The Columbus Foundation is seeking college and graduate students and recent college graduates who have an interest in the nonprofit sector to apply to the 2024 Summer Fellowship Program. Applications are due Friday, December 8, 2023.
The Columbus Foundation announced more than $2.6 million in grants to 30 local nonprofit organizations supporting a variety of capital improvement projects to help organizations enhance and expand service delivery, renovate and update facilities, purchase new equipment and technology, and more.
Stephen and Nancy Van Heyde established this fund in memory of their son, Ian. Ian was a senior at Whetstone High School and a distinguished student in culinary arts at Northeast Career Center. The purpose of the fund is to preserve the memory of Ian, an ever-smiling teenager, and to perpetuate his reputation for helping others. As he was intensely interested in a career in culinary arts, the scholarship fund will award scholarships to students pursuing postsecondary studies in the culinary arts, food management, or restaurant management.
The scholarship provides post-secondary educational assistance to the outstanding scholar of each graduating class of Whitehall-Yearling High School, in Whitehall, Ohio.
This scholarship fund was established in memory of Brian Muha, a 1998 graduate of St. Charles Preparatory School. The fund will provide financial assistance to enable an economically disadvantaged young man to attend St. Charles Preparatory School.
The Helen Martin Memorial Scholarship Fund is presented in the memory of Helen Martin by Nancy and Paul Martin. Helen Martin was a Mathematics teacher with twenty-five years of teaching experience in Ohio public schools. Promoting and assisting students obtain an education was of great importance to her and is the reason for the Scholarship Fund.
The fund provides financial assistance to graduating high school seniors or graduates from Mt. Sterling, Ohio who are pursuing a Bachelor's degree or higher.
This memorial scholarship was established by the Westfall Board of Education to honor two former educators and early leaders in the formation of the Westfall School District. The contribution of these two men spanned a time from 1945 until 1987. The fund memorializes Judson H. “Judd” Lanman and Gordon R. Massie.