Recent Grants
june 2011
WARREN
Community Concerned Citizens II
$1,350, to provide gardens for low to moderate income residents of Warren.
Historic Perkins Homestead Neighborhood Association
$4,302, to revitalize the rose garden at the north entrance of Perkins Park.
Northwest Neighborhood Association Inc.
$2,685, to support a neighborhood garden to raise food for local shelters and food pantries.
Red Hawk American Indian Cultural Center
$3,000, to hold an educational and celebratory event highlighting traditional Native American culture.
Warren Community PTA
$5,000, to offer fun days at the city schools to encourage parental involvement.
Warren Little Panthers
$1,090, to provide youth team building skills through various recreational opportunities.
Warren City Schools, Jefferson 3-5 Pod
$3,550, to improve family involvement and student engagement.
Warren City Schools, Jefferson PK-2 Pod
$5,000, to offer adventures beyond the classroom, including field trips, assemblies, project-based learning and family programming.
YOUNGSTOWN
Neighbors Collaborating for Community Improvement
$1,110, to install a sign to identify and instill pride among residents.
South Side Community Garden
$2,603, to start a community garden that will allow residents the opportunity to grow some of their own food.
Southside Ministries Inc. Needles Eye Christian Counseling Center
$1,900, to hold weekly character building sessions for children.
Treez Please Inc.
$4,620, to bring together residents to replant public spaces and to re-establish the original character of designated Youngstown neighborhoods.
West Side Citizens Coalition
$1,756, to strengthen partnership among various west side neighborhood groups and block watches.
Wick Park Neighborhood Association
$2,708, to place historic markers on street signs and the four corners of Wick Park.
Youngstown City Schools, Rogers Middle School
$1,844, to form a math club for students in grades six through eight.
Ambassadors for Christ
$2,675, to clean up a former tire dumping area and to plant trees and shrubs.
Crandall Park North
$2,966, to increase resident communication through signs, meetings, picnics and neighborhood walks.
Crandall Park South Neighborhood Group
$3,490, to beautify a prominent corridor in the neighborhood and to secure several vacant properties at risk for arson or crime.
Family Connections Program
$1,470, to plan events and activities for parents of Youngstown After School Alliance parents.
First Unitarian Church
$1,560, to reach a larger audience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth in the community by offering workshops and discussing methods for dealing with such issues as bullying in schools and discrimination in the workplace.
Heart Reach Ministries
$2,750, to offer a summer and back-to-school mentoring program for youth on the northside of Youngstown.
Idora Wildcats 4H Club
$4,561, to plant a community garden and to assist the ill and elderly residents of the Idora Neighborhood with maintaining their yards.
Immaculate Conception – Sacred Heart Parish
$4,900, to beautify the neighborhood near the parish.
Jubilee Gardens Inc.
$1,453, to improve the soil of the public garden.
Metro Assembly of God
$5,000, to emphasize neighborhood beautification, life skills training and creative community activities for a team of young people.
June 2010
WARREN
Community Concerned Citizens II $4,750 for Urban Community Victory Gardens 2009
Community Family Outreach Complex $4,000 for Neighborhood Food Pantry
New Focus Men's Fellowship $3,490 for Burrell McGhee
Northwest Neighborhood Association, Inc. $3,650 for Weed and Seed
Trumbull Art Gallery $2,000 for Summerfest for Children
Warren City Schools - Jefferson K-5 $4,292 for When Children Grieve - Adult Education Class
Warren City Schools - Djole Dreams: Dance & Drums $5,000 for African Dance & Drums
Warren City Schools - McGuffey K-8 School $5,000 for Community of 21st Century Learners
YOUNGSTOWN
100 Black Men of Greater Youngstown $1,860 for Youth Leadership Academy
Art Youngstown, Inc. $4,900 for Three Letter Youngstown Project
Brownlee Woods Block Watches 1 & 2 $4,619 for Sheridan Boulevard Beautification Project
Bryn Myr Block Watch $3,000 for Beautification Project
Dorothy Day House of Hospitality Services $4,544 for Dorothy Day House Community Garden
East Side Crime Watch $5,000 for Community Outreach
Fairgreen Neighborhood Garden $4,793 for Expanding Residential Involvement
Fairmont Girls and Vicinity $4,064 for Fairmont Project
Handel's Neighborhood Block Watch $4,135 for Handel's Neighborhood Engagement & Safety Project
Know Your Neighbor Block Watch $500 for Independence
Metro Assembly of God $4,900 for Adopt a Block
Newport Neighborhood Association $4,941 for Team Newport Community Safety, Service & Beautification Project
Northside Farmers' Market $4,500 for Healthy Local Food Now
Pasedena Community Garden $4,702 to bring together residents to plant, maintain, harvest and compost a neighborhood garden
