Youngstown Foundation Grants


The Youngstown Foundation awarded the following grants during the second quarter of 2008:

ACLD Learning Center — scholarships for tutoring, visual or auditory training, $30,000.

Beatitude House — capital improvements, $30,000.

Boardman Township Park District — capital projects, $25,000.

Boys & Girls Club of Youngstown — capital improvements/general support, $23,392.

Canfield Historical Society — general support, $6,735.

Canfield Presbyterian Church — donor advised, $18,990.

Community Wealth Ventures — Workshops for Nonprofit Organizations, $15,000.

Easter Seals — promote and enroll eligible children with disabilities for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, $10,000.

Family Service Agency — capital improvements, $30,000.

Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio — capital improvements, $10,000.

Golden String — summer fishing camp, $3,667.

Goodwill Industries of Youngstown — general support, $1,500.

Greater Western Reserve Council/BSA — general support, $3,392.

Heritage Manor — adult day care program renovations, $10,000.

Hiram College — general fund, $1,000.

Jubilee Gardens — general support, $1,000.

Junior Achievement of Mahoning Valley — general support, $1,000.

Leadership Mahoning Valley — equipment/marketing, $5,350.

Kent State University — scholarship, $1,000.

Mahoning County Agricultural Society — capital project, $25,000.

Mahoning Valley Association of Churches — general support, $2,000.

Mahoning Valley Historical Society — building purchase/renovation, $30,000.

Miracles Unlimited, Inc. — summer conductive education program, $25,000.

Mill Creek Children’s Center — tutoring and speech therapy/general support, $25,000.

Monday Musical — program support, $16,735.

Neighborhood Ministries — program support, $45,600.

NEOUCOM — general support, $1,000.

Paisley House — general support, $1,000.

Park Vista Senior Independence — capital improvements, $15,000.

Protestant Family Services — equipment, $5,500.

Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley — general support, $2,000.

The Salvation Army — general support, $9,127.

St. Mary Catholic Church — donor advised, $18,990.

Stambaugh Auditorium — general support, $6,735.

Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown — general support, $6,735.

YMCA/Camp Fitch — capital improvements, $33,892.

Youngstown Hearing & Speech Center — equipment, $12,000.

The YWCA of Youngstown — day care and extended day care services, $35,000.

Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries — Amblyopia screening program, $5,000.

Youngstown/Mahoning Valley United Way — general support, $3,000.

The Youngstown Playhouse — general support, $2,000.

Youngstown State University — scholarships/general fund, $27,127.

Total Second Quarter Distributions — 2008: $580,467.

Source: Youngstown Foundation officials