Gifts to the Jackson 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 Jackson County.
The 2024 grant application closed on Sept. 10.
A growing impact, year after year
More than $15,000 awarded in 2024!
In 2024, the Jackson County Community Foundation, in partnership with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, awarded nine grants, totaling $15,600, to support projects and programs benefiting the county’s residents and communities.
Grant Recipients
- Christ Church of Jackson to support the Mission Team’s “Thanksgiving to Go” project that provides Thanksgiving meals for residents of the Cambrian Apartments, which provides assisted housing for the elderly and individuals with disabilities; men at Warriors for Christ in Jackson, a nonprofit, faith-based drug and alcohol addiction treatment center; and shut-ins from the church
- Community Adult Prevention Services to help fund its domestic violence shelter
- Jackson County Forward to install trailhead signs at Hammertown Lake and signage for the community garden in Jackson
- Jackson-Vinton Farm Bureau to expand the impact of its annual Agriculture Experience Day, a free educational field trip provided to all second graders in Jackson and Vinton counties, by providing teacher’s packets that will allow learning to continue once students return to the classroom
- Oak Hill Historical Society to support the further development of Edwards Corner Park
- Oaks United to provide food boxes at Christmas to Oak Hill School District students
- Southern Hills Arts Council to support the 2025 Movies at Manpower outdoor movie screenings at Manpower Park in Jackson
- Southern Ohio Soles Inc. to provide underprivileged children in Jackson County with new shoes
- The Lillian E. Jones Museum to purchase equipment to digitize a collection of historical newspapers, preserving them and making them accessible
- City of Jackson to install playground equipment at Hillcrest Park
- God’s Hands At Work to purchase food for its Jackson County mobile food pantry
- Grace Clinics of Ohio Inc. to fund pharmacy vouchers and operational expenses for the Jackon Clinic
- Jackson County 4-H Advisory Council to purchase curriculum and supplies for the Jackson County Spring Project Fair and 4-H Open House
- Make Wellston Beautiful Inc. to purchase materials to build new quilt racks and art display boards for the Wellston OHillCo Festival Art Show and Quilt, Needlework, and Craft Show
- Oak Hill Area Chamber of Commerce to help fund the fabrication and installation of “The World’s Largest Acorn” sculpture at Central Memorial Park in honor of the Village of Oak Hill’s 150th anniversary
- Sojourners Care Network to provide Jackson County youth experiencing homelessness at least one warm holiday experience this December
- Kicks 4 Coats, a nonprofit organization founded by a Jackson High School senior to provide warm coats to Jackson County children ages 1-18
- Southern Ohio Soles Inc., a nonprofit organization established by local high school students to provide footwear to students in need in Jackson County’s public schools
- Fourteen Six Incorporated for construction of a fence at its sports facility
- God’s Hands At Work to support its mobile food pantry
- Jackson City Library to purchase an additional 3D printer for the library and for Jackson City Schools’ afterschool programs
- Jackson County 4-H Advisory Council to support the Jackson County 4-H Spring Project Fair
- Lillian E. Jones Museum to support the creation of 3D tours of landmarks and other important places in Jackson County
- Jackson City Library to support the creation of a MakerSpace
- City of Jackson to support the Hillcrest Skatepark Upgrade Project
- City of Wellston to help purchase benches, picnic tables, outdoor message centers and more for the downtown historic district
- God’s Hands At Work to support its mobile food pantry
Explore other grant opportunities available through the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio.
