Grants

In early 2023, the Economic and Community Development Institute, Inc. was granted $6,000 from various unrestricted funds to support the 2023 Makers Market project. The Makers Market, which is held over six weekends in the winter and spring, offers “maker” entrepreneurs in the area an opportunity to sell their products, find new customers and increase

The Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded South Central Ohio Educational Service Center $7,525 from the Virginia Smith Wolfe Fund for partial funding support for county school programs in the Arts and Humanities including the Scioto County Honors Music Festival, the Visually Literate High School Art Show at Shawnee State University, the Youth Art Month

April of 2023, the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors granted Miami University $48,000 from the Bess and Marie Pixley Fund so that MU can continue to give scholarship awards to help make a Miami education more affordable to students who reside in Scioto County. The Scioto Foundation grant would provide scholarships for both students with

Last grant cycle, the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded Wings of Hope $1,500 from the Phillip and Mary Jenkins Benevolent Fund for its “Global Youth Service Day Building Intergenerational Relationships”. This grant helped pay for expenses incurred in preparing the Peace Park for spring. Grant funds helped with the costs of replacing the Peace

Last summer, the Scioto Foundation Governing Boarded awarded the Portsmouth Area Arts Council $8,000 for partial support of its “2022-2023 Children’s Theatre Series”. PAAC and the Children’s Theatre will present three shows at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts(VRCFA) during this season including one junior company show, one senior company show and one combined

In the fall of 2022, the Scioto Foundation’s Board of Governors awarded the Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery Foundation $15,900 dollars for its phase II of the Soldiers Circle Restoration. This grant will allow the group to restore the statue and base that sit in the center of Soldiers Circle. In 1884, the center statue was

Last summer the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded a grant of $7,520 to the South Central Ohio Educational Center from the Virginia Smith Wolfe Fund. This grant partially supported the Scioto County Honors Music Festival, the Visually Literate High School Art Show at Shawnee State University, the Youth Art Month Exhibit at the Portsmouth

La Last summer the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded $7,450 to the South Central Ohio Educational Center from the Benjamin A. Fried & Calvin & Martha Johnson Funds for academic enrichment programs provided for the Scioto County Schools through the school year. Included in the programs are the Youth MAX Leadership Training, the Scioto

The Scioto Foundation Board of Govenor’s recently awarded the 14th street community center $6,674.95 from the Kathleen Battle Fund to help with the creation of a Kathleen Battle Studio project. The project will see the establishment of a studio suitable for community music production, podcasting, internet radio, performing arts and spoken history. The proposed facility