POGO Neighborhood Block Group $2,500 for Beautification and Community Gardening
The Dream Team $4,996 for Beautification Project Phase II
Warren Avenue Concerned Citizens $2,577 for Make a Difference
Westside Nosey Neighbors $1,612 for Beautification of MVSD Park
Wick Park Neighborhood Association $4,665 for Wick Park Neighborhood Association Clean & Green Project
Youngstown City Schools - Option IV/Job Training Program $2,500 for Summer Employment for Special Needs Students
Youngstown Metro Church $4,472 for City Uprising - Wick Six South Focus
Youngstown Volney Rogers Youth Association $4,900 for Shining Stars Recognition Program
DECEMBER 2009
WARREN
Beatitude House $4,000 for Neighborhood Outreach After-School Program for Children
Dandee's Lion of the Field Ministry $2,650 for Stabilizing the Family
Deliverance Temple of the Apostolic Faith $3,264 for Northwest Warren Hunger Initiative
Family Tree Entertainment $2,255 for Family Gathering Barbeque & Talent Showcase
Mind Body & Soul Asset Development Center $3,000 for Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Nate Adams Boxing $2,100 for The CHAMPS Program
New Jerusalem Fellowship Mentoring Program $2,040 for Community Mentoring Program
Stop One Place Help is Available, Inc., $2,100 for Funding Direct Assistance to the Needy
T.N.R. of Warren $2,500 for Northwest Warren Feral Cat Blitz
The Village $2,086 for The Village
Warren Athletic Club $2,500 for Burbank Park Renovation Project
Warren Baseball Club $3,500 for Volunteer Field Storage Barn
Warren Wrestling Club $2,200 for Warren Wrestling Club
Warren City Schools - Jefferson K-5 $3,149 for L.O.S.S. (Living withOut Someone Special) Support Group
Williamsburg Concerned Neighbor United $2,346 for Community Beautification
YOUNGSTOWN
Altrusa Club of Youngstown, Ohio Foundation, Inc., $2,500 for 4th Annual Book Fair of Youngstown
Bennington Block Watch $2,000 for Bennington Block Watch Community Garden and Beautification Program
Beulah Baptist Church $3,000 for Operation Food Basket
Boulevard Park Block Watch $2,250 for Beautiful Boulevards of Rush and Euclid
Crossroads Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc., $2,500 for Mahoning County Community Apiary Project
Ebony Ladies Golf & Youth Foundation $2,500 for Ebony Ladies Golf Junior Academy (Parto's Pals)
Idora Neighborhood Association $2,000 for Idora Mural Project
Lincoln Knolls Block Watch $2,500 for Operation Playground
Market Street Muppets $2,500 for Market Street Muppets
Northside Knights Organization $1,000 for Knights Youth Mentorship
Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana, Inc., $2,664 for Hispanic/Latino Cultural Education Project
Pride Youngstown $2,500 for Gay Pride 2010
Rising Star Baptist Church $3,500 for Rising Star Pantry
Sisters of Serenity Mentoring Corp. $1,870 for S.O.S.
Sojourn to the Past $2,000 for Sojourn to the Past
Southside Ministries, inc., Needles Eye Christian Counseling Center $1,260 for God's Little Princesses
St. Patrick's Church of Youngstown $2,890 for Y-Town Garden Partners
The Emmanuel Group $2,600 for Good Shepherd Community Doctors Office
The Partnering Neighbors of Delason $1,900 for Partnering Neighbors
Youngstown City Schools - Character Education Ambassadors $1,800 for Character Education Ambassadors
Youngstown City Schools - East High School $2,500 for School Pride
Youngstown City Schools - Parent Patrol $5,000 for Parent Patrol
Youngstown City Schools - The Governor's Initiative on Increasing the Graduation Rate $1,000 for Chaney High School Peer Mentor Program
Youngstown City Schools - Youngstown City School District $4,000 for Project Drama Innovations
Youngstown Afterschool Alliance $3,000 for Advisory Board of the Afterschool Alliance
JUNE 2009
WARREN
Community Concerned Citizens II
$5,000 for Urban Community Victory Garden 2009
Community Family Outreach Complex
$5,000 for "I Got It"
Community Family Outreach Complex
$5,000 for CFOC Neighborhood Pantry
Read about the Neighborhood Pantry
Girl's Voices
$4,352 for Independent Girlz "20/20 Challenge"
Historic Perkins Homestead
$2,478 for All Seasons
Inspiring Minds
$5,000 for Neighborhood Identity/Pride
New Jerusalem Fellowship
$3,229 for Summer Youth Camp
North West Neighborhood Association, Inc.
$4,869 for Project Consolidation
South East Side Community Association
$5,000 for Put the Neighbor Back in the Hood
Trumbull Art Gallery
$1,000 for Trumbull Art Gallery's Summerfest for Children 2009
Upton Association
$4,484 for Upton's Educational Outreach Curriculum
Warren Little Raiders
$5,000 for Project Warren Little Raider
Warren City Schools - 3-5 Pod Lincoln/Willard
$5,000 for Communications and Education
Warren City Schools - McGuffey K-2 at Emerson
$4,950 for Then and Now: Getting to Know Our Community
YOUNGSTOWN
A Call To Men - Youngstown
$2,500 for A Call To Men - Youngstown
Art Youngstown, Inc.
