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Community Foundation Opens 2023 Grant Applications with New Deadlines
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, Ohio – The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley has opened its first grant cycle for the new year, bringing with it a handful of changes to applications. Nonprofits serving Mahoning and Trumbull counties can apply any time at CFMV.org/grant-opportunities. The most noticeable change is new deadlines for all grant applications, which have moved…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation Commits $50,000 to Agency Funds for Giving Tuesday
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, Ohio –Following a successful launch last year, the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley is bringing back its month-long Giving Tuesday campaign that will see donations to its agency funds matched up to a total of $50,000. Starting on Giving Tuesday on Nov. 29 and running through the end of the year, all donations…
Read MoreCFMV Kicks Off New Nonprofit Mentoring Network
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, Ohio – Ten local organizations met at the offices of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley on Thursday to kick off the Nonprofit Mentoring Network, the foundation’s newest effort to support a culture of collaboration, professional development and alignment between the area’s nonprofit agencies. The year-long pilot program pairs established nonprofit organizations with…
Read MoreCommunity Revitalization at Oak Hill Collaborative: Prioritizing Neighborhoods and Access to Information for All
Author: Josh Medore | Photo credit: Josh Medore The path to community revitalization isn’t just through demolishing blight or changing a neighborhood’s image to attract visitors. From where Oak Hill Collaborative sits, improving technology – and the technological skills of residents – can be just as important. “Some sort of economic prosperity is vital if…
Read MoreCreating a Community for Women to Thrive – Addiction Recovery at Nikki’s House
Author: Josh Medore | Photo credit: Josh Medore When she inherited her childhood home after her father passed away, turning it into a place for women to work their way through addiction recovery wasn’t at the top of Nicole Wesley’s mind. She had been working her way through medical school and wasn’t even sure if…
Read MoreYoung Philanthropist Fund Invests in the Health of Local Students with Autism
Author: Josh Medore | Photo credit: Josh Medore As the GIVES Committee of the Mahoning Valley Young Professionals looked at this year’s applications for grants from the Young Philanthropist Fund, a name stood out. Potential Development School for Students with Autism. The nonprofit school, with an elementary and high school along Market Street in Youngstown…
Read MoreAction’s Mobile Market Brings Fresh, Affordable Food to the Community
Author: Josh Medore | Photo credit: Josh Medore It wasn’t long into the partnership between ACTION (Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing Our Neighborhoods) and Flying High Inc. to deliver freshly-grown produce into Youngstown neighborhoods that the two nonprofits realized the work could be more efficient and effective. “By the second year, we realized that’s a…
Read MoreHealthy Community Partnership, Congressman Ryan, Community Leaders, Celebrate Critical Investments In Nutrition Incentive Initiative
Author: Sarah Lowry | Photo credit: Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership Warren, OH – The Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley (the Partnership) celebrated nearly $7 million in state and federal investment in Produce Perks Midwest’s nutrition incentive program in Ohio on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 3 PM at the Warren Farmers Market. Recent investments in Produce Perks…
Read More11 Local Arts & Culture Organizations Receive Challenge Grants During COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Rachael Chacon | Photo credit: Students Motivated by the Arts (SMARTS) Recognizing the important roles that arts and culture organizations will play as the Mahoning Valley rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Foundation offered a new challenge grant opportunity for limited capacity organizations this summer. The Foundation accepted applications from smaller arts and…
Read MoreWeek Nine | Dual Feature: Kathy Hughes & Tammy Engle
Comforting and Protecting Residents During COVID-19 Two women put their efforts into serving others As a visiting Registered Nurse, Kathy Hughes has been on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. She provides exceptional patient care to the homebound, and during this crisis, Kathy has stepped up to lead in a big way. By calming…
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