Grants Awarded 2009
Toledo Community Foundation awards grants from a variety of funds that reflect the charitable
interests of its donors and the diverse needs within our community. The following grants,
totaling over $8 million, were made in 2009.
Our region’s nonprofit organizations are our partners in making life better for all of us in
Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. We’re pleased to be able to provide funding through
our grant making programs that enables these organizations to be more effective in carrying out
their missions and address critical needs in our community.
A
The 577 Foundation
A Leg To Stand On
Ability Center of Greater Toledo
Adopt America Network
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.
AIA Legacy, Inc.
AIDS Resource Center Ohio
All Saints Lutheran Church
American Bible Society
American Cancer Society - Midwest Division
American Cancer Society - Northwest Regional Office
American Heart Association - Northwest Ohio Office
American National Red Cross
American Red Cross, Fostoria Chapter
American Red Cross, Greater Toledo Area Chapter
American Red Cross, Lenawee County Chapter
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association of Northern Ohio Chapter
Anchor, Inc.
Anonymous No More Foundation
The Anthony Wayne Education Foundation
Anthony Wayne Local Schools
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Service Access
Arizona State University
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
Arts Council Lake Erie West
The Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County
Ashland University
ASSETS Toledo, Inc.
Assistance Dogs of America, Inc.
Associated Charities of Lenawee County
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Northwest Ohio Chapter
Atlantic Salmon Federation, Inc.
Auburn University
Aurora Gonzalez Community and Family Resource Center
Aurora Project, Inc.
Avon Old Farms School
B
Baldwin-Wallace College
Beach House Family Shelter
Ben E. Williams Youth Services, Inc.
Benton-Carroll-Salem Local Schools
Bethany House
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Ohio
Bittersweet Inc.
Black Swamp Conservancy
Bluffton University
Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited, Inc.
Boston College
Boulder Community Hospital Foundation
Bowling Green Area School District
Bowling Green Community Foundation, Inc.
Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Foundation
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University Foundation
Boy Scouts of America - Erie Shores Council
Boyer-Riverfront Inc.
Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo
Bread for the World Institute
Brookwood School
C
Camp Courageous, Inc.
Camp Fire USA, Northwest Ohio Council, Inc.
Campus Crusade for Christ International
Cardinal Stritch High School
Case Western Reserve University
Casting for Recovery
Catharine S. Eberly, Center for Women
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Toledo, Inc.
Catholic Charities of Lenawee
Catholic Club
Center of Hope Family Services, Inc.
Central American Ministries
Central Asia Institute
Central Catholic High School
Central City Ministries of the Diocese of Toledo
Chamber Music Toledo, Inc.
Champions In Action, Inc.
Chance for Change Foundation, Inc.
Cherry Street Mission Ministries
Children's Resource Center
The Children's Theatre Workshop of Toledo
Christ Presbyterian Church
Christian and Missionary Alliance - First Alliance Church
Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament
City of Fostoria
City of Toledo
Claremont McKenna College
Clemson University
Collingwood Arts Center
Community Shares of Northwest Ohio
Cornell University
Corporation For A Skilled Workforce
Corpus Christi University Parish
Cottey Junior College
Council on Foundations
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Central Ohio Chapter
D
The Daily Bread of Lenawee, Inc.
Danbury Local School District
Defiance College
Delta Gamma Foundation
Denison University
Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus
Diabetes Youth Services
Diocese of Toledo
Ducks Unlimited Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office
E
Eastern Michigan University
Eastminster United Presbyterian Church
Echo, Inc.
Eden Theological Seminary
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation
Epworth United Methodist Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
F
Faces of Courage Foundation, Inc.
Family & Child Abuse Prevention Center
Family Counseling & Children's Services of Lenawee County
Farm Labor Research Project dba Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice
Federation of Fly Fishers/Great Lakes Council
Feed Lucas County Children, Inc.
Ferris State University
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Fifty Men and Women of Toledo
Firelands Presbyterian Church
First St. John Lutheran Church
First Christian Church
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Upper Sandusky
First Presbyterian Church
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Toledo
First United Methodist Church of Perrysburg
Flower Hospital Foundation
FOCUS
Food for Thought Toledo, Inc.
For Him Ministries, Inc.
Fostoria Area Historical Society
Fostoria Community Schools
Fostoria Vision 2020, Inc.
The Foundation Center
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Inc.
Franciscan Earth Literacy Center
Franciscan University
Frederick Douglass Community Association
Friendly Center Inc.
Friends Of Mwangaza, Inc.
G
GAF Society
The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church
The George Washington University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gesu Church
The Gideons International
Global Connections of Bowling Green Ohio, Inc.
Glynn County 4-H Program
Grace Community Center
Grace United Methodist Church
Grand Valley State University
Great Lakes Center for Autism
Greater Toledo Urban League, Inc.
Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Inc.
Grove City College
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.
GuideStar USA, Inc.
Gunnison County Friends of the Library
Gunnison Fire Department
Gunnison Health Care Center
Gunnison Legacy Fund
H
Habitat for Humanity of Wood County, Inc.
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity of Ottawa County
Hancock County Sheriff's Office Police Revolving Fund
Hannah's Socks
Harbor House/300 Beds, Inc.
Health Net Foundation, Inc.
Heartbeat of Toledo
Heidelberg University
Henry County Arts Council
Henry County Community Foundation
Hope United Methodist Church
Hospice of Lenawee, Inc.
Hospice of Northwest Ohio
The Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio
Hotchkiss School
Human Rights Watch, Inc.
Humane Society of the United States
Humane Society of Western Montana
I
Imagination Station
Indian River Hospital Foundation
Indiana University
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Metro Toledo (Family Promise)
International Boxing Club, Inc.
The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo
J
James C. Caldwell Community Center
Jewish Family Service
JLJ Vision Outreach Inc.
Josina Lott Foundation
Joyful Connections
Junior Achievement of Northwestern Ohio, Inc.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Northwest Ohio Chapter
K
Kensington Conservancy
Kent State University
Kenyon College
Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy, Inc.
Kidney Foundation of Nortwest Ohio
Kids Unlimited, Inc.
Kinder-USA Kids in Need of Education Development Relief
KIPP Foundation
The Knight Academy
Knights of Columbus - Fostoria Council #1197
Komen Northwest Ohio Affiliate
L
The Lakeside Association
Laurel School
Leadership Toledo
The Learning Club of Toledo
Leelanau Conservancy
Lenawee United Way
Libbey House Foundation
Library Legacy Foundation
Lima Symphony Orchestra
Little Sisters of the Poor
Loomis-Chaffee School
Lott Industries, Inc.
Lourdes College
Lucas County CASA Program Family Court Center
Lucas County Improvement Corporation
Lutheran Center Corporation
Lutheran Social Services Foundation
Lutheran Social Services of Northwestern Ohio
Lutheran World Relief
M
M.O.D.E.L. Community Schools dba The Autism Model School
Madd Poets Society, Inc.
Magdalen College
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Martin Luther King Center
Mary Immaculate School
Mason Consolidated Schools
Masterworks Chorale
Maumee City Board of Education
Maumee Rotary Service Foundation
Maumee Valley Country Day School
Mayor's Beautification Program
Mercy College of Northwest Ohio
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area
Miami University
Michigan Radio at the University of Michigan
Midland Lutheran College
Miss Hall's School
Missions International of America
Mitchell Community Schools Scholarship Foundation
Mobile Meals Foundation
Mobile Meals of Toledo, Inc.
Mom's House, Inc.
Monroe County Community College
Monroe Street Neighborhood Center
N
Naples Equestrian Challenge, Inc.
Napoleon Area City School District
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Inc.
National Wildlife Federation
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy - Ohio Chapter
Nature's Nursery
NatureServe
Neighborhood Properties, Inc.
North Shore Country Day School
Northern Cambria School District
Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund, Inc.
Notre Dame Academy and Junior Academy
Notre Dame Club of Toledo
NWO Synod
O
Ohio Association of the Deaf, Inc.
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Ohio Northern University
Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services
Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services - Swan Creek
The Ohio State University
Ohio University
Old West End Association
Olivet Lutheran Church
Oregon City Schools
Oregon Community and Family Coalition
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
Otsego Local Schools
Ottawa County Community Foundation
Ottawa County Transitional Housing, Inc.
Board of Education - Ottawa Hills Local School District
Ottawa Resident Services, Inc.
Otterbein College
Outward Bound, Inc.
Owens Community College
Owens Community College - Findlay Campus
Owens State Community College Foundaton
P
Padua Center
Patrick Henry Local School District
Penland School of Crafts
Penta Career Center
Perrot Memorial Library
Perrysburg Schools Foundation
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pilgrim Church
Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio, Inc.
Polly Fox Academy
Port Clinton City Schools
Prevent Blindness Ohio
Prevention Partners of Wood County
Princeton University, Class of 1950
Prizm Creative Community
Project ABC
Prostate Survivors Alliance Fnd. dba MAPC of NWO
Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Put-in-Bay Local School District
Q
Queen of Apostles School
R
The Ragdale Foundation
Read For Literacy, Inc.
Regina Coeli Parish
River of Life Ministries, Inc.
Rollins College
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Ohio
Rossford Exempted Village School District
Rotary Club of Toledo
S
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Saint Michael and All Angels Church
Salem Lutheran Church
Salvation Army
Salvation Army, Northwest Ohio Area Services
Sauder Village
Scrap4Art
Seneca County Sheriff's Office
Serenity Farm Equestrian Center
Siena Heights University
The Sierra Club Foundation
SIOP Foundation, Inc.
