Save the Date - 12th Annual Mardi Gras in 2013!
3/8/2012

It's time to mark your calendars for the 12th Annual Mardi Gras Extravaganza, which will be held Friday, February 8, 2013 at Meadowbrook Park in Bascom, Ohio. Continue to watch here for updates!

Thank You For Supporting 11th Mardi Gras!
3/5/2012

Thank you to all table sponsors, prize donors and attendees for making the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation's 11th Annual Mardi Gras Extravaganza another success. The 11th annual running of this fundraiser was held on February 24, 2012 at Meadowbrook Park in Bascom, Ohio.

THANK YOU to our 2012 Mardi Gras Sponsors & Prize Donors -Updated 2/28/12!

Nearly $7,000 Awarded to Local Organizations
3/1/2012

The Greater Fostoria Community Foundation has recently distributed the following grant awards: to St. Wendelin Catholic School - $4,875 to purchase a perpetual license to the Rosetta Stone international language learning program; to the Fostoria Mentoring Program - a $1,000 grant towards the purchase of educational materials and background checks for volunteer mentors; and to the Humane Society of Seneca County - a $1,000 grant to assist qualified low income families in Fostoria with reduced fees for spaying/neutering pets.

GFCF Receives $100K Grant, Establishes Carter Fund
1/11/2012

The Greater Fostoria Community Foundation, Inc. has received a Fidelity Charitable grant of $100,000 from the Carter Family Giving Fund. In 2005, Fostorian Richard H. Carter, Sr. made provisions for this planned gift that would be made to the Foundation upon his death. The purpose of the gift is to establish the Richard & Ann Carter Fund as a new component fund of the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation. Mr. Carter passed away on August 23, 2011 at the age of 90.

GFCF Receives Estate Gift, Forms New Kelbley Fund
11/9/2011

Named as the sole beneficiary in Leroy T. Kelbley's will, the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation received proceeds of over $161,800 upon the settlement of his estate earlier this year. While Mr. Kelbley did not specify how the Foundation should use his donation, the Board of Trustees chose to establish a fund in honor of his gift to the community. The Board established the Leroy T. Kelbley Donor Advised Growth Fund as a component fund of the Foundation. Mr. Kelbley passed away November 19, 2010.

GFCF Awards Grant for "Creating Young Readers"
6/27/2011

The Greater Fostoria Community Foundation awarded a $3,500 grant to Read for Literacy, Inc. to help cover the first-year cost of implementing the "Creating Young Readers" program at the Fostoria Early Childhood Center. Upon receiving training in a technique known as dialogic reading, volunteers will read to preschool children once a week for 90 minutes, beginning October 2011. This type of reading has shown to be effective in developing the emergent literacy skills of young children.

New William F. Reineke, Sr. Donor Advised Fund
5/16/2011

The Greater Fostoria Community Foundation, Inc. has announced the establishment of the William F. Reineke, Sr. Donor Advised Fund as a component fund of the Foundation. Donor advised funds are a means of encouraging endowment support, stimulating interchange of ideas between donors and the Foundation, and providing funds to extend the charitable purposes of the Foundation. A donor advised fund allows designated advisors to make recommendations regarding grants while the Foundation facilitates compliance with financial, legal and tax requirements, as well as helps develop grant-making strategies, articulates funding guidelines and conducts due diligence on prospective clients. Permanent endowed funds at the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation can be established with a $10,000 donation, taking up to three years to reach this minimum. Distributions, in the form of grants, are made from the earnings with the principal remaining intact.

2011-2012 Foundation Board Officers
3/16/2011

2011-2012 GFCF Board of Trustees & Officers