Grants Awarded 2008
The 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 $8.9 million, were made in 2008. The Foundation thanks the following
organizations for their dedication and the work they do that positively impacts our community.
A
A Leg To Stand On
Ability Center of Greater Toledo
Adelante, Inc.
Adopt America Network
Adrian College
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.
AIA Legacy, Inc.
AIDS Resource Center Ohio
All Saints Lutheran Church
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association, Inc. - NWOC
American Bible Society
American Cancer Society-Northwest Regional Office
American Cancer Society - Ohio Division, Inc.
American Choral Directors Assoc. of Minnesota
American Heart Association, Northwest Ohio Division
American Heritage Girls, Inc.
American Legion Post 16 Scholarship Foundaton
American National Red Cross
American Red Cross, Greater Toledo Area Chapter
American Red Cross, Lenawee County Chapter
American Red Cross, Ottawa County District Office
Amnesty International USA, Inc.
Anchor, Inc.
Anderson University
Anonymous No More Foundation
The Anthony Wayne Education Foundation
Antwerp Local School Distirct
Arizona State University
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo
Ashland University
Aspen Community Foundation
ASSETS Toledo, Inc.
Assistance Dogs of America, Inc.
Associated Charities of Lenawee County
Atlantic Salmon Federation, Inc.
Auburn University
Aurora Gonzalez Community Center
Aurora Project, Inc.
Avon Old Farms School
B
Beach House Family Shelter
Ben E. Williams Youth Services, Inc
Benton-Carroll-Salem Local Schools
Bethany House
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Ohio
Biomimcry Institute
Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Inc.
Bittersweet, Inc.
Black Swamp Conservancy
Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited, Inc.
Bowling Green Area School District
Bowling Green Community Foundation, Inc.
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University Foundation
Boy Scouts of America - Erie Shores Council
Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo
Bread for the World Institute
Brookwood School
C
Calvary Assembly of God
Campus Crusade for Christ International
Cardinal Stritch High School
Casa De Amma Inc.
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic Charities – Diocese of Toledo
Catholic Club
Catholic Social Services
Center of Hope Family Services, Inc
Central American Ministries
Central Asia Institute
Central Catholic High School
Central City Ministries of the Diocese of Toledo
Chance for Change Foundation, Inc.
Cherry Street Mission Ministries
Children's Rights Council
National Christ Child Society-Toledo Chapter
Christ Presbyterian Church
Christian and Missionary Alliance - First Alliance Church
Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Church of the Palms - United Methodist
CitiFest, Inc.
Claremont McKenna College
Clemson University
Colby-Sawyer College
Community Foundation of Collier County
Community School
Community Shares of Northwest Ohio
Congregation B'nai Israel
Congregation Etz Chayim
Cornell University
Corpus Christi University Parish
Cottey Junior College
Council on Foundations
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Barbara County
D
The Daily Bread of Lenawee, Inc.
Danbury Local School District
DayBreak of Fostoria, Inc.
Defiance College
Denison University
Dental Center of Northwest Ohio
Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue
Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus
Diabetes Youth Services
Diocese of Toledo
Dominion Broadcasting WLMB-TV 40
Ducks Unlimited Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office
E
East Mt. Zion United Methodist Church
East Toledo Family Center
Eastminster United Presbyterian Church
Echo, Inc.
Ecology Project International
Eden Theological Seminary
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida
Environmental Defense
Epworth United Methodist Church
Equality Toledo, Inc.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
F
Family & Child Abuse Prevention Center
Family Counseling & Children's Services of Lenawee County
Fifty Men and Women of Toledo
Firelands Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Upper Sandusky
First Presbyterian Church
First St. John Lutheran Church
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Toledo
First United Methodist Church of Perrysburg
The 577 Foundation
Florida Institute of Technology
FOCUS
Fostoria Vision 2020, Inc.
The Foundation Center
The Foundation of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, Inc.
Franciscan University
Frederick Douglass Community Association
Friendly Center Inc.
Friends Of Mwangaza, Inc.
Friends of Wood County-CASA Program
Future Generations
G
Gasparilla Island Conservation & Improvement Association
The George Washington University
Gesu Church
Girl Scouts of Maumee Valley Council, Inc.
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio - Maumee Valley Region
Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio, Inc.
