Nearly $40,000 to support 13 programs and projects benefiting Hocking County
LOGAN, Ohio – The Logan-Holl Foundation Fund at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) has awarded $39,405 during its 2026 grant cycle to support 13 programs and projects benefiting the people of the city of Logan and Hocking County.
“Barton A. Holl believed in showing up for his community in ways that made a real, lasting difference, and these grants carry that commitment forward,” said Rudy Brandt, secretary-treasurer of the Logan-Holl Foundation Fund. “From meeting urgent needs to expanding opportunity, these grants are investing in the people and future of the community he loved so dearly.”
Grants were awarded to:
- The Bowen House for technology upgrades
- Brighten Your Future to provide grants to Logan High School graduates who are pursuing postsecondary degrees or certificates and who have demonstrated unmet financial need
- Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio to support a 2026 home build in Logan
- Hocking Athens Perry Community Action to purchase locally sourced food for distribution at the Health Market and Training Hub in Logan
- Hocking County Children’s Chorus to support its spring 2027 musical theater production
- Hocking Hills Children’s Museum to purchase a freestanding, portable partition wall that will create a dedicated, distraction-reduced learning space within the facility
- Hocking Hills Inspire Shelter to replace laundry equipment, purchase a commercial refrigerator, add bunk beds to increase capacity and implement composting and edible landscaping initiatives
- Hocking Valley Community Hospital to help repair and rehabilitate failing steam bundles within the facility’s central heating and sterilization systems
- Hocking Valley Industries Inc. to purchase adaptive supplies, equipment and training materials that will help Hocking County adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities engage with and contribute to their community
- Logan-Hocking School District to purchase hygiene items, shoes and emergency clothing for middle school students
- My Sister’s Place to provide financial support to domestic violence survivors in Hocking County
- Summer Children’s Arts Experience to support its 2026 camp for Hocking County children ages 5-18, giving them the opportunity to explore cultures of the world through music, dance, visual art, theater, food and history
- We Are Friends, a ministry of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, to provide assistance to Hocking County individuals and families who may not qualify for help from county, state or federal programs
Barton A. Holl, an industrialist and community leader, founded the Logan-Holl Foundation in 1968 to ensure that the support he provided to projects benefiting the people of the city of Logan and Hocking County would continue beyond his lifetime. The Logan-Holl Foundation Fund joined FAO in 2021 and is a member of the family of funds within the Hocking County Community Fund, one of FAO’s local affiliate foundation partners.
The next Logan-Holl Foundation Fund grant round will open in early 2027.