Scioto Foundation

The Scioto Foundation, in partnership with the City of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Metropolitan Housing Authority, releases a Housing Action Plan for Portsmouth, Ohio.  PORTSMOUTH, OH (May 2024) – Community leaders in Portsmouth have recently released the Portsmouth Housing Action Plan, which focuses on strategies to increase housing options in the city.  This Plan is a […]

Last Monday, the Scioto Foundation attended the City of Portsmouth City Council meeting. Councilman Andy Cole presented Scioto Foundation representatives with a proclamation for Scioto Foundation’s 50th Anniversary. The following day marked Scioto Foundation’s official 50th anniversary date. Photographed with Councilman Andy Cole are Scioto Foundation’s Therese Egbert, Staff Accountant, Patty Tennant, Program Officer –

Written by Kay Bouyack Today, May 14, the Scioto Foundation, Portsmouth’s local foundation, celebrates its 50th anniversary of philanthropy and service to the area highlighting its mission to improve and enrich the quality of life for the community. For five decades the Scioto Foundation has carried out that mission in multiple ways by providing a

In 1985, the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors granted $11,000 to the Portsmouth Little Theatre to acquire adjacent land. With this financial support, PLT successfully purchased an adjoining parcel situated on the corner of Lawson and what is now Robinson, thus expanding its footprint. Check out the grant photo and cutlines below, featured in the

Last January, the Scioto Foundation Boards of Governors awarded Compass Point Housing $2,858.80 for its Recovery Housing Residents’ Welcome Kits. The Welcome Kits will provide essentials including new bedding, pillows, towels, clothes hampers and basic hygiene products in order to make the new residents feel comfortable in their new environments which will lead to longer

The photo posted below contains the 1991 participants in the Junior Scholars program. Through the Bess and Marie Pixely Fund, the Miami Summer Scholars Program has continued to receive grant dollars from the foundation to cover the cost of several Scioto County high school sophomores and juniors interested in the course. This seven-day program offers

Pictured below are the outstanding students who qualified to attend the Midwest Talent Search programs held at Purdue and Northwestern University from the 1990’s. This program provided advanced tests to jr. high and high school students to find their academic strengths and weaknesses. These tests offer suggestions for academic supplements to help these gifted students

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 $1,485 to the 14th Street Community Center to sponsor visiting artists. The summer program hosted at the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center consisted of a lecture/demonstration on the