Youngstown Foundation awarded $1.2 million in grants for 18 projects

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - EDITOR'S NOTE: A previous version of this story was written based on a press release with an inaccurate award amount. We've since added the updated, accurate information.
The Youngstown Foundation has announced on Monday that it has been awarded $1.2 million in grants to support 18 different projects across the Mahoning Valley.
According to a press release, this funding includes $250,000 for an expansion project at ACLD School and Learning Center in Youngstown. ACLD serves children who are struggling to learn.
Additionally, these 17 projects also received funding:
- Help Network: $125,000 over two years for a special navigator
- Butler Institute of American Art: $101,800 for boiler replacement and accessibility
- Down Syndrome Association: $100,000 over two years for general staffing support
- Eastgate Regional Council of Governments: $100,000 for Valley Vision 2050 and housing
- Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana (OCCHA): $100,000 for Renovando OCCHA
- Youngstown Area Jewish Federation: $100,000 for community programming
- SMARTS: $78,820 for Beats & Empowers programming
- Adaptive Sports Ohio: $60,000 for Sports for Youths with Disabilities
- Ohio Urban Renaissance: $50,000 for the Youth Education Project
- Veterans Outreach: $50,000 for the transition to Colonial Complex
- Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber: $37,050 for Leadership Development
- Vision to Learns: $25,000 for expanded access to vision care
- Clothed in Strength: $20,000 for the Clothed in Strength Boutique
- Youngstown Playhouse (Monday Musical): $20,000 for 2023/24 season support
- Chickadee Preschool: $10,000 for outdoor classroom support
- Humility of Mary House: $9,000 for food vouchers for Trumbull
- National Inventors Hall of Fame: $7,560 for Camp Intervention
Youngstown Foundation President Lynette Ford says these awards reflect the Foundation's emphasis on local non-profits and the broad spectrum of needs they serve.