Grace Community Center
Grace United Methodist Church
Grassroots Asia
Great Lakes Center for Autism
Greater Fostoria Area Community Involvement Fund
Greater Toledo Urban League, Inc.
Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Inc.
Grove City College
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.
Gunnison County Friends of the Library
Gunnison Fire Department
Gunnison Health Care Center
Gunnison Legacy Fund
H
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity - Maumee Valley
Habitat for Humanity of Wood County, Inc.
Hancock County Sheriff's Office Police Revolving Fund
Harbor House/300 Beds, Inc.
Harvard University
Health Net Foundation, Inc.
Heartbeat of Ottawa County, Inc.
Heidelberg University
Heifer Project International
Henry County Community Foundation
Hope United Methodist Church
Hospice of Lenawee
Hospice of Northwest Ohio
The Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio
Hotchkiss School
Human Rights Watch, Inc.
Humane Ohio
Humane Society of Ottawa County
Humane Society of the United States
I
Indian River Hospital Foundation
Indiana Institute of Technology
Indiana University
International Boxing Club, Inc.
J
James C. Caldwell Community Center
Jewish Family Service
Josina Lott Foundation
Joyful Connections
Junior Achievement of Northwestern Ohio, Inc.
Junior League of Toledo, Inc.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Northwest Ohio Chapter
K
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kensington Conservancy
Kent State University
Kettering University
Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy, Inc.
Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Kids Unlimited, Inc.
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
Little Sisters of the Poor
Loomis-Chaffee School
Lourdes College
Lucas County Community Prevention Partnership
Lucas County TASC, Inc.
Luther Seminary
Lutheran Center Corporation
Lutheran Outdoor Ministries in Ohio
Lutheran Social Services of Northwestern Ohio
Lutheran World Relief
M
Madd Poets Society, Inc.
Magdalen College
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Mars Hill Ministries dba Mars Hill Academy
Martin Luther King Center
Mary Immaculate School
Mason Consolidated Schools
Masterworks Chorale
Maumee City Board of Education
Maumee Valley Country Day School
Maumee Valley Historical Society
Mayor's Beautification Program
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area
Miami University
Michigan Radio at the University of Michigan
Midland Lutheran College
The Miracle League of Northwest Ohio
Missions International of America
Mobile Meals Foundation
Mobile Meals of Toledo, Inc.
Mom's House, Inc.
Monroe Community College
Monroe County Community College
Monroe Street Neighborhood Center
Mount Union College
Mountain Mentors
MultiFaith Council of Northwest Ohio
Muscular Dystrophy Association - Toledo Area Office
N
NAMI of Wood County
Napoleon Area City School District
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
National Wildlife Federation
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy - Ohio Chapter
Nature's Nursery
NatureServe
New Hope Christian Community Foundation
Nkwusm
North Shore Country Day School
Northern Cambria School District
Northern Kentucky University
Northwest State Community College
Notre Dame Academy
Notre Dame Club of Toledo
Nuclear Threat Initiative
NWO Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
O
Ohio Association of the Deaf Inc.
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Ohio Northern University
Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services - Swan Creek
Ohio State Bar Foundation
The Ohio State University
Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation
Ohio University
Old West End Association
Oregon City Schools
Otsego Local Schools
Ottawa County Community Foundation
Board of Education - Ottawa Hills Local School District
Otterbein College
Otterbein-Portage Valley, Inc.
Outward Bound, Inc.
Owens Community College
Owens State Community College Foundation
P
Patrick Henry Local School District
Paws and Whisker's Cat Shelter, Inc.
Peace Lutheran Church
Penland School of Crafts
Penn State University
Penta Career Center
Perrot Memorial Library
Perrysburg Alliance Church
Perrysburg Heights Community Association
Perrysburg Schools Foundation
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pinellas Association for Retarded Children, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio, Inc.
Planned Pethood, Inc.
Port Clinton City Schools
Prevent Blindness Ohio
Princeton University
Prostate Survivors Alliance Foundation
Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Put In Bay Township
Q
Queen of Apostles School
R
The Ragdale Foundation
Read For Literacy, Inc.
