardianship Program of Lorain County - $15,000.00 Neighborhood House Assn. of Lorain County Senior Nutrition: Emergency Funding - $35,000.00 Salvation Army Service Extension Department Support for Service Unit in Wellington - $682.00 YMCA of Vermilion General operating support - $10,000.00 Total: $565,874.00 The Community Foundation is Lorain County’s permanent resource for building philanthropy. Hundreds of donors who have generously created endowed funds have made these grants possible. To find out how you can support local nonprofit organizations through the Community Foundation, call 440.984.7390.
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