The Edge of Appalachia – Adams County Fund is accepting 2025 grant and scholarship applications.
Donor Name: Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO)
State: Ohio
County: Adams County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant | Scholarship
Deadline: 12/09/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Edge of Appalachia – Adams County Fund is an annual funding stream that supports Adams County residents and organizations to ensure that Adams County is a place where children can thrive, businesses can flourish and visitors have a memorable experience.
Focus Areas
The Edge of Appalachia – Adams County Fund invests in projects serving Adams County, Ohio, that address one or more of these three focus areas:
- People and Nature – The fund supports projects primarily focused on protecting the environment, generating renewable energy and providing educational programs that emphasize hands-on learning and reflection.
- Education – The fund supports scholarships for students seeking degrees in ecology, forestry, wildlife ecology or related natural resource fields; trade, vocational or technical training in fields that contribute to energy efficiency, agriculture, land stewardship, rural and public health, or environmental studies; and programs that foster cultural understanding and community engagement (for example, Appalachian studies or women’s studies).
- Reducing Disparities – The fund supports programs that improve food security, educational achievement or medical care for groups disproportionately disadvantaged because of their race, income level, gender, religion, sexual orientation, mental health, veteran status, or physical and developmental disability.
Funding Information
- Grant funding
- A total of $100,000 is available in funding for the 2025 grant cycle. Grant awards will be made up to $25,000.
- Scholarship funding
- Up to $25,000 may be awarded in scholarships.
Eligible Projects
- Grant funding
- Eligible projects should focus on one or more of the following:
- People and nature, supporting programs primarily focused on protecting the environment, generating renewable energy and providing educational programs that emphasize hands-on learning and reflection
- Reducing disparities, supporting programs that improve food security, educational achievement or medical care for groups disproportionately impacted because of their race, income level, gender, religion, sexual orientation, mental health, veteran status or physical and developmental disability.
- Eligible projects should focus on one or more of the following:
- Scholarship funding
- Eligible scholarship applicants must be pursuing degrees in one of the following:
- Ecology, forestry, wildlife ecology or related natural resource fields
- Trade, vocational or technical training programs in fields that contribute to energy efficiency, agriculture, land stewardship, rural and public health, or environmental studies
- Programs that foster cultural understanding and community engagement, including, but not limited to, Appalachian studies or women’s studies.
- Eligible scholarship applicants must be pursuing degrees in one of the following:
Eligibility Criteria
- Grant funding
- Public and nonprofit organizations located in or serving Adams County, as well as groups working in fiscal sponsorships with a nonprofit or public organization, are eligible to apply for grants.
- Scholarship funding
- Adams County residents are eligible to apply for the Edge of Appalachia – Adams County Fund Scholarship. Scholarship funding is available for graduating high school seniors and students already enrolled in accredited undergraduate, trade, vocational or technical training programs; residents enrolled in graduate programs are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit FAO.
