Gifts to the Harrison County Community Foundation’s endowment fund are invested, with earnings from those dollars returned to our communities through grants to nonprofits, schools and public organizations serving our neighbors.

With the support of our donors and in partnership with FAO, our grants fund projects and programs that advance opportunities across five areas, known as our Pillars of Prosperity: arts and culture, community and economic development, education, environmental stewardship, and health and human services. Emphasis is on supporting individuals of all ages who are spearheading projects and programs that create opportunities, meet pressing needs and unleash the potential within Harrison County.

The 2024 grant application closed on Sept. 10.

A growing impact, year after year

More than $33,000 awarded in 2024!

In 2024, the Harrison County Community Foundation, in partnership with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, awarded 15 grants, totaling $33,280, to support projects and programs benefiting the county’s residents and communities.

Grant Recipients

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Ohio to help expand a school-based mentoring program for students whose families are battling opioid addiction
  • Blues For A Cure to sponsor the 2025 concert, benefiting Harrison Community Hospital-WVU Medicine and Harrison Cancer Crusaders
  • Crossroads Farm to help fund the purchase of a 15-passenger van for the rural youth ministry’s programs and events
  • Deersville Community Players to complete the theater’s lighting project and to help fund a new sound system
  • Harrison County Dog Pound Volunteers to help fund veterinary care for dogs at the pound
  • Harrison County Tourism Council received two grants: (1) to repair the Christmas light display at the courthouse and (2) to sponsor the 2025 summer concert series at Sally Buffalo Park
  • Harrison Hills City School District received three grants: (1) to help fund Harrison Central High School’s “Close Up” government studies program in Washington, D.C., (2) to support the Caring for Huskies program and the emergency clothing it provides to students and (3) to purchase a freezer for the monthly food distributions the district hosts
  • Humane Society of Harrison County to support its Trap-Neuter-Return program for stray cats
  • Puskarich Public Library System to support the first two years of a new partnership with Kulture City that will enhance sensory and accessibility services for individuals with disabilities
  • Scott Memorial United Methodist Church to help stock a new Foster Closet for families and children in foster care
  • Tri-County Help Center to support a new support group for Harrison County youth and community education and youth outreach efforts in the county

In addition, HCCF, with funding from FAO, awarded a grant to support a project developed and implemented by local youth under age 18. The goal of this funding is to inspire young people to embrace roles as changemakers committed to creating strong, vibrant communities. The Harrison Hills City School District received funding for a project spearheaded by three Harrison Central High School seniors who are working with the district’s elementary teachers to develop mathematical fact fluency decals that will be installed on the elementary school’s stairways. The project is rooted in research that shows repeated exposure to learning tools like this helps with memory consolidation, faster recall and greater levels of confidence with math.

  • Cadiz Cub Scout Pack 269 to support its annual day camp
  • Deersville Community Players to enhance areas in the theatre used for costume and prop storage
  • Eastern Ohio Extension Camps – 4-H Camp Piedmont to install utility poles at the camp
  • Harrison County Dog Pound Volunteers to fund canine spaying/neutering
  • Harrison County Genealogical Society to provide painting supplies for a new mural paying tribute to the people who won Cadiz the “Proudest Small Town in America” award in 1939
  • Harrison County Tourism Council to sponsor artists for The Mark at the Park Summer Concert Series 2024
  • Humane Society of Harrison County to supports its Trap, Spay/Neuter, and Shelter Project
  • The iBELIEVE Foundation to fund the participation of Harrison County youth in the 2024 iBELIEVE Youth Leadership Workshops
  • Lakeland Academy Community School to purchase educational supplies and snacks for before- and after-school care
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio to help cover overnight stays for Harrison County families

  • Harrison Central Senior Group to fund a service-learning project spearheaded by four Harrison Central High School seniors who are partnering with the school’s shop class and community organizations to construct a StoryWalk on the Conotton Creek Trail

  • Community Hospice to support its You’re Not Alone Youth Bereavement Camp, serving children ages 7-17
  • Deersville Community Players to upgrade the theater’s stage flooring
  • Deersville Community Volunteer Fire Department to help fund improvements to its parking lot
  • Freeport Volunteer Fire Department to purchase safety gear for firefighters
  • Harrison County Tourism Council Inc. for construction of a new outdoor performance backstage area at Sally Buffalo Park
  • Harrison County Metropolitan Housing Authority to help expand the A-Z Learning Lab
  • Humane Society of Harrison County for the spaying or neutering of feral, stray and owned cats
  • Presbyterian Church of Cadiz to expand its micro-pantry
  • Tri-County Help Center to support its community education and outreach initiative
  • WVU Medicine Harrison Community Hospital to support the launch of a program that will offer discounted laboratory testing to the uninsured and underinsured

  • Harrison Metropolitan Housing Authority to support the A-Z Learning Lab, a summer youth program that provides educational opportunities and life experiences
  • Harrison County Tourism Council Inc. to support the Sally Buffalo Park new outdoor performance stage
  • Camp Piedmont to help fund cabin repairs
  • Humane Society of Harrison County Inc. to support the Trap Neuter Release program for feral cats
  • HARCATUS Tri-County Community Action Organization Inc. to support the Senior Nutrition Program
  • Deersville Community Players to support the 2021 Christmas presentation
  • Franklin Museum of New Athens to help fund a roof replacement due to tornado damage
  • Freeport Volunteer Fire Department to support the 2021 Safety Project
  • Area Agency on Aging, Region 9, to support Take Charge Harrison (diabetes education)
  • Harrison County Agricultural Society to help fund the replacement of the fairground’s equine barn

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