Gifts to the Meigs County 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 Meigs County.

The 2024 grant application closed Sept. 10.

A growing impact, year after year

More than $50,000 awarded in 2023!

In 2023, the Meigs County Foundation awarded 17 grants, totaling $50,150, to support initiatives benefiting our residents and communities. This includes a grant for a project developed and implemented by Meigs County youth under age 18, empowering our young people’s good work today and inspiring them to embrace future roles as community builders.

Grant Recipients

  • Bethel Worship Center to support the “It’s Our Time: Meigs Mobile Food and Supplies Outreach”
  • Chester Youth Baseball and Softball to improve batting cages for community use
  • Columbia Township Trustees to purchase storage cabinets and food for the Blessing Box
  • Eastern Local School District received two grants through support from the Buckley Family: (1) to purchase tools, materials and plants the Eastern FFA needs to create a greenhouse and community garden and (2) to purchase tools and supplies needed for the Science Olympiad team to advance in competition
  • God’s Hands At Work to purchase food for the Meigs County mobile food pantry
  • Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio to support a home build for a Meigs County family in need
  • Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio to purchase food for food pantry distributions in Meigs County
  • Meigs County Council on Aging to fund upgrades and additions to the Blakeslee Center’s conference/training equipment
  • Meigs County Farmers’ Market to support food vouchers for veterans and food-related classes
  • Meigs County Schools Food Pantry to purchase food
  • Mid-Valley Christian School to purchase instruments for the online music program
  • River of Life Food Pantry to purchase food
  • Southern Local School District to purchase materials and equipment for the Introduction to Art Program
  • Tuppers Plains Youth Baseball to improve batting cages for community use
  • Village of Rutland to replace the doors of the Rutland Civic Center’s gymnasium

  • The iBELIEVE Foundation to fund the participation of Meigs County youth in the 2024 iBELIEVE Youth Leadership Workshops

  • Bethel Worship Center for “It’s Our Time: Meigs Mobile Food and Supplies Outreach,” a new mobile outreach program providing food, supplies, information and encouragement to county residents
  • Blessings in a Backpack to provide weekly backpacks of food for up to 160 K-5 students in Meigs County primary and intermediate schools at risk for hunger over the weekends
  • God’s Hands At Work for its mobile food pantry
  • Eastern Local School District received two grants, through support from the Buckley Family, for its Exploration in Art program and to purchase tools and equipment and to grow the vocational agricultural program developed in conjunction with Meigs Local Schools
  • Meigs County Farmers’ Market to support the third season of its Music Along the River program
  • Meigs County Historical Society to purchase a new computer and programs to assist with genealogy research
  • Mulberry Community Center received a grant, through support from Danny Crow, Debbie Gilkey and Donna Morrison, in memory of their mother, Vera Crow, to purchase equipment and fund improvements to the center and its kitchen
  • Racine Firefighters Association to purchase new life jackets for its rescue boats
  • Rio Grande Community College Meigs Center to provide students with healthy snacks and small meal options
  • River of Life Care Closet for additional space and equipment for its food pantry

  • Chester United Methodist Church for the rehabilitation of its baseball field backstop and bleachers
  • Eastern Local School District for the Eastern High School/Middle School Band Instrument Program
  • Eastern Local School District for the Eagle Pack Program, which sends meals home with students who have limited access to food on weekends
  • God’s Hands At Work for the mobile food pantry
  • Meigs Cooperative Parrish for freezer and kitchen items at its Community Kitchen
  • Meigs County Council on Aging to build capacity for performing arts
  • Meigs County Farmers’ Market LLC for its children’s program, 2022 Arts & Education at the Market
  • Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society and Museum to install an air purifier
  • Pageville Freewill Baptist Church for the Keeping Seniors at Home with Emergency Support program
  • Portland Community Center for a refrigerator, tiles and other floor materials for the center
  • Village of Pomeroy for a playground as part of the Children Playing Safe in Pomeroy Parks program
  • Village of Racine for Phase II of the village’s ballfield improvements