Sisters of Notre Dame
The Sisters of St. Francis
Smile Train, Inc.
Society of St Vincent dePaul
Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center
Solana Beach Presbyterian Church
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Spring of Tampa Bay, Inc.
Springfield Schools Foundation
St. Francis de Sales High School
St. Hedwig Parish
St. Joan of Arc Parish
St. John Lutheran Church
St. John's Jesuit High School
St. Joseph Catholic Church - Toledo
St. Joseph Church - Sylvania
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Lucas Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Mary Student Parish
St. Michael's in the Hills Episcopal Church
St. Olaf College
St. Patrick of Heatherdowns School
St. Paul United Church of Christ
St. Paul's Community Center
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
St. Peter School (Transfiguration of the Lord Catholic Parish)
St. Rose Parish
St. Thomas More University Parish
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
St. Ursula Academy
St. Vincent Mercy Children's Hospital Foundation
State Convention of Baptists in Ohio-Western Ave. Family Center
Sterling College
The Stone Trust Corporation
Stranahan Theater Trust
Students for Other Students
Sun Valley Adaptive Sports Program, Inc.
Sunset Retirement Communities
Sunshine Foundation, Inc.
Sunshine Inc. Residential and Support Services
Swanton Area Community Coalition
Sylvania Area Community Action Team
Sylvania Area Family Services, Inc.
Sylvania City School District
T
TechnoServe
Temple Congregation Shomer Emunim
Tiffin Theatre, Inc. dba The Ritz Theatre
Tiffin University
Toledo Animal Shelter Association, Inc.
Toledo Area Humane Society
Toledo Area Ministries
Toledo Ballet Association, Inc.
Toledo Board of Education
Toledo Botanical Garden
Toledo Children's Hospital Foundation
Toledo Christian Schools
Toledo Community Foundation, Inc.
Toledo Day Nursery
Toledo District Nurse Association
The Toledo Hospital
Toledo Hospital Foundation
Toledo Lucas County CareNet, Inc.
Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board
Toledo Lucas County Police Athletic League, Inc.
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, Inc.
Toledo Opera Association
Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc.
Toledo Potters Guild
Toledo Public Schools
Toledo Repertoire Theatre
Toledo Rotary Foundation
Toledo Rowing Foundation
Toledo School for the Arts
Toledo Seagate Food Bank
Toledo Society for the Blind
Toledo Technology Academy
Toledo Technology Academy – Parent Partners Association
Toledo Zoological Society
The Tributary Fund
Trine University
Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church
The Trust for Public Land
The Twelve
U
United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo
United Way of Greater Toledo
The University Church
University Muslim Medical Association, Inc.
University of Arkansas
University of Cincinnati
University of Findlay
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School
University of Notre Dame
University of South Carolina (Columbia)
University of Tampa
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Toledo Foundation
Upper Sandusky Exempted School District
Ursuline College
Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart
V
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum
Vision Time, Inc. dba Servant Leadership Center
Viva South Toledo CDC
W
Waite High School Athletic Booster Club
Wake Up Youth, Inc.
Washington University in St. Louis
Water for Ishmael
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Way Public Library
Way Public Library Foundation
Wayne State University
Wayside Chapel
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Western Reserve Academy
Westminster School
Weston A. Price Foundation
Whitmer High School
Wild Entrust International
Wild Ones - Natural Landscapers
The Wilds
Williams College
Wittenberg University
Women Blessing Women
Wood County District Public Library Foundation
Wood County Gift Exchange Chapter of Children's Rights Council
Wood County Humane Society
Wood County Sheriff's Office
Wood Lane Foundation
World of Birds Show
Wright State University
X
Xavier University
Y
Yale University
YMCA of Greater Toledo
Young Life Metro Toledo
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University Foundation
Young Women's Christian Association
Z
Zepf Community Mental Health Center
Andersons Fund Supporting Organization
Aurora Gonzalez Community Center
Camp Courageous, Inc.
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Toledo, Inc.
Harbor House/300 Beds, Inc.
Lourdes College
Toledo Ballet Association, Inc.
United Way of Greater Toledo
Oswald Supporting Organization
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Toledo, Inc.
House of Emmanuel, Inc.
Lourdes College
Monroe Street Neighborhood Center
Toledo Bar Association Foundation
Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc.
The University of Toledo Foundation
The Stranahan Supporting Organization
Arts Council Lake Erie West
Cherry Street Mission Ministries
Diabetes Youth Services
Diocese of Toledo
Family Outreach Community United Services (FOCUS)
Joyful Connections
Mom’s House, Inc.
Toledo Ballet Association, Inc.
Young Women’s Christian Association of Greater Toledo
Tyner Foundation
Great Lakes Center for Autism