MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved grants totaling $2,067,053 during its February meeting. Competitive, field of interest and donor-advised fund grants approved by the board included the following grants: Wayfinders Ohio, the local homeless shelter, received a grant to renovate a building at 661 Park Avenue East to create a larger […]
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Richland Gives 10th anniversary raises $800K+ for 90+ nonprofits
MANSFIELD — More than 1,600 individual Richland Gives donors helped raise $804,938 during the two-week-long donation drive. Richland Gives has raised nearly $4 million since 2015.
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Women’s Fund continues its support to improve childcare
MANSFIELD – The Women’s Fund of the Richland County Foundation awarded $71,216 in grants and announced the JoAnn Dutton Award honoree during a recent luncheon. For the sixth year in a row, the Women’s Fund awarded a grant to make quality childcare affordable and accessible to women in Richland County. This year’s $25,000 grant went […]
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Richland County Foundation Connections Fund hosts Oct. 23 grant event
MANSFIELD – The Connections Fund of the Richland County Foundation will host a brunch to announce this year’s grant award. The event will be held October 23 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Kingwood Center. Tickets are free, but you must reserve one by Oct. 16 on the Richland County Foundation website. During the event, […]
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Women’s Fund seeks nominations for the JoAnn Dutton Volunteerism Award
MANSFIELD — The Women’s Fund of the Richland County Foundation is accepting nominations for 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. The award is sponsored by the Women’s Fund of the […]
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Richland Gives donors to enjoy lower fees for event’s 10th year
MANSFIELD — Maura Teynor announced lower donation fees and a new way for businesses to promote Richland Gives this year.
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Richland Gives marks its 10th anniversary
MANSFIELD –This is the 10th anniversary of Richland Gives, an online giving event hosted by the Richland County Foundation (RCF). Registration for Richland County based nonprofit organizations to participate is open from Aug. 1 through Oct. 31. It is free; however, nonprofits must register each year. RCF will host a kickoff event Friday, Sept. 27 […]
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‘Mansfield Rising’ plan to get new faces & inspiration in March
MANSFIELD — Many recent improvements in downtown Mansfield can be traced to Austin, Texas. That’s where the origins were born for ideas found in Mansfield Rising, at the annual South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in 2018, attended by 15 local residents. Six years later, a second group is ready to help the Mansfield Rising plan […]
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Kristine Lindeman earns ATHENA Award at Chamber evening of excellence
MANSFIELD — Alumni Roofing owner and chamber board chair Kristine Lindeman was surprised with the ATHENA award on Wednesday night.
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Watson to become new president of Richland County Foundation
MANSFIELD — Brady Groves has announced his retirement as president of the Richland County Foundation after serving 13 years in that position. The RCF Board of Trustees has appointed Senior Community Investment Officer Allie Watson as the incoming president at the organization. By leading the Foundation to transition from responsive to proactive grantmaking, Groves showed […]