$3,727 for Wrap the Arts
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Mahoning Valley
$1,800 for C. C. Community Connection
Cascade Block Party Committee
$700 for Cascade Drive Block Party
Dream Team
$2,000 for Action Team
Eastside Crime Watch
$2,500 for Tools for Improvement
Fellowship Tabernacle Christian Church COGIC
$4,000 for Kidz Werkz
Fifth Avenue Community Church
$3,750 for Freedom from Addiction
Fresh Oil Community Center
$1,700 for Difference Makers
| Garden District Neighborhood |
| $2,783 for Growing the Garden District Together |
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| Greater Friendship Baptist Church |
| $2,500 for CFBC Green Street |
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| Grey to Green Festival |
| $2,500 for The Grey to Green Festival |
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| Harambee, Inc. |
| $3,873 for Harambee Youth Program |
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| Help Hotline Crisis Center, Inc. |
| $1,780 for Learning Library |
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| Jack and Jill of America, Inc. - Youngstown Chapter |
| $741 for Youth Financial Planning |
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| Kinship Care Program |
| $2,350 for Kinship Care Association |
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| Know Your Neighbor Block Watch |
| $2,580 for Character Counts |
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| Let Your Potential Soar Youth Initiative |
| $2,150 for Let Your Potential Soar Youth Initiative |
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| Lost Then Found Ministry |
| $2,960 for Summer Youth Theater Workshop |
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| Mahoning Commons Association |
| $1,666 for Mahoning Commons Planter Beautification Project |
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| Mahoning Valley Task Force on Crime and Violence |
| $2,723 for Emergency Beacon Bulbs |
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| Meridian Services, Inc. |
| $2,635 for Camp All-Stars 2009 |
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| Metro Assembly of God |
| $3,400 for Adopt A Block |
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| Neighborhood Improvement Corps |
| $1,845 for Community Tool Shed |
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| Neighborhood of Shannon Avenue |
| $1,425 for Korner Cutties |
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| Nevels Temple Mission Dept. - Community of Love |
| $2,500 for Nevels Temple Mission |
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| New Bethel Braves |
| $2,212 for New Bethel Braves |
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| North Side Eagle Eye Block Watch |
| $2,875 for Character Counts |
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| Northside Residents |
| $1,909 for Operation Cleanup |
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| Northstar Patchwork Training Center |
| $1,805 for Northstar Patchwork Training Center for Quilting Arts and Crafts |
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| Ohio Valley Community Council |
| $2,500 for Ohio Valley Crusaders |
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| Operation Learning Community Program, Inc. |
| $2,275 for Keyboard Kids |
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| Pig Iron Literary & Art Works, Inc. |
| $1,150 for Pig Iron Community Street Festival |
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| Protestant Family Service |
| $2,500 for Making Families Self-Sufficient |
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| Representatives of Christ |
| $500 for Representatives of Christ Youth & Community Center |
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| Solid Rock Interdenominational Church |
| $1,780 for F.A.C.E.S. (Families Achieving Community Empowerment Success) |
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| South Side Phantoms Football |
| $2,500 for South Side Phantoms Football |
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| St. Anthony Catholic Church |
| $1,857 for Brier Hill Comeback |
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| The Salvation Army, Youngstown Citadel |
| $2,200 for Learning Zone |
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| United City Boxing |
| $1,200 for 21st Century Summer Community Learning Center |
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| West Side Group |
| $1,350 for West Side Science Success |
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| Youngstown City Schools - Biotechnology Tech Prep |
| $4,430 for Biotechnology: Increasing Technology in the Classroom |
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| Youngstown City Schools - Chaney-Choffin-East Early College Robotics Team |
| $2,500 for YCS High School Robotics Program |
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| Youngstown City Schools - Kirkmere Elementary |
| $2,180 for iTECH Kids - Technology Enriching Children's Hunger for Learning |
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| Youngstown City Schools - McGuffey Elementary Special Needs Preschool |
| $2,000 for The "Yes We Can" Garden |
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| Youngstown City Schools - Paul C. Bunn Elementary School |
| $1,119 for yes, We're Listening, Youngstown! |
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| Youngstown City Schools - Paul C. Bunn Elementary School |
| $2,336 for Lunchtime Learning at the Compost Cafe |
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| Youngstown City Schools - Williamson Elementary School |
| $1,200 for "I Believe I Can Fly" |
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| Youngstown City Schools |
| $2,000 for Non-Violence as a Way of Life |
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| Youngstown Early College |
| $2,300 for "Leading the Way": Parents Molding their Child's Success Pathway |
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| Youngstown Police Athletic League |
| $2,000 for YPAL's Second Annual "FREE" Baseball League |