Richland County Foundation awards nearly $450,000 in grants

MANSFIELD - The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved $449,876 in grants during its April board meeting.  

The Richland County Humane Society was awarded a grant to help with a plan to reorganize for sustainability of the organization. That plan includes a newly created position of managing director to provide leadership in operations, including budgeting and fundraising activities.

The Richland County Foundation is supporting summertime programs focused on children. The Summertime Kids Committee, co-chaired by Foundation board of trustee members Julie McCready and Jotika Shetty, along with members from the community, awarded $53,321 in Summertime Kids grants. The grants of up to $2,500 were given to support creative, educational and fun-filled activities for hundreds of Richland County children. 

The board of trustees approved grants from donor-advised funds, which allows individuals and families the opportunity to make grant suggestions to favorite charities. 

The organizations that received grants from donor-advised funds are American Red Cross, Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo, City of Mansfield - Community Development, Discovery School, First Congregational Church of Mansfield, Friends of the Black Fork, Friends of the Gorman Nature Center, Hartwick College, Hospice of North Central Ohio, Idea Works, Kingwood Center Gardens, Little Buckeye Children's Museum, Mansfield Area Y, Mansfield Art Center, Mary McLeod Bethune Intervention/Enrichment , Mid Ohio Guardianship Services Inc., Muskingum University, NECIC, North Central Ohio Land Conservancy, North Central State College Foundation, Ohio Bird Sanctuary, OSU Foundation, Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center, RCDG, Renaissance Performing Arts Association, Richland Academy of the Arts, Richland Community Development Group, Richland County Foundation, Salvation Army and United Way of Richland Co.