MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation offers scholarships to graduating high school seniors, current college or career tech students, and non-traditional students. Past recipients of an RCF scholarship are eligible to receive awards again. No scholarships through the Foundation are automatically renewable so applicants must apply each year. New applicants, applying for college scholarships, including […]
Maura Teynor, Chief Advancement Officer for Richland County Foundation
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Generous donors make Richland Gives a success
MANSFIELD — Richland Gives, an online giving event hosted by the Richland County Foundation, raised $739,860 via 1,994 donors to benefit 88 Richland County nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 2015, Richland Gives has raised $4,535,191. Richland Gives is designed to encourage people to contribute to local nonprofits they care about through a single giving […]
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Richland County Foundation Women’s Fund continues effort to improve child care
MANSFIELD – The Women’s Fund of the Richland County Foundation awarded $68,738 in grants and announced the JoAnn Dutton Award honoree during a recent luncheon. For the seventh year in a row, the Women’s Fund awarded a grant to make quality child care affordable and accessible to women in Richland County. The YWCA of Northwest […]
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Women’s Fund seeks nominations for JoAnn Dutton Volunteerism Award
MANSFIELD – The Women’s Fund of the Richland County Foundation is accepting nominationsfor the JoAnn Dutton Volunteer Community Service Award. The award celebrates and honors women leaders who devote a significant amount of time and energy in a meaningful way to local charitable organizations. This award sponsored by the Women’s Fund of the Richland County […]
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Local teachers receive grants from Richland County Foundation
MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved education grants totaling close to $67,000. Funding was provided from the unrestricted grant budget as well as field of interest funds. Education grants are selected by a committee made up of board members and people from the community for creative and innovative supplemental programs not […]
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Richland County Foundation earmarks large portion of $1.8 million funding for education
MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved $1,835,608 in grants during its August meeting. A large portion of the grants were for educational purposes. The board approved $901,400 in college scholarships to 326 Richland County students. Scholarships are awarded based on a student’s financial need and grade point average. The average scholarship […]
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Richland Gives registration opens
MANSFIELD – Registration for Richland Gives, an online giving event hosted by the Richland County Foundation (RCF), opens Aug. 1. It is free; however, Richland County based nonprofits must register each year. Thanks to the generosity of donors of the Foundation, $80,000 in incentives will be awarded as grants to participating organizations, beyond what they […]
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Richland County Foundation invites non-profit organizations to apply for a Women’s Fund Grant
MANSFIELD — The Women’s Fund of the Richland County Foundation is accepting grant applications from non-profit organizations for programs that support women and girls. If you have questions about the process or guidelines, please contact Foundation Community Investment Officer Bobby Rhea at brhea@rcfoundation.org or call 419-525-3020 to assure a program complies with the focus and […]
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Richland County Foundation supports children’s summer activities
MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation is supporting summertime programs focused on children. The Summertime Kids Committee chaired by Foundation Board of Trustees member Karen Bierly along with members from the community approved $59,000 in Summertime Kids grants to 26 organizations. The grants of up to $2,500 support creative, educational, and fun-filled activities for hundreds […]
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Richland County Foundation grants more than $8.7 million in 2024
MANSFIELD – During the Richland County Foundation annual meeting, President & CEO Allie Watson reported the Foundation granted $8,771,101 in 2024. Donors continued to be very generous and gifts for the year totaled $8,721,037. Foundation donors were most passionate about supporting community development with grants totaling $2,640,595. Other sectors receiving grants were children/families/youth $1,618,939, education […]