Community foundations
are instruments of
civil society designed to pool donations into a
coordinated investment and grant making facility
dedicated primarily to the
social improvement
of a given place.
Families, individuals,
businesses, and nonprofit groups establish funds within
community foundations into which they can contribute a
variety of assets to be used for
charitable purposes.
The people or organizations that establish the funds can
then recommend
that grants be distributed, in the name
of the fund or anonymously, to qualified
nonprofit
groups and schools. The donor receives a charitable
deduction in
the year that gifts are made into their
funds.
The assets of community
foundations are pooled and invested, with donors
typically having a choice of investment products.
The funds established
at community foundations can be expendable funds (i.e.,
grants can be made in any amount at any time) or they
can be endowments, which limit distributions to the
interest earned on the assets. Endowments last in
perpetuity.
The first community
foundation was set up in
Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operating
now as the
Cleveland Foundation. Others soon followed including
the
California Community Foundation and the
Chicago Community Trust.
Community foundations
are now a global phenomenon. There are at least 700 in
the United States and perhaps 1000 more around the world
with numbers
growing rapidly.
The following is a list
of community foundations in Ohio:
Akron Community Foundation
Contact: Josephine Bacon , President
345 W. Cedar Street
Akron, OH 44307-2407
Phone: (330) 376-8522 Fax: (330) 376-0202
Website:
https://www.akroncommunityfdn.org/home/
Alliance Community Foundation
264 East Rice Street
Alliance, OH 44601
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
Contact: Leslie Lilly , President/CEO
36 Public Square
P.O. Box 456
Nelsonville, OH 45764-1133
Phone: (740) 753-1111 Fax: (740) 753-3333
Website:
http://www.appalachianohio.org/
Archbold Area Foundation
P.O. Box 224
Archbold, OH 43502
Phone: (419) 445-8815 Fax: (419) 445-1080
Ashland County Community Foundation
Contact: Lucille G. Ford, Ph.D., President
300 College Avenue
Ashland, OH 44805-3803
Phone: (419) 281-4733 Fax: (419) 281-4733
Website:
http://www.ashlandcountycommunityfoundation.org/
Athens Foundation
Contact: Susan Urano, Executive Director
PO Box 366
Athens, OH 45701-0366
Phone: (740) 594-6061 Fax: (740) 594-6061
Website:
http://www.athensfoundation.org/
Belpre Area Community Development Foundation
P.O. Box 731
Belpre, OH 45714-0731
Phone:( 740) 423-9226 Fax: (740) 423-6262
Bowling Green Community Foundation, Inc. Charlotte
Scherer, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1175
Bowling Green, OH 43402-1175 Phone:
419-354-5521
Website: http://www.bgohcf.org
Bratenahl Community Foundation
Nine Haskell Drive
Bratenahl, OH 44108
Phone: (216) 851-8508
Brown County Foundation
P.O. Box 158
Georgetown, OH 45121
Bryan Area Foundation
102 North Main Street
Post Office Box 651
Bryan, OH 43506
Phone: (419) 633-1156 Fax: (419) 636-5847
Bucyrus Area Community Foundation
contact: Janet P. Pry, Executive Director
231 S. Poplar Street
P.O. Box 387
Bucyrus, OH 44820-2211
Phone: (419) 562-3958 Fax: (419) 562-9311
Email: japrys@aol.com
Website:
http://www.bacfoundation.org/
Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation
15 N Paint Ste 203
Chillicothe, OH 45601
Phone: (770) 774-4438
Website: http://www.crcf.net/
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Contact: Kathryn E. Merchant, President and CEO
200 W. 4th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2602
Phone: (513) 241-2880 Fax: (513) 852-6886
Email:
merchantk@greatercincinnatifdn.org
Website:
http://www.gcfdn.org/
The Cleveland Foundation
Contact: Ronald B. Richard, President
1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH 44115-2001
Phone: (216) 861-3810 Fax: (216) 861-1729
Website:
http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/
Clinton County Foundation
290 Prairie Avenue
Wilmington, OH 45177
Phone: (937) 382-5700
Columbiana Community Foundation, Inc.
