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ASHTABULA FOUNDATION
Grand Valley Youth Philanthropy Board
4510 Collins Boulevard, Suite 6
Ashtabula, OH 44004
Contact: John Dolan
Phone: 440.992.6818
Email:
Year founded: 2011
Age range: high school juniors & seniors
BARBERTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth Philanthropy Committee
460 West Paige Avenue
Barberton, OH 44203
Contact: Holli Mallak, MNO
Phone: 330.745.5995
Email: hmallak@bcfcharity.org
Year founded: 2000
Age range: high school juniors & seniors
COLUMBUS FOUNDATION
Columbus Youth Foundation
1234 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43203
Contact: Stacey Morris
Phone: 614.251.4000
Email: infosupporting@columbusfoundation.org
Year founded: 1976
Age range: 5-18
www.columbusfoundation.org/giving/foundations/columbus-youth/
COLUMBUS JEWISH FOUNDATION
Mitzi & Henry Saeman B’nai Tzedek Youth Philanthropy Program
1175 College Avenue
Columbus, OH 43209
Contact: Deborah Applefeld
Phone: 614.338.2365
Email: dapplefeld@tcjf.org
Year Founded: 1999
Age range: 12-15
www.jedicolumbus.org/page.aspx?id=172760
COLUMBUS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
Youth Advisory Council
31 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Contact: Cathy Thompson
Phone: 614.255.4410
Email: cthomp@goodhealthcolumbus.org
Year founded: 2001
Age range: 13-18
www.goodhealthcolumbus.org/cmaf/youth-advisory-council
THE FINDLAY-HANCOCK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
ECLIPSe & ENGAGE
101 West Sandusky Street, #207
Findlay, OH 45840
Contact: Kimberly Bash
Phone: 419.425.1100
Email: kbash@community-foundation.com
Year founded: 2001
Age range: eighth grade through college
http://community-foundation.com/initiatives/eclipse/
HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth Philanthropy Committee
319 North Third Street
Hamilton, OH 45011
Contact: Erin Mahan
Phone: 513.863.1717
Email: emahan@hamiltonfoundation.org
Year founded: 2005
Age range: high school
www.hamiltonfoundation.org/receiving-grants-scholarships-2/youth-philanthropy/
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL
The GROW Foundation (Middle School Program)
19600 North Park Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Contact: Laura Zappas
Phone: 216.320.8796, ext. 7115
Email: lzappas@hb.edu
Year founded: 2000
Age range: grades 5-8
www.hb.edu/page.cfm?p=4527
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL
The GROW Foundation (Upper School Branch)*
19600 North Park Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Contact: Stephanie Hiedemann
Phone: 216.320.8771
Email: shiedemann@hb.edu
Year founded: 2012
Age range: grades 9 - 12
www.hb.edu/page.cfm?p=4527
*Will launch in January 2013
JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND
The Maurice Saltzman Youth Panel
Mandel Building, 25701 Science Park Drive
Cleveland, OH 44122
Contact: Ann Garson
Phone: 216.593.2814
Email: agarson@jcfclevel.org
Year founded: 1998
Age range: high school juniors & seniors
www.jewishcleveland.org/page.aspx?id=72767
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER LORAIN COUNTY
Youth Fund Advisory Committee
9080 Leavitt Road
Elyria, OH 44035
Contact: Ramona Grigsby
Phone: 440.984.7390
Email: rgrigsby@peoplewhocare.org
Year founded: 1998
Age range: grades 8-12
www.peoplewhocare.org/page20444.cfm
MAGNIFIED GIVING
Student Philanthropy Program
209 West Benson Street
Cincinnati, OH 45215
Contact: Todd Forman
Phone: 513.550.0518
Email: tforman@mndhs.org
Year founded: 2008
Age range: 14-18
www.magnifiedgiving.org/programs/student-philanthropy-program
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE MAHONING VALLEY
The Young Philanthropist Advisory Board
201 East Commerce Street, #150
Youngstown, OH 44503
Contact: Marissa Murphy
Phone: 330.743.5555
Email: mmurphy@cfmv.org
Year founded: 2006
Age range: high school junior through college senior
www.staged.cfmv.org/TheYoungPhilanthropistFund.aspx
MARION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth Engaged in Philanthropy
504 South State Street
Marion, OH 43302
Contact: Brad Bebout
Phone: 740.387.9704
Email: marionlegacy@frontier.com
Year founded: 2001
Age range: high school
MANUEL D. AND RHODA MAYERSON FOUNDATION
High School Service-Learning Program
312 Walnut Street, Suite 3600
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Contact: Clare Blankemeyer
Phone: 513.325.2684
Email: ClareB@MayersonFoundation.org
Year founded: 1994
Age range: high school
www.mayersonfoundation.org/Programs/ServiceLearningProgram/tabid/689/Default.aspx
MANUEL D. AND RHODA MAYERSON FOUNDATION
The Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project at Northern Kentucky University
Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement
Founders Hall, 536 Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Contact: Mark Neikirk
Phone: 859.572.1448
Email: neikirkm1@nku.edu
Year founded: 1999
Age range: college: while most are 18-22, older students also participate
http://civicengagement.nku.edu/involved/mayerson.php
MENORAH PARK FOUNDATION
Teen Philanthropy Board
27100 Cedar Road
Beachwood, OH 44122
Contact: Svetlana Kurinsky
Phone: 216.595.7324
Email: skurinsky@menorahpark.org
Year founded: 2000
Age range: high school freshmen through juniors
MIDDLETOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth Advisory Council
300 North Main Street, Suite 300
Middletown, OH 45042
Contact: Duane Gordon
Phone: 513.424.7369
Email: Info@mcfoundation.org
Year founded: 2000
Age range: high school
www.mcfoundation.org/Youth_Council.htm
THE BURTON D. MORGAN FOUNDATION
Seniors and Youth: Partners in Philanthropy
Laurel Lake Retirement Community
200 Laurel Lake Drive
Hudson, OH 44236
Contact: David Oster
Phone: 330.650.0681
Email: david_oster@hmis.org
Year founded: 2009
Age range: 8th grade
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MOUNT VERNON & KNOX COUNTY
Youth Philanthropy Initiative
1 S. Main Street
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Contact: Sam Barone
Phone: 740.392.3270
Email: sbarone@mvkcfoundation.org
Year founded: 2011
Age range: high school
http://mvkcfoundation.org/youth-philanthropy/
MUSKINGUM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Community Youth Foundation
534 Putnam Avenue
Zanesville, OH 43701
Contact: Juliet Lacy
Phone: 740.453.5192
Email: jlacy@mccf.org
Year founded: 2000
Age range: high school
www.mccf.org/students/community_youth/community_youth.html
OHIO 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Hocking County Youth Board
