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 Innovation will support nonprofits demonstrating social innovation, social enterprise, and/or partnerships or mergers.

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.