FAO provides a structure through which your charitable giving is turned into meaningful and lasting investment in the individuals, institutions and ideas that create opportunities and advance flourishing in Appalachian Ohio.
Want to help grow our Pillars of Prosperity funds to support grants and fellowships that improve health, create educational opportunities, advance economic development, support environmental stewardship and provide access to arts and cultural experiences?
Increase philanthropic capacity in communities with significant disparities through our affiliate foundation partners?
Create an endowment to support a specific nonprofit or field of interest or a scholarship to ensure that future generations of Appalachian Ohioans can pursue a postsecondary education?
Make an immediate impact through our Friends of FAO Fund or leave a legacy through a planned gift?
Through our work, we increase, accelerate and sustain the impact of your giving. And whatever your charitable interests, your giving goes further when combined with gifts from others who share your love for the people and communities of Appalachian Ohio.
Our Approach
Support our long-term work
Your gift to our I’m a Child of Appalachia® Fund, our Pillars of Prosperity funds, our affiliate foundation partners or other endowed funds at FAO provides permanent support that helps fund the region's greatest needs and opportunities.
Search our fund listFund opportunities today
Your gift to our Friends of FAO Fund supports opportunities today while we grow endowments. Our annual giving campaign allows you to have an immediate impact for Appalachian Ohioans.
Give to the Friends of FAO FundLeave a lasting legacy
A tremendous intergenerational wealth transfer is occurring within Appalachian Ohio. Through a planned gift, you can support the causes and communities you care about forever.
Create a legacy