The Licking County Foundation approved $185,441 in grants from donor advised and community charitable funds in the second quarter of 2017 support 32 nonprofit organizations and charitable causes. Donor advised funds are simple, flexible, convenient and powerful philanthropic vehicles that allow donors—individuals, families, businesses or groups—to support a variety of charitable causes and make a difference in the community in partnership with the Foundation. These 35 grants were distributed at the suggestion of caring donors to the following organizations:
• A Call To College
• Capital University Law School
• C-TEC Career & Technology Education Centers
• The Dawes Arboretum
• First United Methodist Church (2)
• The Food Pantry Network of Licking County
• Foundation for Hospice of Central Ohio
• Global Brigades USA
• Granville Athletic Boosters
• Granville Exempted Village School District
• Johnstown Monroe Local School District
• Johnstown United Methodist Church
• Lakewood Local Schools
• Licking County Educational Service Center
• Licking County Family YMCA
• Licking County Historical Society
• Licking Memorial Health Foundation
• Licking Valley Local School District
• Mental Health America of Licking County, Inc.
• More Life Church
• Newark City Schools
• Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra Inc.
• North Newark Little League
• Northridge Local School District
• Ohio State University Foundation
• Par Excellence Academy
• Pelotonia
• Salvation Army (2)
• Simon Kenton Council, Boy Scouts of America (2)
• United Way of Licking County Ohio
• Village of Kirkersville
• The Works
These grants were made from the following donor advised funds: Alford Family Fund, Anonymous Fund (2), David A. and Carole Brooks Fund, Michael and Barbara Cantlin Fund, Lindorf-Warner Memorial Fund, McConnell Fund, Stuart and Marcia Parsons Fund, Random Acts of Kindness Fund, Reese, Pyle, Drake & Meyer Community Fund, and John and Julie Uible Fund.
