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Foundation Friday
Yellow Springs Community Foundation
December 10, 2021
YS Senior Center Executive Director Caroline Mullin in the Newly Refurbished Fireplace Room

 

Did You Know?
 

We Supported Children, Seniors, Sculpture, Music, Environment, & Social Justice in 2021 

 

Thoughtfully submitted by GRC Chair, Rich Bullock



This year’s grants supported a variety of projects and nonprofits. 
 
The Grant Review Committee (GRC) recommended to the Foundation’s board which proposals to fund and how much to give in 2021:  
 

Supplies for the Children’s Center and the Lawson Place Community Center;
 
Facility upgrades for the Senior Center and Outdoor Education Center; 

Money to complete the Wheeling Gaunt sculpture; 
 
A grant to the 365 Project to conduct a cost of living study; 
 
An African drumming class;
 
A youth dance show by DCDC (with YS / MT connections);
 
A special reporting project on food insecurity by WYSO.

 

And that’s only a sample of what the Foundation funded. 

Thanks to the generosity of our community, the Foundation is able to assist in making things possible that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to do.

Special thanks to the Morgan Family Foundation, which provided significant funding during the past three years that greatly increased what we could give!

The GRC’s funding is replenished each year; we’ve given grants ranging from less than $100 to several thousand dollars. Especially with larger proposals, the GRC is more likely to provide funding if the organization can show that it’s working on obtaining funds from other sources and collaborating with other local organizations as well. 

It’s also worth noting that individuals or groups who have ideas for grant proposals but who aren’t official nonprofit organizations can still submit proposals, but they need to be sponsored by a nonprofit in order to get funding. 

The bottom line: we want to help by providing funding to (as YSCF’s charter states) “assist, encourage, and promote the well-being of the citizens of the Village of Yellow Springs and Miami Township.”

These examples of grants demonstrate the many different ways our donors, nonprofits, and volunteers make a difference! 

 

To support programs that support our nonprofits, give to the Love of Community fund:

 

Point your smartphone camera, and click the image: 


Or click the ink: For the Love of Community Fund

Join Our Shout-Out to Yellow Springs High School Alumni!
 
The Foundation celebrates the YSHS Alumni and their commitment to the Yellow Springs 50th Reunion Leadership Scholarship Fund—an incredible focus on raising funds for YS High School graduates, our next generation of leaders.
 
The enthusiastic and creative organizers of this scholarship endowment fund and their donors have built this fund through a donation challenge between classes. 
The 50th Scholarship fund supports YSHS graduating seniors. As a YSHS Graduate, you and your class can join the challenge, too!
 
 
Learn more: https://www.yscf.org/scholarships/50th-class-reunion/

 

 Thank You Generous Donors & Volunteers!
You are vital to our village and township!

 

Donors to the Love of Community Fund (week of 12/8) Lisa Abel & Lynne Adams - Linda Griffith & Scott Kellogg – Moira Laughlin & Jerry Papania - Lillian Slaughter  

Donors to Community Foundation Funds (week of 12/8) Amazon Smile - Jim & Kay Cox - Jeanne Courtney - Dr. Catherine Crompton - Robert Davis - Jack Fei - Barbara Hartwick - John Morgan - Curt Nelson & Carolyn Smith - Rachel Newmann - Ilse Tebbetts - The Yellow Springs Dharma Center

Donors to COVID-19 Community Funds (week of 12/8) Anonymous  

Volunteers Recognized this Week (week of 12/8) Harvey Curran  

Join us! To donate to funds at YSCF: www.yscf.org

Events & News


THE FOUNDATION IS NOW ABLE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS IN CRYPTOCURRENCY. Similar to the process we use for donations of stock, the cryptocurrency will be immediately liquidated with the net cash value being acknowledged as the donation amount. To donate via cryptocurrency button or for more information: jcox@yscf.org

FREE RAPID COVID-19 SELF-TESTS at the Yellow Springs Public Library. Park in one of the marked spaces, call the number, and have it delivered to your trunk—touch-free: 937-352-4003 

NEED TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19? Yellow Springs Primary Care has Johnson & Johnson vaccines available. Call 937-767-1088 to schedule an appointment today.

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Our Mission 
Entrusted with the responsibility of enhancing community life, we are a catalyst and resource for local charitable giving and grant making.

 

BOARD MEMBER TRUSTEES
Lisa Abel, President; Richard Bullock, Vice President, Matthew Denman, Treasurer,  Todd Leventhal, Vice Treasurer; Kayla Rothman-Zecher, Secretary;  Theresa Graham, Angie Hsu, Artie Isaac, Ellis Jacobs, Joanne Lakomski, Joshua Mabra,  Kathryn Van der Heiden 

STAFF
Jeannamarie Cox, Executive Director
Kat Walter, Program Manager
Melissa Heston, Outreach Manager
Misty Gill, Administrative Assistant
Sara Miller Gray, Miller Program Administrative Assistant
Harvey Curran, Volunteer Project Manager

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