Regina Coeli Parish
The Resource Foundation
Rollins College
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Ohio
Rossford Exempted Village School District
S
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Salem Lutheran Church
Salvation Army
Salvation Army, Northeast Ohio Division - Sandusky Office
Salvation Army, Northwest Ohio
Salvation Army - NWO Area Services' Port Clinton Service Unit
Sauder Village
Seneca County Humane Society
Seneca County Sheriff's Office
Serenity Farm Equestrian Center
Share Our Strength Inc.
Siena Heights University
The Sierra Club Foundation
SIOP Foundation, Inc.
Sisters of Notre Dame
Smile Train, Inc.
Society of St Vincent de Paul
Sophia Counseling Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
Spectrum Friends of Fine Arts
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 Church
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Mary Student Parish
St. Michael's in the Hills Episcopal Church
St. Olaf College
St. Paul United Church of Christ
St. Paul's Community Center
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
St. Peter School
St. Rose Parish
St. Thomas Community Health Center
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
St. Ursula Academy
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Foundation
Sterling College
The Stone Trust Corporation
Stranahan Theater Trust
Students for Other Students
Sunset Retirement Communities
Sunshine Foundation, Inc.
Sunshine Inc. Residential and Support Services
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
T
TechnoServe
Temple Congregation Shomer Emunim
Teton Science Schools, Inc.
Tiffin University
Toledo Animal Shelter Association, Inc.
Toledo Area Humane Society
Toledo Bar Association Foundation
Toledo Board of Education
Toledo Botanical Garden
Toledo Campus Ministry
Toledo Children’s Hospital
Toledo Children's Hospital Foundation
Toledo Christian Schools
Toledo Community Foundation, Inc.
Toledo Community Service Center dba Family House
Toledo Cultural Arts Center at the Valentine Theatre
Toledo Day Nursery
Toledo District Nurse Association
The Toledo Hospital
Toledo Lucas County CareNet, Inc.
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, Inc.
Toledo Opera Association
Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc.
Toledo Repertoire Theatre
Toledo Rotary Foundation
Toledo Rowing Foundation
Toledo Seagate Food Bank
Toledo Society for the Blind
Toledo Technology Academy
Toledo Technology Academy - Parent Partners Association
Toledo Urban Impact
Toledo Zoological Society
Touchstone Theater
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
Trine University
The Trust for Public Land
U
United Christian Fellowship at BGSU
United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo
United North Corporation
United Way of Greater Toledo
United Way of Williams County
The University Church
University of Arkansas
University of Cincinnati
University of Findlay
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School
University of Northwestern Ohio
University of Notre Dame
University School
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Toledo Foundation
Upper Sandusky Community Library
Upper Sandusky Exempted School District
Urban Minority Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Outreach Program
Ursuline College
Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart
V
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum
The Victory Center
Village Focus International
Village of New London
W
Waite High School Athletic Booster Club
Wake Up Youth, Inc.
Washington University in St. Louis
Way Public Library
Way Public Library Foundation
Wayside Chapel
West Virginia University
Westminster School
Weston A. Price Foundation
Whitmer High School
Wild Ones - Natural Landscapers
The Wilds
Williams College
Wittenberg University
Wood County District Public Library Foundation
Wood County Humane Society
Wood County Sheriff's Office
Wood Lane Foundation
Woodlawn Cemetery Historical Association, Inc.
Working for Equality & Economic Liberation (WEEL)
Wright State University
X
Xavier University
Y
Yale University
YMCA of Greater Toledo
Young Women’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association of Missoula
Youngstown State University
Youth for Christ USA - Toledo
Youth With a Mission San Diego/Baja
Z
Zoar Lutheran Church
Andersons Fund Supporting Organization
Anne Grady Corporation
Cherry Street Mission Ministries
East Toledo Family Center
Friendly Center Inc.
Libbey House Foundation
Mom’s House, Inc.
Sauder Village
Sunshine Foundation, Inc.
Toledo Opera Association
Toledo Zoological Society
United Way of Greater Toledo
Oswald Supporting Organization
Lourdes College
Ohio State University Research Foundation
The University of Toledo Foundation
The Stranahan Supporting Organization
The African American Legacy Project of Northwest Ohio
AIDS Resource Center Ohio
Anne Grady Corporation
Center of Hope Family Services, Inc.
Project ABC
Toledo Public Schools Foundation
Tyner Foundation
Great Lakes Center for Autism