The Fairfield County Foundation is seeking grant applications to support the arts, children’s programs, health and wellness projects, community development, academics and much more.
Donor Name: Fairfield County Foundation
State: Ohio
County: Fairfield County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/11/2023
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Fairfield County Foundation is committed to providing effective and efficient management of the funds under the care through wise investment, careful consideration of the community’s needs and evaluation of the impact of each distribution.
Funding Priorities
- Arts and Culture: To preserve and enhance arts and cultural heritage and institutions, expand access to arts and cultural offerings to new audiences, provide creative educational experiences for children and families, and encourage innovation and creativity. Areas of funding include: performances, exhibits, programs, projects, supplies, etc.
- Environment: To improve and preserve the quality of environmental conditions for current and future generations, preserve and beautify open spaces and gardens, conserve natural resources, and encourage citizen involvement in environmental protection activities. This area includes funding for parks, natural resources, and animals.
- Civic and Community: To support youth involvement in activities and for the basic needs of youth. To encourage more efficient use of community resources to coordinate, cooperate and share among organizations. To eliminate duplication of services and to build the capacity of organizations and communities to solve problems. Assistance in areas of economic development, public safety, civic improvement, justice and promoting the community.
- Health: To improve access to and quality of treatment services, promote health and wellness, and promote the efficient use of healthcare resources. Support for medical programs and facilities.
- Education: To increase early education and care; language and reading readiness; keeping children in school; family literacy/adult education. Funds to enhance the experience of students directly, or to provide additional resources for educational programs.
- Human Services: To support those agencies that strengthen the quality of individual and family life by responding to personal and family emergencies, intervening early when individuals and families are at risk of serious problems, and providing for basic needs when individuals and families cannot provide for themselves. Addresses basic human needs of food, shelter, clothing and seeking solutions to social problems.
Types of Grants
The Fairfield County Foundation’s grant-making program is comprised of the following components: Designated, Donor Advised, Agency Endowment, and Discretionary/Unrestricted funds.
- Agency Endowments, Designated Grants (or, Restricted Grants), and Donor Advised grants are distributed according to recommendations by donors and fund representatives. Applications are not accepted for grants from these Fund types.
- Discretionary Grants are distributed from funds that are unrestricted or directed to a broad area or Field of Interest. The Fairfield County Foundation’s Board of Trustees, following recommendations of the Grant Committee, awards funds to nonprofit organizations that enhance the quality of life for Fairfield County residents. Applications are accepted for Discretionary Grants. Discretionary funding is available through Unrestricted Funds, Field of Interest Funds or Donor Advised Funds at the request of the donor
Grant Period
The Fairfield County Foundation awards grants for a period of one year.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fairfield County Foundation makes grants to tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations and government agencies operating or proposing to operate programs/projects that benefit Fairfield County residents. While the Foundation would like to support all the important work that is carried out by Fairfield County’s organizations, its financial resources are limited.
- The Fairfield County Foundation has a preference for proposals that:
- Develop innovative, creative, and practical solutions to both current and emerging community needs.
- Create programs that enhance the quality of life for a substantial number of people, for seed money or a start- up.
- Encourage volunteerism, civic and community involvement.
- Facilitate compassion, efficiency, and responsibility in the distribution of social services to the community.
- Support projects that create a long-term physical community resource.
- Demonstrate that the funds will be well-managed and effectively expended and that the project will become self-supporting when grant dollars end.
- Play a role in assuring mutuality of interest, efficiency, and the elimination of duplication of services.
- Utilize matching funds- a project in which the Foundation is a partner, rather than the sole funder.
For more information, visit Fairfield County Foundation.