150 North Homer Ave.
Logan, Ohio 43138-1730
Contact: Joyce Shriner, CFLE
Phone: 740.385.3222
Email: shriner.3@osu.edu
Year founded: 1999
Age range: 14-18
http://hocking.osu.edu/topics/4-h-youth-development
OHIO 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Sandusky County Building Community Together
2000 Countryside Drive, Suite D
Fremont, OH 43420
Contact: Gwen Soule
Phone: 419.334.6340
Email: soule.12@osu.edu
Year founded:
Age range: 8th-12th grade
PICKAWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth Advisory Council
P.O. Box 3
Circleville, OH 43113
Contact: Linda Metzler
Phone: 740.477.1661
Email: lmetzler@ymcacolumbus.org
Year founded: 2005
Age range: high school
SANDUSKY/ERIE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth Advisory Council
135 East Washington Row
Sandusky, OH 44870
Contact: Judy Pflieger
Phone: 419.503.5575 (cell)
Email: japflieger@yahoo.com
Year founded: 1999
Age range: 16-18
www.sanduskyfoundation.org/about/youth-advisory-council/
ST. URSULA ACADEMY
Youth in Philanthropy
1339 East McMillan Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
Contact:
Phone:
Email:
Year founded:
Age range:
www.saintursula.org/giving/YouthinPhilanthropy/
TIFFIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Youth Advisory Council
8 South Washington Street
Tiffin, OH 44883
Contact: Mrs. Debbie Gerschutz,
Phone:
Email: debbie.gerschutz@yahoo.com
Year founded: 2011
Age range: high school juniors & seniors
www.tiffinfoundation.org/news_detail.php?pid=ODI=
TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth in Philanthropy Encouraging Excellence (YIPEE)
Leadership Toledo
316 Adams Street, #3
Toledo, OH 43604
Contacts: Cory Dippold and Kristina White
Phone: 419.241.7371
Email: cory@leadershiptoledo.org, Kristina@leadershiptoledo.org
Year founded: 1998
Age range: high school juniors & seniors
http://leadershiptoledo.org/?myportfoliotype=yipee
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND
John K. Mott Youth Fund Distribution Committee
1331 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Contact: Wanda Landrum
Phone: 216.436.2224
Email: wlandrum@unitedwaycleveland.org
Year founded: 1991
Age range: high school juniors & seniors
www.unitedwaycleveland.org/site/c.gpIOKZOxFoG/b.8105083/k.43A4/2012_YFDC_Funding.htm
UNITED WAY OF LOGAN COUNTY
Youth Allocations Committee
130 S. Main Street, Suite #109
Bellefontaine, OH 43311
Contact: Gina Dyer
Phone: 937.592.2886
Email: gina@uwlogan.org
Year founded:
Age range: high school juniors & seniors
www.uwlogan.org/Youth_Allocations_Committee.php
UNITED WAY SERVICES OF GEAUGA COUNTY
Youth Fund Distribution Committee
209 Center Street, Unit H
Chardon, OH 44024
Contact: Joann Randall
Phone: 440.285.2261, ext. 225
Email: jrandall@uws.org
Year founded:
Age range: high school sophomores and juniors
www.uwsgc.org/YFDC.php
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST CHESTER/LIBERTY
Youth in Philanthropy
5641 Union Centre Drive
West Chester, OH 45069
Contact: Patti Alderson
Phone: 513.543.1632
Email: pattialder@aol.com
Year founded: 2004
Age range: high school freshman-senior
www.wclfoundation.com/yip.asp
YELLOW SPRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Youth Philanthropy Group
P.O. Box 55
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Foundation Liaison: Joan Ackerman
Email: joana@siscom.net
Contact: Desiree Nickell, faculty advisor
Email: dnickell@ysschools.org
Year founded: 2004
Age range: grades 7-12