The Athens Foundation - Current Grantees

Current Grantees

Athens Foundation makes 30 grants to Athens Community in 1997

The Athens Foundation announces grant awards totaling $85,840 for Athens area projects and services. Organizations receiving awards from the Athens Foundation Endowment include:

* American Red Cross
$3,000 for computer technology upgrades;
* Amesville Elementary PTO
$2,750 for playground project;
* Appalachian Ohio Group of the Sierra Club
$3,950 for Athens Middle School solar education project;
* Appalachian Nutrition Network
$3,000 administrative support;
* Appalachian Peace and Justice Network
$2,100 Peace Tower mediation project at Coolville Elementary;
* Athens AIDS Task Force
$3,000 for technology upgrades;
* Athens Association for Gifted Children
$2,350 program support;
* Athens Farmers Market & Appalachian Center Economic Network
$3,300 for Athens public market pavilion project;
* Athens Middle School
$1,800 for artist in residence program;
* Athens Youth Baseball Organization
$5,000 for field construction;
* City of Athens
$4,000 for automatic electronic defibrillators;
* City of Athens Parks and Recreation
$2,600 for Athens Skatepark lighting project;
* Factory Street Studio and Moving Parts
$4,000 for facility improvements;
* Federal Valley Resource Center
$5,250 for renovation of facility;
* First Book Athens County Advisory Board
$3,600 provide books for area children;
* Friends and Neighbors Community Food Center
$1,500 to increase assistance to shut-ins;
* Kilvert Community Center
$1,600 in assistance to needy families and;
* Ohio University Kids on Campus
$2,400 for water safety and canoeing instruction;
* Ohio Valley Summer Theater
$5,600 for Anna and the White Crane;
* ReUse Industries
$2,300 to extend pick up service to rural areas;
* Rural Appalachian Housing Development
$3,900 for emergency home repair;
* Stuart's Opera House
$4,900 for promotional video;
* ARTS/West, Studio for Young Actors
$400 for space rental for production;
* The Birth Circle
$1,550 for educational materials and supplies;
* The Dairy Barn
$3,000 technology upgrades;
* The Plains United Methodist Church
$2,500 for kitchen supplies;
* Trimble Local Textbook & Supplies Foundation
$3,000 for social science textbooks for grades 7 - 10;
* Village Productions
$1,850 for dance shoes.
* ARTS/West
received $1,000 from the Athens Bar Association Fund to commission a dance/theater work and
* Personnel Plus – ATCO Inc.
received $649 from the SEPAN Fund for training

Grants for community projects are available to non-profit organization in the Athens Area.
The Athens Foundation is a public philanthropic organization created in 1980 to support, assist, and foster activities, services and organization in improving the quality of life for Athens City and county residents.

Athens Foundation funding supports arts and cultural activities, civic affairs, environmental projects, education and health and human services.

Grant forms may picked up at the Foundation office at 2 S. Court, Second Floor, or at the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce office at 449 E. State Street, Suite 1 or by mail by calling 594-6061.
Applications are due by April 1, 2006.

For information on the grants to the community program or about giving and bequests, please contact Susan Urano at 594-6061, or email susan@athensfoundation.org. The Athens Foundation mailing address is P.O. Box 366, Athens, OH 45701.