154 N. Elm Street
Columbiana, OH 44408
The Columbus Foundation & Affiliated Organizations
Contact: Douglas F. Kridler, President & CEO
1234 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43205-1405
Phone: (614) 251-4000 Fax: (614) 251-4009
Website:
http://www.columbusfoundation.org/
Defiance Area Foundation, Inc.
511 Perry Street
Defiance, OH 43512-2123
Phone: (419) 782-3130 Fax: (419) 782-3174
The Community Foundation of Delaware County
Contact: Marlene A. Casini, President
3954 North Hampton Drive
Powell, OH 43065
Phone: (614) 764-2332 Fax: (614) 764-2333
Website: http://www.delawarecf.org/
East Liverpool Fawcett Community Foundation
Post Office Box 458
East Liverpool, OH 43920
Phone: (330) 385-3400
Edgerton Area Foundation, Inc.
153 N. Michigan Avenue
Post Office Box 399
Edgerton, OH 43517-0399
Phone: (419) 298-2335 Fax: (419) 298-2336
The Fairfield Community Foundation
Contact: Betsy Hope, Executive Director
5350 Pleasant Avenue
Fairfield, OH 45014
Phone: (513) 829-6355 Fax: (513) 867-5310
Website:
http://www.fairfield-city.org
Fairfield County Foundation
Contact: Amy Eyman, Executive Director
P.O. Box 159
Lancaster, OH 43130
Phone: (614) 653-8251 Fax: (203) 834-9996
Website:
http://www.fairfieldcountyfoundation.org/
Fayette County Charitable Foundation
213 N. Main Street
Washington Court House, OH 43160
Phone: (740) 335-3231 Fax: (740) 335-8102
Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation
Contact: Barbara M. Deerhake , President and Executive Director
101 W. Sandusky Street, Suite 207
Findlay, OH 45840-3276
Phone: (419) 425-1100 Fax: (419) 425-9339
Website:
http://www.community-foundation.com/
Galion Community Foundation
P. O. Box 1558, Hc1012
Columbus, OH 43216
Phone: (614) 480-4371
The Gallia County Charitable Foundation
2219 E. Bethel Church Rd.
Gallipolis, OH 45631
The Granville Foundation
P. O. Box 321
Granville, OH 43023-0321
Hamilton Community Foundation (OH)
Contact: John Guidugli, President/CEO
319 N. Third Street
Hamilton, OH 45011-1624
Phone: (513) 863-1389 Fax: (513) 863-2868
Website:
http://www.hamiltonfoundation.org
Hardin County Community Foundation, Inc.
Post Office Box 343
Kenton, OH 43326
Phone: (419) 673-1117 Fax: (419) 675-2933
Henry County Community Foundation
611 N. Perry Street
Napoleon, OH 43545
Phone: (419) 592-1786 Fax: (419) 592-4945
Website:
http://www.henrycountycf.org/
Fund for Huron County
c/o Community Foundation of Lorain County
Norwalk Furniture
100 Furniture Parkway
Norwalk, OH 44857
Phone: (419) 744-3204
The Community Foundation of Jefferson County
Contact: Terri Antill, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1822
630 Market Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Phone: (740) 284-9700 Fax: (740) 284-9701
The Northern Kentucky Fund
c/o The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
200 West 4th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 241-2880
Lake County Foundation
30 South Park Place
Painesville, OH 44077
Phone: (440) 352-5920
Licking County Foundation
P. O. Box 4212
Newark, OH 43058-4212
Phone: (740) 349-3863 Fax: (740) 322-6260
Website:
http://www.thelcfoundation.org/
Lisbon Community Foundation, Inc.
