MANSFIELD, OH - Over $2.5 million dollars were approved during a February board meeting by the Richland County Foundation. 

A total of $2,544,460 were approved during the meeting. The grant was awarded from the Community Fund and Leona M. Miles Fund to the Imagination District to expand the Little Buckeye Children's Museum and Renaissance Performing Arts. 

Grants were awarded from Individual Assistance Funds to Mansfield Memorial Homes for Rotary Adult Daycare and Raemelton Equestrian Center for equine-based therapy scholarships. 

Grants were approved from donor-advised funds which allow individuals and families the opportunity to make grant suggestions to favorite charities.

The following organizations received grants from donor-advised funds:

American Red Cross

Crawford County United Way

Cousteau Society

Discovery School

Domestic Violence Shelter

Friendly House

Galion Community Center YMCA

Galion Community Foundation Harmony House

Humane Society

Idea Works

Lucas Local Schools

Mansfield Christian School

Mansfield City Schools

Mansfield Mehock Relays

Mansfield Memorial Homes

Mid Ohio Youth Mentoring

Nature Conservancy

New Store

Ocean Conservancy

Ohio Bird Sanctuary

OhioHealth MedCentral Health System

Ohio Heartland Community Action Center

Ohio State University Foundation

Plymouth Area Historical Society

Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center

Richland County Habitat for Humanity

Shelby Helpline Ministries

United Way of Richland County

The board also approved grants from donor-designated and agency funds. Agency funds are established by a charitable organization and can be endowed or non-endowed.

The following organizations received grants from donor-designated and agency funds:

AA / Mansfield Area Intergroup

American Guernsey Foundation

American Red Cross

Ashland University

Mansfield Aviation Club

Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America

Catalyst Life Services

Center for Individual and Family Services

Children's Dyslexia Center

Childrens Theatre Foundation

City of Ontario, Police Department

Clear Fork Valley Foundation

Community Action for Capable Youth

Discovery School

Domestic Violence Shelter

Downtown Mansfield Inc.

First Christian Church, Mansfield

First Congregational Church

Friendly House Association

Friends of Gorman Nature Center

Richard David Gardner Fund

Habitat for Humanity (Richland County)

Hospice of North Central Ohio

Kingwood Center

Lucas Local Schools

Malabar Farm Foundation

Mansfield 1st Evangelical Presbyterian

Mansfield Area Y

Mansfield Art Center

Mansfield Aviation Club

Mansfield Cancer Foundation

Mansfield Cancer Foundation - Pat Kracker

Mansfield Christian School Endowment

Mansfield City Schools

Mansfield Memorial Homes

Mansfield Playhouse

Mansfield Richland Public Library

Mansfield Rotary Club Foundation, Inc.

Methodist Theological Seminary

Mohican School in the Out-Of-Doors

North Central Ohio Alzheimer's Association

North Central State College

North Central State College Foundation

North End Community Improvement

Collaborative

Ohio Bird Sanctuary

Ohio Genealogical Society

Ohio Health Foundation

Ohio Health MedCentral

Ohio State College of Medicine

Ohio State University-Mansfield

Ontario Local Schools

OSU/NCSC Photo Arts Program

Pioneer Career and Technology Center

RCF Administrative Fund

Renaissance Performing Arts

Richland County Historical Society

Richland Academy of the Arts

Richland Carrousel Park

Richland County Children Services

The New Store

Richland County Historical Society

Richland County Museum

Richland Newhope Center

Richland Newhope Industries

Richland Pregnancy Services

Salvation Army

St. John's Church

The Domestic Violence Shelter, Inc.

Third Street Family Health Services

Trapshooting Hall of Fame, Inc.

United Way of Richland County

University Club Foundation

Volunteers of America

Women's Fund at RCF