The Greater Toledo Community Foundation and Waterville Community Foundation recently approved grants totaling $52,870 from the Katherine R. Smith Funds for Youth. The grants support programs in northwest Ohio that enhance the lives of young people under the age of 18.
They were awarded to nine area nonprofit organizations.
•Advocating Opportunity–$7,500 to support trauma-responsive legal and social services to youth victimized by human trafficking.
•Bittersweet Farms– $6,000 to support the social recreation program.
•Courageous Community Services–$6,000 for camp experiences for youth with developmental disabilities.
•Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center–$8,000 for the Children’s Advocacy Center.
•Nature’s Nursery–$5,000 to support inschool wildlife education in the Anthony Wayne School District.
•Sunshine Foundation, Inc.–$2,970 for the summer camp program for children.
•Swanton Area Community Coalition, Inc.–$6,900 for the provision of the AWAKE coalition’s substance abuse prevention and mental health education programming in Anthony Wayne.
•The RIDGE Project–$7,500 for the film camp program at the Lucas County Youth Treatment Center.
•Waterville, Ohio Rotary Club–$3,000 for the Build a Bed initiative.
The Katherine R. Smith Funds for Youth place an emphasis on serving children with developmental disabilities or those who have been abused.
Any organization with services benefiting youth residing in Lucas or Wood counties is encouraged to apply. The annual deadline for proposals is January 31. To view the guidelines for funding, visit toledocf.org/ grants-2/.