Post Office Box 496
Lisbon, OH 44432
London Community Foundation
66 West High Street
London, OH 43140
Phone: (740) 852-2250
Community Foundation of Lorain County
Contact: Brian R. Frederick, President/CEO
1865 North Ridge Road, East, Suite A
Lorain, OH 44055-3300
Phone: (440) 277-0142 Fax: (440) 277-6955
Website:
http://www.peoplewhocare.org/
Marietta Community Foundation, Inc.
Putnam Commons
Contact: Jack Moberg, President and CEO
121 Putnam Street, Suite 105
Marietta, OH 45750-2927
Phone: (740) 373-3286 Fax: (740) 376-4490
Website:
http://www.mariettacommunityfoundation.org/
Marion Community Foundation
Contact: Bradley C. Bebout, President and CEO
504 South State Street
Marion, OH 43302
Phone: (740) 387-9704 Fax: (740) 375-0665
Website:
http://www.marioncommunityfoundation.org/
The Mercer County Civic Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Rita S. Bair, Executive Director
119 W. Fulton Street
P. O. Box 439
Celina, OH 45822-0439
Phone: (419) 586-9950
Website:
http://www.mercercountycivicfdn.org/
Middletown Community Foundation
The Manchester Inn
Contact: Kay Wright, Executive Director
36 Donham Plaza, Suite 110
Middletown, OH 45042
Phone: (513) 424-7369 Fax: (513) 424-7555
Website:
http://www.mcfoundation.org/
Monroe Area Community Foundation
139 Old Street
Post Office Box 56
Monroe, OH 45050
Phone: (513) 539-7672
Montpelier Area Foundation, Inc.
201 East Main Street
Post Office Box 161
Montpelier, OH 43543
Phone: (419) 485-4336 Fax: (419) 485-4818
Morrow County Foundation
16 North Main St.
Mount Gilead, OH 43338-0150
Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Contact: Samuel Barone, Executive Director
One South Main Street
P.O. Box 1270
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Phone: (740) 392-3270 Fax: (740) 399-5296
Website:
http://www.mvkcfoundation.org/
Muskingum County Community Foundation
Contact: David P. Mitzel, Ph.D., Executive Director
534 Putnam Avenue
Zanesville, OH 43701-4933
Phone:(740) 453-5192 Fax: (740) 453-5734
New Albany Community Foundation
c/o The Columbus Foundation
1234 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43205
Phone: (614) 251-4000
Oxford Community Foundation
52 Park Place East, Suite 4
Oxford, OH 45056
Phone: (513) 523-0623 Fax: (513) 524-1026
Paulding County Area Foundation
P. O. Box 158
Paulding, OH 45879
Phone: (419) 399-3003
Pickaway County Community Foundation
P.O. Box 238
Circleville, OH 43113
Phone: (740) 968-6041
Piqua-Miami County Foundation
424 North Wayne St.
PO Box 226
Piqua, OH 45356
The Portage Foundation
143 Gougler Avenue
Kent, OH 44240-2401
Phone: (330) 676-1110
Ravenna United Fund, Inc.
