The Spirit of Giving

Lady Liberty Remembers Mural Gets New Sign

Posted by Lisa Workman on Tue, Jun 13, 2023

Ever wonder about the identity of the veterans captured in the Lady Liberty Remembers Mural on Sandusky Street in Bucyrus? Did you ever think you might know some of the veterans, or that a relative of yours might even be included? Thanks to the work of some local volunteers, you can now find the answer to those questions by visiting a new sign at the mural.

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Foundation Accepting Grant Applications!

Posted by Lisa Workman on Fri, Jul 08, 2022

The Community Foundation for Crawford County is accepting grant applications from non-profit organizations and municipalities at their website: https://www.cfcrawford.org/grantseekers. This is the second grant cycle of the year, and the deadline to apply is August 31st with funding distributions to be made in December.

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2022 National Standards Received

Posted by Rachel Jarvis on Mon, Jun 27, 2022

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Foundation Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients

Posted by Rachel Jarvis on Wed, Jun 22, 2022

The Community Foundation for Crawford County recently awarded over $184,000 in scholarships to both graduating seniors and current college students. As President Lisa Workman explained, “Due to the high drop-out rate of college students and the high cost of postsecondary education, we have come to see value in giving an increasing number of our scholarships to current college students. Graduating seniors also already have so many more scholarship opportunities than they will later in their college career. This year, the amount awarded to college students will be $89,000 of the total we’ve awarded so far, or more than 48% of our scholarships going to current college students.”

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The Community Foundation for Crawford County Awards Over $434,000 In Grants

Posted by Lisa Workman on Fri, Dec 10, 2021

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Over $162,000 Awarded in Scholarships by The Community Foundation for Crawford County

Posted by Amy Vaughn on Thu, Jun 18, 2020

The Community Foundation for Crawford County recently awarded over $162,000 in scholarships to both graduating seniors and current college students.

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Foundation Seeks Donations for Small Business Emergency Financial Assistance

Posted by Lisa Workman on Tue, Jun 02, 2020

The Community Foundation for Crawford County has created a Program Related Investment (PRI) Fund, in conjunction with the Crawford Partnership. This fund was developed to provide emergency loans to small businesses in Crawford County that have experienced economic losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Foundation Offers Grants for COVID-19 Response

Posted by Amy Vaughn on Mon, Apr 06, 2020

The Community Foundation for Crawford County is offering funding for non-profit organizations that have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Other than a few grant requests, our Board has decided that this year we will be redirecting our normal grant monies towards alleviating impact from the COVID-19 crisis,” explained Lisa Workman, the Foundation’s President. “This will be our approach until further notice, as we know this event will be occurring in phases and will continue uncovering ongoing emerging needs.” She added that grant applications which had been submitted for the regular grant cycle have been paused indefinitely.

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Crawford County Sees An Increase In Education Attainment!

Posted by Lisa Workman on Thu, Mar 05, 2020

 

From 2015 to 2018, Crawford County saw an increase in post-high school educational attainment levels of working-age residents (ages 25-64) of 5.42 percentage points, from 23.08% to 28.5%. That’s according to data gathered from the Lumina Foundation, the U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts, and American Community Survey.

“This speaks volumes for how important it was that we worked with North Central State College to get the Crawford Success Center open in 2015,” explained Lisa Workman, President of The Community Foundation for Crawford County. “We have also really expanded our scholarship offerings to make education more affordable and attainable, and increased scholarships for current college students to keep them in school.”

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Free money for college!

Posted by Amy Vaughn on Wed, Dec 18, 2019

The Community Foundation for Crawford County is announcing that their scholarship applications for the 2020-2021 school year are now open and available on their website at www.cfcrawford.org/scholarships. They are encouraging anyone looking for free money for college to start now. “The holiday break is a perfect time for students to start applying for scholarships,” stated Lisa Workman, the Foundation’s President. “While the Foundation’s scholarship application deadline is March 2, 2020 at 5PM, some of the first scholarship deadlines students will see are as early as December 31, 2019.”

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