• Ora E. Anderson Conservation Fund for Appalachian Ohio Awards Grant to Rural Action

    Grant will support Rural Action’s Forestry Program Nelsonville, OH – Rural Action,a nonprofit member-based development organization located in Athens County, hasbeen awarded a $4,000 grant from the Ora E. Anderson Conservation Fund forAppalachian Ohio, a permanent endowment fund at the Foundation for AppalachianOhio. This grant will be used to assist Rural Action’s Forestry Program inworking […]

  • 2011-2012 Annual Report Released

    Thank you to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio’s manydonors and partners who supported FAO throughout the past 2011-2012 fiscalyear. Everything in our newly released 2011-2012 Annual Report to the Region has only beenpossible because of you. Please enjoy catching up on all this past year’s work.We look forward to collaborating with you on new and exciting endeavors […]

  • Paul Knoop Conservation Education Fund Established

    v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Appalachia OhioAlliance Celebrates 10 Years of Conservation   Nelsonville, OH – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is pleasedto announce the Appalachia Ohio Alliance (AOA) has established a permanentendowment fund to support AOA’s vision of conservation and stewardship of ourland and water as sustainable natural resources. “The Appalachia Ohio Alliancetreasures the […]

  • 2012 Child of Appalachia® Writing Contest Open

    FAO Launches2012 Writing Contest for Region’s Students and Teachers in Partnership with theDuke Energy Foundation   Essays Now Being Accepted from 4ththrough 8th Graders Across 32 Counties Nelsonville,OH – Dreaming, innovating,believing and achieving! If you could invent something for your community, whatwould it be and what problem would it solve? The Foundation for AppalachianOhio (FAO) […]

  • 2012 Child of Appalachia Honoree Bill Morgan Celebrate with Video

    Over 200 Gathered to celebrate the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio’s 2012 Child of Appalachia Honoree Bill Morgan   This Year’s Child of Appalachia Story Now Lives Online Nelsonville, OH – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio recognized Bill Morgan of Perry County as the 2012 Child of Appalachia honoree, during a celebration at The Columbus Athenaeum on October […]

  • FAO Awarded USDA Grant for $200,000

    USDA Awards $200,000 RCDI Grant tothe Foundation for Appalachian Ohio   Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural DevelopmentVisits Foundation Office for Announcement   Nelsonville, OH – Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Doug O’Brien announced today that the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) would receive funding through the USDA’s Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) […]

  • ICAN! Classroom Mini-Grant Applications Open

    FAO Partners with Duke Energy to Offer Grant Opportunity to Region’s Educators   Nelsonville, OH – In partnership with the Duke Energy Foundation, the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is pleased to offer ICAN! Classroom Enrichment Mini-Grants to support the efforts of teachers across the region in connecting their classrooms with Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or […]

  • Southeast Ohio Hunger Fund Awards Grant and Encourages Others to Give to Southeast Ohio Food Bank

    The Southeastern Ohio Hunger Fund has awarded $5,000 to theSoutheastern Ohio Food Bank for a challenge grant.   The Southeast Ohio Hunger Fund and the HussmanFoundation, through a partnership with Feeding America, will each donate $5,000to the food bank as part of a matching program to help generate additionaldonations to the food bank by August 15. […]

  • Registration Open for the OANO & Ohio Attorney General’s Joint Nonprofit Conference

    Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations & The Ohio Attorney General’s Joint Nonprofit Conference Agenda    Hotel Information    Breakout Sessions    Keynote Address    Ohio Nonprofit Excellence Awards    Exhibitors & Sponsors     Registration Information Breakout Sessions include: Cultivating the Young Donor, Anatomy of a Nonprofit Scam, Social Enterprise: Just As Important as Fundraising; Daring to Lead: Implications & Practices; In […]

  • 2012 Scholarship Awards Announced

    Foundation for Appalachian Ohio Announced 57 2012 Scholarship Awards Across Appalachian Ohio   Three New Scholarships Awarded for the First Time   Nelsonville, OH – The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) announced 57 awards of 2012 scholarships. Supported through 17 funds at FAO, the scholarships will support students in their post-secondary pursuits with over $81,500. […]