The 55-bed Maryhaven Addiction Stabilization Center (MASC) on Columbus’ South Side sits at ground zero for the opiate crisis in Franklin County. As opiate overdoses continued to skyrocket, Shawn Holt had been Maryhaven’s President and CEO for only months. Working closely with the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH) and other partners on the front lines of the crisis, they came up with an idea to create an innovative new treatment option for clients battling opiate addiction.

For nearly 40 years, Boundless has been a champion for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or behavioral health challenges, committed to empowering them with the freedom and opportunity to live boundless lives.

A $63,865 grant from the Emergency Response Fund to Southeast Healthcare supported various needs, including costs to implement telehealth services for clients and the purchase of medical and sanitation supplies.

Columbus Urban League received a $75,000 grant from the Emergency Response Fund to strengthen and increase service delivery, including staffing, in response to COVID-19.

Inspired in part by their determined mom, Brian Yeager and his sister, Michelle Yeager-Thornton, have set out to create a new way to build community—one apartment and family at a time. In 2014, they established the Champion Cares Foundation, a Donor Advised Fund at the Foundation. Through their fund, they regularly support organizations that focus on children and basic needs.

In recognition of their incredible generosity and contributions to the central Ohio region, Larry and Donna James have been selected as the 2022 honorees of The Harrison M. Sayre Award.

The Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio opened in February 2010 and its mission, then and now, is to increase access to prescription medications for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured Franklin County residents. We sat down with R. Taylor Reed, PharmD, Executive Director of the Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio, to find out more about the growth and changes the organization has seen in recent years.

In 2019, The Columbus Foundation launched its work around well-being focused on finding ways to help community members reach their full potential, live well, and experience a sense of meaning and purpose.

In the mid-1990s, a group of individuals saw an opportunity to support and respond to GLBT issues to meet the future needs of our central Ohio community.

Paul G. Duke was a remarkable businessman and philanthropist. He evolved his Miami County-based Duke Garden Centers into a national lawn and garden service, Chem-Lawn. Mr. Duke founded The Paul G. Duke Foundation, a Supporting Foundation, in 1983. F or more than 30 years, his daughter, Patricia Duke Robinson, has carried on her father’s legacy, serving as a respected leader of the foundation and valued community champion.