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Celebrating 50 years in 50 weeks

Published June 7, 1980, in the Portsmouth Daily Times. Pictured below are Bobby Shaw, Arnett Howard and Eddie Nix. In the 1980s the Scioto Foundation awarded ...
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Scott Phipps Memorial Scholarship Fund

Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the new Scott Phipps Memorial Scholarship Fund, created by his family. The Scott ...
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Melanie Ogg Memorial Scholarship

Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Fou ndation is pleased to announce the establishment of the new Melanie Ogg Memorial Scholarship created by her family in memory of ...
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$25,000 Wayfinder Grant to the City of Portsmouth

In the spring of 2022, the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded the City of Portsmouth a grant for $25,000 from the Margaret Anne Strehle Fund, ...
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Celebrating 50 years in 50 weeks

It is truly remarkable to consider in 1993, the Scioto Foundation possessed assets totaling $7.39 million. Fast forward 30 years, and we are celebrating a record-breaking ...
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Celebrating 50 years in 50 weeks

Below is a newspaper clipping from the Portsmouth Daily Times published August 2, 1985. Since the mid-1980s, the Dorothy Knost scholarship committee has been awarding worthy ...
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Niccole Chandler-Wright Memorial Scholarship

Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Niccole Chandler-Wright Memorial Scholarship, established by David and Debra Nourse Chandler ...
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Contributions for 2023 was the highest in the history of Scioto Foundation’s existence

Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is thrilled to announce that the total of contributions for 2023 was the highest in the history of its ...
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Celebrating 50 years in 50 weeks

It’s hard to remember a time when the internet wasn’t at our fingertips; able to provide answers to our question in seconds. Only a few decades ...
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Celebrating 50 years in 50 weeks

Check out the first press release of our signature program, University/College Access Network(UCAN)! Launched 16 years ago, UCAN was created with a vision of one day, ...
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