Three new local nonprofit organizations serving the Portsmouth area community are joining the Scioto Foundation’s annual Scioto Gives program for 2025.
Bone and Fiddle Arts Collective, Rarden Daily Bread and Serenity Outreach, along with 48 previous participating nonprofits, will strive to raise monies for their endowment funds established at the Scioto Foundation. The 2025 Scioto Gives, set for October 16, will offer local and out-of-town residents, businesses, corporations, and others a convenient way to support their favorite charitable causes.
This year the Scioto Foundation will offer a $60,000 match for nonprofits participating in the thirteenth annual Scioto Gives fundraising effort. From 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on October 16, contributions will be received on the Scioto Foundation website, www.sciotogives.org, by a simple procedure. Using the pull-down menu on the website, donors can select their charity and the amount they wish to give, list credit card information and press “donate.” Each participating nonprofit is profiled with its mission and community activities on the Scioto Gives website for viewing by interested potential donors.
Donors may drop off checks to the Scioto Foundation office, 303 Chillicothe Street in Portsmouth, Ohio from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the giving period, and checks must be made payable to the Scioto Foundation. Fund names may be written on the memo line for clarification. If donors wish to transfer stock, they must contact the Foundation office at 740-354-4612 no later than October 6 to do so.
The matching amount each nonprofit will receive will be determined after all contributions are received. Award amounts will be announced during a reception at Oscar’s Restaurant from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13.
Additional information about the new Scioto Gives nonprofits and the 48 other nonprofits participating in this year’s Scioto Gives program may be found on the Scioto Foundation’s website, www.sciotofoundation.org or obtained by contacting Patty Tennant, Program Officer for Donor Services, at (740) 354-4612.