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Brooks family and Fill the Freezer program honored for community impact NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) celebrated the impact of donors and doers across the 32-county region and presented its 2025 awards during its Dec. 2 virtual Giving Tuesday event. “Philanthropy is fueling innovation and opportunity across Appalachian Ohio,” said Cara […]

All are invited to celebrate FAO’s 2025 award recipients and our shared impact NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) invites residents and friends of the 32-county region to its 2025 virtual Giving Tuesday celebration. The event, hosted on Zoom, will be held at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and rebroadcast at 7 […]

Affiliates serving Guernsey, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Noble, Perry and Vinton counties as well as the Nelsonville area announce 2025 grant recipients NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio’s 15 affiliate foundation partners, with the support of their donors and in partnership with FAO, have awarded a total of $627,563 in grant funding this year […]

Adams County organizations, residents invited to apply by Dec. 9 WEST UNION, Ohio – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO), in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), is accepting grant and scholarship applications for funding available through the Edge of Appalachia – Adams County Fund. TNC established the Edge of Appalachia – Adams County Fund at […]

Communities in Gallia, Harrison, Hocking, Lawrence, Morgan, Perry and Vinton counties are fighting hunger – one pound at a time NELSONVILLE, Ohio – Food insecurity rates top 20 percent in some parts of Appalachian Ohio. But in seven of the region’s counties, communities stepped up this summer to provide more than 33,000 pounds of locally […]

Expand Energy and FAO invite K-12 public schools and educators to apply by Nov. 18 NELSONVILLE, Ohio – Expand Energy and the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) are accepting grant applications to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) educational activities in K-12 classrooms and schools in Belmont, Guernsey and Monroe counties. Public school districts […]