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.
Our 2026 grant application closed on June 9.
A growing impact, year after year
Nearly $27,000 awarded in 2026!
The Jackson County Community Foundation, with the support of our donors and in partnership with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, awarded $26,943 during our 2026 grant round to advance 12 projects and programs benefiting Jackson County’s residents and communities.
Grant Recipients
- Integrated Services for Behavioral Health to fund therapeutic activities and supplies for youth and adult therapy groups in Jackson County
- Jackson Area Festivals and Events received two grants: (1) to support its food giveaways and (2) to support its AppleKids program, which provides food assistance to Jackson City Schools elementary students
- Jackson County Board on Aging to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED) for one of its facilities
- Jackson County Dog Pound to help provide Lyme and other disease testing, as well as antibiotics if needed, for low-income Jackson County households
- Jackson-Vinton Farm Bureau to purchase educational materials for students attending the 2027 Agriculture Experience Day
- Monarch: Wings of Kyla Foundation to help provide food assistance, mental health support, crisis intervention and wellness resources to underserved Jackson County individuals and families
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Southern Ohio to support mental health education and suicide prevention programs in all three school district areas in Jackson County
- Oak Hill Historical Society to build and help stock with food a second blessing box in the village of Oak Hill
- The Salvation Army-Logan Service Unit to purchase hygiene items for the Bags of Hope distributed to Jackson County residents experiencing hardship
- Sojourners Care Network to provide resources that support Jackson County youth experiencing homelessness during their stay in a shelter and as they transition into permanent housing
- Southern Hills Arts Council to support the 2027 Movies at Manpower outdoor moving screenings in Jackson
- Books Across the Bend to support an annual service project spearheaded by Jackson High School senior Drew Neff that provides books to pre-K through first-grade students in Jackson City Schools
- City of Jackson to support a project to improve trail conditions and install markers and interpretative signage at Boone Rocks
- Community Assault Prevention Services to help fund rent, utilities and food for its emergency domestic violence shelter
- Easterseals Central and Southeast Ohio to increase local enrollment in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio and to provide books to Jackson County children in the program
- Jackson County Board on Aging to support its Supplemental Nutrition Program, which provides one additional meal per week for seven weeks to Jackson County residents age 60 and older
- Jackson County Homelessness Committee to paint homes that provide free housing to Jackson County residents experiencing homelessness
- Southern Hills Arts Council to support the 2026 Movies at Manpower outdoor movie screenings at Manpower Park in Jackson
- Wellston City Schools to purchase art supplies for the K-5 visual arts program at Bundy Elementary and Wellston Intermediate School
- 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.
