GO! Grants Opportunities

The Columbus Foundation

Supporting Foundations

The Columbus Foundation supports opportunities to achieve the highest quality of life.  Giving Strength is a framework for our grantmaking.  The approach focuses on four grant opportunities:

•  Fund for Innovative Operations addresses significant needs of local organizations through grants supporting continuous improvement, capacity-building, and arts and cultural efforts.
• Fund for Capital Improvements supports projects building for the future.
• Fund for Targeted Needs addresses: basic needs, disadvantaged children, developmental disabilities (traditional grants program); and more narrow and specific grant programs (Small Grants, Neighborhood Grants, Dorothy E. Ann Fund, and Funds Outside Franklin County).
• Community Improvement Project supports a concentrated initiative to advance progress over a longer term in an identified area of community need. Details to be released.
• The Fund for Financial Restructuring will support nonprofit leaders and their organizations to adapt to the new economic reality.

The majority of Supporting Foundations make grants at the recommendation of the Trustees and do not accept grant applications.  The following Supporting Foundations have a competitive grantmaking process that is tailored to each foundation:

• Columbus Youth Foundation funds recreational programs benefiting urban youth.
• Paul G. Duke Foundation makes grants primarily in Miami County for programs benefiting children and families.
• Ingram-White Castle Foundation grants focus on education and critical human needs.
• Limited Brands Foundation supports programs that empower women, nurture and mentor children, and improve education.
• Siemer Family Foundation supports programs that focus on education, literacy, and serving underprivileged families.