About Barton A. Holl

Barton A. Holl, industrialist and community leader, founded the Logan-Holl Foundation in 1968 with $80,000 of his own money. For many years, he also gave significant amounts to the foundation. Establishing the foundation was a natural extension of Mr. Holl’s giving. Prior to the foundation, Mr. Holl wrote personal checks for such things as the payroll at Logan’s new hospital when it struggled in its early days. He wanted to design a foundation so that his altruistic endeavors could continue when he was no longer able to give. He died in 1979 at the age of 86. As he desired, the Logan-Holl Foundation continues his legacy of funding projects that benefit the people of Logan and Hocking County.

The Founding Trustees, consisting of family members and other forward-minded community leaders, were appointed to the foundation. Over the years, the trustees have changed, but the foundation has remained strong, having granted more than $1 million to numerous worthy projects.

The Logan-Holl Foundation Fund joined the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio in 2021.

What does the Logan-Holl Foundation support?

The Logan-Holl Foundation provides grants for projects that benefit the City of Logan and Hocking County, Ohio.

“Money is only as good as the good it can do” was the motto of industrialist and community leader Barton A. Holl, the founder of the Logan-Holl Foundation.

As a result of his leadership and foresight, the foundation has contributed to such projects as the Hocking Valley Community Hospital, the Hocking County Historical Society and Museum, tourism, United Way, Girl and Boy Scouts, the Logan-Hocking District Library, senior citizens, food for those in need, children’s projects and recreation, as well as scholarships for local students through the Minnie Bowen Fund and Brighten Your Future.

Grant Application and Timeline

The Logan-Holl Foundation considers grant applications annually. Grant applications open in January. Unfortunately, more applications are received than funds are available.

If you have questions, please contact the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio at 740-753-1111 or by email at info@ffao.org.

Previous grant recipients

  • Bishop Educational Gardens to help fund local musicians for the 2024 Lilyfest.
  • Brighten Your Future to provide last-dollar scholarships to Logan High School graduates.
  • First Presbyterian Church to purchase food for its food pantry.
  • Hocking Athens Perry Community Action to purchase food for the on-site distributions at the Southeast Ohio Foodbank in Logan.
  • Health Recovery Services to support its Community Reinforcement and Family Training, a 12-week educational and healing program for local families affected by substance use.
  • Hocking County Children’s Chorus to support its 2025 musical theater production.
  • Hocking County EMS to purchase two automatic external defibrillators to expand its “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” program in eastern Hocking County.
  • Hocking Hills Children’s Museum to help offset the cost of offering reduced-price admission fees to local families receiving food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as part of the Museums for All program.
  • Hocking Hills Inspire Shelter to fund the replacement of mattresses and wardrobe lockers used by clients experiencing homelessness.
  • inspiHER Girls Leadership Foundation to help purchase materials for the 2024 inspiHER Girls Leadership Retreat at Logan-Hocking Middle School.
  • Logan High School to purchase food, clothing, school supplies and toiletries for the Chieftain Closet, the school-based pantry.
  • Project Safe, the Logan-Hocking School District’s before- and after-school program serving K-8 students, to purchase food for its food pantry.
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio to help cover the costs of overnight stays at the Ronald McDonald House for Hocking County families.
  • Summer Children’s Arts Experience, held at The Bowen House, to support the program whose classes use the arts as a means of learning about another country and culture.

  • The Central Ohio chapter of A Kid Again to provide free cultural, educational and adventure opportunities to Hocking County children with life-threatening conditions and their families.
  • Easterseals of Central and Southeast Ohio to enroll additional Hocking County children in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Ohio.
  • The Hocking County Children’s Chorus to assist with expenses for its musical theater production of “The Little Mermaid.”
  • Hocking County Community Fund (HCCF) to purchase Thanksgiving turkeys for local families in need, expanding HCCF’s Fill the Freezer campaign.
  • Project SAFE at Logan-Hocking Schools to purchase food and toiletries for its Helping Families be Healthy Families Food Pantry.

Support the Logan-Holl Foundation Fund

Gifts to the Logan-Holl Foundation Fund are tax-deductible and can be made in many ways, including cash, bequests, stock, real estate, royalties, insurance beneficiaries and qualified charitable distributions from IRAs.

To mail your donation, please designate the fund and mail to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, 35 Public Square, Nelsonville, OH 45764.

Donations can be made online by designating the Logan-Holl Foundation Fund when donating.

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Current Logan-Holl Foundation Trustees

Jacob Hill, President
An Edward Jones CFP and a member of the Hocking Valley Community Hospital Board of Directors.

Mary Holl, Vice President
Master Gardener, a patron of the arts, and the widow of Former Trustee Richard H. Holl.

Rudy Brandt, Secretary-Treasurer
President and Secretary-Treasurer of Logan Clay Products LLC, President of Sawmiller LLC, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Forestry Association.

Dick Brandt
Chairman of Logan Clay Products LLC.

Amy Black
Family nurse practitioner at Hopewell Health Center in Logan and a member of the HVCH Board of Directors.

Dr. Doug Carr
Logan family physician at Hopewell Health Centers.

Chad Grow
Principal at Logan High School.

Melinda Radabaugh
Educator and granddaughter of Former Trustee Barton S. Holl.

Stephanie Brandt Taddeo
Great-granddaughter of Barton A. Holl and a social worker. Director of Operations for Wexner Hospice and Home Care at Wexner Heritage Village in Columbus.