{"id":60590,"date":"2015-02-07T08:09:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T13:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=60590"},"modified":"2015-02-09T09:12:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:12:30","slug":"county-foundation-gives-1-7-million-to-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/02\/07\/county-foundation-gives-1-7-million-to-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"VW County Foundation gives $1.7 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/b>independent editor<\/i><\/p>\n

The Van Wert County Foundation (VWCF) has long been a valuable community resource, providing grants for non-profit organizations that need financial help, while also giving scholarships and grants to needy students in Van Wert and Paulding counties.<\/p>\n

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Brian Greve (left) of the Van Wert Business Development Corporation, receives a check for $75,000 from the Van Wert County Foundation (click here<\/a> for more photos).<\/strong> (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This past year, the foundation awarded nearly $1.7 million in grants and scholarships. Included in that total were grants totaling $229,300 approved during the VWCF Board of Trustees\u2019 semi-annual meeting this past December.<\/p>\n

The largest grant awarded was one of $75,000 to the Van Wert Business Development Corporation as an investment in that quasi-governmental organization\u2019s Opportunity Fund, a capital project whose aim is to purchase land adjacent to Vision Industrial Park in Van Wert that can be used for economic development purposes.<\/p>\n

Another $34,800 was awarded to Brumback Library for software upgrades, while the YMCA and YWCA each received $25,000. The YMCA is using its grant for building repairs and other projects at Camp Play, while the YWCA grant will go to that organization\u2019s Transitional Housing Program.<\/p>\n

Other grants awarded in December are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  • Van Wert Historical Society — $5,000 to restore a rare 1917 Overland Opera Touring Coupe automobile formerly owned by Charles Wassenberg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • Community Improvement Corporation — $500 to help fund the CIC\u2019s Business Plan Challenge.<\/li>\n
    • Crisis Care Line — $5,000 to the Crisis Care Line\/House of Transitions domestic violence shelter.<\/li>\n
    • Van Wert County Agricultural Society (fair board) — $6,000 to renovate the Swine Barn on the fairgrounds.<\/li>\n
    • Challenged Higher — $2,500 for transportation expenses.<\/li>\n
    • Ohio State University Extension — $9,500 to help fund the continuation of an educational and research-based program, and $5,000 for an agricultural summer internship program.<\/li>\n
    • Junior Achievement — $2,000 to help fund area JA programming.<\/li>\n
    • Peony Festival — $5,000 to pay for bands to play in the 2015 Peony Festival Grand Parade.<\/li>\n
    • Paulding County Foundation — $5,000 to help fund repairs to a livestock barn at the Paulding County Fairgrounds.<\/li>\n
    • 4-H — $2,500 for 4-H camp counselor training and 4-H scholarships; $8,600 for a 4-H program assistant; and $12,900 for the Black Inc. fair awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor The Van Wert County Foundation (VWCF) has long been a valuable community resource, providing grants for non-profit organizations that need financial help, while also giving scholarships and grants to needy students in Van Wert and Paulding counties. This past year, the foundation awarded nearly $1.7 million in grants and scholarships. Included in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 14:32:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}