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Martha Ellers Endowment Fund Helps Trumbull County Historical Society Create Paid Internship
Author: Josh Medore | Photos courtesy of Ellers Family and the Trumbull County Historical Society WARREN, Ohio — Lifelong Warren resident Martha Ellers had an abiding interest in history. Preserving it, researching it, celebrating it, and understanding it. It is with this in mind that a new endowment fund has been created in her name…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation Accepting 2023 Scholarship Applications
The Community Foundation’s universal scholarship application is now open, with applications due March 1, 2023.
Read More‘Giving Tuesday And Beyond’ Campaign Gives $81K to Agency Funds
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, Ohio – Local residents ended 2022 on a giving note as they supported the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley’s month-long Giving Tuesday And Beyond campaign, leading to more than $80,000 being donated to area nonprofits. Between Giving Tuesday on Nov. 29 and the end of the year, donors themselves gave $31,560.97 to agency…
Read MoreTrumbull County Coaches’ Agency Fund Supports Student-Athletes
With a history stretching back more than 50 years, the impact of the Trumbull County Coaches Association is hard to quantify just in numbers. Today, it counts more than 300 active coaches among its membership and it hosts annual ceremonies to recognize Football Player of the Year, Basketball Player of the Year Award for both…
Read MoreCommunity 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…
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