Applications Now Being Accepted for 2010 Grants

November 24, 2009. Granville Foundation President Mary Frazell announced today that the Foundation is now accepting applications for grants for 2010 which will be awarded on this coming February. Any federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the Granville community is eligible to receive a grant award. All applications for grant support must be received by the Foundation by not later than January 22, 2010.

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Granville Foundation Announces Grant Awards for 2009

Not even a down economy has slowed the efforts of the Granville Foundation, which is pleased to announce that its grant committee has awarded more than $63,000 in grants and scholarships in 2009 – a substantial increase over 2008’s total of $53,000. Stipends ranging between $400 and $6,000 will be used to enrich community life in education, social services, historical preservation, the arts, and physical facilities.

Grants were made to the Granville High School to support both student community service and college scholarships. Continuing an initiative begun in 2008, the foundation voted to provide $6,000 to provide partial assistance for an “alternative spring break trip” by Granville High School students, who will work on community service projects in Port Arthur, Texas. The project’s goal is to motivate students to help themselves by helping others. The foundation also agreed to continue funding college scholarships to graduating seniors including two $1,000 Charles and Marie Sellers scholarships and one $1,500 Richard Daly Granville Bicentennial Scholarship. Students receiving the scholarships will be announced at the school's 2009 Senior Awards Night.

The foundation awarded the Granville Meals-on-Wheels program $4,000 to assist the operation of its program serving the community’s shut-ins. This grant is the latest in a series of awards to the Meals-on-Wheels program dating back to 1977. Relatedly, the foundation awarded the Granville Fellowship $6,000 to assist its ongoing programs and projects for the community's senior citizens. This grant continues a tradition of support dating back to the foundation’s inception and will subsidize a monthly newsletter as well as luncheons and trips.

At the other end of the age spectrum, the foundation voted to provide a $4,000 award to Granville’s Teen Center, a non-sectarian organization that provides after-school programs for middle-school children. This will be applied to scholarships for families unable to pay for the cost of after-school care for their middle-schoolers. The Granville Foundation has supported the Teen Center since 2002.

In support of historical preservation, the Foundation awarded the Granville Historical Society a $5,500 grant to fund preliminary architectural plans for the physical expansion of the Granville Historical Society Museum. In years previous, the foundation has supported the Historical Society's superb publication program. The foundation also granted the Robbins Hunter Museum $5,000 to restore the Victoria Woodhull clockworks and to assist presentation of educational programs and exhibits during 2009. The Granville Foundation first assisted the Robbins Hunter Museum in 1985 Also in support of community preservation, the foundation granted The Bryn Du Commission $6,000 to assist in restoring formal gardens at the Bryn Du mansion.

Kendal at Granville, a first-time applicant, requested the foundation funding to begin the process of acquiring rights-of-way for a pathway generally paralleling S.R. 16 between the retirement community and the Village of Granville. The foundation agreed to provide a $5,000 stipend.

The foundation also continued its long-standing support for the arts. The newly-created Granville Studio of Visual Arts was awarded $5,312, a sum that will purchase four potter’s wheels to benefit its hands-on arts programs. At the request of Laurie MacKenzie-Crane, the foundation voted to provide a $400 grant to support the “Rendville Artists Visit Granville” art show, an exhibit at the Bryn Du Mansion by developmentally disabled adult artists The Midland Theatre was awarded a $1,500 grant to provide workshops and master classes for GHS and GMS vocal students. Granville’s Vintage Voices organization was the recipient of a $1,500 grant. Directed by long-time Granville vocal leader Theodosia “Teddy" Westlake, the Vintage Voices provides vocal music year-round to groups and organizations throughout Granville and Licking County. The foundation first voted to support the Vintage Voices in 1985.

The foundation has voted to double its financial support for Christmas season charity, from $2,000 in 2008 to $4,000 in 2009. These funds will be used to provide gifts and groceries for needy families.