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.

Tickets Now Available -11th Annual Mardi Gras!
11/9/2011

The Greater Fostoria Community Foundation's 11th Annual Mardi Gras Extravaganza will be held Friday, February 24, 2012 at Meadowbrook Park in Bascom, Ohio. We are currently accepting sponsor reservations. For more details on how you can sponsor the Foundation's signature fundraising event, click on the link below. But hurry, tables fill up fast! Individual tickets are now available at $35.00 each. Click on the link below for more details.

2012 Mardi Gras Details-Updated 1/11/12!

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.

Thanks For Supporting GFCF!
10/26/2011

Thank you to all who attended the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation's second Hog Roast & Benefit Auction on October 13th. Due to the generous support of the individuals and businesses who donated items for the auction, those that bid on these items and the support of our event patrons, we raised over $17,200 for the Foundation's mission!

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

GFCF Has Awarded Over $1 Million Since 1998
1/18/2011

The Greater Fostoria Community Foundation, Inc. has now distributed over $1 million in grant awards to area non-profit organizations since its inception in 1998. The Fostoria Ohio Glass Association was the recent recipient of a $3,109 grant from the Foundation's fall 2010 grant application cycle. The Glass Association will use their grant to repaint the front of the Glass Heritage Gallery and to replace and wrap two windows in preparation for their 20th anniversary next year. This grant took the Foundation's total distribution of grants to over $1 million. Nearly 50 organizations in Fostoria and the surrounding townships have benefited from GFCF grants.