P. O. Box 426
Ravenna, OH 44266-0426
Phone: (330) 296-6466
Richland County Foundation
Contact: Pamela H. Siegenthaler, President/CEO
24 W. Third Street, Suite 100
Mansfield, OH 44902-1209
Phone: (419) 525-3020 Fax: (419) 525-1590
Website:
http://www.richlandcountyfoundation.org/
Salem Community Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 553
Salem, OH 44460
Phone: (330) 332-4021
The Sandusky/Erie County Community Foundation
Contact: Barbara Bishop, President/Executive Director
135 East Washington Row
Sandusky, OH 44870-2609
Phone: (419) 621-9690 Fax: (419) 621-9691
Website:
http://www.sanduskyfoundation.org/new/
Scioto County Area Foundation
Contact: Kimberly E. Cutlip, Executive Director
P.O. Box 911
Portsmouth, OH 45662-0911
Phone: (740) 354-4612 Fax: (740) 354-4612
Sebring West Branch Area Community Foundation
Post Office Box 70
Sebring, OH 44672
Phone: (330) 938-9877 Fax: (330) 938-3408
Sharon Community Trusts
P.O. Box 91
Sharon Center, OH 44274-0091
Phone: (330) 239-2231
Community Foundation of Shelby County
Contact: Marian Spicer, Executive Director
100 South Main Avenue, Suite 202
Sidney, OH 45365
Phone: (937) 497-7800 Fax: (937) 497-7799
Website: http://www.commfoun.com/
The Sherwick Fund
1422 Euclid Ave., Ste. 1400
Cleveland, OH 44115-2001
Phone: (216) 861-3810
The Springfield Foundation
Contact: Robin Atwood Pfeil , Executive Director
4 W. Main Street, Suite 825
Springfield, OH 45502-1346
Phone: (937) 324-8773 Fax: (937) 324-1836
Website:
http://www.springfieldfoundation.org/
St. Clair Foundation
Chandler's Wharf
110 W. Main Street, Suite 202
Eaton, OH 45320
Phone: (937) 456-5544 Fax: (937) 456-6433
St. Mary's Community Foundation
146 East Spring Street
P.O. Box 331
St Marys, OH 45885
Phone: (419) 394-5693 Fax: (419) 394-7694
Stark Community Foundation
Contact: James A. Bower, President
400 Market Ave. N. #200
Canton, OH 44702-1544
Phone: (330) 454-3426 Fax: (330) 454-5855
Email: jbower@starkcf.org
Website:
http://www.starkcf.org/index.asp
Tiffin Charitable Foundation, Inc. Building for the Future of Tiffin & Seneca County, Ohio
Suzanne Donaldson, Foundation Administrator
68 S. Washington St.
Tiffin, OH 44883
Phone and Fax: (419) 448-1791
Website:
www.tiffinfoundation.org
The Toledo Community Foundation
contact: Keith Burwell, President & CEO
608 Madison Avenue, Suite 1540
Toledo, OH 43604-1151
Phone: (419) 241-5049 Fax: (419) 242-5549
Website: http://www.toledocf.org/
The Troy Foundation
Contact: Melissa A. Kleptz, Executive Director
216 W. Franklin Street
Troy, OH 45373
Phone: (937) 339-8935 Fax: (937) 332-8305
Website:
http://www.thetroyfoundation.org/
Community Foundation of Union County, Inc. (OH)
Contact: David Vollrath, Executive Director
P.O. Box 608
126 N. Main Street
Marysville, OH 43040-0608
Phone: (937) 642-9618 Fax: (937) 642-7376
Website:
http://www.emarysville.com/unioncountyfoundation/
The Urbana Foundation
Post Office Box 913
Urbana, OH 43078
Phone: (937) 653-7186 Fax: (937) 653-3293
The Wapakoneta Area Community Foundation
Contact: Douglas S. Jauert, President
P. O. Box 1957
Wapakoneta, OH 45895
Phone: (419) 738-9274
Website: http://www.wapakacf.org/
Warren County Foundation
Contact: Henry F. Brockman, President and Chief Administrative Officer
P.O. Box 495
118 E. Main Street
Lebanon, OH 45036-0495
Phone: (513) 934-1001 Fax: (513) 934-3001
Website:
http://www.warrencountyfoundation.org/
Wayne County Community Foundation (OH)
Contact: Ferenc M. Relle Jr., Executive Director
517 N. Market St.
P.O. Box 201
Wooster, OH 44691-0201
Phone: (330) 262-3877 Fax: (330) 262-8057
Website: http://www.gwcf.net/
The Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty
Contact: Katie Braswell, Executive Director
5641 Union Centre Drive
West Chester, OH 45069-4836
Phone: (513) 874-5450 Fax: (513) 874-5472
Website:
http://www.wclfoundation.com/
Yellow Springs Community Foundation
Post Office Box 55
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Phone: (937) 767-4541 Fax: (937) 767-2323
